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 Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Whether you've got a hear of glass or a pain in your ass, we've got just the song for you! Blondie's disco hit, "Heart of Glass" is this week's topic. Stick around to hear us say "New Wave" in a bunch of different languages in our bonus segment.
Covers by: The Associates, Double You, Bruce Lash, Nouvelle Vague, Toadies, Jess & Matt, Twisted Pine
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Do you realize that you're our most beautiful listener? If you don't, then you certainly will after listening to us talk about The Flaming Lips' hit song, "Do You Realize??" Stick around for the bonus segment to hear us list a bunch of songs with the words "smoke" or "fire" in them.
Covers by: The Postal Service, The Reign of Kindo, Blue Fringe, Lotte Kestner, Denmark + Winter, Sharon Van Etten, Vitamin String Quartet
Spotify playlist here
Sharon Van Etten cover here
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
The appeal of Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl" ain't hard to define, but we're going to go ahead and take an hour and a half to define it anyway! Stick around for our new bonus segment, "Cover Me: The Squeakquel," where we talk about "Jessie's Girl 2" by Coheed and Cambria ft. Rick Springfield!
Covers by: Spank The Monkey, The Stanford Mendicants, Craig Robinson, Glee, Faster Pussycat, Mary Lambert, LLC, The Holophonics
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Prepare to get revved up and cut loose like a deuce! We're talking Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded By The Light"! That's all we do! There's a lot to talk about in this song!
Covers by: Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Funkstar De Luxe, Plan 9, Bruce Springsteen, Matt Vemanis, Royal Melody
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
So here we are pretending it's 1999! Special guest Stephen Reynolds returns to do everything he can for us. We talk about YouTube channels in our bonus segment. It's a weird one, folks.
Covers by: Joe and The White Boys, mx31619, SPEYERE, 8-Bit Universe, Matt Heafy, Mike Herrera, Oz One, Goldfinger, Sam Mathias, MickMazzMusic
YouTube playlist here
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Beat the summer heat with this refreshing episode of Cover Me. We talk about The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City." Stick around for the bonus segment to find out which is better: summer days or summer nights.
Covers by; B.B. King, Quincy Jones, Tea, Butthole Surfers, Styx, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Eels, Sandy Sasso.
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
NOFX and Frank Turner released a split album of covers and we reviewed it! It's a long episode, but if you're looking for a Cover Me style analysis of all 10 covers, along with the original songs, then you better smash that play button!
Spotify playlist of originals and covers here
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