Philadelphia, Pennsylvania indie rock band The War on Drugs take on the 1987 single "Touch of Grey," originally by Palo Alto, California jam band Grateful Dead.
Not really feeling the Dylan-esque vocals, because, seriously... Bob Dylan tries not to sing like Bob Dylan.
Then the harmonica comes into play, and it makes up for the seeeeeenging voice.
'Cause it's alright.
Nashville, Tennessee sisters Neoni perform a rooftop acoustic version of Icelandic export Kaleo's 2015 single "Way Down We Go."
Kaleo the band are not to be confused with Kaleo the 310 million dollar pharmaceutical company.... though both make me want to sing the blues after drinking heavily.
Eclectic Salt Lake City, Utah band Cavedoll don't use guitars, or violings.... or lyres or basses.... or nothing with strings, they use a sy-y-ynnnnnnnthesizer on their revision of fellow Midwestern US weirdos The Flaming Lips' nonsensical 1993 modern rock romp "She Don't Use Jelly."
According to this article, today marks the 37th anniversary of television news anchor Dan Rather being accosted by two mentally ill assailants while walking along Park Avenue in New York City.
The enigmatic question that they asked while throwing haymakers.... "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" was used as a song title on Athens, Georgia college rock band REM's album "Monster."
The 1994 single was revamped in 2015 by OCD for the compilation album "Humans & Synths."
For other REM covers, Black Needle Noise's version of "Losing My Religion" can be found here, and Discount's version of "It's the End of the World As We Know It" can be found here.
German cover band Kontrollverlust (which translates to "Loss of Control," not "Lusting after Green Trolls") put their unique spin on "Luka," the 1987 child abuse awareness-raising folk single from Santa Monica, California singer songwriter Suzanne Vega.
Stick around after the video for an important announcement that you'll understand if you speak German. Something something something Spotify something streaming.
You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead...
On this day in 1959, the fantasy horror series "The Twilight Zone" debuted on television.
To commemorate the premier of this landmark program, here's Asheville, North Carolina doom metal band Bloody Hammers covering "Twilight Zone," the 1982 single from Dutch rock/new wave band Golden Earring.
It's the first day of October!
And, it's a Sunday!
Apropos on two fronts is this cover of Birmingham, UK bubblegum pop artist Daniel Boone's 1972 hit single "Beautiful Sunday" by Singapore based psychedelic rock band The October Cherries.
