C'MON...EVERYBODY?

Right down the "Summertime Blues" rabbit hole tonight. All it took was hearing a crappy cover of the song. It was bound to happen, there have been so many covers of it. But it was a little disconcerting to realize that there are few Eddie Cochran covers at all, let alone of that one song, that have the sound or feel of their original version. Not to say some aren't good. Some are and some aren't. But it seems nearly impossible for anyone to cover an Eddie Cochran song without fucking with it. Only one of the assorted covers down there sounds even remotely like him, and I'm not going to tell you which one it is. Those of you familiar with his music will hear it right away. If you aren't familiar with his music, I'll bite my tongue.

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Listen:

Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues mp3 at Rocky 52

Bobby Fuller Four - Summertime Blues mp3 at Bedazzled
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues mp3 at The Setbacks
The Who - Summertime Blues mp3 at Bedazzled

Black Keys - Summertime Blues mp3 at ATumblr (?)
Other Cochran covers:
Billy Zoom - Hallelujah I Love Her So mp3 at Billy Zoom
Chocolate Watch Band - Milk Cow Blues (streaming) at YouTube
The Real Kids - My Way (streaming) at YouTube
The Sex Pistols - Something Else mp3 at 195.122.253.112 (?) Sid Vicious vocal
Video:
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (Town Hall Party) at YouTube
The Who - Summertime Blues (Live) at YouTube
Visit:
Other covers of Summertime Blues at Second Hand Songs
Summertime Blues at Wikipedia Earl Palmer on drums. I did not know that.