I’ve loved Otep’s music since discovering the album “Sevas Tra” — with that insane album cover being the thing that brought me in.
Earlier today (yesterday) I listened to the recently-released The God Slayer, made up of half original songs and half covers.
Loved it, although Sevas Tra has been — and remains — my favourite of Otep’s.
My favourite songs from my first listen of the album are definitely the covers of Eminem’s “The way I Am” and the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”.
Some people get by
Lyrics by Jim Steinman
With a little understanding
Some people get by
With a whole lot more
My first time hearing this song was in fact as a cover by Meat Loaf on his album Braver Than We Are. The song was actually written by Jim Steinman whose most well-known collaborator is Meat Loaf. And he has been known to reuse his songs for different artists over the years
My favourite song from his new album, ‘Ordinary Man’.
Under the Graveyard
We’re all rotten bones
Under the Graveyard — Ozzy Osbourne
A sister killed her baby ’cause she couldn’t afford to feed it
Lyrics from Sign of the Times
And yet we’re sending people to the moon
In September, my cousin tried reefer for the very first time
Now he’s doing horse, it’s June, unh
Possibly one of my favourite covers of any song I’ve heard. This is how covers should be done.
I remember hearing this for the first time in my first web development job. I was working for a small local company, whose office was the upstairs level of a converted barn.
Usually the radio — permanently fixed on Radio One — soon became tiresome for me as the same songs seemed to be played at the same time every damn day.
But one magical day I happened to hear the Live Lounge wear I heard Matt Belamy’s signature guitar sound riffing to a tune I recognised but could not name.
When I finally worked it out it hit me like a freight train.
This song is fucking incredible.
