Tag Archives: cover songs

Song #98 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “I Know (I’m Losing You)”, originally by The Temptations, but known to classic rock fans as a Rod Stewart tune. Here’s Rod The Bod: And here’s The Temptations: I’ve never … Continue reading →

Song #99 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Jersey Girl”, originally by Tom Waits and iconically covered by Bruce Springsteen. Here’s Waits: No mistaking that voice. And here’s the Boss: Boy, watching Clarence Clemons play his sax never … Continue reading →

So I’ve been thinking about the Popdose Top 100 Covers list, and I knew I wanted to do something with it for the blog, but another set of Friday Random Ten lists didn’t seem to do it justice. Then I … Continue reading →

In addition to doing it in your own style, the other way to kill on a cover song is, well, to just kill it. Like how Cathy Richardson channels Grace Slick in her rendition of “White Rabbit”: Richardson is touring … Continue reading →

So apparently some people don’t much care for Miley Cyrus covering “Smells Like Teen Spirit”: Roy is a hater, while Yglesias is more philosophical. I can’t say I like it, but neither do I fear for the end of civilization. … Continue reading →

You know the song “Tainted Love”, right? A classic from the 80s. And a cover of a 60s Motown song. Quite different, no? The folks at Popdose wrote about some well-known tunes that they knew better as covers. I’d say … Continue reading →