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 Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
This week on Jake Cressy's Cover Me Featuring Alex Mildenberger, we talk about "Black Magic Woman" by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Featuring Jeremy Spencer in honour of Peter Green. it's also our 100th episode! Stick around for the bonus segment to hear us discuss what we think the best episode of Cover Me is for new listeners!
Covers by: Santana, Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Dennis Brown, Michael Coleman, Pink turtle, Mark Bodino, Sweet Baby J'ai, Gregor Hilden & Richie Arndt
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
You don't need blue suede shoes or raving shoes to enjoy this episode of Cover Me, but it might help. We talk about Marc Cohn's autobiographical hit single "Walking in Memphis." In our bonus segment, we discuss what the best track is on Paul Simon's legendary album, "Graceland."
Covers by: Cher, Scooter, The John Tesh Project, Lonestar, Paul Anka, Alex Goot, Andy and Grey and NDA, Dean Dyson
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
You're young, I know. But even so, you can really learn a lot from this episode of Cover Me! We talk about the Everly Brothers "Love Hurts" and its many, much more famous covers. We resurrect the long dead segment "YouTube Comment Hall of Fame" for our bonus segment! Stick around to the very end to hear the full Cover Me cover of "Love Hurts"!
Covers by: Roy Orbison, Nazareth, Jim Capaldi, Cher, Triumph, Rod Stewart, Cover Me
Spotify playlist here
Jim Capaldi version here
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
My name is Lucifer, please take this new episode of Cover Me! We dive into Black Sabbath's "N.I.B" in this week's epsiode! Find out more about the history of heavy metal music and then stick around for the bonus segment to find out what's better: Twizzlers or Nibs.
Covers by: Black Sabbath, White Stains, Acid Drinkers, Blood Coven, Krokus, Hilary Woods
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Whether you souls-like or souls-dislike the Souls franchise, you'll be sure to souls-like this episode of Cover Me. Jon Bell of JaRDev joins us once more to talk about the Motoi Sakurabab composed final boss theme from Dark Souls, "Gwyn, Lord of Cinders." We talk about some of our favourite Souls-like games in our bonus segment.
Covers by: Songe, Smooth McGroove, insaneintherainmusic, Alex Roe, Skar, Celestial Aeon Project, Borja
Spotify playlist here
We refer to the 8-Bit Music Theory "How Dark Souls Turns Motifs Into Music" video frequently in our dissection and that video can be seen here
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Get ready for discourse about The White Stripes that isn't centred around whether Jack White and Meg White were siblings or spouses. We're talking "Hotel Yorba" this week! We pit Jack Black against Jack White in our bonus segment, Battle of the Band: Jack Attack!
Covers by: Dutch Bunny, The Red Stripes, Mack & Jeg, Rebound, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones, Cash Returns, White Knight Instrumental, Anorexia Isan
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Black Lives Matter. Defund the Police.
If it's warm then you won't need much more than this new episode of Cover Me! We celebrate Minneapolis and Prince this week by talking about "Raspberry Beret." Stick around for the bonus segment to find out which video games has the best licensed music soundtracks!
Covers by: Hindu Love Gods, Maggie Kim, Dave Damiani, Caballero Reynaldo, Freedom Kerl, Frankenstein 3000, Rachelle Garniez
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Black Lives Matter. Defund the Police.
Cover Me is calling to the faraway towns with a brand new episode! We're talking "London Calling" by The Clash this week. We talk about music we're currently listening to in our bonus segment. It's a good time in these dark times, so sit by the river and give it a listen!
Covers by: Captain Tractor, The N.C. Thirteens, Prozak for Lovers, Dubmatix ft. Don Letts and Dan Donovan, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ft. Tom Morello, Boy Division, The Beatlesons
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Black Lives Matter. Defund the Police.
This week on Cover Me we're talking about Deep Blue Something's one and only hit, "Breakfast at Tiffany's." It may be a hit, but let's be honest this song is garbage. We also talk about ho we're doing in our bonus segment so be sure to hang around for that.
Covers by: Jackie O, Future Idiots, Quietdrive, Phone Calls From Home, Andrea Begley, Johnathan Young ft. Travis Carte, Groovy Waters
Spotify playlist here
Andrea Begley's version here
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Thank you very much for tuning into to this week's episode of Cover Me! We brought on Alex's brother, Jeremy Mildenberger, to discuss Styx's synthy 80s hit, "Mr.Roboto." Stick around for another edition of "Same Song, Different Chorus" where Alex and Jeremy compete to see who can better differentiate between the lyrics of "Show Me The Way" by Styx and "Show Me The Way" by Peter Frampton.
Covers by: Polysics, Tufts Beelzebubs, Leisure Kings, Marc With a C, The New Dominions, Kids on Drugs, Glee ft. Skylar Astin
Spotify playlist here
YouTube playlist here