Category: Covers
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You Sang My Song – Billie Eilish, Dolly Parton, Katy Perry, P!nk
This came around randomly but I LOVE this – artists reacting to fan covers of their songs. Billie Eilish is already someone who is special, really genuine and despite the scary image, nice….as is Dolly Parton, P!nk and Katy Perry. There something reallly wholesome about these, and supportive – and I think we need more…
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Billie Eilish is Happier Than Ever On Sesame Street
One of my tunes of 2021 is ‘Happier Than Ever’ by Billie Eilish and never realised she did this excellent version of Happier That Ever on Sesame Street with the Count. YES! She looks pleased as punch to be there – who wouldn’t? Not everyone gets a Sesame Street version of your song, that’s how…
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The only Fairytale of New York I’ll play
There’s Whamageddon – a song by a queer artist I actually love to hear, and now MariAhrmageddon (but Mariahilation would have been a better name?) which is much harder to avoid and maybe a better fit for being annoying and over done. I still kind of like ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ but…
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Happy Hanukkah!
Well 2-3? days late, but celebrating Hanukkah every night Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin are doing Hanukkah Sessions again, celebrating Jewish music in funny and surprising ways. I mean Dave being in a dress isn’t the most surprising thing about the cover of Lisa Loeb’s Stay… And for night two, hey ho it’s the Ramones,…
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Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters of the mashup steal
I’m fed up of people thinking stealing mashups without credit is fair game. Latest being Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters, with members formerly of Steel Panther who have covered DJ Schmolli’s Rock of Ages as well as a Lady Gaga vs Linkin Park mashup originally by DJStronGer22, rebooted in 2020 with credit by William Maranci. They…
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Have A Cigar – Pink Floyd Main Squeeze cover
Roger Waters was obviously having a bit of a ‘mare after the record-beating success of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, dealing with expectation of a follow up (the Tusk effect) and the music industry. ‘Have A Cigar’ is a biting criticism of the music industry, most definitely biting the hand that feed –…