Whole Lotta Love [Michael Winslow / Led Zeppelin]
Hey remember that guy who made all those funny noises on Police Academy Movies? He also did the bleeps and the creeps in Spaceballs. Yeah … he covered Zep.
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Whole Lotta Love [Michael Winslow / Led Zeppelin]
Hey remember that guy who made all those funny noises on Police Academy Movies? He also did the bleeps and the creeps in Spaceballs. Yeah … he covered Zep.
Paper Planes [Street Sweeper Social Club / M.I.A.]
From the vault … November 23, 2010
Is there some kind of secret contest between Tom Morello, Jack White and Dave Grohl to see who can be in the most bands at once? I mean it seems to me with every new issue of Rolling Stone at least one of them has a new band featured in it. I mean how long before one of them tries to form a band with Tyler Hanson? Anyway here’s Tom Morello’s latest band with Bootsy Riley called Street Sweeper Social Club covering M.I.A.’s Paper Planes.
Stairway to Heaven [Dolly Parton / Led Zeppelin]
From the Vault … July 29, 2011
I once had a friend who said that the only way Led Zepplin could be any better was if they had enormous boobs. He smoked a lot of pot. I mean like … a lot of pot. But anyway some times even the most random of dreams come true. So with that in mind, Hello Dolly!
Gangsta’s Paradise [Johnny Aloha / Coolio]
Apparently this gangsta’s paradise is an Hawaiian island.
Brown Eyed Girl [Everclear / Van Morrison]
"Hey this song is about meeeeeeee!" — Every drunk girl, with brown eyes, ever.
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around [Puddle Of Mudd with BC Jean / Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks]
Someday Puddle of Mudd will be on an classic rock station. On that day “classic” will lose all meaning.
Lovers in a Dangerous Time [Barenaked Ladies / Bruce Cockburn]
From the vault … June 7, 2012
Bruce Cockburn’s “Lovers In A Dangerous Time” was ranked by CBC radio as the 11th greatest Canadian single of all time. This cover was also the first top 40 hit, all the way back in 1992, for Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. So if you get a slight maple taste listening to this track, that’s why.
Just What I Needed [Sister Hazel / Cars]
Suddenly I have the urge to shop at Circuit City.
Stay [30 Seconds to Mars / Rhianna]
I’m not sure anyones every actually listened to 30 Seconds To Mars. But most people still know it’s that band Jared Leto sings in, and he used to be a actor. And he’s still a pretty boy.
Psycho Killer [Moxy Fruvous / Talking Head]
From The Vault … August 19, 2011
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.
Don’t Be Cruel [Cheap Trick / Elvis Presley]
From the vault … Jan. 12, 2011
What happens when the King of rock and roll gets covered by one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Cheap Trick? You get a mediocre cover that’s what! Rock on!
Mirrors [ Boyce Avenue featuring Fifth Harmony / Justin Timberlake ]
It was easy coming back to you … once I fingered an owl.
I’ll Stand By You [Rod Stewart / Pretenders]
Here’s a little known fact. Early in his career, Rod Stewart was considered quite attractive, and rarely if ever, mistaken for a muppet.
Teenage Dream [The Horrible Crowes / Katy Perry]
The lead singer of the Horrible Crowes kinda sounds like Joe Cocker. Kinda. The band as a whole sounds like a lesser version of the Black Crowes … oh, I get the name now.
Wild Horses [Alicia Keys and Adam Lavine / Rolling Stones] I LOVE COVERS
From the Vault … Feb. 14, 2011
Here’s Alicia Keys and Adam Levine (Of Kara’s Flowers fame?) covering the Rolling Stones, thus bringing “I Love Covers” week to a close.
To Love Somebody [Damien Rice and Ray Lamontange / Bee Gees]
From the Vault … August 20, 2011
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.
Crash (Into Me) [Stevie Nicks / Dave Matthews Band]
If you crash into me, you better have SafeAuto insurance.
Heart Shaped Box [Kiesza / Nirvana]
Semi-Known fact, “Heart Shaped Box” was Kurt Cobain’s personal slang for Courtney Love’s HooHa.
Best of You [Boyce Avenue / Foo Fighters]
I will forever associate this song with Danny Bonaduce. Because I was one of the three people to watch Breaking Bonaduce.
She Blinded Me With Science [ William Shatner / Thomas Dolby] CRAPPY COVER
Each and every day I scour the interwebs to find you my humble fans, cover songs. I get right down there in the bowels in the music industry, and just to prove it to you, here’s some crap from the bowels. It’s not quite the bottom of the barrel because as far as the bottom of the barrel goes, it’s low hanging fruit. My metaphors are so jumbled right now. I canna take much more of this captian. I’m giving her all she’s got!
Welcome to The Jungle [2Chellos / Guns and Roses]
From the vault … July 11, 2011
"I wanna hear you …. sreeeeeeeam!" No? Okay how about then an instrumental version of GNRby 2Chellos. You might have guessed 2Chellos is a group consisting of 2 guys playing chellos. Think Apocalyptica, but half the band.
I Love Rock N Roll [Joan Jett and the Blackhearts / Arrows] UNCOVERED
Joan Jett’s big break through and signature song was a cover. Don’t believe me? Here’s the UNCOVERED original version by the Arrows. You’d be surprised how often the break-through signature song is a cover.
Hard To Handle [Black Crowes / Otis Redding] UNCOVERED
You know Hard To Handle as the signature song of the Black Crowes. But have you ever heard it UNCOVERED? The original was written and recorded by Otis Redding. And no the words aren’t any easier to understand here.
That’s How Strong My Love Is [Seven Mary Three / O.V. Wright]
Like most Otis Redding songs, this isn’t an Otis Redding song. Originally recorded by O.V. Wright, this song has been covered a bajillion times. And here’s one more by Seven Mary Three, or 7 Mary 3. Side note, 7 Mary 3 was the call sign for Larry Wilcox on CHiPS.
This Magic Moment [Lou Reed / Jay and the Americans]
Wow I really need to go relisten to the whole “Lost Highway” soundtrack because it has a lot of cover songs I just totally missed. The original on this from the golden age of AM radio, when every musical group was named after a plural noun.