Covers, Glorious Covers

so, i admit: i'm a sucker for a cover. especially when it's slightly unexpected. for instance, when my little angelbaby friends in Earthtone once covered "Crazy in Love," by Beyonce, i thought that was really quite clever. they also did "Walk Like an Egyptian" once and i thought that was clever as well.

today i was trying to find something new to listen to, so i went to one of my favorite music blogs and ended up clicking around and stumbled upon the HypeMachine, which may or may not be the most wonderfullest thing to happen to my workday since OhMyRockness Radio. seriously, get a minute and go on the HypeMachine. it's pretty sweet.

anyhow, i was just kinda of perusing around the site, which, if i understand correctly, is like a humongous search engine for a whole bunch of music blogs all over the world. and it picks up all the MP3s that are posted or whatever and brings 'em to one spot and you can look through 'em. and like, for those of you who probably are dismissing this as some sort of dumb "hipster" "indie" thing that only looks at Brooklyn Vegan to find the next!best!thing!, you can rest easy: I just listened to a piece of college nostalgia in a certain Bruce Springsteen song...

anywho, whilst perusing, i noticed a blurb about MGMT, who, as you may or may not know, i adore a lot a lot, i looked through the tracks that are posted all over the internets.

and i found the greatest thing ever.

embarrassingly enough, i found that one of the hottest songs ever recorded, "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (yes, i know, i've just skyrocketed downward in any semblance of coolness...) was covered by MGMT in '02. so i listened to it and it was wonderful.

and then i moved onto a song called "I'm Not in Love" by The Teenagers (who, again, i don't care what anyone says, they are fucking hilarious and a funfunfun dance party. stop taking music so seriously.) that was covered by some chick named SuKo...(?) or something like that. and that was great too!!!

and then i found The Hold Steady (super awesome live. see them if you can. i cannot wait to see them again. especially if it's at a tiny little venue like the Ottobar...). and they covered a song that always puts me in a happy mood, "American Music," originally by the Violent Femmes.

and then, to test this thing's search function, i typed in one of my all-time favorite covers EVER. in the whole entire world. "It's Okay" performed by Pearl Jam, originally recorded by Dead Moon. this song reminds me of perhaps, the ex-boyfriend who was most perfect for me...the college boyfriend...the one i look back on the most fondly... anyhow, this song, for some reason or another really stirs something in me. and i haven't listened to it in years. and now i'm on my 3rd listen.

ahhhh, sweet cover bliss...