Insane Ian

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So...what's this?

Well, over the years, Insane Ian (and the various bands he's been involved in) have covered some of their favorite songs. Some are comedy songs, some aren't, and some are songs done in a different style than the original, so it makes them slightly funnier. These older recordings, as well as some NEW tracks are being posted here. The term UNDERCOVER is what could be considered an album name, as a collection of these tracks.

This is an evolving album (and an idea I sort of stole from TV's Kyle). That means that I'll keep adding tracks to it. How often? That all depends on you, dear listeners! I can't sell this album because I didn't write the songs. I don't own them. I can, however, accept donations at that handy PayPal link at the bottom of this paragraph! If you donate between $5-$10, I'll record your request for an "Undercover" song! Donate $15 or more for a "Deep Undercover" song! Please specify "Undercover" (standard cover) or "Deep Undercover" (cover song as performed by other specific artist...like if you want to hear "Daydream Believer" as done by The Ramones or something).

The more requests I get, the longer and better this album will be! Even if you can't donate (and really, every penny helps), tell your friends!

Tiki God (live) - Insane Ian & Crotch
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Insane Ian's first band, Crotch, performed this song many times at their gigs. This recording is from a live performance at their friend Becky's house, for her birthday concert. It's a cover of the song by The Presidents of the United States of America and was originally released on the now out-of-print tribute album "Goodbye Ladies & Gentlemen".
Rated G Life (Johnny Rotten as a MoFo Version)
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In the grand tradition of Tom Smith's "John Denver as a MoFo version" cover of the great Luke Ski's "Bacon", as well as Worm Quartet's "John Tesh as a MoFo version" cover of...their own song, "Great Idea For A Song", comes...this thing here. For his Dementia Smackdown performance at Marscon 2010, Insane Ian covered this TV's Kyle song (originally from Kyle's album "Why Fidelity?"). This is the studio version. Covered with permission.
Ribby Rib - PuddinG CapacitY
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Chris Ballew is best known as the lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America, but he's also been in a TON of other bands over the years. A cover of both the original Caspar version of the song, as well as the SUbSET remake (featuring DJ Wes K doing the Sir Mix-A-Lot verses), PuddinG CapacitY covered this track for the Chris Ballew tribute album "Blank Babies".
Albuquerque - Hint of Pledge
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Hint of Pledge was initially formed primarily to cover this song for the second "Weird Al" tribute album that, conveniently, Insane Ian was producing. During recording, the computer crashed 17 times, which is why there is no lead-in drums (much to the disappointment of Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz when he first heard it), and why the vocals were done in ONE TAKE. One day, I'll record a better cover of this.
Synthesizer (acoustic)
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On the Kickstarter page for "Grand Theft Audio", if you pledged a certain dollar amount toward the project, you got to choose a song for Insane Ian to cover. One fan named Huey did just that, and chose Electric Six's homage to 80s electronic keyboards. However, II couldn't just cover it traditionally; he had to put his stamp on it, so what better way to cover a song about electric instruments than to do it acoustically?
The Games I Used To Play
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On the Kickstarter page for "Grand Theft Audio", if you pledged a certain dollar amount toward the project, you got to choose a song for Insane Ian to cover. Fan (and fellow comedy musician) Jeff Reuben did just that, and chose to have II cover a song that Jeff wrote and hadn't recorded yet. Since it's a parody of "The One That Got Away" by Katy Perry, the end project wound up on II's "Katy Parody" EP, available for download on Bandcamp. Vocals by The Stacey.
JoCo Got Jacked (JoCo as A MoFo Version)
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You may have heard recently that Jonathan Coulton was ripped off by Glee. If you haven't the short version is they used his version of "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot without even telling him or giving him any credit. Here's his blog about it.
Besides being a very talented indie musician and a really nice guy Jonathan Coulton is directly responsible for the FuMP's existence. His response was to re-release his cover on iTunes and donate all the proceeds to charity.
What Fox did was really sleazy, even if it was perfectly legal. So Devo Spice felt the need to vent about it in song form, as he tends to do, with a parody of the Sir Mix-A-Lot version of "Baby Got Back" about the whole situation. Insane Ian then decided to make the whole situation meta and covered Devo's parody in the style of JoCo's cover of the original song Devo parodied. Um. So, it's a cover of a parody based on an original song, that was covered. Yeah.
Froggy's Lament
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On the Kickstarter page for "Grand Theft Audio", if you pledged a certain dollar amount toward the project, you got to choose a song for Insane Ian to cover. One fan named Scott did just that, and chose Buckner & Garcia's homage to 80s video game "Frogger".
Spoiler Alert
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A cover of a track by MC Frontalot (from Front's album "Zero Day"), this track sets to ruin the best moments of your favorite books, movies, and other pop culture phenomenon, as well as your childhood. The Stacey sings the chorus vocals.

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