Independent scholar Doyle Greene is the author of several books and serves on the editorial board of Film Criticism. He lives in Tucson Arizona.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: The Song Doesn't Remain the Same

"Reading" through Listening

Covering Cover Songs

Part One-Judging a Song by Its Cover

1.National Anthems: "The ­Star-Spangled Banner"Jimi Hendrix (Woodstock, 1969)

Whitney Houston (Super Bowl XXV, 1991)

[...] "Anti-Cover": Punk and the ­Avant-Garde

Sid Vicious: "My Way" (The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, 1980)

The Residents: The Third Reich and Roll (1976)

Hardcore and the ­Anti-Cover

Part Two-Anatomy of a Cover: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

3."Satisfaction" and Rock: The Rolling Stones (Out of Our Heads, 1965)

The ­Anti-Beatles

"Satisfaction" as Manifesto

Under My Thumb: Altamont and Rock Totalitarianism

4."Satisfaction" and Soul: Otis Redding (Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, 1965)

Paint It Black: Race and Rock in the 1960s

Soul Brands: Motown and Stax

"Satisfaction" as Protest

5."Satisfaction" and Punk: Devo (Q: Are We Not Men?

A: We Are Devo!, 1978)

A Postmodern Protest Band (or, Anarchy in Akron)

"Satisfaction" as Deconstruction

Marketing Opposition

6."Satisfaction" and Pop: Britney Spears (Oops! ... I Did It Again, 2000)

The Lolita Next Door

Blonde Alienation

"Satisfaction" as Commodity

Part Three-Signs of the Times: Cover Songs in Context

[...] from the Waist Down: Covers, Gender and Sexuality

King Curtis: "Whole Lotta Love" (Single, 1970)

Van Halen: "You Really Got Me" (Van Halen, 1978)

The Flying Lizards: "Sex Machine" (Top Ten, 1984)

Kim Wilde: "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Another Step, 1986)

[...] Musicians, White Songs: Race and Covers in the Late

Counterculture

Rufus Harley: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Recorded

in 1969; Released on Courage: The Atlantic Recordings, 2006)

The Isley Brothers: "Ohio/Machine Gun" (Givin' It Back, 1971)

The Four Tops: "A Simple Game" (Single, 1972)

[...] with Laibach: Covers and the Critique of the ­Nation-State

The Laibach Project

NATO (1994)

The Dilemmas of Laibach

[...] with the Old: Covers and Generational Politics

The Midlife Crisis of Rock and Roll

Frank Sinatra: "Something" (Single, 1970)

"So Bad It's Good": Covers and Camp

Pat Boone: "Smoke on the Water" (In a Metal Mood: No More

Mr. Nice Guy, 1997)

Johnny Cash: "Hurt" (American IV: The Man Comes Around,

2002)

Conclusion: The Politics of Listening

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index