Oops, I Did It Again

Sure, Richard Thompson can out proform Ms. Spears. But let's see him rock a sequined Bikini!

99 Problems

I dunno what it is, but I just love light airy covers of rap songs. Take here this cover of Jay-Z by Hugo. I mean cause hip-hop needs more banjos!

 I got 99 Problems, but finding another cover ain't one.

Whip My Hair

Look ... I could write some drivel here about how awful a song Willow Smith's Whip My Hair is and how Skull Tape's cover kinda makes it rock but ... wait, that's exactly what I just did.

Bohemian Rhapsody

This is like awesomesauce with a bag a chips! (And an old viral video. So sue me.)

To Love Somebody [Damien Rice and Ray Lamontange / Bee Gees]

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Of all the Bee Gees songs, this is the most covered by far. To Love Somebody has been covered by everyone from Janis Joplin to Billy Corgan to Simply Red. Here's one of the best covers of the song, IMHO,  Damien Rice and Ray Lamontagne with a simply heart breakingly aching take on the song.

Psycho Killer

The band Moxy Fruvous has been called the biggest independent band to come out of Canada since the Barenaked Ladies. That's one of those things people say to sound impressive but no one actually knows what it means. 

The band has also set back American geography by decades by preforming a song called "The Lowest Highest Point" which identifies Delaware as the state with the lowest highest point. As we all know, the state with the actual lowest highest point is Florida. Delaware has the lowest median elevation. This is why the United States can't compete with China people! Canadians sabotaging our educational system.

So from the same live album as the "Lowest Highest Point," here's a Talking Heads cover.  

I've Been Loving You Too Long

To quote Spin Mag :

The White Stripes may have called it quits, but their vault continues on. Two previously unreleased tracks from Jack and Meg White have been released via Jack's Third Man Records Vault subscription service ...

For the [Otis] Redding cover ... the duo add their bluesy scuzz to Redding's classic from his 1965 album Otis Blue. The tempo is a bit faster than Redding's original, and the Stripes do without the horn section, but White makes up for it with some awesomely gnarly garage-rock riffage.

One More Try

Here's another little gem from the Onion's A.V. club. Covering the saddest of George Michael's song book, here's Iron and Wine.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

It's an anthem for girl power. It's a slice of 80's kitsch. It's Cyndi Lauper's biggest hit. It's also a Deep Cover. That's right, the protype for the Rock and Wrestling connection was not the original artist. It was in fact written and recorded first by Rick Ocasek wanna be, Robert Hazard.


Wondering why you've never heard the original? Well once you hear the original, you'll know why ... 


Okay ... let's cleanse our musical pallate with the cover shall we?



R.I.P. Captain Lou

The Green Album

I've already previewed one track from the upcoming Muppets tribute album, called the Green Album. Now you can listen to the whole damn thing thanks to NPR.


Tracks include the Muppet Show Theme Song by OK Go, Rainbow Connection by Weezer, Mahna Mahna by The Fray. 

Listen to it here

Eastbound and Down

In my opinion, one of the most underrated bands of the mid to late 1990's was Tonic. One of my personal favorites. Another one of my personal favorite underated mid to late 1990's band is the Refreshments. What do these two groups have in common? Well they were both on the King Of The Hill Soundtrack. The Refreshments did the theme song to the TV show and Tonic did this here cover of Jerry Reed's Eastbound and Down.

Also I get to see Tonic tonight in concert. Be jealous.