Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z teamed up for a rendition of Biggie’s hit “Get Money” at a 1996 birthday party. I’m sure there’s some joke about how Biggie is better than Kanye to be made, but Kanye’s alright with me. And besides, this kind of feels like discovering a video of John Lennon and Bob Dylan [...]
I’ve been on an Old Crow Medicine Show kick lately and I was googling around and discovered they covered one of John Prine’s best known songs for a tribute album. That excites me to no end. Not only that John Prine has a tribute album, but that also OCMS was able to take part. Even [...]
It might not be as great as The Boss’ cover of “The Weight”, but it’s a nice tribute to MCA on the day he died by Coldplay. /Fuck Cancer. [via reddit]
The Boss, aka Bruce Springsteen for those living under a rock the past 30 years, played a show in Newark, NJ last night, and as part of the encore he dropped a pretty sick cover of The Band’s classic tune “The Weight” as a tribute to the late-great Levon Helm. Stick around to watch the [...]
Pulp, the recently reunited Britpop darlings, closed out the first day of Coachella over the weekend with a 10-song, hour-long performance, featuring Jarvis Cocker strutting his stuff like only Jarvis Cocker can do. For those unable to brave the Indio, Calif. heat, Youtube has made Pulp’s entire performance available to watch. This was certainly better than the Courtney Love-Hole [...]
Radiohead performed in Miami last night, and they played two new songs, which have already made their way to YouTube. The first is a moody number tentatively called, “Cut a Hole.” It sounds like a Kid A outtake. The second is called “Identikit.” Oddly, neither one really gets me all hot and bothered. I never thought I’d [...]
Written and first sung by Dolly Parton, made famous by Whitney Houston, and absolutely nailed by Chris Cornell at a recent concert in San Francisco as a tribute to the late-Whitney Houston. I still think I prefer the Parton version, but it goes to show how great a song is when there can be three [...]
Kelly Clarkson performed a cover of The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” at the 125th anniversary Coca-Cola celebration at Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Not sure how I missed this way back in May, but as my friend Paul recently said, “Kelly Clarkson is the best thing that ever came out of [...]
New Jersey’s Gaslight Anthem owe a huge debt of influence to The Boss. You can practically hear in their music. During the band’s holiday show in Asbury Park, NJ on December 9th, none other than Bruce Springsteen stopped by to join the band on their tune “America Slang.” By my account, these are the two [...]
Normally, I’m against white kids covering hip-hop and R&B in a rock/folksy context, but in the case of JGL doing up R. Kelly’s “Ignition,” well, we’ll let the rules bend a little bit. I think it’s because he’s covering it at first earnestly, and then as if Jack Black would cover it towards the end [...]
