Cover Me Q&A: What cover song makes you laugh?

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Nov 022016
 

Welcome to Cover Me Q&A, where we take your questions about cover songs and answer them to the best of our ability.

Here at Cover Me Q&A, we’ll be taking questions about cover songs and giving as many different answers as we can. This will give us a chance to hold forth on covers we might not otherwise get to talk about, to give Cover Me readers a chance to learn more about individual staffers’ tastes and writing styles, and to provide an opportunity for some back-and-forth, as we’ll be taking requests (learn how to do so at feature’s end).

Today’s question, from Cover Me staffer Mike Misch: What cover song makes you laugh?
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Delta Rae Cover Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Song in the Woods

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Nov 022016
 
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If you didn’t see the recent Broadway musical Bright Star, you probably don’t know Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin) and Edie Brickell’s new “Asheville.” The pair set their musical in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains in the 1940s, using the area’s bluegrass music as its inspiration. Though Martin is best known for his comedy, for some time now he has been a more than credible banjo player, even recording no-joke bluegrass albums with the Steep Canyon Rangers and Earl Scruggs, plus several now with Brickell. Continue reading »

Watch Phish Cover David Bowie’s Complete ‘Ziggy Stardust’ Album as a Halloween Surprise

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Nov 012016
 
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Whatever you typically think of Phish, their Halloween sets are pretty undeniably fun. On and off for years now, they’ve taken the occasion to cover a classic album in full, not announcing which until attendees get there. They’ve done the Beatles’ White Album (1994), The Who’s Quadrophonia (1995), Talking Heads’ Remain in Light (1996), Velvet Underground’s Loaded (1998), the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street (2009), Little Feat’s Waiting for Columbus (2010). And last night they added a new album to the roster: David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Continue reading »

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