All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen cover number four.
This song, and my playing it 30 times in a row one Sunday afternoon, is what made me want to do this month of cover songs.
I love this cover.
Originally by Ghost Mice
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
The AJJ/Ghost Mice split was my introduction to this band, and I didn't realize for the longest time that this song was a cover. Even after I got pretty deep into the band, I still thought this was their song and not a Ghost Mice cover. Which is pretty stupid considering I also thought the split featured several covers of each band’s songs. This is also dumb, because each band covers only one of the other band’s songs.
I’m an idiot, but this is still a great cover.
Originally by Jawbreaker
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
I know everybody gets all wet and bothered about Jawbreaker, but for me, this is a Lucero song. It's too the point with me, that Jawbreaker’s original doesn’t sound right, that's the cover for me.
Every single one of the dozen or so times I’ve seen Lucero, they’ve played this. Hell, I think Ben even played when I saw him solo. They own this now, sorry Blake.
Originally by The Rolling Stones
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
There is a collection of bands that I appreciate what they did, but would be thrilled if I never heard them again. The Beatles, The Velvet Underground (or any Lou Reed for that matter), and The Rolling Stones, among others.
I completely understand why these bands are important. I do, I swear, but I’ve moved on.
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by The Mountain Goats
Hearing Atom play this at Michigan Fest in 2002 was actually the first time I had ever even heard of the Mountain Goats. And despite Atom’s performance, I didn’t investigate the band any further for like 5 years.
Somehow, despite sounding completely Atom & His Package, this still seems like a Mountain Goats song.
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by Nick Cave
Two “Jack the Rippers” in a row is probably ill-advised, despite being two totally different songs.
This thing slays. Go buy the record its on (iTunes or on vinyl), and then buy their full-length album and go see them. The live show is amazing.
I can not say enough how much I love this song and band.
Originally by Sam Cooke
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
I’ve always kind of thought the album version of this song had a sadness to it (probably just the tempo). Drag’s version of this song turns that sadness up a few notches (not just with tempo).
Originally by Heart
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
During their Hazards of Love tour, the band would come out, say nothing, and play “The Hazards of Love in its entirety. Then take a short break and come back out, talk and play the hits.
The second set would end with this cover. When I saw them, it was more over the top than it is in this recording. Though it's possible, it just seemed like that because I was actually there.
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by Bruce Springsteen
More Springsteen.
These two toured and only played Springsteen songs, and then released an album of the songs they played. Both the tour and the album were called “Darkness on the Edge of Your Town.”
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by Morrissey
I’ve got no love whatsoever for The Smiths or Morrissey. Not a drop. Every time I hear some cover I end up liking it, and I think “shit, maybe I was wrong and need to give it another go.” And every single time I get screwed by how much I hate it.
This song is from a 2005 EP called “Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey,” 6 tracks, all Morrissey covers.
Originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
One for my mom.
Originally by Bruce Springsteen
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
My love of this song predates my love of Springsteen and was probably my gateway to the Boss.
The first time I heard this band was at Michigan Fest in 2002. Everyone was waiting for the next band to set up, and then suddenly, in the middle of the crowd 3 guys just started playing and belting out an amazing cover of Prince’s When You Were Mine. A couple of songs later, they moved the stage, plugged in, and I was hooked.
This song is from an EP called Reservoir Songs. Five songs, all covers, all amazing.
