Cover Me

It's not the podcast you deserve, but it's the one you need. We're talking "Just What I Needed" by The Cars on this week's episode. We talk about the best place to listen to music and becoming audiophiles in our bonus segment!

Covers by: Big Daddy, Slap of Reality, Diskothi-Q, Ghoti Hook, Color Wall, Poison, Derwood Andrews, Kim Wilde, Seaway

Spotify Playlist here

Kim Wilde version here

Throw this on after a long day at work so you can take Jake and Alex home with you tonight! We're talking Eddie Money's biggest hit song! Stick around for the bonus segment to hear us discuss what musician's discography we'd like to own the rights to.

Covers by: The Madison Project, The MadHatters, Every Avenue, Topmodelz, Bulletboys, FNA, Rein[forced] ft. The Dark Clan and Ego Likeness, Glee, Death Blossoms

Spotify playlist here

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Celebrate the start of the spooky month by listening to us analyze Alice Cooper's hit trashy love song "Poison"! Stick around for the bonus segment to hear us talk about what musicians we could dress up as for Halloween!

Covers by: The Vandals, Tub Ring, Groove Coverage, Husky Rescue, BONSAI KITTEN, Hayseed Dixie, Tarja, Culture Serial Killers, Lounge Kittens

Spotify playlist here

Better for September ends with the loosely related hit single from Rihanna, "Bitch Better Have My Money"! Special guest Greta James (@gbol22 on Instagram) returns to discuss her feelings about the song, as well as what makes a good techno remix. Jake mashes two of the covers together, and we all talk about what we've been listening to recently in the classic bonus segment, "Hey Alex (and Greta) What Have You Been Listening To These Days?".

Covers by: Karmin, Kelaska, Prol'e, Rewind, Rain Paris ft. Arcaeus, The Maine, The Puppini Sisters, Rob Arthur, Ras Bao ft. Nerea Lopez, Todd Beasley

Spotify playlist here

Official music video here

Hit us up on Twitter with the hashtag #CoverMePod or @JakeTheCressy or @SomeAlexWiseGuy

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Better for September continues with the first ever Beatles original to be featured on Cover Me! "Getting Better" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the topic of this week's episode! Stick around for our bonus segment to find out how we discover new music!

Covers by: Status Quo, Big Daddy, Paul McCartney, Cheap Trick, Easy Star All-Stars, The Flaming Lips ft. Dr. Dog and Chuck Inglish and Morgan Delt, Barb Jungr and John McDaniels, The Moon Loungers

Spotify playlist here

Emily Ehman (@emiehman) returns to the podcast to talk about the newest song ever discussed on Cover Me! It's Post Malone's smash hit "Better Now" from his sophomore album "beerbongs & bentleys." We discuss the summer jams of 2019 in our bonus segment!

Covers. by: Bailey Rushlow, Tyler Ward, Alex Goot ft. Andie Case, David Shannon, Sam Tsui ft. Macy Kate, Megan Nicole, Tiffany Alvord, Kids Bop Kids, Mitch Paulsen, Blanks (Style Swap)

Spotify Playlist here 

Blanks' version here

It's a short and sweet episode for The Byrds short and sweet hit "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better." Stick around for the disorganized bonus segment!

This is the first #BetterforSeptember episode where we'll be talking exclusively about songs with "better" in the title! 

Covers by: Johnny Rivers, Bobby Bare, Juice Newton, Tom Petty, The Crust Brothers, Katey Sagal, Skydiggers

Spotify playlist here

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Late night, come home! New ep, I know! We're talking Blink 182's definitive pop punk piece "All The Small Things"! We talk about the best short songs in our bonus segment!

 

Covers by: Schmackofatzer Guggamusic,Troglauer Baum, Vitamin String Quartet, Imaginary Future, GFOTY, Speedmaster, Fame On Fire, Scary Pockets ft. Casey Abrams, Siamese Youth, Blackfridvy ft. Kill Xavi

Spotify Playlist here

It's a Rich Girl re-record. The original recording was lost because Jake's a dumb bitch. Listen to the first ever cover of a Cover Me episode! Stick around for the bonus segment to see who would win between John Oates and Daryl Hall in a classic "Battle of the Band" segment!

 

Covers by: Nina Simone, Marshall & Alexander (Michelle, Vittorio Vergeat?), Everclear, Down With Webster, the bird and the bee, Lake Street Dive, Tim Timebomb, GEM ft. Elaskia, Pomplamoose

Spotify Playlist here

We bring on Ruby Swan/glitterghost (IG: @glitterghostmusic) to talk about Tears For Fears sophomore album, "Songs From The Big Chair" along with Brothertiger's cover of the entire album! Apologies for the crackly audio on this episode. Please just pretend you're listening to this on vinyl. We have another magical game of "Same Song Different Chorus" for our bonus segment!

 

Spotify playlist here

Check out glitterghost's new single "Without You" here