A-Team, chester see, ed sheeran, Cover, Cover song

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A Team [Chester See / Ed Sheeran] Here’s a little known fact, if you have an earworm that you just can’t get out of your head, just listen to the theme song from the TV show “The A-Team." I have no idea why this works it just does. Sadly that A-Team has nothing to do with the recent hit song by Ed Sheeran, covered here by Chester See.

Dacing Queen, P, Abba, Johnny Depp, Flea, Butthole surfers, cover, cover song

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Dancing Queen [P / ABBA] From the vault … Jan 06, 2011 P was a short lived rock band with the lead singer of the Butthole Surfers singing, and Johnny Depp and Flea on guitars. Here’s their manly cover of the ABBA classic, Dancing Queen.

Tonight tonight, Passion Pit, smashing pumpkins, Cover, Cover song

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Tonight, Tonight [Passion Pit / Smashing Pumpkins] From the Vault … March 7th, 2011 Wasn’t Passion Pit the burger joint where everyone hung out on 90210? Well even if it wasn’t, here’s a band called Passion Pit covering the Smashing Pumpkins. Oh and just as a warning, this dude’s falsetto is like if Berry Gibb got kicked in the nuts by giraffe. It’s that high.

Faith, lake street dive, george michael

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Faith [Lake Street Dive / George Michael] Ever wonder what George Michael’s Faith would sound like in a 1930’s Jazz Club? Me either, but that’s the beauty of a great cover.

Theory of a deadman, Alice In Chains, Got me wrong, cover song, cover

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Got me Wrong [Theory of a Dead Man / Alice in Chains] You know your career is awesome when your big summer gig in 2012 is slightly adjacent to the Rock Hall of Fame in Cleveland closing for Vanilla Ice. Such was the case for Theory of a Dead Man last year, here covering Alice In Chains.

Daughtry, 3 Doors down, Phil Collins, In The Air Tonight, Cover, Cover songs

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In The Air Tonight [Daughtry / Phil Collins] Okay, I’ll admit it. I’ve loved Phil Collins ever since I saw him play a detective in the movie Hook. It’s a guilty pleasure. So here covering that one song with the wicked drum part, is Daughtry, with some help from Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down.

Skanatra, Frank Sinatra, Fly me to the moon, Cover Cover song

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Fly Me To The Moon [Skanatra / Frank Sinatra] From the vault … September 12, 2012 With in the world of of cover bands, there exists the tribute band. Tribute bands, unlike the straight up cover band, only does covers of songs by one artists. Sometimes the tribute bands are just straight up impersonators, but sometimes they put an awesome twist on the original artists and wind up with an awesome gimmick and band name. There’s Mini Kiss, who you might have seen in a Dr. Pepper commercial They’re a little person Kiss Tribute band. There’s Lez Zepplin, a tribute band whose members are all lesbians. There’s the Misfats, a heavyset Misfits knock off. Black Diamond is a great Neil Diamond impersonator, as long as you don’t look at his skin color. There’s MANdona, which has to be a favorite on the drag queen circuit. Today’s cover is by Skanatra, a ska group that you guessed it, covers the Old Blue Eyes in the Ska style. Neat!

Jonathan Coulton, Sir Mix A Lot, Baby got back, cover, Cover Song

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Baby Got Back [Jonathan Coulton / Sir Mix A Lot] From the vault … June 18th 2012 You know what? I have to admit it. Every freaking time someone covers a rap song with Banjos, I think it’s like … an LA Face with an Oakland booty. So here’s internet nerd alt-folk TMBG opening act Jonathan Coulton covering Sir Mix A Lot.

One Direction, Wheatus, teenage dirtbag, Cover, Cover Song

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Teenage Dirtbag [One Direction / Wheatus] I ain’t gonna lie, I have mixed feelings about this one.Willingly listening to One Direction?

Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Kiss, Detroit, Rock City, Cover, Cover Song

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Detroit Rock City [Mighty Mighty Bosstones / KISS] The impression that I get is that this cover is much older than I thought it was based on the video. From the absurdly brilliant tribute album called “KISS My Ass" here’s the Mighty Mighty Bosstones covering “Detroit Rock City."

Richard Cheese, Lounge against the Machine, Lady Gaga, cover, cover song

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Just Dance [Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine / Lady Gaga] According to Wikipedia, “Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine specialize in playing lounge-style arrangements of recent popular rock, metal, rap and hip hop songs, sung in a croony traditional swing vocal style, contrasting an elegant jazz treatment of the music with often profane and ribald lyrics to create a humorous dissonance." What that means in plan ‘merican english, is that he does covers, in this case Lady Gaga’s Just Dance, in a lounge style, when makes it funny.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Stooges, search and destroy, Cover, cover song

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Search and Destroy [Red Hot Chili Peppers / Stooges] Here’s the Red Hot Chili Peppers covering the Stooges “Search and Destroy." Man, the Stooges really took a new direction in the later years when they added Shemp.

Neon Trees, Justin Beiber, baby, Cover, Cover SOng

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Baby [Neon Trees / Justin Beiber] From the vault … December 27, 2010 If you play Justin Bieber songs backwards, you can hear messages from Satan. Even worse, if you play them forwards you hear Justin Bieber. If you play Neon Trees, you hear a pretty cool cover.

Flock of seagulls, Madonna, This used to be my playground, cover, coversong

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This Used To Be My Play Ground [ Flock of Seagulls / Madonna ] From the Vault … December 12, 2010 I’m not sure why this cover exists. Most groups cover bands that musically came before them. This isn’t the case, taking on Madonna, here’s … Flock of Seagulls?!?

Ben Folds, Dr dre, Bitches Ain't Shit, NSFW, Cover, Cover Song

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Bitches Ain’t Shit [Ben Folds / Dr. Dre] When I think O.G. I think of Dr. Dre. Then after Dre, I think of Ben Folds. He’s hard, yo. “B*tches Ain;t Shit" is the name of this rap, and it’s totally NSFW.

Playing for Change, Bob Marley, Cover, Cover song

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Redemption Song [Playing for Change / Bob Marley] Playing for Change is a global project that … fights world peace … I mean fights for world peace. In order to do so they recorded musicians from all over the world, had them cover a song in quite often a local type instrument, mixed it all together and made one awesome track out of the results mixing and mashing instruments together you can barely identify let alone have heard together. Here they cover Bob Marley’s Redemption Song.

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So ... just a general announcement for those who might care, Undercover With Crut is moving it's official base of operations from Blogger to Tumblr. The blog will remain and will be updated, this just cuts down on the amount of time it takes for me to publish each post. If you'd like to follow there go to http://UnDerCoverWithCrut.Tumblr.com.

American Girl, Jacob Jeffries, Tom Petty

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You know a cover is decent when the original artist posts the cover to their Facebook timeline. That’s a compliment right? Jacob Jeffries covering Tom Petty.

It's Time [Michelle Glavan / Imagine Dragons]

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Some covers defy words, Especially when they choose the strangest of musical instruments, like ... the Solo Cup as percussion.

Michelle Glavan covering Imagine Dragons

Payphone [Steve Acho / Maroon 5]

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Do kids today even know what a pay phone is? How is this song popular?

Steve Acho featuring Jena Asciutto and Munch covering Maroon 5

Umbrella [Train / Rhianna]

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Train covering Rhianna's "Umbrella." God, is there anyone who hasn't covered this song. Besides Ella Fitzgerald? That's right. I said Ella ... Ella ... Ella.

Need You Now [Boyce Avenue / Lady Antebellum]

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If nothing else Lady Antebellum has given karaoke singers another song to duet on, so you're no longer just stuck with "Photograph" by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow or some crap from Official Grease Movie. Here's Boyce Avenue and Savannah Outen.

Moves Like Jagger [Sam Tsui / Maroon 5]

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Does it bother anyone else when a musician writes a song about another musician? It's like ... I don't have enough musical talent by myself, but maybe I can trick you into thinking I have more by singing about someone who does.

Then again ... I'm running a cover song blog, so what the hell do I have to talk about?

Sam Tsui covering Maroon 5's Moves like Jagger.

Airplanes [Ahmir / BoB]

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One of my joys with UnderCover with Crut (The Cover Song Blog) is that every next big act uses the cover song as a stepping stone to bigger things ... the tribute album in particular. I was turned into bands like Blink 182 and Dashboard Confessional years before most were (both those bands were on the 1997 Before You Were Punk album).

Anyway three years ago I posted a cover by a band I totally stumbled into on YouTube. The band is called Ahmir and tonight they get their big break on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performing an original song. I can't help but be a wee bit proud.

 Before they do though, here's my last chance to claim them as my discovery, as they cover B.o.B's Airplanes.

Space Oddity [Chris Hadfield / David Bowie]

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Normally, I try to only post covers done by musicians. Not just some guy with a YouTube channel. However this cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity was recorded on the International Space Station by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield.  

I'm impressed, but I'm going to wait for the follow up Bowie cover, Life on Mars.