Season 7, Episode 22 – Cover Songs, the best and the worst and John 5

What is a cover song? According to Wikipedia: “In popular music, a cover version, cover song, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song. In this episode, Seanorama and FastFretFingers talk about what makes up a cover song, and several instances of great ones and truly horrible ones. The question to ask yourself is this: is Baby Hit Me One More Time as performed by Britney Spears actually a cover of Max Martin’s version? And we talk about the greatness of John 5!!! Here is the breakdown of the covers we talk about in the episode. Follow along with us: Dzeko Feat. Veronica – Heaven The real version Stars on 54 - If You Could Read My Mind The real version Now on to some great covers: Here is the original, Led Zeppelin’s Fool In the Rain And Mana’s cover: Led Zep’s Misty Mountain Hop And the great 4 Non Blondes Cover Whitney Houston cover of I Will Always Love you The Cover The real version And finally the most controversial one, Baby Hit Me One More Time by Max Martin and then by Britney Spears Celine Dion’s cover of Dee Snider’s The Magic of Christmas Jimmy Hendrix’s Little Wing Stevie Ray Vaughan’s cover of the same song Say Hello 2 Heaven by Temple of the Dog And the amazing cover by Miley Cyrus Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On Jack Black kills it here: Commodores’s Easy Faith No More’s version Jailhouse Rock by Elvis And the comical but brilliant Heartbreaker Hotel And you can’t talk covers without this one, Nine Inch Nails And Johnny Cash’s cover Search SeanGeek Podcast on: Apple Podcasts; Google Podcasts; Spotify; Iheart Radio; TuneIN: Podbean; Castbox; Podcast.com Website: [www.seanmcginity.ca](http://www.seanmcginity.ca) Tracy’s home: [www.voicesbytracy.ca](http://www.voicesbytracy.ca) Meet The Geeks: @seangeekpodcast on Facebook and Instagram @the_real_meet_the_geeks on Instagram @therealmeetthegeeks on Facebook @ToddGeeks Tech Talk on Facebook @seangeek on Twitter @mtgcomic on Twitter

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