CW: Don’t You (Forget About Me) Edition
Looking back on last week’s Cover Wars, Tea Leaf Green has emerged victorious with over 50% of the vote. In 2nd place was The Allman Brothers Band and I am also very happy to report that every entry received at least one vote – I love it when that happens. In case you missed it, last week we looked at ten covers of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
This week I have chosen an 80’s super-hit by Simple Minds. This song was written specifically for the 1985 brat-pack film The Breakfast Club. Simple Minds is still touring and plan to release an album in 2009, a title has not yet been revealed.
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Billy Idol: At first this seems like a very odd choice of a cover for Billy Idol to throw onto a Greatest Hits Album but there is an explanation. Keith Forsey co-wrote the song and also has produced a number of Idol albums, so there you go. Source: Greatest Hits
Ha Ha The Moose: HaHa the Moose is a moe. side project featuring Rob Derhark, Chuck Garvey & Jim Loughlin. Derhak aka Dr. Guano sings lead on this one. Source: 12-6-2008
Keller Williams: I saw Keller perform this at the Somerville Theater in 2001 and thought he did a fantastic job with it. The recording is from the same tour, just a couple of weeks later. Source: 10-6-2001
New Found Glory: Perhaps you heard this cover in the JC Penney commercial embedded below. Source: From the Screen to Your Stereo 2
Tim Palmieri: Palmieri provides us with our required jamtastic version this week, clocking in at almost nine minutes. Source: 5-3-2008
Yellowcard: This band out of Florida was selected to play the song at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards for a celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Breakfast Club.
Those are all the covers we have this week. Before we go, take a look at some live footage of Simple Minds performing the song in front of some gigantic crowds…
Live Aid, 1985:
Night at The Proms (Netherlands), 1997:
January 20th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Keller uses that silly voice a LOT. I like it when he knows he’s singing a really good song and lays off it and just sings it straight. His cover of Standing On The Moon being a good example of this.
January 20th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
HaHa the Moose takes this Hands Down. The Keller version is o.k., but comes off, almost as mocking.
HaHa, doing what only those masked retro-warriors can do, make the ‘mocking’ seem so natural.
Vote HaHa for your Mama.