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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.
Contact RDubbs at covermeimpressed@yahoo.com
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Broccoli For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
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The Original
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Elvis Presley:
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THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
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Dead Kennedys vs. Bruce Springsteen vs. The Swing Cats with Johnny Ramone
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Dead Kennedys:
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Swing Cats with Johnny Ramone:
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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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Unrelated But Not Without Ample Merit
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Won’t You Listen to What the Man Says?e)
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” Author Terry Pratchett as quoted in the Montreal Gazette
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.
Friends-Of-the-Blog, The Black River Republic have released their 2nd album, For Distant Viewing. For us cover song aficionado’s, the album includes a version of Nina Simone’s Revolution.
BRR is a rock band from metro New York that has an eclectic, contagious sound. You may remember the band’s guitarist Bill Hafener from his breakneck-jammin’ days with cult-favorite band, The Skels. BBR‘s excellent, energetic cover of Woody Guthrie’s Deportee appeared on CMI’s March 25, 2015 blog.
I’m Gonna Have Fun in the City, Me And My Girl And Mr. Broccoli
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What a great song! One of my favorites from the ’60s, a decade that produced an incredible amount of marvelous tunes. Seems every band with a modicum of aesthetic awareness has covered this gem at one time or another. If not recorded and cataloged then at the least live or in practice. Yet, through all its covers, weak and strong, I’ve yet to hear one that exceeds The Easy Beat’s original take.
The Original
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The Easy Beats:
And check out this great live version. Notice they’re wearing the same natty attire as on the cover of the 45. Why wouldn’t they I suppose?
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THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
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David Bowie vs. The Space Negros vs Richard Thompson
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David Bowie:
The Space Negros:
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Richard Thompson with Judith Owen & Debra Dobkin:
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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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Unrelated But Not Without Ample Merit
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It’s Murder by Numbers…
A plurality of Democrats, 39%, say John Lennon is their favorite Beatle. Just 15% of Republicans agree. 49% of Republicans name Paul McCartney as their favorite. (Public Policy Polling)
There’s plenty to be read between the lines in this polling. Just saying …
I was working part time in a five-and-dime, My boss was Mr. Broccoli
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The Original
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Prince:
Apparently Prince does not allow his songs to be played on YouTube anymore. I tell ya, ever since that guy became a symbol he’s become miserable to deal with! Anyway, if you’ve got an uncontrollable hankering to hear his version of Little Red Corvette then you can try this link:
Loved these guys. Really, really loved them. And how did they repay me? By breaking up without as much as a word to me. And I really, really loved them 😦
Sarah Bettens:
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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.
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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Unrelated But Not Without Ample Merit
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So What’s Been Spinning on R Dubbs’ Stereo Lately …
Just for You, Here’s a Dubbs Song!
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“Shivers” – Rowland S Howard:
Beautifully haunting song by Australian underground legend, Rowland S. Howard. Howard wrote Shivers when he was only 16. It later became the only single off of The Birthday Party‘s debut album, Door, Door. Shivers later appeared in an Australian independently released film, Dogs In Space, which is centered around a fictitious punk band’s demise amid abundant drug use and dysfunctional lifestyles. Shivers is a classic post-punk ballad and one of Australia’s most enduring cult hits.
Alvin & The Chipmonks (with significant input from The Chipettes):
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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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Unrelated But Not Without Ample Merit
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You Can Read All About it in the Sunday Papers:
Flying is so much fun! Les Price, a 518-pound Brit, was recently forced to pay for two airplane seats to account for his extra heft, only to discover upon boarding the plane that the seats were not side-by-side! “One was in row 17 and the other in row 19,” said Mr. Price, 43. Nice!
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)appeared on R.E.M.’s 1987 album Document. It was released as a single in November 1987, reaching No. 69 on the US Billboard Hot 199 and later reaching No. 39 in the UK singles chart on its re-release in December 1991. In an interview with Guitar World magazine published in November 1996, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck agreed that End of the World was in the tradition of Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues (a song notable in that RDubbs does not particularly care for it).
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R.E.M.:
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THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
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Discount vs. Pickin’ On Series
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Discount:
Pickin’ On Series:
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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.
1952 Black Lightening, one of the all-time great ballads.
“Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme…”
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The Original
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Richard Thompson:
Great live version recorded around 2006 when Thompson crashed at my apartment for a few weeks. I dearly love the man but he still owes me $20 dating back to that sojourn!
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THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
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Mary Lou Lord vs. Sean Rowe
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Mary Lou Lord:
Sean Rowe:
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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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Unrelated But Not Without Ample Merit
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Won’t You Listen to What the Man Says?e)
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” John Lennon as quoted in CNN.com
The Night Chicago Died reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in 1974, reached number 3 in the UK charts, and number 2 in Canada. And why not? This assault on one’s sensibilities had everything you’d look for in a 1970’s hit: rudimentary, grade-school level verses, lyrics teeming with sappy emotion, a simple John Wayne good guys always win in the end patriotic mentality, a catchy chorus that stays with you like herpes and some electric guitar licks to enforce just how hip the song and, by extension, its listeners must truly be. Many would argue that The Night Chicago Died is the worst song of all time. However, they’d be wrong. The song’s potential for infamy is limited to possibly being the second worst song of all time as Billy, Don’t Be A Hero currently and mostly likely always will hold the distinction of being the worst the music world has ever produced. Amazingly, both abominations were first recorded by the same band, the all-time abysmal “Paper Lace”.
“Paper Lace” sent a copy of The Night Chicago Died to then Mayor Richard J. Daley who apparently hated it. So at least there is one minute reason to extend a very small modicom of respect to the man.
The Original
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THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
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Frontier Wives vs. Jaak Joala vs. No Empathy vs. Yo La Tengo
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Frontier Wives:
Okay, these guys’ rendition was included because it looks like they are having a really good time and the raucous audience is definitely enjoying themselves as well.
Jaak Joala:
This guy’s version was included because it is sung in Estonian and any significant change as such to this miserable song is most certainly a welcome relief.
No Empathy:
This version was included because it is forkin’ great and something had to save today’s blog from its own misery.
Yo La Tengo:
Beginning in 1996, Yo La Tengo supported the fundraising efforts of New York’s world-renowned independent radio outlet WFMU with annual studio visits. All listeners who pledged money during the band’s appearances were offered the chance to request a favorite song that Yo La Tengo would then attempt to perform; no rehearsals, no advance word of what the requests might be, just plug it in and kick it out. The spontaneous element is impressive and, at times, hysterical. It is from one of these sessions that Yo La Tengo’s version of The Night Chicago Died was produced.
And so this version was included because … it’s YO LA TENGO so of course it had to be included!!!
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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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