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 Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
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)
YouTube playlist here
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
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
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
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
Spotify playlist here
Sheena Easton music video here
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
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
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
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
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
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
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
In this hot episode of Cover Me we talk about Frank Zappa's 7 minute long guitar solo, "Willie the Pimp." There's some lyrics in it too! We talk about songs we believe we could sing word for word in our bonus segment.
Covers by: Juicy Lucy, Aynsley Dunbar, Warren Cuccurullo, Qui, Spanner Jazz Punks
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
It's not just a rumour. We really are talking about "La Grange" by ZZ Top this week. Stick around for the bonus segment to find out "What's Pokemoning on"!
Covers by: Hank Williams Jr., Phish, CMH Steel, Black Oak Arkansas, Vinnie Moore, Power Music Workout
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Cover Me is online and on the line if you want to talk about Blondie's hit sex work related single, "Call Me." Our bonus segment is about the musical Cats. Weird!
Covers by: Until December, The 69 Eyes, Da Vinci's Notebook, Tiffany, Squatweiller, Saw Loser, Tina Arena, The Hillbilly Moon Explosion
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
We're kicking off the pro sex part of Entrepreneur Summer 2: Pro Sex Summer with an Austrian tango from the 1920s "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo." (translated to "Just a Gigolo" in the west). That's what you kids are into, right? Austrian tango songs from 100 years ago? We spend our bonus segment talking about what David Lee Roth outfit we could pull off from his Just a Gigolo video!
Covers by: Richard Tauber & Dajos Bela and the Dajos Bela Kunstlerorchester, Bing Crosby, Louis Prima, Connie Francis, Village People, David Lee Roth, Bajazzerne, The Twang, Craecker
Spotify playlist here