Cover songs are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get. We here at Dying Scene love hearing punk bands do their own take on other band’s songs. Sometimes they pull off amazing interpretations of old classics, sometimes they’re not much more than humble tributes to a fellow artist, and other times they’re just downright laughable renditions of otherwise great songs. Good or bad. Intriguing or mundane. We’ll let you be the judge.
This week, it’s Pennywise covering the Ben E. King classic, “Stand By Me.” It’s worth noting that according to Wikipedia, there are over 400 covers of this song out there in the world. You can check out this cover and compare it to the original here.
The original is found on Ben E. King’s 1962 album, “Don’t Play That Song!” The Pennywise version appears on their 1989 EP, “Wildcard.”
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