Cover Me Q&A: What's your favorite cover song?

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Apr 242013

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

Today marks the debut of a new feature at Cover Me, called 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).

For our first Cover Me Q&A question, we thought we’d pick one both basic and complex, too easy and too hard, that anyone who regularly visits this site has more than likely contemplated: What’s your favorite cover song? Here are our answers; we welcome yours in the comments section below… Continue reading »

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Under the Radar: The Bobs

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Sep 282012

Under the Radar shines a light on lesser-known cover artists. If you’re not listening to these folks, you should. Catch up on past installments here.

The Bobs are an a cappella group that pride themselves on their originality – and when you’re writing songs with titles like “Mopping, Mopping, Mopping,” “Andy Always Dreamed of Wrestling,” and “Please Let Me Be Your Third World Country,” there’s clearly a lot of originality to be proud of. There’s just as much originality in their renditions of songs they didn’t write, and they’ve been entertaining audiences across the US and Europe with them for almost a third of a century with nothing but voices and self-percussion. Continue reading »

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Under the Radar: Strolling Scones

Posted by Patrick Robbins at 5:00 pm 3 Responses »
Jul 062012

Under the Radar shines a light on lesser-known cover artists. If you’re not listening to these folks, you should. Catch up on past installments here.

A good ’60s cover act has two duties: 1) come up with a creative, memorable name to help them stand out among their peers, and 2) play the songs that everybody knows. The Strolling Scones handle the first part with an enviable nonchalance – how could anybody forget that name? But when it comes to the second part, they go in another direction entirely. Continue reading »

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Dylan Covers A-Z: "T.V. Talkin' Song" - "4th Time Around"

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May 272011

Dylan Covers A-Z presents covers of every single Bob Dylan song. View the full series here.

Oh mama, can this really be the end? After one heck of a week, we reach the finale today. This last set of 50+ covers makes it official: Cover Me now includes covers of every single Bob Dylan song, in alphabetical order. 279 songs in 50-60 song chunks. It’s never been done before and, given how much work it took, it probably won’t be again (at least not by us).

We’re not sure if this last set is the best of the bunch, but it’s up there. From Jimi Hendrix’s just-unearthed “Tears of Rage” to Elliott Smith’s transcendent “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” there’s a lot to love here. So join us in our final celebration of Dylan’s birthday with one more cup of covers. Once again, happy birthday Bob.

Sidebar: We’re guessing you maybe fell behind on a song or two these past four days. After all, listening to these all would take more than 15 hours. So here are links to the full set for you to peruse this weekend.
Part 1: “Absolutely Sweet Marie” – “Everything Is Broken”
Part 2: “Father of Night” – “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”
Part 3: “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” – “Oxford Town”
Part 4: “Peggy Day” – “Sweetheart Like You”
Part 5: “T.V Talkin’ Song” – “4th Time Around”

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Download: Anova Music’s Free Covers Comp

Posted by Ray Padgett at 11:00 am No Responses »
Jan 062011

Certain records labels come to represent a sound as fully as the bands they represent. Sub Pop, Epitaph, Matador – all names that conjure up a particular aesthetic for those familiar with their roster. Anova Music may not boast the fame or history of the big labels, but with its small lineup it too represents a specific sound: Israeli indie. Genre-wise, it’s all over the board – from the EatLiz hard rockers to jazz singer Ruth Dolores Weiss – but the small community stays strong.

On a selfish note, we like Anova because of all the covers they send us. Whether generated by label policy or coincidental artist initiative, the songs always deliver. In September we posted Electra’s cover of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” and we recently named Weiss’ Leonard Cohen cover one of the best of 2010. Continue reading »

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Unearthed: Jimi Hendrix Covers “Tears of Rage”

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Nov 112010

I think it’s safe to say that Jimi Hendrix was a pretty big fan of 1967 Bob Dylan. From Dylan’s ’67 John Wesley Harding, he’s covered “All Along the Watchtower” (obviously) and “Drifter’s Escape.” Now, for the first time, we hear him dip into Dylan and the Band‘s 1967 “Basement Tapes,” with his vintage take on “Tears of Rage.” The guitar style blends Delta blues picking and electric slide raging, finding a rhythmic-but-rocking center. Though the playing sounds mostly solo, Paul Caruso adds a little harmonica and takes Rick Danko’s backup lines on the chorus. Continue reading »

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Repost: John Wesley Harding Covered

Posted by Ray Padgett at 1:00 pm 1 Response »
Oct 292010

The following post first went up on October 29, 2007. To celebrate our third birthday, we are re-posting it for the first time with new MP3 links. These songs will only be live for 48 hours, so snag them now!

First off, welcome to Cover Me, my own foray into the world of cover blogs. I’ll be posting a new set of covers every week, usually on a theme, with other stuff probably cropping up. They will stay available to download for a month, at which point they will vanish like the wind. So keep this blog bookmarked, and also check out the other great blogs in the Links on the right. If you like what you see or have a suggestion, drop a comment or shoot me a line.

For the first segment, in honor of the soundtrack to the movie I’m Not There, which came out yesterday, we’re gonna hit you up with some Dylan covers. Specifically, every song from his return-to-roots ’67 album John Wesley Harding. The original shocked everyone with its acoustic instruments, Biblical imagery, straightforward story-songs, and lack of choruses. These short, spare songs have lent themselves to loads of covers over the years, many quite different from the originals. Continue reading »

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Song of the Day: The Hippogriffs, “All Along the Watchtower” (Bob Dylan cover)

Posted by Ray Padgett at 9:00 am No Responses »
Oct 282010

Song of the Day posts one cool cover every morning. Catch up on past installments here.

The Hippogriffs bill themselves as “acoustic rock at its finest” and that seems about right. There’s nothing fancy here, just three Colorado buddies touring the state jamming out some classics. So if you find yourself in the 3-0-3 or the 7-2-0 (Denver), look ‘em up.

Their recent live cover of “All Along the Watchtower” bridges the Dylan-Hendrix divide: electric energy on acoustic instruments. Guitarist Russ Griffin lays heavy on the wah-wah for thirteen minutes of acousti-funk soloing. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but when the wheel works this well, why bother? Continue reading »

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