Cover Me
We compare hit original songs to the many covers they inspired to find the best, worst, and weirdest versions of a song! Learn the history of famous songs, discover the meaning behind the lyrics, and find out what it takes to make a cover that outshines the original.
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Episodes
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Greta James (@poppythreadspopup on Instagram, Poppy Threads on Facebook) joins us to discuss the Backstreet Boys comeback hit, "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"!
Covers by: Axel Boys Quartet, Thrill Collins, The Nannys, The Baseballs, Jonathan Young, skameleon
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
YOUR Sharona? No, you must be mistaken, this is "My Sharona" by The Knack!
Covers by: POLYSICS, Leningrad Cowboys, Skaos, Erika Stucky, Papik and Walter Ricci, Kaspam Cult, Soraia
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
It should come as no shock that we're talking about the shock rock/Halloween classic, "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins for our Halloween episode.
Covers by: Nina Simone, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Kim Nalley, Nowlab, The Holophonics, William Shatner and Pat Travers
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
You, the listener, have told us about all the covers we've missed over the years and we're finally getting around to talking about them! That's right! It's the first ever backlog episode, where we discuss listener suggested covers for songs we've previously covered on the show.
Covers include:
Get What You Give - Felix Cartal
Your Love - I See Stars
Heart of Glass - Miley Cyrus
This Must Be The Place - Dizzy
Running Up That Hill - Placebo
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) - Bobby Womack
Love Hurts - Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons
Spotify playlist here
Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions for this episode!
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
It's paradises aplenty this week as we discuss Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" and Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"!
Covers by: Panache Culture, Battery, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Aja & Toni Eberle
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Jon Bell (Noise Berry Games) returns to discuss all things British on this anthemic episode of Cover Me! We get patriotic with "God Save The King"! We even have a bonus segment this time! Wow!
Covers by: Alan Turner, Mahalia Jackson, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Queen, Frank Sidebottom, Royal Choral Society, Dolly Parton, Ken Tamplin, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Katherine Jenkins
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Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
In honour of Jerry Allison, the recently deceased drummer for The Crickets, we're talking about a song you probably thought was by The Clash! It's "I Fought The Law" this week on Cover Me!
Covers by: The Bobby Fuller Four, The Clash, Dead Kennedys, The Pogues with Joe Strummer, Nanci Griffith, The Bad Shepherds, The Jolly Boys
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
We take a break from our regular format to dive into workout remix covers and workout playlists in general.
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Four years of this show and we finally get around to talking about the song that kind of inspired our name! We're talking Bruce Springsteen's "Cover Me" on Cover Me!
Covers by: The Party Boys, Bestaff, Pickin' On, Thea Gilmore, The Boombox Hearts, The Apache Relay
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Summer is over! We pay respects to the recently deceased Olivia Newton-John by looking at the weird and wonderful covers of her classic ballad from Grease, "Hopelessly Devoted to You," this week on Cover Me.
Covers by: The Olivia Project, Fool Moon ft. Hien, Juliana Hatfield, Delta Goodrem, PIG, Mariachi Entertainment System, stories ft. Carlye Porazzo with Nikki Segal and Lilliana De Los Reyes
Spotify playlist here