Under The Covers 6-2-24

Under The Covers 6-2-24

Week 7 

A weekly look into the world of cover songs.

Happy Birthday Alanis Morissette!! Yesterday one of my favorite artists turned 50. An entertainer since the mid 80’s, she appeared on of a few episodes of Nickelodeon’s “You Can’t Do That On Television”. A few years later Alanis released her debut record in Canada and became a Canadian star, reaching the top 20 of Canadian music charts, drawing comparisons to US pop teen stars like Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. (Check out the video for “Walk Away” featuring a very young Friends heartthrob.) it wasn’t until 1995 when she released her 3rd studio album “Jagged Little Pill” when she became and international icon selling over 30 million copies and earning multiple Grammy awards. Alanis is one of the few artist I want to see live. 

The Original

Following the massive success of “Jagged Little Pill”, Alanis’ next single came from the soundtrack of the box office hit “City Of Angels”. Marketed around the Goo Goo Dolls song “Iris” and Alanis’ “Uninvited”, the album rose to #1 on Billboard charts while selling 5 million copies. This song also was nominated for 3 Grammys winning 2, “Best Female Rock Vocal Performance” and “Best Rock Song”. 

The Cover

Now as much as I love cover songs, very rarely will I say that one is better than the original. So I won't say that about this cover cause I very much love the original, but I believe this version to be just as good. Matt Cardle is probably not a name most people would know, but he is a winner from season 7 of the singing competition show X-Factor.  Not only did he win, he beat out future music  sensation One Direction. He also made the news because the writers of his song “Amazing”, off his debut album, sued Ed Sheeran for copyright infringement on his song “Photograph”. Taken from a live performance here is Matt Cardle covering Alanis Morissette’s “Uninvited”. 

https://youtu.be/8jfHaVU8fTw?si=0ThMA2Zv7EZc-MnA

Guess you probably already figured that wasn’t the real cover lol. 

https://youtu.be/-lIbNtT5j54?si=9EH1wMaaCgDatzp9

Truly amazing that cover really is, here is another amazing cover from the birthday girl herself. While she has a couple great covers (Seal’s “Crazy” and Sting’s “King of Pain”) I found this one this week. Filling in on Jimmy Kimmel’s late show because Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong went to rehab the day before is another great cover from Alanis. 

https://youtu.be/TCNLDKbAyvI?si=IkF5kItpFwbLX9rt