Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Covers, covered

Fun thought experiment:

Which songs would you like to hear covered by which bands/artists?

Examples:

"I'd love to hear The Damned - Shadow Of Love, covered by Michael Buble."

Or

"You know what would be great, dude?  Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence, covered by Deafheaven."

It seems like a lot of bands will cover one song or another during a concert.  Sometimes, if I'm feeling like an idiot during whatever concert I'm at, I'll request "Hot For Teacher," as a kind of long-running joke that only I appreciate anymore.  It goes back to college, and a friend of mine who was a guitarist in a band called Kruster's Kronomid.  I tried to get him to play Hot For Teacher at almost every gig.  People do dumb things in college, don't you know?  Fun fact:  The drummer for Kruster's Kronomid was Jason McGerr of Death Cab For Cutie.

Some of my favorite covers that already exist include:




or this old favorite from my youthful explorations of punk:


And how could I forget this one, which is guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye unless you have no soul:




This one is... different:



 

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