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Take Cover: Frank Sinatra Tribute His Way, Our Way

Posted by on November 4th 2010 6

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They say Classics never die. Frank Sinatra is one of those musical pillars of legend, and despite his passing in 1995, “The Voice” sings on—on MySpace! As Frankie’s MySpace Blog indicates, an exclusive Frank Sinatra tribute collection, entitled His Way, Our Way was released in 2009 featuring thirteen trademark Sinatra covers from contemporary musicians. Popular bands such as The Kills and The Republic Tigers can be heard deconstructing and refreshing classic Sinatra songs such as “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.”

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Take Cover: Meet Me in a Pillar of Fire

Posted by on August 31st 2010 0

The Tallest Man on Earth w/ his fiancee, Amanda
“I’ll Be Glad” (Bonnie Prince Billy)
If this doesn’t melt your heart into a big bleeding mess, you don’t have one to begin with. They’re so in love! And adorable. And talented.And who knew BPB aka Will Oldham’s close-to-gospel song could be turned into the loveliest love song? It’s a far jump from his pathologically loaded (though stunning) funeral dirges. (He’s been covered pretty notably before, too.) Check out the original “I’ll Be Glad” here, the organ is super nice.

– Caroline Klibanoff

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Take Cover: Papa Literally Has a Brand New Bag

Posted by on August 24th 2010 0

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by Caroline Klibanoff

Tom Waits, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” (James Brown)

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Take Cover: The Roots of Rock ‘N’ Roll

Posted by on August 17th 2010 3

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

If you don’t know Sister Rosetta Tharpe and think that Jimi Hendrix or even Chuck Berry or even Little Richard originated rock ‘n’ roll guitar playing, you better get acquainted quick, because the lightyears-ahead-of-her-time Tharpe, a gospel singer in the 1940s, is the reigning queen of the instrument and entire generations of musicians owe her a debt.

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Take Cover: You Oughta Be Proud That I’m Getting Good Markssss

Posted by on August 10th 2010 0

by Caroline Klibanoff

Sad Kermit: “Needle In The Hay” (Elliott Smith)

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Take Cover: A Family of Trees Wanting To Be Haunted

Posted by on August 10th 2010 0


The Ooks of Hazzard, “Kids” (MGMT)

Aside from the obvious great things about this cover– like the fact that all these ukelele fiends found each other to begin with, and that they can all sing so well in harmony, and that they picked this song of all songs, and of course the sound itself, which is really nicely done and well orchestrated and better than MGMT’s second album, actually– aside from all these cool things, the best part about this cover is by far the realization I’ve just reached, that this band lineup looks exactly like a game of Guess Who. Is your person wearing a hat? Does your person have facial hair? What about sunglasses? Regular eyeglasses? Is your person a girl? Does your person have a lengthy solo? Do they have a beard? Does your person keep time with their feet? Are they wearing shoes? Are they wearing a plaid shirt? Can they play the ukelele? (Duh.)

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Take Cover: Time To Pretend

Posted by on August 3rd 2010 0

by Caroline Klibanoff

Jonsi – “Time To Pretend” (MGMT)

It’s not like MGMT is immensely cover-able. It’s a weird fluke that this has come up twice in such a short time span. But this is impressively clean for a live recording, and the Sigur Ros frontman delicately changes the arrangement of the song. I’ll let the recording speak for itself: Read More »

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Take Cover: Andre 3000 is The 5th Beatle

Posted by on July 6th 2010 0


Andre 3000, “All Together Now” (The Beatles)

Andre 3000 is genre-defying, another thing just makes him cooler than you, along with his super style and well-established hip-hop empire. His songs are expansive and experimental, he chooses great samples and he’s a hometown hero for Atlanta. All of which makes him qualified to cover the Beatles – a significant feat given how easy it would be to potentially ruin a great pop song. But Andre knows pop, and he makes “All Together Now” raucous, wild, and plucky. Take a listen below:

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– Caroline Klibanoff

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