Cover Me: It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

I love it when a great cover version catches you so off guard that you practically forget about the original. A good example is how Great Big Sea, a band from Newfoundland that mixes their unique brand of folk-rock original compositions along with traditional music from “The Rock”, takes a song from the catalogue of [...]

Cover Me (double shot): Shadows In The Rain/Behind The Lines

It’s one thing for an artist to record a cover version of someone else’s song, but what to make of an artist who records a new version of their own song (I’m just talking studio versions; not live albums)? Creative licence or lack of originality?  You be the judge. Two cases in point:  I’ve always [...]

Cover Me: Smooth Criminal

I think it goes without saying that it’s going to be some time before Michael Jackson is out of the news. So while every media outlet out there is busy celebrating his contributions to musc, video, and pop culture, I thought this would be a great time for an edition of “Cover Me”.
As everyone [...]

Cover Me: (What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?

Just to get it out of the way, I think people need to listen to more Elvis Costello. So there.
Written by the criminally underrated Nick Lowe and originally performed by Lowe and his bandmates in Brinsley Schwarz, Elvis Costello’s version of “(What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace, Love & Understanding” first appeared on his 1979 album [...]

Cover Me

I was looking back at two previous posts in which I posted videos for what are arguably among the best (Joe Cocker’s “With A Little Help From My Friends”) and worst (Celine Dion’s “You Shook Me All Night Long”) cover songs of all time. Joe took The Beatles’ classic and turned it on its head [...]