Cover what you can.

I just downloaded the new Punk Goes Pop 2 and Punk Goes Crunk. I was very disappointed. Since when did covering songs turn into learning songs and then playing them, keeping them as close to the original version as possible? That's not a good cover. That's what talentless bar bands do every weekend to pay their bills. A good cover should sound like it was originally written by the band performing it. Not an identical version with some guitars and some different vocals. That's a remix, at best. Oh, and if you're going to cover a song, at least know the words to the original. (I'm looking at you, Cartel.) Come on.

Anyway, to illustrate my point, here's a playlist of some really great cover songs you should listen to:

Motion City Soundtrack -
My Valuable Hunting Knife (Guided By Voices)
The Sun Woke The Whole State (Limbeck) - MCS/Limbeck Split EP
Truth Hits Everybody (The Police) - Policia!
Bayside -
Megan (The Smoking Popes) - Acoustic
Thursday -
Ny Batteri (Sigur Ros) - War All The Time B-Side
Further Seems Forever -
Bye Bye Bye (N*Sync) - Punk Goes Pop
The Postal Service -
Against All Odds (Phil Collins) - B-Side
Copeland -
Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden) - Punk Goes 90's
Stretch Arm Strong -
Get This Party Started (P!nk) - Punk Goes Pop
Rufio -
Like A Prayer (Madonna) - Punk Goes Pop
The Early November -
The Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News) - Punk Goes 80's
Saves The Day -
I Melt With You (Modern English) - I'm Sorry I'm Leaving EP
Jimmy Eat World -
Game Of Pricks (Guided By Voices)
The Starting Line -
Big Time Sensuality (Bjork) - Punk Goes 90's
I'm Real (Jennifer Lopez) - Punk Goes Pop

People need to start making covers like these again. People need to start being creative again.

All Time Low are pussies.

That's all.

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