One of the best things ever, and perhaps the cover that’s given me the most joy over the years: Iconic rapper Biz Markie’s cover of iconic pop “diva” Elton John’s ‘Benny and the Jets’, as it appeared on Beastie Boys‘ year 2000 anthology, ‘The Sounds of Science’:
MP3: Beastie Boys - Benny and the Jets (feat. Biz Markie) (Elton John cover)
Visit a place where Astralwerks brand indietronica intersects sexy, classic Motown-sound rhythm & blues by playing this little Hot Chip cover of the late-great Marvin Gaye’s ode to lovemaking.
MP3: Hot Chip - Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye cover)
From that place, Hot Chip continue to move us to ‘Graceland’—finessing the legendary folk rocker Paul Simon’s original.
MP3: Hot Chip - Graceland (Paul Simon cover)
Those familar with Calvin Harris’s dance’d up show of bravado on his single, ‘The Girls’, from his brilliant 2007 debut LP, ‘I Created Disco’, will surely love this cover by ‘toof favorites, indie-pop heroes, Dragonette. The cover gives equal time to the un-fairer sex. Here, now, is the Calvin Harris original and Dragonette’s gender-swapped cover.
MP3: Calvin Harris - The Girls
MP3: Dragonette - The Boys (Calvin Harris cover)
Let’s close with something Daft Punk, because one can never have enough. This track by Nicky Vanshe of the ridiculously talented Australian rock/techno crossover act Van She and Dangerous Dan of Australian party monsters The Bang Gang isn’t labeled a “cover”, per se, but in effect, it’s just the same:
MP3: Nicky Vanshe & Dangerous Dan - Around the World Again
If you like what you hear, check out previous installments of “Under the Covers” in our archive.
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