Song of the Day: Biffy Clyro - Buddy Holly

     Happy Saturday Morning everybody! Under the Covers of Darkness Week is nearing its conclusion, but boy have I got a cover for you today. I'll come right out and confess that I've been saving this one, and that it might even be the whole reason this theme came to me in the first place.



     I've no doubt that as a music fan you've at least heard of the band Weezer. If, like me, you're of a certain age, odds are you grew up with some Weezer or other in your life. The odds are also pretty good that you're at least familiar with the Weezer song "Buddy Holly", from 1994's Weezer (also known as The Blue Album) even if you're not necessarily a fan. If you're not, stop right now and go listen to it on youtube, because you need to have heard it for context purposes. Back? OK, good. Now feast your ears on today's song.

     Your cover for the penultimate day of Under the Covers of Darkness Week is Scottish band Biffy Clyro's version of "Buddy Holly", which they recorded for a Kerrang! compilation called High Voltage!: A Brief History of Rock. This was an album that featured newer acts doing older songs, mostly in the vein we've been dealing with this far this week. But then Biffy Clyro comes along with this strange gem. It's an adventurous cover that's really only recognizable as "Buddy Holly" from the lyrics, which might cause some to say it's a bad cover. But I say that sometimes (not all the time, but sometimes) that's just what you want in a cover: somebody taking an existing song and doing something new and different with it. So have a listen to Biffy Clyro's "Buddy Holly" and see if you think covers should be safe or daring.