A few days ago, @leaflesstree posted her music theme for the week and it was cover songs.  I decided I'd try to follow suit and share some of my favorite cover songs.  So I guess this is sort of a cover post.

1.  "Bohemian Rhapsody" by William Shatner   I love Shatner's musical attempts and that is why I have two of his songs on this list.  Well I don't know if you can call them songs.  They are more like spoken word performance art.  Anyway, he released a new album a while back and I just remembered it while searching for songs from his other album on youtube.  You should really look for his album entitled "Seeking Major Tom".  It's just...awesome.

2.  "Common People" by William Shatner  Here's my Shatner love and all I can think is that you, dear reader, are in deep Shat.   This was originally performed by Pulp.  I think that they did the music for this and actually did the singing.  I know this album, "Has Been", was produced by Ben Folds and if I remember Folds and Shatner did a duet.  That's something else worth checking out

3.  "Tomorrow" by Rivers Cuomo  Back in the late summer/early fall I began my career in the ministry and a guy by the name of Tom Anderson started a website called Myspace.  A few months later I have a friend tell me that I should really check out that site because Rivers Cuomo has started uploading solo stuff to his Myspace page.  Well I checked it out, fell in love with the solo work, and created my Myspace account and that was how I entered the world of social networking.  This comes from the musical Annie.  He has a lot of other good solo material including his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

4.  "Band of Gold" by Afghan Whigs  I stumbled upon this tune back in the days of Napster when I was looking for the original version by Freda Payne.  I love the song to begin with so this is just that much better.

5.  "We Gotta Get Out of this Place" by Jello Biafra  I really enjoy Biafra.  I know sometimes his politics don't mesh with mine but most of the time we are in tune and this song really summed up my contempt for American government and the original by The Animals was popular during the Vietnam War era especially amongst the soldiers.

6.  "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley  The original was by Leonard Cohen and I really enjoy that one but Buckley's version gives me goosebumps.  One thing that I've hated about this song is how people nowadays say, "Oh that's the song from Shrek," or "_____ sang that on American Idol."  I think the only versions I've enjoyed were this one, Cohen's, and one that is in Hebrew.

7.  "D'yer Maker" by Sheryl Crow  This came out when I was a freshman in high school and when I heard about a Led Zeppelin tribute album I was all over it and then when I first heard this song I fell in love with Sheryl Crow.  There is something so arousing about hearing her sing "oh oh oh".  Still drives me wild all these years later.  I apologize because I couldn't find a studio version but this one is good nonetheless

8.  "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Radiohead  I love the Glenn Campbell original and I love Radiohead so when I heard Radiohead performed this I was in heaven.

9.  "Nobody Does it Better" by Radiohead  This song was originally done by Carly Simon for a James Bond movie.  This song is one that I've wanted to have as a first dance if I ever get married and it has to be the sexiest song ever written.

10.  "Paranoid Android" by Weezer  Weezer covering Radiohead?  OH YEAH!  Rainn Wilson turned me on to this and I was thinking of including the cover of "What if God was One of Us" that he did with Weezer but I liked this one better.

11.  "Whiskey in the Jar" by Metallica  A heavy metal cover of a traditional Irish drinking song.  Oh this got a lot of playtime when I bellied up to the bar at an Irish pub and if it wasn't on the jukebox I'd start singing it myself.

12.  "Where is My Mind" by Trampled by Turtles  I really love The Pixies but I'll admit I didn't really know who they were during their heyday.  I found out about them because when I was looking up some of my favorite bands I kept seeing The Pixies listed as their inspiration.  I guess Radiohead, Weezer, and Nirvana can't be wrong.  I've also heard covers by City Wolf (Featured in the movie Observe and Report), Nada Surf, and Max Cyrin but this one just gets to me.

Yep, Battle Royale...I think the people who say Hunger Games is original should really check out that movie.

I should've went to see him speak today.  He was in my neck of the woods but I didn't want to play into his homoerotic speaking tour.  He spoke at a lumber yard that specializes in hardwoods.

Perverts, UNITE!

I had 25 calls on my answering machine promoting Romney for the G.O.P. primary here this coming Tuesday.  I took a survey and said I wouldn't vote for Romney and when asked why I replied, "Magic Underwear".

You know, that's interesting but I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

But then he didn't eat Skittles or drink Arizona Tea

Since I mocked The Hunger Games, I wouldn't want Twilight to feel left out.

Oh, McLovin, you try too hard.

Have a great time period after you read this.