Blog: Gold Sweatshirt

A good cover shouldn't sound too much like the original and Modest Mouse's cover of Buddy Holly's " That'll Be The Day " certainly can't be faulted for that.  Removing all the 502s early rock 'n' roll jukebox vibe while keeping the words, Modest Mouse turns "That'll Be The Day" into what you might expect from a good Modest Mouse song, I'm talkin' pre Good New For People Who Love Bad News.   This cover along with many others by various famous artists (see picture above) will be included on the Buddy Holly tribute album Rave [...]