All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by Minor Threat
Because I’m not cool, I knew this song before I knew who Minor Threat was. However, this band was my gateway into the world of indie/punk/hardcore or whatever the hell else we’re calling it these days.
Thanks, ska-core.
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by The Melvins
This is my first and probably last Mastodon post. Their last couple of albums have bored the hell out of me. I have no issues with bands growing and changing, but don’t expect me to follow a long just because I liked the old stuff. I get to grow and change, too, or not at all. That shit is my call.
This song is taken from the mostly mediocre "We Reach: The Music of the Melvins" tribute album. There are some standout tracks like this one and the Isis/Agoraphobic Nosebleed track. Sean Ingram of Coalesce also makes an appearance on Blessing The Hogs’ cover of “Hog Leg.” Dude can’t stay away from cover songs.
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.
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.
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by ABBA
“I wrote this song about Derek.”
All posts in the month of August will be covers.
Originally by The Get Up Kids
Let's be honest here, I could do like 3 weeks of Coalesce covers. Dudes have done so many covers, including an entire Led Zeppelin covers album. They even refer to themselves as a cover band in their cover of Amadeus.
Coalesce is one of my favorite bands of all time, and what I love about this cover is how much they own it. Yeah, the Zeppelin covers are good, and Sean's vocals are great, but musically it's still pretty much sounds like Zep. This sounds like Coalesce, top to bottom.
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.”
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 Kill Creek
I’ve gone back and forth all month about whether or not I should post The Casket Lottery’s cover of “In The Meantime” or something else. I really love their version of the song, but with Sean Ingram singing, it just doesn’t feel like a Casket Lottery song. Best Man, on the other hand, sounds like the band could have originally written it.
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.
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 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.
