My Generation [Hilary Duff / The Who] CRAPPY COVER
I search high and low for covers, don’t believe me? Here … this is low. This is a crappy cover. Say what you will about Ms. Duff’s singing ability, you can;t Disney-fy this song by inserting “don’t” into the line “Hope I die before I get old” and expect it to not suck. Unless of course the “not” youre using in the line was directly stolen from before the word “suck.”
Complicated [Dick Brave and the Back Beats / Avril Lavigne]
From the Vault … November 20, 2011
Rockabilly covering bubble gum punk? Sure why the hell not. Dick Brave and the Backbeats covering Avril.
All Along the Watch Tower [Jimi Hendrix / Bob Dylan] DEEP COVER
From the Vault … Nov 16, 2012
Hey new semi regular feature of the blog. The “Deep Cover.” What’s “Deep Cover?” you ask? You didn’t? Can we pretend? Okay great … “Deep Cover” is a cover song that’s so well known that the original version is all but lost to the sands of time, or more often than not mistaken for the original version by people less edumicated than I.
So the first “Deep Cover?” All Along The Watch Tower. It was Jimi Hendrix’s only Top 40 hit. It’s one of the greatest rock songs of all time. VH1 put it in it’s top 3, Rolling Stone put it at number 47, shockingly low if you ask me. Guitar World said it had the #5 greatest guitar solo of all time. And Total Guitar magazine called it the greatest cover song of all time.
The original was of course by Bob Dylan. And who doesn’t do a Dylan cover? The legend is that Dylan liked Hendrix’s version so much, it’s what prompted him to pick back up the electric guitar, which he had previously sworn off. I’m sure this set off all sorts of hippie protests. I can’t find anything to “verify” this on Wikipedia, so maybe not. Anyway Dylan did say about the Hendrix cover ”It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn’t think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day.”
Sure the song has been covered a billion times by a billion artists, but they all play it more in the style of Jimi than of the Dylan original. And yes, that now includes Dylan himself.
Hello [Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies / Lionel Richie]
It’s the first Friday of the year. So let’s say “Hello” to Me First Fridays for 2015.
Give It Away [Renee and Jeremy / Red Hot Chili Peppers]
Nothing is more disturbing to be than crude British stop motion children’s animation set to a song about a slut.
Livin’ On A Prayer [Hayseed Dixie / Bon Jovi]
Oooooh is that Pert Plus? Don’t drop the soap!
We Found Love [Steve Acho & Steve Hendrick / Rhianna]
A hopeless place, what … like the back of a Volkswagen?
You’re The one That I Want [Lo-Fang / Olivia Newton John & John Travolta]
You tube has basicly harassed me into posting this cover by making it the ad I’ve been forced to view for the past month. Happy now YouTube?!?
Straight Outta Compton [Nina Gordon / N.W.A.]
From the Vault … January 5th, 2011
Nothing says “Gangsta” like the former lead singer of Veruca Salt, Nina Gordon on acoustic guitar covering N.W.A. biotches!
Boyz In The Hood [Dynamite Hack / N.W.A.]
From The Vault … January 5, 2011
Nothing says “Gangsta” like Dynamite Hack doing an accoustic cover of N.W.A. biotches!
Sometimes When We Touch [Manny Pacquiao / Dan Hill]
Happy Boxing Day ya’ll! Here’s boxer Manny Pacquiao singing!
Christmas At Ground Zero [Yulenog and Nathan Kuruna / “Weird Al” Yankovic] 12 DAYS OF COVERS
As per my tradition, for Christmas I fin d a cover you can download for FREE! It’s a like a present! Only more like a regifting!
Also if I get a single complaint about posting this song because of 9/11 I’m going to kick some ass.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Local H / Judy Garland] 12 DAYS OF COVERS
Back when I did my radio show in college, on the college rock station, I totally played the shit out of this song in December, because it’s college rock.
Yule Shoot Your Eye Out [Skyway Traffic / Fallout Boy] 12 Days Of Covers
From the vault … December 25, 2012
Merry Xmas, I could care less.
Mind Games [Dan Bern / John Lennon] 8 COVERED NIGHTS
Musically, besides Covers, my favorite is Mr Dan Bern. So when another cover song blog features the cover songs of Dan Bern, I have to follow suit. Plus … JEW!
Mistletoe [Ahmir / Justin Bieber] 12 DAYS OF COVERS
On the 4th day of Christmas covers, my true love gave to me, a cover of Justin Beiber
The Sound Of Silence [The Amazing Rabbis / Simon and Garfunkel] 8 COVERED NIGHTS
Every yeah for Channukah, I highlight the music M.O.T.’s (Members of the Tribe for ye old gentiles). Mainly because there are only so many modern Hannukah songs to cover that aren’t by Adam Sandler. Here’s the Jew-yest. The Amazing Rabbi’s covering Simon and Garfunkel (both Jews).
I Want An Alien For Christmas [I Fight Dragons / Fountains Of Wayne] 12 Days Of Covers
From the vault … December 23, 2010
Let no one say I stuck with the standards for the Christmas Covers. Here covering Fountains Of Wayne, is I Fight Dragons.
Fat Bottomed Girls [The Band Perry / Queen]
Before you go dieting, just remember, they don’t write songs about girls will small athleticlly tones butts. I cannot lie. You other brothers can’t deny.
Price Tag [Little Big Town / Jessie J]
From Little Big Town’s very brief web series, Scattered Smoothed and Covered, here’s a very banjo-y cover of Jessie J’s Price tag, complete with onions melted cheese just like at the Waffle Hizzy.
Never Tear Us Apart [The Horrible Crowes / INXS]
The Horrible Crowes aren’t really horrible, they’re just slightly overrated.
If I Were A Boy [Beyonce / BC Jean] UNCOVERED
If I Were a Boy was a hit by Beyonce, but she didn’t write it. I’m sure that didn’t suprize anyone, why may surprize you is that the song was originally released by singer/songwriter BC Jean. Here’s that Uncovered version.
Sleigh Ride [Los Straightjackets / Boston Pops] 12 DAYS OF COVERS
From the vault … December 22, 2010
Here’s the luchadore mask wearing, surf-abilly playing hipsters, Los Straightjackets, covering a tune first recorded by the Boston Pops.
Save The Best For Last [Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies / Vanessa Williams]
It’s the first Friday of the month, that means it’s Me First Friday! Yay!
Hey, remember how scandalous it was that Vanessa Williams appeared in Playboy? Yeah … now we have Kardashian Ass everywhere.
In A Little While [Hanson / U2]
You know U2 really doesn’t make a bad song, and it’s kinda hard to improve on the original. But here Hanson kinda sorta does … nope. 1997 me would kick 2014 me’s ass if I actually broke down and said something nice about Hanson.
