Uncovering the Cover
By Diego A. Pinzón
That’s what Uncovering the Cover is, a journey where we tell the stories behind the songs that have captured our imagination... throughout several generations.
This is how it goes: I take a song and peel it like an onion, going deep into each layer to discover the story that made the song resonate and stay with you forever.
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Uncovering the CoverMar 17, 2020
El Último Beso
Este episodio fue publicado originalmente en inglés en febrero de 2020. Esta es la versión en español de la historia detrás de “Last Kiss”, la emblemática canción de Pearl Jam a finales de los 90. El de inglés es hasta hoy, nuestro episodio con más descargas, y como varios de ustedes lo pidieron y por el éxito que ha tenido este episodio, aquí está la versión de este episodio en español… ¡es como si le hubiéramos hecho un cover!
Ya pasó un mes desde el Día de San Valentín, un día que se celebra sobretodo en los Estados Unidos, pero que recientemente ha tenido una amplia acogida en los demás países alrededor del mundo. Durante esos días cercanos al 14 de febrero, probablemente escuchaste e incluso dedicaste una gran cantidad de canciones de amor que parece ya no podemos soportar ... Bien, si has tenido una sobredosis de canciones de amor, aquí hay algo para ti.
Muchos considerarían a esta como una canción de amor, pero te sorprendería saber que el subgénero de música al que pertenece esta canción se conoce como “La Canción de Tragedia Adolescente” y en realidad, es menos romántico de lo que piensas.
La de Pearl Jam es quizás la versión más reconocible de esta canción. Una canción que casi por accidente se convirtió en la más popular hasta el día de hoy, de la Banda de grunge de Seattle. Una canción que se convirtió también en un éxito con otras dos bandas de rock n roll.
Es una canción que trascendió a tres generaciones diferentes de fanáticos del rock que infiltraron la canción en las listas de éxitos populares en las décadas de 1960, 1970 y 1990.
Esta canción también tiene un impacto profundo en la música latinoamericana, ya que posee una larga tradición en el folclore y la cultura latinoamericana, la mayoría de la gente cree incluso que la canción era originalmente en español debido a los éxitos que se popularizaron en versión bolero. La canción se convirtió en la insignia de un subgénero musical muy singular que enganchó a los adolescentes en Estados Unidos durante los años 50 y 60, con canciones sobre la muerte, el amor adolescente y accidentes automovilísticos fatales.
Pero a pesar de todo lo anterior, la versión original de esta canción fue un rotundo fracaso comercial.
Esto es Uncovering the Cover: El Último Beso. Visítanos en PinzonDiego.com/podcast y síguenos en Instagram.com/uncoveringthecover
"Last Kiss", episodio en inglés: https://pinzondiego.com/last-kiss-uncovering-the-cover-podcast/
Para Enamorarnos Pasó Una Hora y Pasó Ligera
¡Bienvenidos a Uncovering the Cover, EN ESPAÑOL! Este es nuestro primer episodio en tu idioma, y junto a "Start Spreading the News" (en inglés), lanzamos oficialmente nuestra segunda temporada.
Pensemos en esto por un momento… ha llegado el día en que todos podemos volver a reunirnos con nuestros amigos en el bar de karaoke más famoso de la ciudad.
Mientras estás buscando en el libro del bar aquella canción con la que logras impresionar a propios y a extraños, de repente el dj del lugar anuncia a tu mejor amiga, quien con su reconocido desdén se dirige hacia el escenario.
Al llegar, ella toma el micrófono en sus manos, se ubica en la tarima con su particular pose de cantante de los 80 y comienzan a sonar aquellos acordes de guitarra acústica acompañados por ese piano en sol menor que te lleva a la época en que te rompieron el corazón, y justo cuando aparecen las letras en los monitores del bar, tu amiga pone una sonrisa mientras se acerca el micrófono a su cara e inmediatamente todo el bar comienza a corear unas poéticas y eróticas palabras: "fue más o menos así".
Y mientras muchos nos hemos reído de esta canción a media que hemos ido creciendo con otros géneros musicales, e incluso le hemos puesto el sello de “música para planchar”.
Sin embargo, esta canción de 1981, hace exactamente 40 años, fue la que catapultó la carrera musical de la cantante mexicana Yuri y puso su nombre en cada emisora radial del mundo de habla hispana. Pero quizás, lo más importante es que “Maldita Primavera”, o “Maledetta Primavera”, fue la canción que revitalizó y consolidó una nueva ola de la balada italiana en la música latina.
Bienvenidos a Uncovering the Cover, el podcast donde te contamos las historias detrás de las canciones que han capturado nuestra imaginación… a través de cada generación. Soy Diego Pinzón… y hoy, vamos a conocer la historia de una canción que nos ha puesto a cantar más de una vez, en un bar de karaoke, o mientras maldecimos a quien nos rompió el corazón. Una canción que puso a Yuri en el mapa pero que en Europa ya había tenido un éxito significativo, aunque en otro idioma.
Esto es Uncovering the Cover: “Para Enamorarnos Pasó Una Hora y Pasó Ligera”.
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Quiero recordarte que este es nuestro primer episodio en español. es además nuestro gran lanzamiento de la segunda temporada, que viene precargado con dos episodios al mismo tiempo, este en español y otro en inglés, que se llama “start spreading the news”.
Síguenos en Instagram @uncoveringthecover porque ahí vas a poder votar por las canciones que vamos a desglosar en los próximos episodios. y si te puedo pedir algo más, suscríbete a nuestro podcast y si te gusta el episodio déjanos una reseña, de esta manera el algoritmo hará que más personas conozcan de Uncovering the Cover.
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¡En español! Episodios en TU idioma en la Temporada 2
¡Sí, en español! Uncovering the Cover regresa con su segunda temporada este próximo mes de febrero dispuesto a arruinar tu canción favorita.
Tu podcast favorito ahora será también en tu idioma. Conoce la historia detrás de las canciones más famosas de la música en español, aquellas canciones que nos han marcado de por vida.
¿Quieres saber todo acerca de esa canción que te recuerda a tu infancia? ¿Quieres prepararte para tu próxima noche de karaoke o para sacar a bailar a tu tía en las próximas fiestas navideñas?
Pop, rock, música de plancha, salsa, merengue, balada... todas tienen una historia, y si es un cover, aquí conocerás su historia.
A partir de ahora se vienen cosas emocionantes en Uncovering the Cover, porque además que también tendremos episodios en español, tú serás quién decida qué canción descubrimos en el capítulo siguiente y, por supuesto, también seguiremos teniendo nuestros episodios en inglés, descubriendo los cóvers más emblemáticos en la historia de la música.
Comenzando con nuestro regreso al final de este mes, recibirás automáticamente un capítulo en inglés y uno en español, para que sigas conectándote con tu podcast favorito. Uncovering the Cover, donde te contamos la historia real detrás de las canciones que han capturado nuestra imaginación… a través de cada generación.
No te vas a querer perder esta segunda temporada, porque te VA. A. VOLAR. LA. CABEZA.
¡Uncovering the Cover, el podcast para melómanos como tú regresa a tu plataforma de podcast favorita! Suscríbete ahora mismo para ser el primero en escuchar nuestros nuevos episodios, y si aún no has escuchado los episodios de la primera temporada, ve ahora mismo y disfruta.
Uncovering the Cover, donde la música va más allá de la memoria.
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SEASON 2 TRAILER! Coming this February
Uncovering the Cover is back! This February 2021, we're coming with a second season that will BLOW. YOUR. MIND.
All the songs that remind you of your childhood, the ones you blasted on your first iPod when you had just gotten your heart broken, and all the real stories behind the songs that have captured our imagination… throughout several generations!
There are a couple of amazing updates for Season 2. First, and the best part, you get to be part of the show! Starting with the first episode which is dropping at the end of the month, you will get to decide which song gets uncovered for the following episode!
And, second, because so many of you requested it, Uncovering the Cover is now also going to be available en ESPAÑOL!
Starting with our first episode, we’ll be dropping another episode entirely in spanish, para todos ustedes que quieren conocer la historia detrás de los cóvers más famosos de la música latina, and for those of you who want to practice your spanish!
Uncovering the Cover, the podcast for music fans is coming back to whatever platform you get your podcasts from! Stay tuned and subscribe to be the first one to listen to our new episodes once they get published. And if you haven’t listened to Season 1, you’re still on time to start binge-listening!
Uncovering the Cover, where music becomes more than a memory!
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Papa Don’t Preach, and how Madonna has shaped history
This episode we examine the music of Madonna using “Papa Don’t Preach” as the starting point, but diving deep into “Like A Prayer” and her clash with the Catholic Church.
We take a look at the Madonna icon of music, fashion, sex, feminism and determination. She is the best-selling female recording artist of all time, selling more than 300 million records worldwide, she’s the most successful solo artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart - and only behind The Beatles, overall. She’s also the most successful solo artist on tour, amassing more than 1.4 Billion dollars in concert tickets, has been inducted to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame since 2008, and she even has a few Guinness Records.
She definitely is a phenomenon. Perhaps, one of the most famous people in the world.
This Fathers’ Day, we have something most fathers don’t want to hear from their teenage daughter: that they’re pregnant.
It is certainly what they least expect on Father’s Day, but it’s definitely a conversation worth having specially when young women are faced with such a life defining moment. Although safe sex should be the nucleus of this type of conversations, when a teenager is pregnant the debate usually revolves between having the child or abortion.
And that’s what today’s episode is all about. A song that sparked the debate between pro-life and abortion groups, that even both seemed to praise it and hate it at the same time, a song that fueled the rivalry between Madonna and the Catholic Church after she dedicated it to Pope John Paul II. The music video for the song even catapulted an actor’s career and derived in a response song from another actor in the video.
This is Uncovering the Cover: Papa Don’t Preach, and how Madonna has shaped history.
American Woman, the enigmatic anti-war protest song
Most people think "American Woman" was written originally by Lenny Kravitz, but the original version of this song is from a Canadian rock band, called The Guess Who, which had several hits in the 1970s, including "American Woman" that topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts. But what few seem to ignore is that "American Woman" is an anti-war protest song, against the Vietnam War. The song was even banned by The White House, when President Richard Nixon invited The Guess Who to entertain his guests. Uncovering the Cover is proud to support those who fight fro injustice, because #BlackLivesMatter
Whiskey In The Jar, from folk Ireland to American heavy metal
Rock has traditionally looked into folk music for inspiration. From the early adaptations of black musical genres by rock and roll musicians in the late 40s to the guitar chords and raspy voices of the counterculture of the 60s, and dating all the way back to the disputed origins of punk in the South American country of Peru.
Rhythm and blues, country, jazz and soul, all of them among other genres have become the foundation of what we know today as rock music. Elvis Presley was vastly inspired by gospel music from black churches in Memphis and if he was the King, Chuck Berry, one of Elvis’ biggest inspirations, was the Father of Rock n Roll and the one responsible for evolving rhythm and blues into the hip shaking, guitar-led genre that Elvis popularized.
Just like Presley, The Beatles couldn’t have been as successful as they were without traditional folk music genres. After all, Paul McCartney jokingly said to Musician magazine in 1985: “We were the biggest nickers in town – plagiarists extraordinaire.”
But, plagiarism or simply creating their own music based on the music that has influenced them, rock artists have often fallen on traditional folk songs to either boost up their discography with their own creations, or to cover them. And that’s what brings us to today’s episode.
A song that has been covered by several rock bands in different times, with various degrees of success.
A song that has a heavy metal version… a psychedelic rock cover… and a more conventional hard rock version that became an international hit by an Irish band… A song that actually inspired an anthem for Irish Americans fighting in the Civil War.
In fact, it is originally an Irish traditional folk song that dates as far back as the 17th century.
Welcome to Uncovering the Cover. The podcast where we tell the story of the songs that have captured our imagination… throughout several generations. I’m your host, Diego Pinzón.
Today, we’re uncovering the covers that made this song one of the most beloved Irish ballads… This is Uncovering the Cover: Whiskey in the Jar.
Smile, in honor of those fighting against COVID-19
This episode is an invitation to smile… Perhaps, you’re going through a very difficult time during this coronavirus pandemic, but chances are, if we make it out of this one, we will all be smiling more than ever, grateful for being able to simply… smile!
That’s what today’s episode is about. We’re Uncovering the Covers of a song that has a simple title, that originally had no lyrics and was purely instrumental, a song that, as we just heard with Joker, has been featured in many films and TV shows… in fact, that original instrumental version of “Smile” was written for a silent movie that was a response the Great Depression. The song with lyrics was made famous first by Nat King Cole, and has been performed by multi platinum artists from Diana Ross, to Tony Bennett, to Michael Jackson, and very recently by Lady Gaga. Last week, Lady Gaga opened the televised segment of the One World: Together At Home streamed concert, and it’s quickly becoming the anthem of the initiative that looks to support frontline healthcare workers and the World Health Organization, in their efforts to fight against COVID-19.
Welcome to Uncovering the Cover, the podcast where we tell the stories of the songs that have captured our imagination… throughout several generations. Your host Diego Pinzón takes you on a magical ride through music and movie history.
This is Uncovering the Cover: Smile, in honor of those fighting against COVID-19. Follow the podcast on Instagram @uncoveringthecover
I Love Rock N Roll, a tribute to Alan Merrill
Today, we’re paying tribute to Alan Merrill, one of the artists who have died after contracting the coronavirus, someone who devoted almost all of his 69 years in this world to make us fall in love with rock n roll, and in the process he came up with one of the most covered songs in music history. Merrill's song has evolved so much throughout the years that it’s become a favorite of female pop singers, and barely anyone remembers the original version was sung by a man.
There are more than 250 identified covers of this song, including the only number one hit for Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and the 2002 version from Britney Spears. We'll also be exploring the relevant connection between Merrill, Jett and Miley Cyrus, and how Merrill became one of the biggest teen pop idols in Japan back in the 70s.
Welcome to Uncovering the Cover, the podcast where we tell the stories of the songs that have captured our imagination… throughout several generations. I’m your host Diego Pinzón… and today we’re paying tribute to Alan Merrill, a music icon in Japan, England and the U.S. Born in New York City, Merrill had a prolific career ranging from glam rock, to pop and to heavy metal, who died at 69 years old last March 29, due to coronavirus complications.
This is Uncovering the Cover: I Love Rock N Roll, a tribute to Alan Merrill. Follow us on Instagram @UncoveringTheCover and Twitter @UncoveringCover.
The Baseballs
What happens when you mix Elvis Presley, Rihanna, 50 Cent, Britney Spears and Maroon 5, all into the same pot? You get the most fascinating celebration of 50s and 60s rock & roll. A trip to the future and the future with a final stop in the past. Usually, what we do in this podcast is we take one song that has been covered by many different artists, making it a success in its own right, but on today's episode, we’re doing things a bit differently; we’re talking about one music act that has covered several songs from different artists, with some success, and have carried Elvis Presley's legacy while doing so. This is Uncovering the Cover: The Baseballs. The Baseballs are a German rock and roll band from Berlin founded in 2007. Sam, Digger and Basti, perform contemporary hits in a style resembling Elvis Presley. Together with pompadour hairstyles and long sideburns as Elvis institutionalized in the 50s, The Baseballs first rose to fame with their cover of Rihanna feat. Jay-Z's “Umbrella”, which was released just two years after Rihanna’s took over the world.
We're going deep into the sounds of this rockabilly band that have covered songs from contemporary pop artists. Uncovering the Cover is the podcast for music fans, where we tell the stories of the songs that have captured our imagination… throughout several generations.
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Last Kiss
This song also has a profound impact in Latin American music, having a long tradition on Latino folklore and culture, to the point that most people actually believe the song was originally in Spanish. It became the flagship of a very unique music subgenre that hooked teenagers in America during the 50s and 60s, with songs about death, young love and fatal car accidents. But despite all of it, the original version of this song was a total commercial flop.
Welcome to Uncovering the Cover. The podcast where we tell the story of the songs that have captured our imagination… throughout several generations. Today, we’re uncovering the covers that made this song one of the most dedicated, depressing, prophetic, tragic and one of the most covered songs in history… This is Uncovering the Cover: Last Kiss. Contact: @PinzonDiego or pinzondiego.com.
