Category Archives: Music

Song #34 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Unchained Melody”, originally by Todd Duncan and covered by the Righteous Brothers. Here’s the original: I’m willing to bet you’ve never heard that version before. You can see the bones … Continue reading →

Song #35 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “No More I Love Yous”, originally by The Lover Speaks and covered by Annie Lennox. Here’s the original: I’m familiar with the song because we have the Annie Lennox CD … Continue reading →

Song #36 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Hard To Handle”, originally by Otis Redding and covered by the Black Crowes. Here’s the original: I’ve known for awhile that this was an Otis Redding song – not as … Continue reading →

Song #37 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Everybody Knows”, originally by Leonard Cohen and covered by Concrete Blonde. Here’s the original: Is it just me, or does Cohen bear a striking resemblance to another famous Leonard, Leonard … Continue reading →

Song #38 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Now”, originally by Neil Diamond and covered by Urge Overkill. Here’s the original: To borrow from Linus Van Pelt, of all the Neil Diamond songs … Continue reading →

Song #39 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Without You” by Badfinger, and covered by Harry Nilsson. Here’s the original: Another song I didn’t recognize by the title, but once it started playing I knew what it was. … Continue reading →

Song #40 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “La Bamba”, originally by Ritchie Valens, and covered by Los Lobos. Here’s the original: And here’s the Los Lobos cover: Very similar, and deliberately so since they recorded it for … Continue reading →

Song #41 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Smooth Criminal”, originally by Michael Jackson and covered by Alien Ant Farm. Here’s the Gloved One: That’s the radio edit – my Youtube search shows that the full version of … Continue reading →

Song #42 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Mr. Tambourine Man”, originally by Bob Dylan and covered by The Byrds. Here’s the original: I’ve lost track of how many songs I’m familiar with that I didn’t know were … Continue reading →

Song #43 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Blue Suede Shoes”, originally by Carl Perkins and covered by Elvis Presley. Here’s the original: And here’s Elvis: I’m just going to quote the Popdose writer here, because I can’t … Continue reading →

Song #44 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Blinded By The Light”, originally by Bruce Springsteen and covered by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Here’s the original: Note that the lyric is “Cut loose like a deuce”, not “ripped … Continue reading →

Song #45 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “China Girl”, originally by Iggy Pop, and covered by David Bowie. Here’s the original: Yet another “Song that I didn’t know was a cover” song. The instrumentation is different, but … Continue reading →

Song #47 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Red Red Wine”, originally by Neil Diamond and covered by UB40. Here’s the original: I’ve known forever that Neil Diamond wrote this song, but I’d never heard his version of … Continue reading →

Song #48 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Tears Of A Clown”, originally by Smokey Robinson, and covered by English Beat. Here’s the original: Smooth as silk. There was nothing else quite like Motown at its peak. Here’s … Continue reading →

Song #49 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Black Magic Woman”, originally by Fleetwood Mac, and covered by Santana. Here’s the original: Yeah, I’ve never heard that version before. Of course, most radio stations don’t play anything of … Continue reading →