Rhapsody hosts it. I first heard this one in concert and it was presented as “heavy metal a capella.” In concert, it really came across that way. It wasn’t released on album until 1993′s Shut Up And Sing, about five … Continue reading
Listen to it at The Last FM. This is a cover of the classic Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs’ tune: Bass singer Richard “Bob” Greene takes the lead on this song, though everyone adds howls. In fact, they add … Continue reading
Clip from Sign My Snarling Movie: Through the Wall …or listen to the whole clip at Rhapsody. This is from their first their first album, The Bobs. As with many of their original songs, this one tells a story about … Continue reading
A third Beatles cover, though in this case I don’t have The Beatles original in my iTunes library. But guess what! You can hear it on Rhapsody because its from their 1990 Songs for Tomorrow Morning LP. This one is … Continue reading
This is my favorite cover tune by The Bobs, and perhaps my favorite cover tune of all time. The original was by Jimmy Cliff: Of course, as with many songs from Sing the Songs of…, The Bobs’ version isn’t available … Continue reading
This is a class tune that I’d never heard before The Bobs’ Sing the Songs of… album. It has been covered uku million times, including by Madonna, Annabella of Bow Wow Wow, The Cramps, Michael Bublé and even Elvis. Also … Continue reading
Obviously, a cover of The Beatle’s classic. I can’t find it online, but researching it led me to this interesting site that cross references cover songs by both song and artist. Sweet! This song is available for purchase with the … Continue reading
This is also from The Bobs’ excellent album of cover tunes, Sing the Songs of…. It is, as you may have guessed, a cover of the classic Led Zeppelin tune. I purchased this one from here though, as I’ve mentioned, … Continue reading
Bass singer Richard “Bob” Greene is frequently relegated to the rhythm section, but when he gets a chance to cut loose, he turns out some real gems, like this Johnny Cash cover. This song is from my favorite Bobs’ album … Continue reading
I have not been linking the lyrics to The Bobs’ songs, but in this case I’ll make an exception. I do this because the lyrics are largely nonsense words and I love that they wrote them out. Oh, go to … Continue reading