Tag Archives: #CoverFriday

Cover Friday: “War Pigs”

August 8, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 80s, alternative, black sabbath, covers, faith no more, metalLance

“War Pigs”
by Faith No More (originally by Black Sabbath)
from the album The Real Thing
1989
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Let’s get things straight. “War Pigs” is a bad-ass song all on its own. Even if you’re not an Ozzy-worshiping Sabbath fan, you can most definitely appreciate the bad-assedness of “War Pigs” I mean the lyrics alone are the fucking jam, but you layer in some sludgy bass and rusty chainsaw guitar licks over the top and that’s a recipe for successful head-banging. But what happens if you add about 25% more funk?

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Cover Friday: “Treat Her Right”

July 25, 2014Music#CoverFriday, covers, motown, movies, music videos, songs, soulLance

“Treat Her Right”
by The Commitments (originally by Roy Head and the Traits)
from the soundtrack to The Commitments
1991
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The Commitments was one of our go-to movies for late nights at college. I don’t remember seeing it in the theaters, so I think it was almost exclusively watched on VHS rentals from More Than Video. I’m not sure who in my group found it, but we could recite it from memory, at least the parts we could make out through the Irish brogue. This movie hit some soft spots for me: Motown/soul/blues music, ensemble pieces and weird accents. Plus, what a fun band to listen to. Case in point, the opening song to the movie.

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Cover Friday: “Forever Young”

July 25, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 00s, 80s, alphaville, alternative, covers, music videos, songs, youth groupChris

“Forever Young”
by Youth Group (originally by Alphaville)
from the album Casino Twilight Dogs
2006
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I’m going to keep this one short. It’s 1 in the morning, and I’m exhausted, but I’m not going to get a chance to post during the day and I can’t very well give Lance a hard time about Karaoke Thursday if I don’t post for #CoverFriday.

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Cover Friday: “Money”

July 18, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 120 minutes, 90s, afghan whigs, alternative, beatles, covers, foo fighters, gumball, karaoke, motown, music videos, nirvana, r.e.m., songs, sonic youth, soul asylumLance

“Money”
by the Backbeat Band (originally by Barret Strong)
from the soundtrack to Backbeat
1994
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Oh man, I had two songs in mind for my cover selection today, both covers of Motown classics, but this one gets the nod today because I’ve been listening to a lot of Afghan Whigs lately. I’ll file that other one away for later. This is actually an all-star 90s alternative cover of a Beatles cover of a Barrett Strong track. It features members of REM, Gumball, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Soul Asylum and Afghan Whigs.

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Cover Friday: “Jessie’s Girl”

July 18, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 00s, 80s, covers, folk, matt the electrician, rick springfield, songsChris

“Jessie’s Girl”
by Matt the Electrician (originally by Rick Springfield)
from the album Made for Working
2003
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Not a ton to say on this song. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but just a nice, mellow version of a classic song. I’ve said before I have a weakness for cookie cutter emo and punk bands doing covers, but also included in that list are acoustic covers in most genres. I’m not very good at it, but I occasionally check the rss feed for http://coverlaydown.com/, and I’m pretty sure that’s how I came across this song one day.

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Cover Friday: “Like a Prayer”

July 11, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 80s, 90s, bigod 20, covers, dance, madonna, songs, workoutChris

“Like a Prayer”
by Bigod 20 (originally by Madonna)
from the album On the Run
1992
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To show how bad my memory is, I didn’t remember I posted a Madonna cover last week as well until I came to post this.

I’ve never enjoyed going to a dance club that just plays electronic music, but, though I haven’t done it in years, I used to love going to dance at clubs with industrial/goth/alternative nights. I like to dance but I want music that has words, that I can sing along to (even if it’s just in my head), that I know has an end and that I know well enough to dance to the timing of it. This is one of the songs I used to love hearing and dancing to. It’s such a great dance song and also such a great subversion of the original. The original was the only Madonna single I ever bought, and I listened to it a ton, so it made me love this version more.
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Cover Friday: “Like a Virgin”

July 4, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 80s, 90s, alternative, covers, madonna, songs, teenage fanclubChris

“Like a Virgin”
by Teenage Fanclub (originally by Madonna)
from the album What You Do to Me
1992
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I’ll write some other time about how I came by Teenage Fanclub (and some #CoverFriday I’ll post Buffalo Tom covering Teenage Fanclub), but decided to go with this for the week. This cover was first released a year earlier on Teenage Fanclub’s second album The King, but I know it from this EP/”maxi-single”, which I picked up along the way.

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Cover Friday: “Surfin’ U.S.A.”

June 27, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 90s, beach boys, covers, pennywise, punk, summer songsChris

“Surfin’ U.S.A.”
by Pennywise (originally by The Beach Boys)
from the album M.O.M.: Music for Our Mother Ocean Vol. 1
1996
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So I completely blew it this week with no Karaoke Tuesday entry. There have been a few times in the past where Lance or I or both of us have been a little late, but this week I just totally dropped the ball. Normally at worst I might do it Wednesday and cheat by backdating the entry, but it just feels wrong to do that when it’s already Friday night. So you win this week, Lance. And apologies to all of our loyal fans (which is also just Lance).

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Cover Friday: “Never Say Never”

June 27, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 00s, 80s, alternative, covers, desert rock, qotsa, queens of the stone age, romeo voidLance

“Never Say Never”
by Queens of the Stone Age (originally by Romeo Void)
from the album Rated R (Deluxe Edition)
2010
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Yep, it’s a QOTSA week here on MNP, especially if Chris doesn’t get off his ass and post. That’s right motherfucker. Called you out. What are you gonna do?

Sorry, QOTSA does that too me… get’s me in a fighting, fucking or drinking mood. Sometimes all three. I didn’t discover this song until a few months ago. I picked up the reissue of Rated R like any good QOTSA fan would, but I never really gave it a good spin. Like most of my musical discoveries, this song came into my life via shuffle. Quickly followed by pounding the back button two times so I could hear it again. Continue reading Cover Friday: “Never Say Never” →

Cover Friday: “Back in Black”

June 20, 2014Music#CoverFriday, 00s, ac/dc, alternative, covers, hard rock, living colour, nycLance

“Back in Black”
by Living Colour (originally by AC/DC)
from the album Collideøscope
2003
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It’s hard to improve upon the AC/DC classic which was that band’s stake in the ground, telling the world know they weren’t going anyway following the death of original lead singer, Bon Scott. When Living Colour decided to include on their first album in over a decade, it took on some new significance.

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