You can’t be blamed for not realizing the Great White song “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” was a cover song. The whole shark theme, the hair metal lyrics, the fact you weren’t born when the song came out. So here’s the original UnCovered version by Ian hunter.
From the Vault … July 27, 2012
I’m really surprised more women’s right’s groups weren’t up in arms about “Hit Me Baby (One More Time)” since it so clearly advocates punching women in the face. That’s not what it’s about? Then how come every time I hear it I want to punch Britney Spears in the face? Even when covered by Fountains of Wayne I want to punch Britney Spears in the face. Actually come to think about it, even when I don’t hear the song I want to punch Britney Spears in the face … who’s with me? Lets start a Facebook group or something.
From The Vault … March 13, 2013
It’s like 2010 Pop music got frisky and made babies with it’s self.
Lizzie Hale is the hottest woman in Rock right now. Also I can’t think of another woman in rock right now. Pop, yes. Rock, no.
A deep cover is a cover song, that’s so much more famous than the original, that the original is almost entirely forgotten. I figureed I’d showcase “Hanging On The Telephone” before you crazy kids almost entirely forget what a phonebooth is.
My songs know what you did in the dark. My songs know you were using a flashlight to read She-Hulk comics under the covers.
Too bad there isn’t a recent song called “Let Him Go” so we could cover all the bases.
From the Vault … July 8, 2011
True this cover lacks the dripping sexuality of the original INXS version, but COM’ON! It’s Me First and The Gimmie Gimmie who in my book can do no wrong.
I liked OkGo before they did music videos.
From The Vault … June 14, 1012
Slipknot … covered by Hanson?!?
Is this some kinda of April Fool’s gag? Oh … yes, kinda of course it totally is. In 2011 Hanson pulled one over on their fans leading them to believe they were releasing an entire album of Slipknot covers. As proof they offered grainy leaked cellphone video on YouTube of them covering “Wait and Bleed.”
Not the greatest audio quality here, but still … rubber duckin’ weird in an awesome kinda way.
I am completely oblivious to pop music. I thought this was a new song until stilrzgirl told me otherwise and then I felt like a tool.
Hey … is that that guy from Foo Fighters?
From the Vault … June 15, 2011
From the soundtrack to the upcoming Cars 2 soundtrack, here’s Weezer covering the Cars. See how clever Pixar was with picking songs for the soundtrack? Which really shouldn’t be any surprise since Cars was the worst movie Pixar has ever made. It’s like someone decided to reenact Doc Hollywood with Matchbox cars and then got someone drunk to buy the movie rights.
Rounding out the cartoon covers, is Third Eye Blind. And three is a magic number … oh wait, that was earlier this week.
Awww yeah, slow jamming out another entry in my week of Cartoon Covers. Here’s the gang at Postmodern Jukebox belting out a tribute to Yakko, Wakko and Dot.
This is the third in my week of Catroon Covers. Because Three is a Magic Number.
How about a week of nothing but cartoon covers? Sweet! Get it? Cause Mary Lou Lord and Semisonic are covering “Sugar, Sugar” which was originally done by the cartoon band the Archies. Sweet.
From the Vault … Dec. 28, 2010
One thing that has always surprised me, is the sheer lack of Meat Loaf covers. With a career spanning over 30 years, I’ve never found any … until today.
Here’s Jamey Johnson, turning the Mr. Loaf’s classic into a syrupy, twangy boatload of Waylon Jennings-ish classic country. Download for free.
Gotta love a good gimmick/name on a tribute band. A reggae sounding Zeppelin tribute band, why it’s Dread Zeppelin! I can’t explain the Elvis impersonator lead singer though.
Why, when I was trying to think of an Irish band to cover for St. Patty’s Day, was the first band I thought of was House of Pain? And then the first cover I find of House of Pain is by Limp Bizket. Ahhh fuck I’m drinking green beer.
From the Vault … May 6, 2011
This one was just posted by Smashing Pumpkins to their Facebook feed, so I thought I’d share. Here’s the Bad Rabbits doing 1979.
Download it for free.
The editor in mt can’t decide if Coldplay is one word or two. Same with Yellowcard. If I’m wrong I will try to fix you.
To me it’s a tragedy how overlooked Queen is in the pantheon of rock and how not overlooked they are in the world of television commercials.
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.
From the vault …. May 28, 2011
Depeche Mode’s Stripped, on title alone it sounds promising, but in actuality is a pretty terrible song to erotically remove your clothing too. It’s hard to dance too, and that 80’s synth is kinda distracting. Rammstein’s cover of the song is much much better for the previously mentioned activity. Yeah, I can totally see some hot German goth type chick with a spiked collar hanging by her ankles from the stripper pole while … sorry. I got distracted.
