{"id":2993,"date":"2004-12-05T03:53:15","date_gmt":"2004-12-05T19:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/05\/cover-tunes\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:33:02","slug":"cover-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/05\/cover-tunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9694,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/del.icio.us\\\/WCityMike\\\/2004-12-04&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260310212135\\\/https:\\\/\\\/del.icio.us\\\/WCityMike\\\/2004-12-04&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/del.icio.us\\\/WCityMike\\\/2004-12-04&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 03:08:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 12:10:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 12:10:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9695,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/localh.com\\\/toxic.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080205171413\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.localh.com:80\\\/toxic.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 21:18:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 03:08:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 12:10:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 12:10:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9696,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FselectedItemId%253D352324%2526playListId%253D352340%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6392,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DLaibach%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;pending&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/WCityMike\/2004-12-04\" title=\"del.icio.us\/WCity Mike\">Mike linking to<\/a> this <a href=\"http:\/\/localh.com\/toxic.html\" title=\"Local H - Toxic\">punk cover of Britney Spears&#8217; &#8216;Toxic&#8217;<\/a> reminded me of something that I had bouncing around in my head yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no end of punk\/goth\/alternative\/industrial covers of pop songs &#8212; KMFDM&#8217;s cover of U2&#8217;s &#8216;Mysterious Ways&#8217;, 1000 Mona Lisa&#8217;s take on Alanis Morisette&#8217;s &#8216;You Oughtta Know&#8217;, Bigod 20 doing Madonna&#8217;s &#8216;Like a Prayer&#8217;, and countless others (including the only-in-my-head, never-going-to-happen cover of Garth Brooks&#8217; &#8216;Ain&#8217;t Goin&#8217; Down &#8217;til the Sun Comes Up&#8217; by Ministry with guest vocals by Les Claypool).<\/p>\n<p>I want it to go the other way.<\/p>\n<p>I want to hear Britney Spears cover My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult&#8217;s &#8216;Days of Swine and Roses&#8217; (&#8220;Christian zombie vampires!&#8221;). N&#42;SYNC or whatever boy band is around taking on The Sisters of Mercy&#8217;s &#8216;Dominion\/Mother Russia&#8217;. Janet Jackson&#8217;s version of the Violent Femme&#8217;s &#8216;Day After Day&#8217;. Eminem doing Concrete Blonde&#8217;s &#8216;Bloodletting&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And so on.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll never happen (the closest thing to this that I know of is Russian pseudo-lolita-lesbian duo <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FselectedItemId%253D352324%2526playListId%253D352340%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"t.A.T.u. 'How Soon is Now'\">t.A.T.u. doing Morrissey&#8217;s &#8216;How Soon is Now&#8217;<\/a>), but I would <em>so<\/em> buy an album of covers like that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DLaibach%2526albumTerm=Jesus Christ Superstars%2526songTerm=Jesus Christ Superstar%26partnerId%3D30\">Jesus Christ Superstar<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DLaibach%26partnerId%3D30\">Laibach<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DLaibach%2526albumTerm=Jesus Christ Superstars%26partnerId%3D30\">Jesus Christ Superstars<\/a><\/em> (1997, 5:45).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to hear Britney Spears cover My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult&#8217;s &#8216;Days of Swine and Roses&#8217; (&#8220;Christian zombie vampires!&#8221;). N*SYNC or whatever boy band is around taking on The Sisters of Mercy&#8217;s &#8216;Dominion\/Mother Russia&#8217;. Janet Jackson&#8217;s version of the Violent Femme&#8217;s &#8216;Day After Day&#8217;. Eminem doing Concrete Blonde&#8217;s &#8216;Bloodletting&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2035],"tags":[6,80],"class_list":["post-2993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-humor","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}