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 Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Listening to Cover Me this week is the universal dream! We talk about "Limelight" by Rush in honour of Neil Peart! Alex guesses what Rush songs are in the Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame in our bonus segment!
Covers by: Kip Winger, Rockabye Baby, Winston K, Boundary Exception, Wade Baynham, Fleesh, Ninja Sex Party
Spotify playlist here
Limelight music video here
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
You may not know a lot about trigonometry, but you'll know a lot about Sam Cooke's "(What a) Wonderful World" by the time you're done listening to this episode! Stay tuned for our brand new bonus segment, "Heads or Tails"!
Covers by: The Supremes, Otis Redding, Art Garfunkel ft. Paul Simon and James Taylor, Gloria Gaynor, Terrence Trent D'Arby, The Flying Pickets, Rod Stewart, Patty Lomusico, Imaginary Future
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
We get uh...churchy in this episode about the hymnal hit "Unclouded Day" written by Josiah Kelley Alwood and famously recorded by the Staple Singers. Alex does a very good Johnny Cash impersonation. We talk about our favourite country artists in our bonus segment.
Covers by: The Staple Singers, Willie Nelson, Don Henley, Johnny Cash, Blaze Foley, Dudley Stiles, Randy Travis, Soldier String Quartet (ft. Jason White, Tiye Giruad, Bobby Radcliffe, Napua Davoy), Marisa Anderson
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
It's not Queen this week, but it's Queen adjacent. Jon Bell (of JaRDev fame) returns once more to discuss and review Ben Elton's jukebox musical based on the works of Queen. Follow along as we tear apart this garbage play! Stick around for the bonus segment where we talk about what bands we'd like to see a musical for!
Listen to the original cast's versions of the songs here
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
We're looking back on the year 2019 and all the good times we've had on Cover Me. We discuss our Spotify Wrapped statistics, what we've learned this year, and what the best, worst, and weirdest episodes of the podcast were. The audio quality on this one isn't great, so sorry about that. Happy New Year!
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Last Christmas we talked about Little Drummer Boy, but this Christmas we're talking about "Last Christmas" by Wham! We go in depth on the 10th best selling Christmas single that you've been trying to avoid all month! We talk about who we want to record a Christmas album in our bonus segment. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, enjoy the show!
Covers by: Jimmy Eat World, Taylor Swift, Frank Turner, Ariana Grande, Leo, Carly Rae Jepsen, Gwen Stefani, Aloe Blacc
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Whether you're sliding on ice or trying to reunite a mother with their lost child, there's no better song for the season than the ice level music from Super Mario 64. Join us for another almost Christmas song as we discuss Koji Kondo's "Snow Mountain." We keep the conversation on ice in our bonus segment where we talk about some of the best ice levels in video games!
Covers by: Mario and Sonic at The (2010) Olympic Winter Games, Electric Concerto, Neku, Super O'Brothers, MetalLegends64, Qumu, DasKuchenMan, CrazyGroupTrio, InspirAspir, Andrew Moniz
Spotify songs here
YouTube songs here
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
I know that you know "I Know There's An Answer" by The Beach Boys but do you know all the covers of it? Listen along and hear the best and the worst! Stick around for the bonus segment to find out what instrument we would be if we could be one for a day.
Covers by: Sonic Youth, Frank Black, The Levellers, Vitamin String Quartet, Duke Special, Golab, Les Liminanas, YYY ft. Lydia Liza and The Cool Moon
Spotify playlist here
The Levellers and Les Liminanas here
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Griffin North (Tora Steals Things) joins the boys to deny that Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal" is a Christmas song! We discuss non-holiday themed songs that make us think of the holidays in our bonus segment! Follow along and try to keep your head on!
Covers by: Kina Grannis, Birdy, Belle Jewel, The Hangovers, Kim Wilde ft. Marty Wilde, Pentatonix, Gardiner Sisters, Bernard Dubicki, Alexander Armstrong
YouTube playlist here
Spotify playlist here
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
There's something happening here. It's pretty clearly a new episode of Cover Me. We talk about Buffalo Springfield's protest anthem "For What It's Worth." If you hang around for the bonus segment you can listen to us name our favourite songs about war. Huh!
Covers by: The Staple Singers, Cher, Link 80, Rush, Ozzy Osbourne, Queensryche, Crosby Stills & Nash, Dawn Landes, The Lone Bellow
Spotify playlist here