Hey! You! It's my 5 Favorite Cover Songs of 2025

To make some extra room on my favorite songs list from yesterday, i removed all the cover songs.  And now i'm posting them today.  While outdoing an original can be a nearly impossible feat, though it's been done a few times, these artists certainly give it a go.  And i love them for that.

Andy Bell (featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother) - "I'm in Love... (Justin Robertson's Deadstock 33s Remix)"

A whole lot of people, including Ride's Andy Bell, singer/songwriter Dot Allison, Neu!'s Michael Rother and producer Justin Robertson come together for this excellent version of The Passions' "I'm in Love with a German Film Star."

Deary - "No Ordinary Love"

Shoegazy London duo Deary have been one of my favorite acts of the last couple years and this year, they made Sade's "No Ordinary Love" their own,

My Transparent Eye - "Candy Says"

Anyone who likes The Velvet Underground is okay in my book, so kudos to New York's My Transparent Eye.

Cody Blanchard - "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement"

Shannon and The Clams member Cody Blanchard provided the B-Side to a posthumous Jay Reatard 7" released earlier this year.  He takes a Ramones classic and turns it into something haunting and uniquely his own.

SUSS - "This Land Is Your Land"

New York ambient country and Americana band SUSS essentially provided a soundtrack for the appalling state of things back in January with an absolutely devastating instrumental rendition of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."  It nails the mood completely.

And on that somber note, tune in again tomorrow for some of my favorite songs of 2025 that did not come out in 2025, though for some reason or another i just now heard for the first time in 2025.