What’s a cover song anyway?

Our own Michael Proudfoot proudly stepped into the world of cover songs. He uncovered a treasure trove of examples and ideas. Have a listen as the Song Talk Radio team plus Blair Packham (The Jitters) tackles:

• when everything was a cover
• the difference between 45, 78, and 33 1/3 rpm records
• professional songwriters writing for professional singers
• How The Beatles shifted pop culture by both writing and performing their own songs
• Jimi Hendrix covers All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
• authenticity (Sarah McLachlan) and self-expression
• Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Carole King, Leonard Cohen
• singing someone else’s song – making it universal
• Husker Du, Love Is All Around (Sonny Curtis)

Listen to the whole show