In memory of the passing of one of the best voices in music history I decided to go with a more uptempo bit of Whitney Houston cover song magic with her cover of Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” instead of the more schmaltzy “I Will Always Love You”, both of which are on THE BODYGUARD soundtrack (that CD was chock full of awesome). I’m Every Woman Continue reading Cover Me Monday: I’m Every Woman
The Cardigans‘ cover of Black Sabbath‘s “Iron Man” is another example of what I truly love about cover songs…when the artist doing the covering transforms the song to the point that it is not even recognizable or has been changed around to fit an entirely different musical genre. In the case of this version of “Iron Man” The Cardigans do their very best Portishead impression to make the dark rock anthem something a bit less heavy and foreboding but still cool. The Cardigans – Iron Man Continue reading Cover Me Monday: Iron Man
While most people associate the dearly departed songstress Etta James with her signature tune “At Last”, I have always been partial to her cover of this Louis Prima number that was first popularized in the 1940s by Fran Warren. “A Sunday Kind of Love” has been recorded by a laundry list of great performers from Ella Fitzgerald to Reba McEntire but to me it belongs to Etta James. A Sunday Kind Of Love Continue reading Cover Me Monday: A Sunday Kind Of Love
Sometimes you don’t really know what songs could benefit from being a little “rocked up” and to be honest this song is a prime example. I am not that big a fan of the Beyonce original of this song…it was yet another in the Beyonce oeuvre of sassy R&B, “I am woman hear me be melismatic!” tunes and if you have heard one of those puppies you’ve heard more than enough. But in the hands of Grace Potter & The Nocturnals it becomes a hard-charging, bluesy rock song with Ms Potter doing her damnedest to channel the energy of Grace … Continue reading Cover Me Monday: Why Don’t You Love Me
This week we’ll take a listen to a version of the oft-covered song “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”. This song was originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles in 1966 for Motown. The song is a classic and has been reinterpreted through the years by everyone from Gladys Knight & The Pips to the Kaiser Chiefs. The version I am most fond of is by the British punk band The Slits. The Slits version took a standard R&B classic and roughed it up a bit so that it became a harder more rock-ish song. The Slits – I … Continue reading Cover Me Monday: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
2011 has been the year of the Adele cover with Rolling in the Deep being covered by anyone with a camera phone, a YouTube account and no shame. So I figured it would be fitting to have the inaugural edition of Cover Me Monday feature Adele covering someone else. There were a few songs to choose from like her cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” or Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” but I chose to go with her cover of UK pop star Cheryl Cole‘s “Promise This”.
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