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I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness

Special guest Jon Bell (JaRDev) joins us to talk about The Darkness' biggest hit, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," and share his insights on what artists and songs should be included on the Pokemon 25th Anniversary album.
Covers by: Demian Dempsey, Jackie O, Lemar, Hayseed Dixie, Xtension Chords, Glee ft. Adams Lambert, Delta Goodrem, 8-Bit Arcade
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Forever Young - Bob Dylan

Soak in the audio of eternal youth that is this week's episode of Cover Me. We talk about Bob Dylan's famous lullaby, "Forever Young." Stick around for the bonus segment to find out what we've been listening to.
Covers by: Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Pretenders, Ole Thestrup, Pete Seeger, Blake Shelton, Deep Wave and Melissa Bel
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I'll Be Your Mirror - The Velvet Underground

We wrap up Lover Me with an all-time classic from one of the most influential albums of all time, "The Velvet Underground and Nico". It's "I'll Be Your Mirror" by The Velvet Underground this week. Stick around for our bonus segment where we reflect on our second year of Lover Me.
Covers by: The Primitives, Underground Lovers, Lou Reed, Clem Snide, AM and Julianna Raye, Shakespears Sister, Sounds Like Adam, SWANN, Lowland Hum
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You're Beautiful - James Blunt

It's true, we're talking about James Blunt's smash hit, "You're Beautiful" this week! Alex gives his thoughts on some of the so-called worst songs of all time in our bonus segment. Lover Me continues!
Covers by: Vitamin String Quartet, Maria Lawson, Marcela Mangabeira, The Twang, Saw Loser, Future Idiots, Atelier Bossa Conscious, Marty Murray, Tom Dice
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Ring of Fire - Anita Carter

Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" is a cover!? It is! We talk about the hit country love song originally performed by Anita Carter this week! Our bonus segment is full of country music recommendations! It's Lover Me all over again!
Covers by: Johnny Cash, Tom Jones, Bob Dylan, Blondie, Wall of Voodoo Social Distortion, Frank Zappa, DragonForce
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Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric

Lover Me returns! We discuss Wreckless Eric's hit song "Whole Wide World." Alex can't distinguish between human voices and guitars! We talk about love songs that we can think of in our bonus segment!
Covers by: Eppu Normaali, The Monkees, Die Toten Hosen, Mental as Anything, The Proclaimers, The Bad Shepherds, Cage The Elephant, Billie Joe Armstrong
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The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie

Cover Bowie concludes with the title track from David Bowie's third album, "The Man Who Sold The World." In our bonus segment, we discuss how we've been handling the death of David Bowie for these past five years. It's Cover Bowie!
Covers by: Lulu, John Cougar Mellencamp, Midge Ure, Nirvana, Eye 2 Eye, Thin White Ziggy, Unsound Americans
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Wild is the Wind - Johnny Mathis

Cover Bowie continues with a hit song from a long forgotten film. We're talking "Wild is the Wind" written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington, and originally performed by Johnny Mathis. We talk about the hit musical "Lazarus" in our bonus segment. It's all sorts of Bowie!
Covers by: Nina Simone, David Bowie, Madeline Eastman and Tom Harrell, Esperanza Spalding, Xiu Xiu, Rosemary Standley and Sylvain Griotto
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Life on Mars? - David Bowie

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
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Pablo Picasso - Modern Lovers

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
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Burning Sensations and Phranc versions here