January 12, 2021
Rest assured, this episode is no godawful small affair. Cover Bowie continues with one of David Bowie's all-time greatest songs, "Life on Mars?". We talk about some of Bowie's acting work in our bonus segment.
Covers by: Flaming Lips, Caecille Norby, Seal, Vamps, AURORA, 8-Bit Arcade
Spotify playlist here
VAMPS cover here
January 5, 2021
Some people like to listen to podcasts and they get called assholes, that won't happen to you if you listen to this episode about "Pablo Picasso" by Modern Lovers. In our bonus segment, we discuss the visual arts and how we don't know a lot about them.
Covers by: John Cale, Burning Sensations, Phranc, David Bowie, FourYearBeard, The Tellers, Jack White
Spotify playlist here
Burning Sensations and Phranc versions here
December 29, 2020
We made it to the end of this awful year, and if you're reading this then so did you! Congratulations! This episode is all about the year 2020. We share our Spotify Wrapped statistics for the year, our top 5 albums of the year, and our personal ratings for best, worst, and weirdest episode of the year! Come celebrate the end of the year with us!
December 22, 2020
All I want for Christmas is for you to listen to this episode. We talk about Mariah Carey's inescapable Christmas single, "All I Want For Christmas is You." In our bonus segment we reveal our holiday food staples! It's the Cover Me Holiday Special!
Covers by: My Chemical Romance, The Cheetah Girls, Michale Bublé, CeeLo Green, Aloe Blacc, August Burns Red
Spotify playlist here
December 15, 2020
This podcast, children, it's just a click away. It's just a click away. We're talking Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter" this week and there's nothing you can do about it! We talk about world music in our bonus segment for reasons that will become clear as you listen to the episode!
Covers by: Merry Clayton, Cal Tjader, Sisters of Mercy, Patti Smith, U2 & Fergie & will.i.am & Mick Jagger, Playing for Change, Flora Martinez.
Spotify playlist here
December 8, 2020
It's another video game winter music episode! We talk about "Freezeezy Peak" in great detail despite the fact that Alex has barely played Banjo-Kazooie! We talk about Super Smash Bros in the bonus segment! It's a fun time!
Covers by: The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra, Video Game Piano Players, 20-Bit Dream, ToxicxEternity, CrazyGroupTrio, The Game Brass, Pixelated Quality, Qumu, NinDjent0.
Spotify playlist here
December 1, 2020
You bet your life we're talking about "Cornflake Girl" by Tori Amos this week. And you can also bet your life that we talk about cereal in our bonus segment!
Covers by: Annie Adams, Vitamin String Quartet, Liza Lee, Morphology, Cavedoll, The Dentists, Florence + The Machine
Spotify playlist here
November 24, 2020
Jeopardy catchphrase! That's right, we're talking about the Jeopardy theme (ThinK!) on this episode and there's nothing you can do about it! We talk about what game show we'd like to be on in our bonus segment!
Covers by: Dominik Hauser, TV Theme Band, Cool & Classy, Mount Royal Orchestra, Geek Music, 8-Bit Arcade, Four Bitchin' Babes, Hanz Williams, The TV Theme Players, Piano Project
Official Think Theme variations found here
Spotify playlist here
November 17, 2020
There are few good things that have ever come out of an Edmonton snowstorm, but we're talking about one of them this week. We talk about Leonard Cohen's "Sisters of Mercy" then a bunch of cover versions, and then we talk about months in our bonus segment for some reason. It's a good time.
Covers by: Judy Collins, Dion Sidsel Endressen, Linda Rostande and Emmylou Harris, Serena Ryder, The Yellow Melodies, North Atlantic Oscillations
Spotify playlist here
November 10, 2020
This episode is great whether you're on a vacation far away or not. We talk about the 80s cheating anthem, "Your Love" by The Outfield. Stick around for our lightning round bonus segment where we name two songs with the word "love" in them. It's exciting stuff.
Covers by: Less Than Jake, Hirsh Gardner, The Butchies, Nós4, Katy Perry, Topmodelz, Death Blossoms, The Animal in Me
Spotify playlist here