"Just What I Needed" by Sister Hazel

This cover of The Cars isn't terrible by any means, but what's up with Sister Hazel front man Ken Block's voice? It reminds me of that episode of "The Brady Bunch" where Greg has to quickly pen a new song for The Silver Platters due to Peter's voice going through puberty-induced changes. I mean... it's cool if that's what's going on. Nothing wrong with being a late bloomer. A really, seriously late bloomer.

"Best Day of My Life" by Elenyi

What's not to love about "Best Day of My Life" by American Authors? It's catchy as all get out. It has a music video featuring a furry long-fanged monster befriending the band and hanging out playing basketball and frequenting strip joints. And, it was featured on the soundtrack of "Paul Blart : Mall Cop Part 2!" The only thing.... ONLY thing.... that could improve it would be if it were covered by a trio of Mormon sisters.

FANTASTIC NEWS! Elenyi have done just that, on their album "Straight Outta Utah." At least, I assume that's the name of it.

I had one beef with the song. The vocal track can be isolated so that we don't hear the "two. three. four" between transitions. I mean, y'all aren't The Ramones.

The four counts were in the original song, too, though.... so I don't hold it against them.

"Old Town Road" by Gavin Magnus

 

Happy Birthday, Emily!

Em's officially a teen! And our daughter! And we love her very much!

This is despite her God-awful musical appetite.

When I'm driving, she'll take my phone and switch over to her personal playlist, which consists almost 95% of songs by Gavin "Dude, Where's My Talent?" Magnus.

Here's his complete butchering of Lil' Nas X.

You're.... welcome? I guess?

"Back in Black" by Living Colour

 

Just because you CAN sing in a scratchy falsetto doesn't mean that you SHOULD.

Instrumentally, this is very much on point.

Vocally? I'd have preferred if Living Colour's Corey Glover had belted it out "Cult of Personality" - style like I know that he could, rather than try to emulate AC/DC.

Still worth a listen, though.

"Goodbye to You" by The Veronicas

 

The Veronicas are a duo of siblings. So they're just like Oasis! Except they're sisters, not brothers. And they're from Australia, not the UK. And they're twins. And they've never been in a public fistfight while calling each other "potatoes."

Otherwise, can't tell them apart.

They take Scandal's 80's smash and, from the jump, give it a guitar riff and hand clap hook that sinks its talons in far too much to ever let you go (oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)

"I Got You Babe" by Toadsuck Symphony

 

Welp. It's Groundhog Day. Again.

Sonny and Cher get the Bluegrass treatment from Toadsuck Symphony, a band of old-timers from Conway, Arkansas.

And, if their band name means what I think it may mean, they made at least one amphibian really REALLY happy.

"What Makes You Beautiful" by Cimorelli

Cimorelli are a Sacramento, California area band of sisters that formed in 2007, presumably to try and help their father pay for impending weddings. Six sisters. I couldn't even imagine how many internal organs I'd have to sell on the black market to finance six weddings.

Here is a cover of One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful." At least, I'm pretty sure it's a cover. Cimorelli sister #3 looks and sounds suspiciously like Harry Styles.