"Cherry Pie" by Sponge

 

Good Morning, and Happy Pi Day!

To help you celebrate, here's a post-grunge cover of AquaNet chic band Warrant's hit "Cherry 3.141592653589" by Detroit rockers Sponge.

"Like a Prayer" by Pomplamoose

 

Since a less than successful tour in 2014, I'm sure things have picked up for San Francisco based husband and wife duo Pomplamoose, judging by their millions of YouTube subscribers and video views in the low to mid gadzillions.

Here, they pay homage to Madonna on... I don't know. A glockenspiel, I think.  

"Let's Hear It For The Boy" by The Stunners

 

Greetings from lovely-ish Virginia Beach!

We're here for a cheerleading competition, and one of the very few cheerleading songs that I know of is this riveting  Deniece Williams rah-rah tune about Kevin Bacon that was found on the "Footloose" soundtrack, long before it was discovered that the Hollywood universe is only six steps away from Bacon at any given time.  

This cover version by tween girl pop stars The Stunners was, apparently, featured on the Nickelodeon family comedy iCarly.  

Miranda Cosgrove of iCarly fame starred in "School of Rock" with Jack Black.

Jack Black was in "Shallow Hal" with Gwyneth Paltrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow was in "Se7en" with Morgan Freeman.

Morgan Freeman was in "Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves" with Kevin Costner.

Kevin Costner starred in "JFK" with Kevin Bacon.

"Self Esteem" by 311

 

It's March 11th!  And, because it's 3/11, it's the perfect day for a 311 cover.

I'm clever like that.

In 2018, they added their distinctive reggae rock stylings to The Offspring's "Self Esteem." 

"Moves Like Jagger" by Bananarama

 

Considering how much I loathe.... like, with every fiber of my being.... anything Maroon 5 have ever vomited onto the music scene, I'm surprised that this Bananarama offering isn't entirely unpleasant.

Then again, you can only pour so much perfume onto a dog turd.

I think it's great considering the source material.  They did what they could, you know?

"Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by Sawyer Brown

 

When I was younger, I had a Georgia Satellites Greatest Hits album.

It was kind of a rip off, because it only had one song on it.  On hindsight, a Cassingle would have made much more fiscal sense.

It was a great hit, though.... their greatest.... and it got the smothered, covered, and chunked treatment by Apopka, Florida country band Sawyer Brown.

"We're the Same" by Winterpills

 

Like savvy crack cocaine dealers, record companies in the '90s would distribute sampler CDs of artists on their label, hoping to get some college kids hooked on the sweet, sweet addictive music.

BMG released a limited pressing of a promotional CD entitled "Take A Lick," and their representatives were liberally handing out discs to passersby on Temple's campus in the Spring of '95.

I would listen to that compilation over.... and over.... and over again.  There were some fantastic songs on there.

They all paled in comparison to Track #8 -- "We're the Same" by Matthew Sweet.

Musically, lyrically, vocally.... it's a near perfect rock song.

I wouldn't say that Winterpills improved the original.  It is, after all, hard to top a near perfect rock song.

But, I love the minimalist keyboard melody, the harmonies on the chorus, the... is that a THEREMIN?!?!?  Please tell me that that's a theremin....

Such a fantastic cover of such a fantastic song.