“Happiness is a Warm Gun”
by The Breeders (originally by The Beatles)
from the album Pod
1990
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I’m already a day late, and with 11 minutes to spare, nearly two days, so I’ll follow Lance’s lead and go with one where I’m slightly embarrassed to admit I only knew this cover version for a long time before I ever heard the original.
I’m pretty positive the liner notes for Pod listed the Beatles as the original songwriters, so I knew it was a Beatles’ song, but I was just vastly uneducated towards the Beatles (and let’s be honest, I still largely am). But I digress. I loved the first Breeders album, and this song is one of the many stand-outs. I won’t go so far as to say it surpasses the original, because I know that’s some kind of heresy, but it’s the only version I really know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8K0yLAtzCY&feature=kp
I’ve been trying to get into the Beatles for years, mostly because a lot of my favorite bands name check them. And I get that they were revolutionary, but I don’t know… meh? However, this cover is the jam!