A few weeks ago, singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton was surprised to learn that his arrangement of the Sir Mix-A-Lot song "Baby Got Back" was covered note for note by the cast of the Fox TV show Glee. Coulton talks with Bob about having his melody stolen with impunity and the legal gray area between copyright law and cover songs.
http://www.onthemedia.org/2013/feb/01/jonathan-coultons-cover-cover-gets-covered/
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There are songs, and then there are anthems. Leonard Cohen’s "Hallelujah" is a popular power anthem now, but almost never saw light of day. In his new book, music journalist Alan Light charts the unlikely rise of the song through countless weddings, funerals and in film and television.
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/02/166112493/dozens-of-covers-later-hallelujah-endures
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Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom covers You and Your Sister by Big Star …via the This Mortal Coil cover by The Breeders.
http://billjanovitz.blogspot.com/2009/04/cover-of-week-25.html
Joy Division cover by Salter Cane.
By The National from the album High Violet, as discussed in this New York Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25national-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
From High Violet by The National.
It’s scrappy and I make a few mistakes but I really like this song that I’ve just learned. It was one of the singles from High Violet by The National, my favourite album of last year.
The Morning Benders cover The Smiths.
By Grant McLennan of The Go-Betweens, this is another B-side from around the time of 16 Lover’s Lane.
By Grant McLennan of The Go-Betweens. This song originally appears on the album Tallulah.
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