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Firework – Katy Perry

Greta James (Poppy Threads) joins us to talk about Guy Fawkes Night and the loosely related Katy Perry megabit, "Firework." Alex and Greta have their Guy Fawkes knowledge put to the test in a special quiz bonus segment! It's the first ever (and possibly last ever) Guy Fawkes Cover Me special.
Covers by: Ahmir, Telly Leung, The Cooltrane Quartet, Puddles Pity Party, Chase Holfelder
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The Velvet Underground and Nico - Part 2

We continue our comparison of The Velvet Underground and Nico to the tribute album I'll Be Your Mirror by discussing the back half of the album! Stick around for the final segment of "What's Pokemoning On" to hear our thoughts on the newly released Pokemon 25 album.
Covers by: Thurston Moore and Bobby Gillespie, King Princess, Courtey Barnett, Fontaines D.C., Iggy Pop and Matt Sweeney
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The Velvet Underground & Nico Part 1

We dive into the first half of one of the most influential albums of all time, The Velvet Underground & Nico and compare it to the first half of the recently released tribute album, I'll Be Your Mirror.
Covers by: Michael Stipe, Matt Berninger, Sharon Van Etten, Andrew Bird and Lucius, Kurt Vile, St. Vincent and Thomas Bartlett
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Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

Jon Bell (Noise Berry Games) joins us once more to talk about The Metallica Blacklist and several cover versions of the hit Metallica ballad, "Nothing Else Matters." Stick around for the bonus segment, "Subgenre...Quiz?" to see if Jon knows more about metal subgenera than Alex, our resident music expert!
Covers by: Miley Cyrus, Elton Jon, Yo-Yo Ma, WATT, Robert Trujillo, and Chad Smith; My Morning Jacket, PG Roxette; Mon Laferte; Phoebe Bridgers
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Aria of the Soul - Shoji Meguro - Persona

Returning guest Jon Bell (Noise Berry Games) joins us to talk about the hit JRPG series Persona and one of its signature songs, "Aria of the Soul." We talk about social sim mechanics and what games we think they should be added to in our bonus segment!
Learn more about the Persona series by watching The History of Persona on the Noise Berry Games channel here.
Covers by: Shoji Meguro (Blues in the Velvet Room, Electronica in the Velvet Room), Atsushi Kitajoh (Persona 4 Arena Ultimax), Eric EROCK Calderone, Ryota Kozuka (Persona 4 Dancing All Night: Dance Hymn of the Soul), t.komine (Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night), Mitsuhiro Kitadani (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
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I‘d Do Anything for Love - Meat Loaf

Find out exactly what Meat Loaf will and won't do to gain your affection as we delve into his comeback hit "I'd Do Anything for Love"!
Covers by: Vox Mystica, Reverse Osmosis, Future Idiots, G4 and Lesley Garrett, Tyce
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The Entertainer - Billy Joel

Finally, we're talking about Billy Joel on Cover Me. "The Entertainer" is the topic for this episode and we honour the song by dedicating only 3 minutes and 5 seconds of discussion to each version. Listen to what is quite possibly the shortest episode of Cover Me!
Covers by: Helen Reddy, Sheena Easton, Waylon Jennings, Amaya, Krstian Meurman, Jessica Vosk
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Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones

We pay our respects to the late, great Charlie Watts by talking about "Beast of Burden" by The Rolling Stones this week. Stick around for a very special bonus segment where we celebrate three years of Cover Me! Three years!
Covers by: Bette Midler, Buckwheat Zydeco, Swiss Blues Authority and Polo Hofer, Urban Love and neck, Pure X, Kevër Gassé with Beluga's Trio and Apollinare Rossi, Ely Jaffe
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Just a Friend - Biz Markie

We've got what you need this week, and that's an episode of Cover Me dedicated to Biz Markie's only hit single "Just a Friend." Our bonus segment is all about sequels that were released 10+ years after the original, so stick around for that!
Covers by: Mario, Booker T. Jones ft. Biz Markie and Matt Berninger and Sharon Jones, Your Favorite Martian, Tally Hall, Scary Pockets ft. Harry Mack and Stan Taylor, Mabel, and 8-Bit Universe
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Ticket to Ride- The Beatles

We're closing out Entrepreneur Summer 2: Pro Sex Summer with another Beatles classic: "Ticket to Ride." Stick around for the bonus segment to find out what we learned throughout the course of this misguided and poorly planned two-month themed event. It's been weird!
Covers by: Glen Campbell, Carpenters, Echo & The Bunnymen, Beatallica, Tangoloco, Eddie Money, Michael Zurita
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