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Grace's Three Favorite Cover Songs…EVER! [VIDEO]

Grace Niemitalo — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:36:21 +0000

With music ever evolving, you are certain to see and hear some of the best songs of all time being remade. Sometimes(rarely), the remakes are as good, or even better than the original. One of my favorites was Metallica covering Turn The Page by Bob Seger. There are also the covers that suck so bad, [...]

'Glee' Cast Covers David Bowie's 'Fashion' for Fashion's Night Out [VIDEO]

Jeff Giles — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:24:54 +0000

They’ve got a 3D movie, a hit TV series and one of the best-looking casts on television, so it only makes sense that Vogue would turn to the kids of ‘Glee‘ to help promote this year’s Fashion’s Night Out, a worldwide event held to boost retail sales.

For the event, scheduled for September 8, the ‘Glee’ gang slid into an assortment of hot couture and shot a glamorous promotional video, set to the strains of David Bowie’s ‘Fashion.’

Watch! Beyoncé Covers Queen's Classic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' [VIDEO]

Jeff Giles — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:37:03 +0000

After more than a decade as a fixture on top of the charts, Beyoncé certainly has more than enough of her own hits to fill a concert set list, and she doesn’t need to go covering anyone else’s — but who are we to argue if she decides to put her own inimitable spin on a rock ‘n’ roll classic or two?

Currently on tour to promote her latest solo album, ’4,’ Beyoncé used her June 20 stop in Nice, France, to break out a cover medley that included Kings of Leon’s ‘Sex on Fire,’ Prince’s ‘The Beautiful Ones,’ and — perhaps most surprisingly — Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ Though she flubbed a couple of lines, it was still an interesting experiment (and it’s always nice to see pop singers proving they’re actually performing live).