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Rock bands and pop covers: man, this is just getting cliche

July 18th, 2007

When Travis covered ...Baby One More Time as tender British comfort rock, it was cute. [audio:070715BabyOneMoreTime.mp3] When Jonathan Coultan did Baby Got Back as a singer/songwriter folk troubadour, it was funny. When The Gourds played Gin n' Juice in up-the-mountain bluegrass style, it was just bizarre. Play:

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Get drunk off this hump: Alanis covers “My Humps”

April 5th, 2007

Allow me to preface this by saying I've never been that impressed by Alanis Morissette's work. She's a decent enough performer, but her songs always struck me as, well, whiny. But this performance here is bordering on brilliance. It's a rather unexpected cover of Fergie/Black Eyed Peas' My Humps. I'm not sure what Ms. Morissette has been up to the past few years, but this is the last thing I would ...

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