Once upon a time it was kinda okay for songs to be about sex with girls under the age of consent. Winger's "Seventeen", Motorhead's "Jailbait", Sam Cooke "Only 16", The Beatles "I Saw Her Standing There," DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince "Parent's Just Don't Understand" and well pretty much every song by Chuck Berry.
The Knights In Satan's Service (AKA KISS) contributed with "Christine Sixteen." Here's that Chris Hanson favorite as covered by the Gin Blossoms.
If you ever just wanna make out with some one for an entire afternoon, you need to have a Big Head Todd and The Monsters playlist in your iTunes library for the soundtrack. Slow jam band goodness, without getting firsky enough to want to bump uglies. Love this group. Here they are tackling the Rolling Stones' Beast of Burden.
It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right ... a hall of fame caliber recording artist finds himself with out a hit record so he releases a album of contemporary covers ... Johnny Cash's "American I - V", Paul Anka's "Rock Swings," Pat Boone's "In Metal Mood" and of course Glen Cambpell's "Meet Glen Campbell."
Here's the Rhinestone Cowboy covering those American Idiots, Green Day.
Did I get ahead of that whole youtube cover of Goyte "Somebody I Used to Know" Facebook trend or what? Seems like I get a new one in my feed every 6.3 hours. I'm tired of the song and I've only heard the original like once.
So I'm hoping to stay ahead of the curve here, and here's the first cover of your next earworm, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" covered by Alex Goot, Dave Days and Chad Sugg.
The Civil Wars are the other duo with a member last named White with terrible hair and early 80's porn star 'stache. They are not married and they are not brother or sister. As far as I can tell they're not siblings married to each other either. They're a country group, I felt mentioning that last part was important. Here they are covering the King Of Pop ... and Foghat.
I swear there's like a never ending battle between Dave Grohl, Jack White, and Chris Cornell to release music under as many different band names as possible. It's prolly a $1 bet too, like in that Eddie Murphy movie before he started churning out crap on a stick.
Anyway here's Mr. Cornell solo preforming under his own name, which is entirely different than when he proformed solo as the Nightwatchman. He covers the Eagles classic Hotel California, which is not to be confused with the Nerf Herder song, Motel California.
Why write a snarky intro when the artist covering Avril's "Complicated," Josh Woodward (aka CheEsy) has already done it for me?
"Ten years ago today, the deepest and most beautiful song in the history of Western civilization was unleashed onto an unsuspecting world. Herein, I attempt to pay tribute to this work of art, in the most respectful and heartfelt way I can."
I'm a lyrics guy myself, hence my love of covers. Of course the music matters too, but good gut wrenching lyrics can make up for lack of musical talent. This, to me, is how Bob Dylan had a career. I know I'll get lynched for saying that, but it's true he's a mediocre musician at best, but lyricly, he's the bomb. I'd also throw Phil Collins into that group. I know I'll get lynched for that too. But he's a good song writer, and a half way decent musician.
Case in point, here's former Verucca Salt lead singer Nina Gordon covering Phil Collins's lite FM hit, one more night. It's no where near as good as her cover of Straight Out Of Compton, but still, good none the less.
Oh, no wait I have to redact my opinion on Phil Collins's musical abilities. He's one of the most bad ass musicians on the planet, but only because of that drum thing from "In The Air Tonight." I mean seriously, those 5 seconds of music or so should have it's own display in the rock Hall of Fame.
I actually thought I posted this one many moons ago, because it's one of two songs I've ever heard, cover or not, that has ever evoked genuine tears from me without other stimulus. And the richer the sound system I hear it on, the more likely I am to have that response again. Here's Street Corner Symphony covering Coldplay.
