Cover to Cover is where I give you my loyal readers the chance to comapre and contrast two different versions of the same song, back to back, or cover to cover. It’s not meant to start a war, it’s meant to let you in.
No. Just no.
Party In The U.S.A. [Reid and the Riot Act / Miley Cyrus]
From the Vault … Nov. 10, 2010
If you’re like me the only exposure you’ve had to Ms. Cyrus has been as the voice of Penny in the Disney animated film Bolt. Not a Disney classic by any stretch of the imagination, but one of the more tolerable films my kids can watch on repeat for weeks on end.
Outside of that my exposure to her has been simply the semi-ubiquitous “Party in the U.S.A.” Okay confession time. For some strange reason I actually like this song. I know, I know, she’s an underage white country girl with a smile like a jack-o-lantern name checking Jay-Z. The “story” of the song is total teen girl power trite. The lyrics aren’t particularly clever but let’s face it, compared to LFO it’s f*ckin’ Shakespere. Hell, compared to Billy Ray it’s f*ckin’ Shakespere. But it’s catchy, it’s got a good hook, the beat is good. You know everything she had no say in and her producers/song writers did.
So, uhm anyway, after the dark mood of the Halloween Cover Countdown, I figured something light like a cover of a pop tart would be in order. Can I call her a pop tart or is that weird? I know she turns eighteen this month but ….? WIKIPEDIA!!! That’s how I know, damn it! Anyway here’s a band called “Reid and the Riot Act.”
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Wrecking Ball [Ron Jeremy / Miley Cyrus] CRAPPY COVER
This is obviously done as a joke, I think. Maybe. It’s still a cover.
Cowboys From Hell [ Students Of Aaron O’Keefe / Pantera ]
Some times I wonder how badly the Justin Beiber’s and the Miley Cyrus’s are going to fuck up the next generation’s musical tastes. Then I see this and there’s hope for the future. Seven students ages 12 - 17 wail away on this Pantera cover.
Wrecking Ball [ Animal In Me / Miley Cyrus ]
Wrecking Ball is how she’s handing her career now … right? Too easy.
Every Rose Has It’s Thorn [Miley Cyrus / Poison] From the vault … Aug. 12, 2012 I feel sorry for the youth of today. I really do. Growing up we had a few songs that we’d call guilty pleasures. Almost every song on the radio now qualifies as a guilty pleasure. We had great bands like Poison. They have crappy Disney teen junk like Miley Cyrus covering Poison. And I say this in spite of Miley being of legal consenting age now, so you know I mean it.
's cover of I'm Your Boogie Man as proof to the counter. Here's another though. From last night's episode, Here is (Jimmy Fallon
as) Neil Young with Crosby and Nash covering ... yes, Miley Cyrus
. And it's kind of amazing.
animated film Bolt
. Not a Disney classic by any stretch of the imagination, but one of the more tolerable films my kids can watch on repeat for weeks on end.
. The "story" of the song is total teen girl power trite. The lyrics aren't particularly clever but let's face it, compared to LFO
it's f*ckin' Shakespere
. Hell, compared to Billy Ray
it's f*ckin' Shakespere. But it's catchy, it's got a good hook, the beat is good. You know everything she had no say in and her producers/song writers did.
would be in order. Can I call her a pop tart or is that weird? I know she turns eighteen this month but ....? WIKIPEDIA!!! That's how I know, damn it!
