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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Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
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
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
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
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 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
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 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
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 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!
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 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
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 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
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 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
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 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
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 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