cover #30: zombie

song: zombie
cover: ororo
original: the cranberries

comments: nothing like getting down to a song about war and despair and suffering. where are my fucking glow sticks?!



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
the cranberries - zombie
soooo, there isn't the actual, wordy version of ororo's cover of zombie on amazon, but there is the karaoke version.

lyrics: another head hangs lowly
child is slowly taken
and the violence caused such silence
who are we mistaken

but you see, it's not me
it's not my family
in your head, in your head
they are fighting
with their tanks, and their bombs
and their bombs, and their guns
in your head, in your head
they are crying

in your head, in your head
zombie, zombie, zombie
what's in your head, in your head
zombie, zombie, zombie

another mother's breaking heart is taking over
when the violence causes silence
we must be mistaken

it's the same old theme
since 1916
in your head, in your head
they're still fighting
with their tanks, and their bombs
and their bombs, and their guns
in your head, in your head
they are dying

in your head, in your head
zombie, zombie, zombie
what's in your head, in your head
zombie, zombie, zombie

cover #29: last caress

song: last caress
cover: aerial m
original: the misfits

comments: where do i start making fun of danzig? the fact that he's my height? his inability to wear a shirt? his singing songs about killing babies and raping moms when we all know they would both take him down with one punch? i guess i'll just let the soothing sounds of this cover chuckle you to a more peaceful state.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
the misfits - last caress
aerial m - last caress

lyrics: i got something to say
i killed a baby today
and it doesn't matter much to me
as long as it's dead

well, i got something to say
i raped your mother today
and it doesn't matter much to me
as long as she's spread

sweet lovely death
i am waiting for your breath
come, sweet death
one last caress
sweet lovely death
i am waiting for your breath
come, sweet death
one last caress

well, i got something to say
i killed your baby today
and it doesn't matter much to me
as long as it's dead

sweet lovely death
i am waiting for your breath
come, sweet death
one last caress
one last caress, sweet death
one last caress, sweet death

cover #28: from out of nowhere

hey.

how's it going?

yeah? good, that's good.

me? oh i'm ok.

anyhow.


song: from out of nowhere
cover: apocalyptica
original: faith no more

comments: this randomly came onto my mp3 player this morning, and i was immediately sucked violently back in time to when i was a teenager and this was the shiznite and i had very little working knowledge of faith no more beyond epic. i have since smartened up.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
faith no more - from out of nowhere
apocalyptica - from out of nowhere

lyrics: um... dundundun
dundundun
dundundun
dundundun

(lots of dundundundundundundundundundundundundundundundundundundun in the background)

dunnnn dunn-dunnnnn dunn-dun-dunnnn-dunnn-dundun

ok this is silly.

tossed into my mind
stirring the calm
you splash me with beauty
and pull me down
cuz you come from out of nowhere
my glance turns to a stare

obsession rules me
i'm yours from the start
i know you see me
our eyes interlock
cuz you come from out of nowhere
my glance turns to a stare

one minute here
and one minute there
don't know if i'll laugh or cry
one minute here
and one minute there
and then you wave good-bye

sifting to the bottom
every day for two
all energy funnels
all becomes you
cuz you come from out of nowhere
my glance turns to a stare

one minute here
and one minute there
don't know if i'll laugh or cry
one minute here
and one minute there
and it hurts inside

one minute here
and one minute there
and then you wave good-bye
good-bye

cover #27: i'm your boogie man

making up for lost time...

song: i'm your boogie man
cover: white zombie
original: kc and the sunshine band (or, as i wanted to type it, kc and the motherfuckin' sunshine band)

comments: dude, i seriously did not realize this was a cover until the other day, when i heard the original playing in the background of some movie or show that at this moment escapes me. (edit: WATCHMEN! it was in watchmen. got it) i mean, it's just such a perfect song for rob zombie, he sleezes it up right. and to originally be by a band called kc and the sunshine band?! yeah, mind = blown.

though, upon further reflection, i think the term "boogie man" might have been used differently by kc and the sunshine band...



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
kc and the sunshine band - i'm your boogie man
white zombie - i'm your boogie man

lyrics: i'm your boogie man
that's what i am
i'm here to do
whatever i can
be it early mornin'
late afternoon
or at midnight
it's never too soon

to wanna please you
to wanna please you
to wanna do it all, all for you
i wanna be your, be your lover boy
i wanna be the one you love most of all

i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
turn me on
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
do what you want
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
turn me on
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
do what you want

i'm your boogie man
that's what i am
i'm here to do
whatever i can
be it early mornin'
late afternoon
or at midnight
it's never too soon

to wanna take you
to wanna hold you
i wanna give me all, all to you
and i want you to completely understand
just where i'm at
and where i am

i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
turn me on
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
do what you want
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
turn me on
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
do what you want

i'm your boogie man
that's what i am
i'm here to do
whatever i can
be it early mornin'
late afternoon
or at midnight
it's never too soon

i wanna be with you
i wanna be with you
yeah we'll be together
you and me
i wanna see you
get near you
i wanna love you
from sundown, sunup

i'm your boogie man
that's what i am
i'm here to do
whatever i can
be it early mornin'
late afternoon
or at midnight
it's never too soon

to wanna please you
to wanna hold you
to wanna do it all, all for you
i wanna be you be your lover boy
i wanna be the one
you love most of all

i'm your boogie man
i'm your boogie man
i'm your boogie man
i'm your boogie man

cover #26: where is my mind

song: where is my mind
cover: maxence cyrin
original: pixies

comments: this cover has gotten pretty popular since i first found it embedded in an erotic photography blog, of all places; and by pretty popular, i mean that i heard it on college radio the other day. yeah, suuuuper popular.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
pixies - where is my mind
maxence cyrin - where is my mind

lyrics: with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah
your head will collapse
but there's nothing in it
and you'll ask yourself

where is my mind?
where is my mind?
where is my mind?

way out in the water
see it swimming

i was swimming in the caribbean
animals were hiding behind the rocks
except the little fish
but they told me, he swears
trying to talk to me, coy koi

where is my mind?
where is my mind?
where is my mind?

way out in the water
see it swimming

with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah
your head will collapse
if there's nothing in it
and you'll ask yourself

where is my mind?
where is my mind?
where is my mind?

way out in the water
see it swimming

with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah

hurray!

the "add url" button is back on mixpod! cover song comin' right up! ... later! ha!

well that didn't work.

so i was all set to add a new cover song tonight (a really good one, too), and moseyed on over to mixpod to set up the music player and whatnot, annnnd... the "add url" button is gone. meaning that i can't input the urls of the songs i wanted for today's update. meaning, basically, no update.

on the bright side, this isn't failure due to my being lame, this is purely external failure! hurray!

a challenge.

i cannot imagine doing a new post every day. that's insane. who does that?

me, next week.

as a tiny, insignificant personal challenge, starting sunday, there will be a new post, featuring a new song, and two new bands, every day for a week. i can't say what time of the day this will occur, as i am not god, and who REALLY knows where they'll be at a given time each day?

cover #25: breaking the law

song: breaking the law
cover: hellsongs
original: judas priest

comments: so there's two kinds of law-breaking: the violent, kickass kind, in which chainsaws and nunchakus and bouncing off dirty brick walls in an abandoned warehouse come into play; and the non-violent hippy kind, where people sit around chanting and allow the police to swab mace directly into their eyeballs. each situation needs its own song, so here you go.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
judas priest - breaking the law
hellsongs - breaking the law

lyrics: there i was completely wasting
out of work and down
all inside it's so frustrating
as i drift from town to town
feel as though nobody cares
if i live or die
so i might as well begin
to put some action in my life

breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law

so much for the golden future
i can't even start
i've had every promise broken
there's anger in my heart
you don't know what it's like
you don't have a clue
if you did you'd find yourselves
doing the same thing too

breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law

you don't know what it's like

breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law

breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law
breaking the law, breaking the law

new: buttons!

at the suggestion of my sister, i have put handy-dandy reaction buttons on my posts. now, if you feel like letting me know you were here, but don't want to be like "LOL NICE COVER HI K BYE!", you can click one of them. and since the cursor turns into a hand when you click them, you can tell all your friends that you got to touch tits today.

cover #24: gangsta's paradise

song: gangsta's paradise
cover: in fear and faith
original: coolio

comments: yet another in a vast, swirling collection of good songs covered badly by mid-range metal-rock ensembles that use a variation of the plankton theory of success: if you want to sound good, play and scream louder.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
coolio - gangsta's paradise
oh shucks, amazon doesn't have gangsta's paradise as covered by in fear and faith. darn.

lyrics: as i walk through the valley of the shadow of death
i take a look at my life and realize there's not much left
cuz i've been blastin and laughin so long that
even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
but i ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
me, be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
you better watch how you talkin, and where you walkin
or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
i really hate to trip, but i gotta loc- (hurray for googling lyrics!)
as they grew i see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
i'm the kinda g the little homies wanna be like
on my knees in the night
sayin prayers in the street light

been spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
been spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise

they got the situation, they got me facin
i can't live a normal life, i was raised by the strip
so i gotta be down with the hood team
too much television watchin got me chasin dreams
i'm an educated fool with money on my mind
got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
i'm a loc'ed (wtf is this exactly?) out gangsta, set-trippin banger
and my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool
death ain't nuthin but a heart beat away
i'm livin life do-or-die-a, what can i say?
i'm twenty-three now, but will i live to see twenty-fo'?
the way things are goin i don't know

tell me why are we
so blind to see
that the ones we hurt
are you and me?

been spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
been spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise

power and the money
money and the power
minute after minute
hour after hour
everybody's runnin
but half of them ain't lookin
what's goin on in the kitchen
but i dont know what's cookin
they say i gotta learn
but nobody's here to teach me
if they cant understand it
how can they reach me?
i guess they can't, i guess they won't
i guess they front,
that's why i know my life is outta luck, fool

been spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
been spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise

tell me why are we
so blind to see
that the ones we hurt
are you and me?
tell me why are we
so blind to see
that the ones we hurt
are you and me?

cover #23: i just want to have something to do

song: i just want to have something to do
cover: garbage
original: the ramones

comments: with a couple notable (and irish) exceptions, i never really got into punk--it all sounds the same to me, honestly. this is the only ramones song i actually like, and the double-whammy against it is that garbage's cover still kicks more ass.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
the ramones - i just want to have something to do
holy shit, amazon, are you serious? do you REALLY not have garbage's cover of this song? really? i can understand your not having some of the random and obscure shit i glean from the bowels of the internet, but this is garbage. and the ramones. come on.

lyrics: hanging out of second avenue
eating chicken vindaloo
i just want to be with you
i just want to have something to do
tonight, tonight, tonight
tonight, tonight, tonight

hanging out all by myself
cause i don't want to be with anybody else
i just want to be with you
i just want to have something to do
tonight, tonight, tonight
tonight, tonight, tonight