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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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The Smithereens vs. The Burrito Brothers vs. Big Fish Ensemble
The Smithereens:
The Burrito Brothers:
Big Fish Ensemble:
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.
Was there ever a more fun brand of music than Motown?
The Original
And all this time I thought it was Martha and the Vandels. What a knucklehead …
Martha and The Vandellas:
Another Massive Hit
David Bowie and Mick Jagger:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Some real heavy hitters have taken this one on …
The Kinks vs. Grateful Dead vs. The Who
The Kinks:
Grateful Dead:
The Who:
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.
Iggy Pop vs. The Who vs. Robin Lane and The Chartbusters
Iggy Pop:
The Who:
Robin Lane and The Chartbusters:
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.
Some guy on the radio said that this song featured the first known bass solo. Wonder if it’s true. Apparently they had to keep rerecording because Entwistle kept breaking his strings.
The Who:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Patti Smith Group vs. Knox, Dave Davies, Rat Scabies vs. Liquid Blue
Patti Smith Group:
Knox, Dave Davies, Rat Scabies:
Liquid Blue:
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.
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Dropkick Murphys vs. The Gaslight Anthem vs. Waco Brothers
Broccoli For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty”
Jessica Mitford
The Original
The Who:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Dropkick Murphys vs. The Gaslight Anthem vs. Waco Brothers
Dropkick Murphys:
The Gaslight Anthem:
Waco Brothers:
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?!!?
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Chico Hamilton vs. The Lolas vs. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Broccoli For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.”
Arthur Miller
The Original
The Who:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Chico Hamilton vs. The Lolas vs. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Chico Hamilton:
The Lolas:
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs:
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?!!?
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Richie Havens vs. Skrewdriver vs. Wave Mechanics Union
Broccoli For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.”
Isaac Asimov
Won’t Get Fooled AGAIN?!!? That’s right, we’re going around the horn once more with our all-time favorites …
The Original
The Who:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Richie Havens vs. Skrewdriver vs. Wave Mechanics Union
Richie Havens:
Skrewdriver:
Wave Mechanics Union:
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?!!?
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Guided by Voices vs. Pearl Jam with Steve Diggle vs. Pickin’ On Players
Broccoli For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
“Want to know what God thinks of money? Look at the people he gave it to.”
Dorothy Parker
The Original
The Who:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Guided by Voices vs. Pearl Jam with Steve Diggle vs. Pickin’ On Players
Guided by Voices:
Pearl Jam with Steve Diggle:
Pickin’ On Players:
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?!!?
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Dropkick Murphys vs. Flexie vs. Les Calamites
Broccoli For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
“People who are trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off – why should I?”
Bob Marley
The Original
The Who:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Dropkick Murphys vs. Flexie vs. Les Calamites
Dropkick Murphys:
Flexie:
Les Calamites:
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?!!?
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Hayseed Dixie vs. Van Halen vs. Luciano
Remembering Larry Hagman …
Broccoli For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
Many people do not realize that psychedelic drugs saved Larry Hagman. No, it’s true. In the mid-1960s, Hagman suffered a nervous breakdown while filming the TV show I Dream of Jeannie. The crew carted Hagman off to a psychiatrist, who suggested he combat his anxiety with LSD. A few days later, Hagman’s friend Peter Fonda took him to a Crosby, Stills and Nash concert, where he was handed several tabs of acid by folk rocker David Crosby. Hagman claims that he saw his body’s molecular structure during that first trip. And after a few more tabs of LSD and a whole lot of marijuana our boy, Larry, was back on his game. Hagman was an amiable eccentric who enjoyed dressing up as a British policeman or a French legionnaire and leading impromptu parades down the beach. Upon death his wish was to have his body ground up and “spread over a field and have marijuana and wheat planted and harvest it in a couple of years and make a big marijuana cake. People would eat a little Larry.” Sadly his last request went unfulfilled …
And what does Larry Hagman have to do with music and this blog? Nothing.
The Original
The Who:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Hayseed Dixie vs. Van Halen vs. Luciano
Hayseed Dixie:
Van Halen:
Luciano:
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?!!?
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