Covers Archive

Fever Ray – “Mercy Street” (Peter Gabriel Cover)

Posted on August 23, 2010 | View Comments
After performing covers of Peter Gabriel and other artists live in concert, Karin Dreijer Andersson, aka Fever Ray, has recorded a studio version of Gabriel’s song “Mercy Street”. Andersson and her brother, Olaf, make up the duo The Knife, with Andersson performing lead vocals. The...
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Cover Versions of Depeche Mode’s “People Are People”

Posted on August 7, 2010 | View Comments
This is just cool. It always excites me when I hear of Depeche Mode covers because not only are they one of my favorite bands, but their songs are so open to interpretation. Depeche Mode has been around for almost 30 years and is still...
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Top 5 Worst YouTube Cover Songs (again)… For Now

Posted on May 15, 2010 | View Comments
I grew up learning how to play Rock n’ Roll through covering songs. My first band, let’s just call us Coolio, covered Depeche Mode’s “Just Can’t Get Enough,” and we ROCKED it in such a way that the drummer’s dad, Mr. Dogolferry, burst into the...
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INXS via Beck

Posted on April 30, 2010 | View Comments
So it’s been three months and ten days since I’ve written here. After that last Alive and Kicking post, I bet some of you thought Ol’ Swap would be back in the saddle with the posts here… but NOPE. DIDN’T HAPPEN. Why, Swap? WHY??? Well,...
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Depeche Mode: Personal Jesus

Posted on November 3, 2009 | View Comments
I’m pretty sure all of you have heard Depeche Mode‘s “Personal Jesus”, and if you haven’t, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? “Personal Jesus” was released on August 29, 1989, and was the first single from Depeche Mode’s Violator album. According Wikipedia, the song reached #13 on...
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Violent Femmes: Blister in the Sun

Posted on September 21, 2009 | View Comments
In case you missed the Emmy Awards last night, here’s a quick recap of the highlights: Neil Patrick Harris is AWESOME. What’s that? People won awards? None of that matters when Neil Patrick Harris is hosting. He’s like William Shatner… he just gets funnier and...
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Prince: When Doves Cry

Posted on January 4, 2009 | View Comments
One of the more interesting songs to come out of the 80's is "When Doves Cry", which came from The Purple One himself, Prince. I'm sure most every one of you know who Prince is... he's The Purple One, after all. For those of you that DON'T know who Prince is, then you're probably a friend of my mom's [...]
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Phil Spector: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Posted on December 17, 2008 | View Comments
ZOINKS!!!! Today’s the last day to enter the Contest Giveaway Contest!!!! You have until 11:59pm to submit your answers to the amazing “Can Ya Take A Gander At What That Song Is?” game! If you haven’t done so already, click here to take a stab...
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Joni Mitchell: River

Posted on December 9, 2008 | View Comments
Joni Mitchell’s “River” has become, in many ways, a Christmas standard. To be honest, I’ve never quite understood this because the song is really quite depressing… and who wants to be depressed during the Christmas season? I guess the fact that the song opens with...
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Bonnie Raitt: I Can’t Make You Love Me

Posted on November 30, 2008 | View Comments
A few years ago, my brother and I had a discussion about how vastly different our musical tastes are. He is a professor at NYU, and is totally into Broadway music. I, on the other hand… well, you know what my tastes are based on...
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