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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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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.
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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:
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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.
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 For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
The Original
The Who:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Alex Chilton vs. Flaming Lips vs. Ocean Colour Scene
Alex Chilton:
Flaming Lips:
Ocean Colour Scene:
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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.
And Ten Million Broccoli Heads Strewn About the Mountain …
The Original
Neil Young:
Neil Young on Charlie Manson:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Eric Ambel vs. Cowboys on Dope featuring Peter Sarach vs. Lee Ranaldo
Eric Ambel:
Cowboys on Dope featuring Peter Sarach:
Lee Ranaldo:
Long intro. Song begins around the 1:30 mark.
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.
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.
It Ain’t Me, It Ain’t Me, I Ain’t No Senator’s Son!
The Original
Creedence Clearwater Revival:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Barnyard Fury vs. Death Cab for Cutie with Sean Nelson vs. Pearl Jam
Barnyard Fury:
Death Cab for Cutie with Sean Nelson:
Pearl Jam:
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.
“My Girl Sloopy” was written by Wes Farrell and Burt Russell (although some contend that it was written by a high school kid who sold it to Russell). Its first recording was by The Vibrations and released in 1964 to some acclaim, reaching #10 on the R&B chart and #26 on the US pop chart. A year later The McCoys changed the name of the song to “Hang on Sloopy” and released their version, which reached #1 on the US pop chart.
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The Original
The Vibrations:
The Most Popular
The McCoys:
The McCoys frontman was a 16-year-old by the name of Rick Zehringer soon to be known as Rick Derringer. Bad move in my opinion. When I think of the All American Boy the name Zehringer immediately comes to mind.
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Count Basie vs. Daddy Memphis vs. Die Toten Hosen
Count Basie:
Daddy Memphis:
Die Toten Hosen:
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.
And In My Hour of Need, I Truly Am Indeed, Alone Again, Broccoli …
Dancing Queen was released by ABBA in August 1976. It is commonly referred to as one of the most successful singles of the 1970s. Dancing Queen became a massive worldwide hit, topping the charts in more than a dozen countries including ABBA’s native Sweden (where it spent 14 weeks at the top), Australia, Belgium, Brazil, West Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico,the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway (where it charted for 32 weeks), making it the 11th best-performing single of all time in that country), South Africa and Rhodesia. Dancing Queen also topped the charts in the United States, ABBA’s only #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a Top 5 hit in Austria, Canada, Finland, France and Switzerland. The song sold over three million copies. And yet, it is still remarkably atrocious. Or, to put it more technically, it is unequivocally an “auditive malady”.
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The Original
ABBA:
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THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
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As alluded to above, despite the substantial acclaim achieved and accolades bestowed upon it, this is truly an abysmal song, the quintessential auditive malady. The 1970s probably produced the worst body of music in the last century and very possibly the entire history of the planet. And Dancing Queen certainly is exemplary in epitomizing all that was wrong with the 70s music scene; perfectly straight pearly white teeth centering witless, blissful, smiley faced “musicians” donning polyester, pastel leisure suits while assaulting the listening public with insipid lyrics that convey vapid bubble-gum bromides, which were required for the era’s pretentious dance gyrations and subsequent vacuous mating rituals.Songs of this era are easily mocked and lampooned.
Yet, despite covering a dead-weight anchor of a song, the offerings below are quite frankly brilliant, in that they manage to make this disaster (aka Dancing Queen) actually tolerable! Skeptical, are you? Well, bang on …
Belle & Sebastian vs. Milo Binder vs. Garageland
Belle & Sebastian:
Milo Binder:
Garageland:
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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?!!?
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Disclaimer: Votes cast from Florida may or may not be counted.
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