This is a post many months in the making.  Mostly because I haven’t had time to write it up.  Blondie was hugely important for me as a youngster, before the days of internet porn and copious, readily available nudity, because Debbie Harry was a hottie who wore a white see-through dress on the cover of Parallel Lines.  I started at that cover for days.  Or, I stared at two things on that cover for days.

But it wasn’t just Debbie’s boobs that grabbed me.  The music was a fantastic blend of new wave and pop–it made top 40 cool to listen to–and their rawer material, like “Rip Her To Shreds” and the entire “Eat to the Beat” album rarely left my turntable.

They’re due a tribute.  Here goes.  A few tastes, and a zip included below, as usual.

A is for The Associates-Heart of Glass.  This one is odd because musically it starts off doing Blondie’s “In the Flesh,” a great, underrated gem.

B is for The Bad Plus-Heart of Glass.  By far the most covered Blondie tune in history.

C is for Captain Polaroid-Union City Blue.  Love this song.

D is for Dungeon’s heavy metal take on Call Me.

E is for 11:59-The Postmarks.  Solid cover.

F is for Franz Ferdinand-Call Me.

G is for even more glass!  And more to come!  Heart of Glass-Annie Bethancourt. A sad, acoustic, longing song that I wish was recorded a little louder. Still powerful, though.

H is for Heart of Glass-The Brew. I like this one. It’s kind of a cross between The Darkness and Death Cab for Cutie. If you can imagine that.

I is for impolite!  Me First and the Gimme Gimmes-Heart of Glass.

J is for Bill Janovitz’s medley cover, one of the best songs on this post, of Blondie’s Dreaming and The Rolling Stones’ Til The Next Goodbye.

K is for KEEP THIS ZIPFILE! It’s good stuff!

L is for Lily Allen’s Heart of Glass.

L is also for look closely at this photo . . .

M is for Mash Up!

N is for The Nerves, who actually did this song before Blondie.  L7-Hanging on the Telephone.  What a great band these chicks were.  Wonder what happened to them?

O is for Of Montreal-One Way or Another.   This is a bopping rock take on this song, one of Blondie’s most cynical stalker tunes.

P is for the Puppini Sisters-Heart of Glass.

R is for One Way Or Another-Lee Rocker.  And since there was no Q, here’s another R: Lynch-Rapture.  Okay, this one is kinda filler. It’s worth one listen, though.

S is for Dreaming-Amy Speace.  A Johnny Cash-like take on my favorite Blondie song.

T is for Ted Leo-Union City Blue.

U is for Unidenified Jam-Charlie Hunter.  A very neat blues/jazz jam in which, at about minute nine, he incorporates “Heart of Glass.”

V is for Shayla by Ramesh Srivastava (Voxtrot).

V is also for video! Rapture Riders video (Blondie vs. Doors)

W is for Wilco-Dreaming.

X is for X-Over.  Union City Noise (Public Enemy vs. Blondie) is one of my favorite rap/pop mash ups of all time.

Y is for I Am Always Touched By Your Presence Dear-My Luminaries.  Alright, it doesn’t begin with “Y”, but at least there’s a couple Ys in there.  If you decide you don’t want this song because of that, I understand.  Your loss.

Z is for the Zipfile hidden above.  Go find it!

When I was in college, all the hot girls had the Cure singles collection. If you wanted to make time, you had to be willing to sit through Cure albums. Over time, the Eurosadness grew on me. Hence, today’s tribute . . . There’s a zip file included in the alphabet, as always. If you like this, please drop a comment and Digg/Stumble/etc.

A is for A Forest and B is for Bat for Lashes.  When you see B4L, you pretty much don’t need to ask any questions.

C is for Charlotte Sometimes-Lesbos in Love.

D is for Dinosaur Jr.-Just Like Heaven.  Not great quality, but it’s Dino J!

E is for Elk City-Close to Me.  I really dig this one, for some reason.

F is for Friday I’m in Love-Counting Crows.

F is also for the fat lesbian in the picture to the left . . .

G is for is for David Gray’s take on Friday I’m in Love.

H is for Hired Hands-Close to Me. The James Brown funk/R&B version. Interesting.

I is for the inhumanity in David Sugar’s electronica version of Just Like Heaven.  Brrrr!  So cold!

J is for Just Like Heaven-Equaleyes. Kind of a Counting Crows take on the much-covered tune.

K is for Friday I’m In Love-Kurtis Peoples.  I know he spells it with a “C” , but I’m desperate for a K.

L is for Love Song-Death Cab for Cutie

M is for A Forest-Mood Doculators. Very long, trippy jam. The Cure does lend themselves to jamband covers, oddly enough.

N and O are for NO songs for N and O.

P is for Love Song-Proper Gander. There’s a bit of crowd noise on this one, but it’s still very clear. I really enjoy this take on the song. It takes it into the “classic rock” sound, out of mope rock.

Q is for quirky Tori Amos doing Love Song.

R is for Razorlight-Boys Don’t Cry.

S is for So Human (Cure remix)-Lady Sovereign

T is for Just Like Heaven-Tristan Prettyman. A very sweet acoustic take. Love this version.

V is for Vengeance . . . Close to Me (Vengeance Mash Up)-Lil’ Wayne vs. The Cure.

W is for Just Like Heaven-The Watson Twins.  Don’t miss this slow, sad version.  Hot stuff.

W is for Why?’s cover of “Close to Me.”  They’re going for a creepyslow thing here.

XYZ are for X-amine Your Zipflile, right here!

It is time for Halloween! And I haven’t done an A to Z post in like forever, so, two birds, one post. You get the idea. As always, a zip file is hidden, lurking creepily in the shadows below.

A is for Arctic Monkeys-Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But… I loved this band’s first album. Their stuff went progressively downhill, but none of of it sucks.

B is for Ben Gibbard-Thriller (Michael Jackson cover). A classic. All the cool blogs will have it this time of year.

C is for Candyland Part 3-Soul Position. Soul Position is RJD2 and Blueprint, and this song is cool because BP rattles off more candy brands in two minutes than I could name in twenty minutes.

D is for Dracula’s Cigarette-Spoon. Gotta have Drac in a Halloween post!

E is for Eminem-Nothin’ To Do (feat Bad Meets Evil). Vintage Em. Back when he had the eye of the tiger, fire in the belly, and violence on his mind. His stuff as half of Bad Meets Evil stuff was great. It’s sad what happened between him and Royce Da 5′9″.

F is for Fearless (Pink Floyd cover)-Mary Lou Lord. Any excuse to post Mary Lou. Such a great voice.

G is for Gail Swanson-Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones). Sympathy is my favorite song about Satan. What’s yours?

H is for Heartless Bastards-Searching for the Ghost.

I is for Is There a Ghost?-Band of Horses

J is for J-Live-Vampire Hunter J. J-Live: One of the most underrated underground rappers around. Great flow, witty rhymes . . . You need some J-Live in your goodie bag this year.

K is for King Kong-Tom Waits.

L is for La Lamentor, the title of Weinland’s great album that has this song: The Devil In Me.

M is for Monster-MF Doom & Trunks. Haven’t been able to find a legit copy of this EP anywhere, but I advise all of you to try to find it. It came out last year, and it’s about as good as rap gets.

N is for nothing. Because We Have Nothing To Fear Except Death Itself-Detective Kalita. DK’s Michael Parks album is one of my favorite indie records of all time. Absolute genius. Part Neil Young, part Flaming Lips, part gentle, beautiful singer-songwriter compositions, and all wonderful.

O is for One (Blake’s Got A New Face) [Vampire Weekend Cover] Mystery Jets and Natty. So, the vampire reference makes it a Halloween tune, but the “new face” chorus, well, that’s Halloween, too, innit?

P is for The Postmarks-Every Day is Halloween.

Q is for Quoth the Raven, Nevermore, a rendition by Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra.

R is for Ryan Adams-Halloweenhead (direct link).

S is for Sunshine Superman (Donovan cover)-Husker Du. Superman isn’t strictly Halloween, but it’s close. And it’s so cool to have found this cover.

T is for Thriller-Petra Haden. Great cover.

U is for under the weather. If you’re sick, why not stay home and rent all the Halloween flicks, back-to-back? Halloween-John Carpenter.

V is for the underrated rappers Vizion and Vakill-Man Into Monster.

W is for Wilco-Don’t Fear the Reaper.

X is for Xentrix’s cover of Ghostbusters.

Y is for your zip file right here. Usually, I hate it when a big kid comes and takes all the candy while I’m out, when I left the bag on the stoop and all. But a virtual candy sack? Come one, come all!

Z is for Zombie! (Follow the link for a bunch of tunes!)

Halloween is coming! Zombieland is in theaters! IFC just ran a 1 hour doc on movie zombies! It’s that most wonderful time of the year . . . There’s a zip file, walking among the undead below. Oh, and before you start bitching: I know I didn’t do every single letter. Deal with it.

A is for Asher Roth. Yes, that’s right, the mediocre Jewish rapper who was paired, by DJ Cinema on his recent “Stimulus” mixtape, with Jadakiss, Kanye West & Big Boi on “Is He Rich Like Me?” which sampled the great Zombies tune, “Time of the Season.”

B is for Jay Brannan’s cover of Zombie (original by Cranberries).

B is also for nasty boobies . . .

C is for Care Of Cell 44 (zombies cover)-Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs. From their first “Under the Covers” collection. Great stuff.

D is for Dachambo-Zombie.

E is for is for what is, hands down, the greatest zombie song ever. Everybody sing the chorus: “All we wanna do is [E is for] eat your brains!” Jonathan Coulton-Re: Your Brains.

F is for fish. Leftover Salmon-Zombie Jamboree.

G is for the Grey Race-Care Of Cell 44 (zombies cover).

G is also for graph . . .

H is for Hanging Chads-Zombie Cucumber.

I is for “If You Shoot The Head You Kill The Ghoul” by Jeffrey Lewis.

J is for Jerry Joseph-Zombie Blues.

K is for Kick Out The Jams-Pearl Jam (Bad Brains cover).

L is for Lies of the Living Dead-Steve Wynn.

M is for My Morning Jacket’s cover of The Zombies’ “Time of the Season.” (direct link)

N is for Naked Sun’s “Dipsy Gizzard Brains.”

N is also for nutrition . . .

O is for on top.

P is for Poor Man’s Whiskey’s cover of Pink Floyd’s “Brain Damage.” Actually, if you go here, you can hear the band cover the entire Dark Side of the Moon album. Pretty cool.

R is for Romero’s classic flick, the first great zombie movie. Night of the Living Dead-G Love and Special Sauce

S is for Stay Human (All the Freaky People)-Spearhead (direct link).

S is also for Super Hero Zombies!  Hooray Blackest Night!

T is for trains! Zombie-Jiva Train

U is for utensil. Stroke Their Brains-Spoon.

W and X are for eX-Whig Greg Dulli’s Twilight Singers’ cover of The Zombies “Time of the Season.” What a great song. So many covers.

And, of course, Z is for Zip File.

When I was a young lad I got this groovy cassette deck. Kids, that was what dinosaurs listened to before CDs. My birthday was coming up, and all I had to play on my new piece of equipment were blank TDKs that I used to tape obscene phone calls with. One time, we called all the guys named John Rambo at 3AM, and made sounds of explosions and gunshots. Yeah, we were a scream. Pissed ourselves laughing.

But I digress. I needed some tunes, so I asked my buds to get me ‘em for my bday and the first one I opened was The Kinks, Misfits. I was so disappointed it wasn’t LowBudget. But it soon became my favorite album ever. Put that on the shelf with Give The People What They Want, Arthur, Low Budget, Lola vs. The Powerman, To The Bone, Schoolboys in Disgrace, Village Green . . . You’ve got yourself the perfect record collection.

And now you’ve got yourself the perfect indie covers collection . . . And somewhere, lurking in the alphabet, is the zip file. I’m forcing you to at least skim my post. Ha!

A is for Act Nice And Gentle with Me-The Black Keys.

B is for Bouncing Souls-Better Things.

C is for Counting Crows-Better Things.

D is for Dar Williams-Better Things. One of my all-time fave songs, ever.

E is for Elliot Smith-Set Me Free (live). There’s a ton of Elliot Kinks covers floating around.

F is for Feist-Nothing in the World Can Stop Me Worryin’ About That Girl. A bluesy tune, covered again later.

G is for Guster-Days (direct link).

H is for HBO, because if it wasn’t for the soundtrack to Six Feet Under, I might never have understood how brilliant Sia is. Check out her contribution to the A to Z: I Go To Sleep-Sia. Voice like an angel.

I is for Islands-Waterloo Sunset. This is such a pure, simple cover, but it works well. Maybe it’s because The Kinks made such pure, simple music themselves.

J is for Johnny Thunder-Counting Crows.  A twofer from Duritz and co.!

K is for The Kooks-Victoria. I’m not a huge fan of this band–they seem kinda bland–and this song selection is a little bland, too, but hey, it’s a “K”. And it doesn’t suck.

L is for Mark Lanegan-Nothing in the World Can Stop Me Worryin’ About That Girl.

M is for Montreal’s namesake, Of Montreal, who cover Days and Tired of Waiting.

N is for never heard of these guys before, but I was poking around and found this: Pi Theory-Sunny Afternoon (direct download). A very manly acoustic cover. Nice job.

O is for Old 97s-She’s Got Everything. I love this cover.

P is for pseudonym. This Is Where I Belong-The Condo Fucks. From the great “Fuckbook” album, released earlier this year, featuring member of . . . Aw, I’m not going to spoil the surprise. Read down to “Y.”

Q is for Queens of the Stone Age-Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy.

R is for Robyn Hitchcock-Waterloo Sunset (direct download).

S is for Ron Sexsmith-This Is Where I Belong. Today’s best indie nerd covering one of the most talented rocker nerds in history. Perfect!

T is for Trappers Cabin-Shangri-La. Very faithful rendition.

U is for utensil.  Spoon-Situation Vacant (direct link). Spoon obviously owes a great debt to the kind of simple, catchy rock pioneered by The Kinks. Wish they’d release a trib album.

V is for Village Green Preservation Society-Kate Rusby.

W is for Oklahoma, U.S.A.-Wilco. A somewhat sad acoustic cover.

X marks the spot of the zipfile!

Y is for Yo La Tengo-Act Nice and Gentle. This is a clean, well constructed cover. Unlike their version of “This Is Where I Belong,” which Tengo did as The Condo Fucks. (see “P” above.)

Z is for Zwan-All Day and All of the Night

Okay, so this is a follow up to my review of Prince’s new double-release, Lotus Flower etc., a very strong album set.  Doing an A to Z of Prince covers is like herding cats: There’s only a few I’m reallly gonna get.  There’s a whole universe of his stuff.  What I’ve tried to do here is post only indie songs, and a wide variety of both the song covered and the genre of the cover, showing how his brilliant songwriting crosses barriers.  Z will be for zip, so don’t have a heart attack that not all songs are individually linked.

This is NOT Prince.

Prince: Great musician, or the Greatest Musician of Our Generation?

A is for When Doves Cry-The Afghan Whigs.

B is for The Beautiful Ones-Besnard Snakes. I love this kinda-creepy version of a just-mediocre Prince original.

C is “c”ouldn’t find a C that was really up to par, so I’m going with a second “B.”  But before you start bitching, know that it is Clash related.  So, maybe “C is for Clash Related”!  1999-Big Audio Dynamite

D is for When Doves Cry-Ani Difranco.  The angry folk version.  Really hot.

E is for If I Was Your Girlfriend-eels.

E is also for Manic Monday-Ephemera.  If you thought this was a Bangles original, you need to go back to school.  He actually wrote it for Vanity 6, one of his original girl groups from the ’80s.  I really like this version because it’s slightly slower and focuses almost exclusively on the vocals, which truly drive this song.

This is NOT Prince, either.

F should be for the Foo Fighters’ take on Darling Nikki, but it was released on a major label. Someday, maybe Dave’ll do the Radiohead thing.  He seems so perfectly disposed to be independent.

G is for Kiss by Garaj Mahal.  A bluegrass Prince cover!

H is for Rasberry Beret-Hindu Love Gods.  Re-released on Rhino’s independent label, “Encore,” this band was basically Warren Zevon fronting R.E.M.  A truly amazing album, eponymous, which all of you should run out and get right now.  Destroy anyone in your way.  In fact, I don’t usually sponsor a link to a store–I think you all should populate brick-and-mortar facilities–but for this record, I’m making an exception.  Go buy it right now.  Serioussly.

I is for I Feel For You-Izbella.  A Prince original that was done better by Chaka Kahn.  It’s strange how the only people who can do Prince songs better than Prince are females.  First Chaka on this one, then Sinead on “Nothing Compares 2 U.”  Of course, those ladies are such extraordinary vocalists, I’d listen to them sing the phone book.  (Not really.)

J is for Purple Rain-Jarflys.

K is for Love Bizarre-Keller Williams.  My absolute favorite Sheila E tune.

L is for Little Red Corvette-Pete Thurston.

M is for I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man-My Morning Jacket.  One of the best Prince covers ever.  Hands down.

N is for Starfish and Coffee-Matt Nathanson.  This is definitely my favorite of Prince’s lesser-known songs.  It’s sweet, sexy, cool.  Off his Sign O’ The Times record, his second best release.

O is for Of Montreal–two covers: Rasberry Beret and Baby I’m a Star.  Such a fun live band.

P is for Pac!  Pac’s Life-Tupac.

R is for When Doves Cry-Damien Rice.  An amazing acoustic version that will break your heard.

S is for the S part of Tegan and Sara, and their brilliant cover of When U Were Mine, which actually trumps Cyndi Lauper’s, which actually trumped Prince’s own version.

T is for All the Critics Love U In New York-TR3.  A live version that I included for two reasons: It’s so bizarre, and it’s a song that rarely gets the props it deserves.  Jazzy as hell.

And this is NOT Prince Harry.

U is for unable to find a good U, so here’s another B:When Doves Cry-Be Good Tanyas.

V is for very near the end, which is where we’re getting.

W is for Alex Westerberg.   I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man-The Replacements.  The 1980s indie/garage rock version.

X is this spot, to remind you to Digg, Stumble, and do whatever else to this post.  Come on, guys, don’t I deserve as much hits as MOKB?  (Answer me yes or don’t answer at all.  And clap if you believe in fairies.)

Y and Z are for Your Zipfile. Here it is.  Dig it.

Tom Waits covers, A to Z.  Indie bands.  A zip file.  ‘Nuff said.

A is for Alabama.  Down in the Hole-Blind Boys of Alabama.

B is forPancho’s Lament-The Blacks.

C is for Cat Power’s-Yesterday is Here.  (YSI)

D is for Dirt in the Ground by The Cold War Kids.  (YSI)

E is for eels’ Jesus Gonna Be Here.  (YSI)

F is for Foreign Affairs by Eleni Mandell.

G is for Goin’ Out West-Gomez.

H is for Shawn Colvin’s take on Heart of  a Saturday Night.  My favorite Tom Waits song, and my favorite cover it.

I is for House Where Nobody Lives-Is (live). Ah, the band named “Is” reminds of Bill Clinton.  Good times.

J is for Jersey Girl by Holly Cole.

K is for another one by the Kids!  I Don’t Wanna Grow Up-Cold War Kids.  The second funniest Tom Waits song ever.  (The funniest is Pasties and a G-String.  The third funniest is “The Piano Has Been Drinking.”)

L is for Les Claypool’s Bonnaroo Super Jam, a project with Gogol Bordello, did a whole show Tom Waits covers here.   Three of them were also with Metallica’s Kirk Hammett.  I recommend the whole damn show.

M is for Jockey Full of Bourbon-Moxy Fruvous.

N is for N.A.S.A.’s “Spacious Thoughts Feat. Tom Waits and Kool Keith.”  (YSI)

O is for Ol’ 55-Smashing Pumpkins.

P is for Picture in a Frame-Pearl Jam.

Q is for a moment of quiet, as we get to the letter R.

R is for Johnsburg, Illinois-Josh Ritter.

R is also for Rainbow Sleeve-Jane, to make up for the missing Q.

S is for Sarah Jarosz’s take on Come On Up To The House.

T is for Time-Ryan Adams. Not sure who the chick is on vocals, but she’s good.

U is for Cold Water-Railroad Earth. Just kidding. That’s got no U!

V is for Vamosbabe & Pascal Fricke doing “Bronx Lullaby.”

W is for the west. Goin’ Out West-Truckee Brothers

X is for marking this spot, i.e., this post.

Y is for you gotta love Z.

Z is for zipfile.

Part One is here.

Part Two is here.

Part Three is here.

Part Four is here.

Day Five is . . . Today!

P is for . . .

Paper Planes (M.I.A. cover)-Pale Young Gentlemen. This is an exceptional cover. Make sure you cop this one, even if you skip some of the others.

And since I’m posting a cover of Paper Planes, I have to throw MF DOOM’s freestyle in. After all, I’m wearing a mask like his on the masthead to this very blog. In my opinion, DOOM, if he’s still alive, was the greatest rap lyricist who ever lived. So even though he’s no rocker. . .

Paper Planes-MF DOOM

Q is for . . .

Two versions of Tribe Called Quest’s “Can I Kick It?”, one by G. Love and Special Sauce, the other by The Popguns. I’m partial to the Popguns version, myself.

R is for . . .

Roses (Outkast)-Higher Hands. This is a very good take on one of the lesser-known Outkast cuts. It’s almost got a country feel.

Rapper’s Delight-Of Montreal. So bad, it’s good.

Finally, R is for Rage Against the Machine, who have done lots of rap covers. I’m not going to provide all of them to you, because the band is RIAA after all, even if they are defunct and super-cool. I already mentioned Fuck The Police, (see “N”), so I think I’ll also throw in . . .

Wu-Tang Clan Aint Nothing To Fuck With-Rage Against the Machine.

S is for . . .

Snow Patrol-Crazy in Love (Jay-Z and Beyonce).

M is for . . .

Crazy in Love-Magic Numbers. On this live version, the lead singer invites the audience to take the Jay-Z rap section. Good move.

What’s Your Fantasy (Ludacris)-Travis Morrison

And M is for Metric. Off of “Live It Out,” their original song, Poster of a Girl, has a spoken/rap break in the middle of it. Plus, Emily Haines is a hottie. Indie chick love!

N is for . . .

NWA!

Nina Gordon-St8 Outta Compton (NWA)

Boyz in the Hood-Dynamite Hack.

Fuck the Police-Rage Against the Machine.

And Nelly!

Hot in Herrre-Beck

And Kate Nash! (One of these three is not like the other.)

Irreplaceable (Beyonce Cover)-Kate Nash. No, she’s not indie, but I really dig her anyway.

O is for . . .

Outkast’s “Hey Ya!”, which is covered like crazy. I did a whole post on it, as a matter of fact, and still couldn’t fit these in:

Hey Ya-Ryan Miller

Hey Ya-Tilly & The Wall

Hey Ya-Matt Weddle

O is lastly for Oh My God!  Another day gone!  Come back tomorrow for more!

Part One is here.

Part Two is here.

You’re reading part Three!

H is for . . .

My Humps-Alanis Morrisette. Is Fergie hip hop? No, I guess not. But she studied at the knee (on her knees?) of Wyclef Jean. I’ve never figured out why he ruined a really solid rap group by adding Fergie into the mix. No, wait, I did figure it out: $$$$.

The video for this is a must-see:

H is also for Dan Black’s cover of B.I.G.’s Hypnotize. My favorite Biggie hit, this cover turns this dance anthem into . . . A real song?

I is for . . .

I Need Love-Sexton Blake. There’s something charming about this awkward cover. It sounds like nerds trying desperately to get a hot chick. It’s interesting how the same song by LL Cool J is a seduction, not a plea.

Ignition (R Kelly)-Bonnie Prince Paul and Matt Sweeney. R Kelly is more smooth-thug-luv than rap, but he’s gangsta enough to gay bash and get charged with rape, so there you are.

Speaking of R Kelly, this may depart from the theme, but it’s so damn funny….

J is for . . .

Jimmy (M.I.A. cover)-Of Montreal. M.I.A., like Santogold, is part hip hop, part pop, part soul. I’m not a huge M.I.A. fan, but Danny Boyle made great use of her ubiquitous “Paper Planes” tune in Slumdog Millionaire, the third best movie of 2008 (regardless of what the Oscars said).

J is also for Christmas in Hollis (Run DMC)-Jungl Ed.

K is for . . .

Dirrtylicious (Destiny’s Child)-Keane. DC is also borderline not hip hop, but since Beyonce is nailing the greatest MC of all time, we’ll let ‘em in.

KT Tunstall’s cover of MIssy Elliot’s Get UR Freak On.

K is also for Kelis. Richard Cheese-Milkshake (Kelis)

L is for . . .

Some more LL Cool J covers:

Luka Bloom-I Need Love. Lots of rockers like to cover this tune. Not sure why. It’s a lame rap, maybe that’s why guys like this think they can do it. Doesn’t work for me.

Mama Said Knock You Out-Lagwagon

So Fresh, So Clean (Outkast)-Lloyd Dobler Effect This is a live version with a drum machine. It’s not very imaginative, but it’s cool.