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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.
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Tune du Jour: “Cant’s You Hear Me Knocking” – The Rolling Stones
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Bernard Fowler & Chuck D vs. Great Caesar’s Ghost vs. Bobby Keys
I Shouted Out, “Who Ate The Broccoli?”, When After All, It Was You And Me…
Read it in the Sunday Papers …
A Philadelphia woman was stunned when a 5-pound catfish fell from the sky and smacked her square in the face. Lisa Lobree was walking through a city park when she heard a rustling in the trees above her and was struck by the 16-inch fish, which witnesses said was dropped by a passing hawk. Lobree suffered a small cut to the face and a lingering fishy odor. “I smelled so bad afterward,” she said. “I smelled disgusting.” Lobree added that she’s a keen angler, but in decades of fishing, “it was the first catfish that my face caught.”
The Original
The Rolling Stones:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Bernard Fowler & Chuck D vs. Great Caesar’s Ghost vs. Bobby Keys
Bernard Fowler & Chuck D:
Great Caesar’s Ghost:
Bobby Keys:
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: The Chieftains & Sinead O’Connor vs. Screaming Orphans vs. The Wakes
Everybody’s Dressin’ Funny … Cover Me Impressed!
There are a few old traditional English and Irish ballads that go by the name of Foggy Dew or The Foggy Dew. This particular one, undoubtedly the greatest of them (so sayeth R.J. Dubbengoth III in his landmark tome, “Very Excellent Great Things As Sayeth R.J. Dubbengoth III“) was written sometime around 1919 by the Irish priest Charles O’Neill. In April 1916, in what would become known as the Easter Rising, James Connolly, greatest man ever (again see Dubbengoth III’s “Very Excellent Great Things“), and Patrick Pearse led an insurrection in Dublin against British rule of Ireland. The Irish revolutionaries seized the General Post Office and other prominent governmental buildings in Dublin. However, in about a week’s time Britain’s well-trained and heavily-armed occupying force squashed the insurrection. At the time of the rising, which coincided with World War I, many (and probably most) Irish citizens did not support an armed revolt against British troops. But Irish sentiment changed drastically in subsequent weeks as British Command summarily executed all real and imagined leaders of the insurrection. Sixteen leaders of the insurrection, including Patrick Pearse and an already badly injured James Connolly, who unable to stand was placed in a chair before a firing line, were executed without trial. In the eyes of the Irish people these men soon became martyrs in Ireland’s struggle for home rule.
O’Neill’s The Foggy Dew memorialized the Easter Rising and encouraged Irishmen to fight for Ireland’s freedom, rather than for the British, as so many young Irishmen were doing in World War I.
The Earliest Studio Recording
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (1956):
As far as I can tell this was the first studio recording of the song.
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The Most Popular
The Dubliners (1966):
There are many excellent versions of this venerable old song but I’d guess the most well-known would be that of The Dubliners (first cousins with and frequent inebriation-enthusiast mates of Grandfather Dubbengoth I).
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The Cover Songs Competition
The Chieftains & Sinead O’Connor vs. Screaming Orphans vs. The Wakes
The Chieftains & Sinead O’Connor:
Screaming Orphans:
The Wakes:
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. Only one cover tune will live to play another day and it is your solemn responsibility to decide which one prevails. So tell me … Which Side Are You On?!!?
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Chicha Libre vs. Jimmy Cliff with Tim Armstrong vs. Dado Villa Lobos
Everybody’s Dressin’ Funny … Cover Me Impressed!
“The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably.”
Julian Barnes
The Original
The Clash:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Chicha Libre vs. Jimmy Cliff with Tim Armstrong vs. Dado Villa Lobos
Chicha Libre:
Jimmy Cliff with Tim Armstrong:
Dado Villa Lobos:
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: Mike Masse with Jeff Hall & Phil Wormdahl vs. Nouvelle Vague vs. The Persuasions
Everybody’s Dressin’ Funny … Cover Me Impressed!
Read it in the Sunday Papers …
Elvira Montes is a champion. Last week, the 81-year-old grandmother competed with her family in Austin’s FloTrack “Beer Mile” World Championships, in which runners have to chug a 12-ounce beer before each of the four quarter-mile laps. Montes, who’s been running since she was 60, finished in 20:24 – 50 seconds faster than her 47-year-old daughter. Her son-in-law couldn’t even make it to the finish line. The octogenarian says she doesn’t even like beer, preferring scotch instead. “I tried to drink the first on really fast, but I couldn’t,” she said. “The second one went down really smooth; the third, even better. The fourth was all right.”
The Original
U2:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Mike Masse with Jeff Hall & Phil Wormdahl vs. Nouvelle Vague vs. The Persuasions
Mike Masse with Jeff Hall & Phil Wormdahl:
Nouvelle Vague:
The Persuasions:
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?!!?
Tune du Jour: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” – The Beatles
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: The Band of the Irish Guards vs. Manny Manuel vs. The Smithereens
Broccoli Fields Forever …
“Most rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read.”
Frank Zappa
The Original
The Beatles:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
The Band of the Irish Guards vs. Manny Manuel vs. The Smithereens
The Band of the Irish Guards:
Manny Manuel:
The Smithereens:
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: Crystalline vs. The Hellacopters vs. Robert Plant
Everybody’s Dressin’ Funny … Cover Me Impressed!
Read it in the Sunday Papers:
India’s government has hired 40 monkey impersonators in a desperate bid to scare off the real monkeys that are terrorizing the country’s parliament. Hundreds of macaques roam freely around government buildings in Delhi, attacking bureaucrats for food and chewing through Internet and phone cables. To frighten off the macaques, officials recruited a team of “very talented” monkey wallahs (or specialists), who will dress up as more aggressive langur monkeys and hoot and shriek at the smaller simians. ‘It’s not a bad way to earn my bread and butter,’ said one of the wallahs.”
The Original
Love:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Crystalline vs. The Hellacopters vs. Robert Plant
Crystalline:
The Hellacopters:
Robert Plant:
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: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. vs. Diesel Park West vs. The Mockers
Everybody’s Dressin’ Funny … Cover Me Impressed!
“My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches.”
John F. Kennedy
The Original
The Beach Boys:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. vs. Diesel Park West vs. The Mockers
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.:
Diesel Park West
The Mockers:
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. 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?!!?
Tune du Jour: “Thousands are Sailing” – The Pogues
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Patrick Clifford vs. East Wall vs. Puck & Piper
Broccoli For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles … Oh Yeah!
Phenomenal song, simply phenomenal!!! Let me be clear, there is simply no way to improve upon The Pogues’ masterpiece. In some ways it seems foolhardy that lesser bands even attempt the task. Not sacrilegious, mind you, but seemingly self-defeating, impractical and ultimately foolish.
But in the immortal words of Hunter S Thompson, “But the ticket, take the ride”. So go ahead. You’ve got much to prove and might as well start making a name for yourself tonight. March on up to the cadre of Hells Angels at the end of the bar and slug the biggest one in the latissimus dorsi. Just please wait until I’m at least 15 miles down the road before you cash in that ticket …
The Original
The Pogues:
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The Cover Songs Competition
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Forget the naysayers! C’mon mate. That big dirty bastard is ripe for the taking …
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Patrick Clifford vs. East Wall vs. Puck & Piper
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Patrick Clifford:
East Wall:
Puck & Piper:
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. Only one cover tune will live to play another day and it is your solemn responsibility to decide which one prevails. So tell me … Which Side Are You On?!!?
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Down by Law vs. The Guards vs. Lostprophets
Everybody’s Dressin’ Funny … Cover Me Impressed!
“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.”
Tom Waits
The Original
The greatest 3 minutes of music ever? Maybe …
The Jam:
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Down by Law vs. The Guards vs. Lostprophets
Down by Law:
The Guards:
Lostprophets:
Okay so the lead singer, Ian Watkins, is a despicable wretch of a human being. But if you could separate the degenerate from the song, you’d have to admit that this is a pretty damn good cover.
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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