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Cover Me Impressed
With a focus on the 60's-90's music scene, CMI is a Paradiso for Lovers Cover Songs! Each post focuses on a particular song and provides its original and most popular recordings as well as covers versions. Patrons of CMI vote on the most deserving cover version, which will then live to compete again, battling other cover songs in a future post.
Bands, musicians, troubadours, and their ilk, submit your cover songs for future CMI competitions.
CMI welcomes the opportunity to introduce new artists.
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So Where Are the Strong, And Who Are the Trusted, And Where is the Broccoli, Sweet Broccoli!
The Original
The Beatles:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
el Son Cubanos vs. Ian McCulloch vs. Anne Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello
el Son Cubanos:
Ian McCulloch:
Anne Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
“Free markets will not prevail without unfettered competition among cover songs.” – Milton Friedbyrd
Go Your Own Way was released in 1977 on Fleetwood Mac’s album,Rumours. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks had been bickering big-time, growing ever tired of each other and not much caring to hide it any longer. Hence the “genius” of the song. Go Your Own Way was an instant hit, rising to number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the band’s first top-ten hit. It has endured as one of Fleetwood Mac’s most popular songs. Go Your Own Way ranked number 120 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.
I do not care for this song at all, which is not surprising considering I do not care for Fleetwood Mac at all. However, Go Your Own Way does make for some great punk, cover fodder.
The Original
Fleetwood Mac:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
NoFX vs. Seaweed vs. Silverstein
NoFX:
Seaweed:
Silverstein:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
A couple of drunken nights rolling on the floor, Is just the kind of mess I’m looking for …
The first time I heard this song I thought it was as brilliant as anything I had ever heard before. The sound was captivating, majestic, perfection! Well 20+ years later and it still sounds as fresh, majestic and brilliant as that evening long ago. And as is typical of a Richard Thompson tune, the lyrics are impeccable. Raw, emotional, desperate yet undeterred, resilient, defiant. A new weekend is upon us and as such the possibilities are endless. Friday on My Mind for a new, grittier generation.
The Original
Richard & Linda Thompson:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Continental Drifters vs. Matt Pond PA vs. Mount Moriah
Continental Drifters:
Matt Pond PA:
Mount Moriah:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
There’s not a line that goes here that rhymes with anything …
What should you do if you awakened to find skinheads on your lawn? Thankfully this important and practical song by Camper Van Beethoven offers the consensus best solution to this age-old problem.
The Original
Camper Van Beethoven:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Manic Street Preachers vs. No Skanks On Sunday vs. Small White
Manic Street Preachers:
No Skanks On Sunday:
Granted these spirited lasses need a little time to get going but once they do just sit back and enjoy the ride!
Small White:
(Extra credit for performing the number in a bowling alley.)
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
For hungry eyes that could not speak, Said even little doggies have got to eat
The Original
Nick Lowe:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
The Bigger Lovers vs. Olly Hite vs. The Click Five with Chris Cote
The Bigger Lovers:
Olly Hite:
The Click Five with Chris Cote:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
Walk On By was composed in 1964 by Burt Bacharach with lyrics from Hal David. The song was released in April 1964 by Dionne Warwick, charting at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Original
Dionne Warwick:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Cockeyed Ghost vs. Kramer vs. The Stranglers
Cockeyed Ghost:
Kramer:
The Stranglers:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
Bauchklang vs. Fall Out Boy vs. Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti
Bauchklang:
Fall Out Boy:
Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti:
Song starts at about the 2:00 minute mark after a lengthy musical intro.
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
Gardening at Night Gardening at Night Gardening at Night
The Original
R.E.M.:
Favorite R.E.M. version of the song (April 28, 1991, Mountain Stage):
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Anouk vs. The Benzedrine Monks of Santo Domonica vs. Dolapdere Big Gang
Anouk:
The Benzedrine Monks of Santo Domonica:
Dolapdere Big Gang:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
Interskalactic vs. Mighty Mighty Bosstones vs. The Specials
Interskalactic:
Mighty Mighty Bosstones:
The Specials:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
Broccoli, Broccoli, Broccoli, Broccoli! All the Girls are in Love With Me, I’m a Teenage Broccoli
The Original
The Ramones:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Anti-Flag vs. Beatnick Termites vs. Manic Hispanic
Anti-Flag (and fans):
Beatnick Termites:
Manic Hispanic:
Manic Hispanic is a farcical Chicano punk band comprised of current and former members of Californian punk bands the Adolescents, The Grabbers, Punk Rock Karaoke, The X-Members, 22 Jacks, Final Conflict, Agent Orange, Death by Stereo and The Cadillac Tramps. Apparently all, or at least many, of the members were to some extent afoul of the law as the band was formed on the advice of a probation officer in order to keep the guys out of further trouble.
Manic Hispanic plays punk standards, altering the lyrics to reflect the perspective of disadvantaged Hispanics. Their songs aim to be comical while also drawing attention to real structural difficulties that Hispanics have to cope with on a day-to-day basis. A few characteristics that typify Manic Hispanic’s creations are that the lyrics are going to be witty; the songs are going to be played with ample expertise; and the songs they select to parody are going to be among the best of the punk/hardcore genre.
The I.N.S. Took My Novia Away:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
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