UPDATE! Here is the list of covers played on today show:
A.C. Newman – Take On Me (A-ha cover)
The Acorn – Strange Animal (Gowan cover)
The Acorn - Good Enough (Cyndi Lauper cover)
Apostle Of Hustle – I Want A New Drug (Huey Lewis cover)
Be Good Tanyas – When Doves Cry (Prince cover)
Chromeo – I Can’t Tell You Why (The Eagles cover)
Constantines – Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (Talking Heads cover)
Danny Michel – Young Americans (David Bowie cover)
Flashlight Brown – Save It For Later (English Beat cover)
Fucked Up – Walking On Sunshine (Katrina & the Waves cover)
Julie Doiron – Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (Paul Simon cover)
Luther Wright & the Wrongs – Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover)
Ox – Surrender (Cheap Trick cover)
Rock Plaza Central – SexyBack (Justin Timberlake cover)
Ron Sexsmith – I Don’t Like Mondays (Boomtown Rats cover)
Sloan – In The Mood (Rush cover)
SNFU – Uncontrollable Urge (Devo cover)
Stars - This Charming Man (The Smiths cover)
Tiga – Sunglasses At Night (Corey Hart cover)
Zeus – That’s All (Genesis cover)
Call me a creep, but if I'm at your house, chances are I'm scouring through your music collection. If there is one type of album that has been in every collection I've snooped: the 80's compilation (and Nevermind, The Wall, Revolver yeah yeah yeah..)
Though the decade could perhaps be one of the ugliest in history, there's something about the music of the 80's that has stuck. I've been pleasantly surprised lately, as many Canadian indie acts have been bringing out good ol'
retro hits to cover (F*cked Up covering 'Walking on Sunshine'? Incredible.)
Today on the show I've dug out as many 80's covers as I could find (just guess who covered Huey Lewis and the News?! Guess!) I've even crimped my hair.
When you think of classic 80's hits, who would you choose to cover what?
I surely would love to hear Arcade Fire cover 'Sunglasses at Night'.
What retro covers surprised you at shows?
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Coming up, we'll congratulate Edo from Brasstronaut on winning the Echo Songwriting Prize!
and Rolf from The Acorn will discuss what lead them to cover Gowan and Cyndi Lauper.
Enjoy!