Cover Me

I've always loved a good cover song. Even if the original is a classic, if the cover is well-done (and particularly if it's in a totally different style,) I'm interested. I'm not sure where this obsession came from. It was fed by Hayseed Dixie, and Pat Boone's "In a Metal Mood," and the Under Cover show on XM radio (gone now, I think,) but it was there before that. I can highly recommend the Coverville podcast, http://coverville.com/

 A weird one to start: Crispin Glover doing Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"

 Siouxsie Sue, doing a lovely version of the Beatles' "Dear Prudence"

Shades Apart (not Social Distortion, apparently) doing "Tainted Love." The version I know best is by Soft Cell; the original was sung by Gloria Jones.

Copper Box covering Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb"

One of many videos (from a contest) of Cake's cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs"

One of my faves: Billy Squier reimagining his own "The Stroke"