Friday, 6 June 2025

Cover Charge #6: Jesse Malin to The Replacements

The premise of Cover Charge is simple. Artist A covers artist B, then B covers C and C covers D, and so on and so forth, until you, me or Google give up on blogs altogether.

Last time: Bruce Springsteen to Jesse Malin

Cover versions seem to fall into one of two categories, broadly speaking: the Straight Bat, in which the cover sounds very similar to the original, and the Own Stamp, in which the covering artist tries to do something a bit different. Today we have an Own Stamp from Jesse Malin, as he offers up a thoughtful reworking of The Replacements' Bastards of Young:

And here's the original from Paul Westerberg and chums, all the way back from 1985 and their fourth album Tim:

Next time: The Replacements replace someone else. Contain your excitement.

The Cover Charge "chain" to date.

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