Coverage

Having a particular fondness for cover songs, I was surprised to find a cornucopia of like-minded life-forms out there. Here is a rundown of some of the ones I've been checking out lately.

Coverville is a thrice-weekly podcast focusing on cover songs. Each show runs around 35 minutes and usually features a particular theme or artist. The June 28th edition features blues diva and former adult film star Candye Kane.

Second Hand Songs hopes to track every cover song in their database. Browse through their listing of 31,000+ songs or contribute your own submission.

The 100 Greatest Cover Songs. At least according to this guy. YMMV. Just a thought, but you may not want to trust a guy whose list of "100 Greatest Cover Songs" has 173 songs on it.

The Top 10 Punk Cover Songs

Last fall, the U.K.'s Guardian Observer put out their Ten Worst Cover Songs.

Copy, Right? is an MP3 blog that posts tons of covers. Currently you can check out a 14-song hunk of Cure covers.

No mention of cover songs would be complete without mentioning the infamous William Shatner cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" from his 1968, uhhh... "effort", The Transformed Man. To help ease the pain, someone has put together a little Monty Pythonesque animation of the Shat which you can find at the seriously awesome Transbuddha.com. Enjoy!