Dallas, Texas neon pop punk band Forever the Sickest Kids cover "Men In Black," a 1997 release from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rapper, actor, Fresh Prince and Chris Rock slapper Will Smith.
It was used on the soundtrack to one of Smith's movies. Probably "Six Degrees of Separation."
Bogota, Colombia singer and actress Flora Martinez performs a chill lounge version of "Take My Breath Away," the 1986 Oscar winner for best song from a film, originally by Los Angeles, California new wave band Berlin.
In addition to Kelly McGillis, here are some things that can take your breath away, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians:
Happy Thanksgiving, Y'all!
Among the things that we can be thankful for are, of course, the memories.
So, here's Tempe, Arizona punk band The Maine with their version of "Thnks fr th Mmrs," a 2007 emo pop single from Wilmette, Illinois alt rock group Fall Out Boy.
For another Fall Out Boy cover, Halocene's version of "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" can be found here.
For a cover by Fall Out Boy, their version of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" can be found here.
Pisa, Italy alternative band Two of Spades cover "Make a Move," a 2011 release from Decatur, Illinois pop punks Icon for Hire.
Not sure which icon Icon for Hire had in mind, but a Boy George personalized video via the Cameo website will set you back $400.
Hermosillo, Mexico prog metal band Element cover 1985 synth rock song "We Built This City," originally by San Francisco, California outfit Starship.
The song was widely heralded as one of the most awesomely bad songs of all time, topping lists of the best of the worst with GQ magazine, Blender, and Rolling Stone.
For another Starship cover, The Alphabet Zero version of "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" can be found here.
New York City by way of Virginia Beach, Virginia rags-to-riches story Catey Shaw covers "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)," a 1972 soft rock single from New Brunswick, New Jersey band Looking Glass.
I've checked the prices of apartments in New York City, so if Catey is still there, she's more a rags-to-nicer-looking-rags story.
Gainesville, Florida bar circuit regular Houston Keen covers the 1983 electric blues hit "Pride and Joy," originally by the late Dallas, Texas influential guitar maestro Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Chasing Polaris, a group of highschoolers from the 631, cover "Wonderwall,"a 1995 single for Manchester, UK pop band Oasis.
I love the keys and the cello. The vocals? While they aren't bad at all, as the students from my mercifully brief stint as a teacher would say, "Oh, Girl.... You doin' too much....."
Elizabeth, New Jersey native Hutch covers "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You," a 1996 ditty about drug induced stupors from walking apothecary Evan Dando and Boston, Massachusetts jangle pop band The Lemonheads.
It's my sister's birthday!
So, here's Seville, Spain swing vocal band O Sister! with their rendition of "Anything Goes," a jazz standard from the like titled 1934 Cole Porter Broadway musical, originally performed by First Lady of the musical comedy stage Ethel Merman.
As old-timey as this recording sounds, it was released in 2012.
Hudson County, New Jersey post punks Thermadora cover "Campus," a 2008 release from New York City indie baroque pop band Vampire Weekend.
For another Vampire Weekend cover, The Crystal Casino Band's cover of "A-Punk" can be found here.
German metal band Audiosmog tear through "Around the World (Lalalalala)," originally a 2000 Eurotrance song from Hamburg pop band ATC.
Czech cowgirl Dasha goes pop country on "Fields of Gold," a 1993 Sting ballad about barley.
According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, the cost of a metric ton of barley currently sits at 120 US dollars.
If the fields were literally made of gold, a similar haul would be worth between $52,000 and $65,000.
Toulouse, France experimental indie folk duo Uniform Motion cover "Myth," the 2012 dream pop single from Baltimore, Maryland shoegazers Beach House.
South Wales based vocalist Chez Kane belts out "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes," the 1984 synth pop pity party thrown by London, UK new wavers Ultravox.
Berlin, Germany comedy metal band Knorkator combine some electro industrial techno with a bit of dance music and a dash of steamy innuendo on their version of "Ring My Bell," a 1979 disco release from Memphis, Tennessee musician Anita Ward.
"Ransom," the 2019 single from pint sized Queens, New York rapper Lil Tecca gets the style swap treatment from Dutch musician and streamer Blanks.
Brighton, UK indie surf group Black Honey cover "Wild Thing," a 1966 release from proto garage rock band The Troggs.
I haven't seen the series "My Lady Jane." It's listed as a period drama on IMDb, so I probably won't bother.
Like this cover, though!
For another Troggs cover, Wet Wet Wet's version of "Love is All Around" can be found here.
Toronto, Canada band Six Sense cover "Everything About You," the 1991 tongue in cheek single from Isla Vista, California alt metal group Ugly Kid Joe.
"Six Sense" is also the name of a 1998 mystery thriller starring Bru Willis.
Steady Rain perform their web cover of "Animal I Have Become," the 2006 cry for help from fellow Canadian alternative band Three Days Grace.
For a cover by Three Days Grace, their version of "Somebody That I Used to Know" can be found here.
Rock Island, Illinois country folk artist Lissie digs through the ditches and burns through the witches on her haunting remake of "Dragula," the 1998 industrial metal single from Haverhill, Massachusetts hellbilly Rob Zombie.
For a cover by Zombie, his version of "I'm Your Boogie Man" can be found here.
Internationally acclaimed Spanish opera singer Jose Carreras lends his tenor pipes to "Wind of Change," the 1990 ode that foreshadowed the dismantling of the Soviet Union from Hanover, Germany rock band The Scorpions.
The wind of change blows straight into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell for peace of mind
For another Scorpions cover, The Impulsive's version of "Rock You Like a Hurricane" can be found here.
Ivrea, Italy acoustic duo The Red Stones cover "Free Fallin'," the 1989 heartland single from Gainsville, Florida roots rocker Tom Petty.
For another Petty cover, Echoscreen's version of "Mary Jane's Last Dance" can be found here.
Well, "United" States.... it's been a pretty decent run.
Not many countries can say that they've reached their 250th birthday.
Neither can we, as it turns out.
Here's French band Fall of Saigon with their version of "The End," the 1967 psychedelic epic from The Doors.
For more Doors covers, Episode Six's version of "Light My Fire" can be found here, Skald's version of "Riders on the Storm" can be found here, and Blues Traveler's version of "Roadhouse Blues" can be found here.
Like a famed Robert Frost poem of yore, two roads have diverged in a yellow wood, and there's like a third teeny trail going nowhere that we'll call Jill Stein.
Anyway. Two roads. Yellow wood.
I encourage those who are 18 years older and registered to get out and vote, if you haven't already.
Here's Sydney, Australia female fronted post hardcore outfit The Sweet Apes with their take on the 2012 release "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
Chosen for pretty obvious reasons.
That it's originally a Taylor Swift song is just the icing on the cake.
For more Taylor Swift covers, Equiz' version of "Blank Space" can be found here, and Against the Current's version of "Shake it Off" can be found here.
For a cover by Tay Tay, her version of "Riptide" can be found here.
So, for my regular reader(s)..... I will be preparing two posts for tomorrow.
Tomorrow, the new post will publish between 5:00 and 5:10 PM EST, instead of between 5:00 and 5:10 AM, as I won't know the election results until then, and won't know which cover to put up on ye olde blog.
I'd MUCH prefer posting one over the other.
Vote.
It's my sister's birthday!
So, I went looking for a decent cover of "Sister," the 1995 post grunge single from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma alternative group The Nixons.
I had to sift through quite a bit of garbage on YouTube. Sorry, vast majority of bands covering this. Just didn't work. Valiant effort, but.... nope.
I do like this one, though.... brought to us by the Philippines based band Homegrowl.
Fearless Soul have a large web presence with virtually no biographic information available. Based on their collaborations, I'm guessing that they hail from Vancouver, Canada.
Here, they cover "Forever Young," a 1984 hit for Munster, Germany synth pop band Alphaville.
Save for a thirteen second lapse in judgement (between 1:08 and 1:21... What the hell was THAT?), Kilmarnock, Scotland trio Biffy Clyro perform a barry rendition of fellow Scots Franz Ferdinand's 2004 dance rock single "Take Me Out."
Check out the photo of the band in the montage between 3:01 and 3:10 and tell me that they don't look like a supergroup comprised of Booger from "Revenge of the Nerds." Prince Harry, and one of the Weasley brothers.
Yes, ALL saints. Even pale ones.
So, here's Sao Paulo, Brazil shoegaze band Old Magic Pallas with their version of "Sight of You," originally performed in 1989 by Leeds, UK alternative group Pale Saints.
