Ep. 77. If any school offered a Masters Degree in covers of the A-Ha song "Take On Me," today's guest Jess Lampe would not only hold one, but also be a tenured professor in the department. Jess joins John to talk about the A-Ha original, the Weezer cover, and so much more in-between.
LISTEN:
"Take On Me" (Weezer) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
"Take On Me" (A-Ha, 1984) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
"Take On Me" (A-Ha, 1985) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
"Take On Me" (Reel Big Fish) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
"Take On Me" (MxPx) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
"Take On Me" (A1) on Apple Music | YouTube
"Take On Me" (Bluegrass) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
"Greyhound" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
"Say It Ain't So" (Weezer) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
"Say It Ain't So" (Calpurnia) on Spotify | YouTube
LYRICS:
"Take On Me" at Genius.com
"Greyhound" at Genius.com
"Say It Ain't So" at Genius.com
MORE INFO:
"Take On Me" at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia
Weezer (Teal Album) at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia
Jess Lampe on Twitter
Edgerton Life podcast
Edgerton.Life Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
A-Ha at Wikipedia
Hunting High and Low at Wikipedia
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1985 at Wikipedia
Rotoscoping at Wikipedia
Reel Big Fish at Wikipedia
BASEketball at Wikipedia
Napster at Wikipedia
Goldfinger at Wikipedia
MxPx at Wikipedia
Wes Anderson at Wikipedia
Tenacious D at Wikipedia
"You Gave Your Love To Me Softly" at Weezerpedia
A1 at Wikipedia
"Africa" at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia
Toto at Wikipedia
Stranger Things at Wikipedia
Finn Wolfhard at Wikipedia
Calpurnia at Wikipedia
Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo at Weezerpedia
Under Cover podcast
Calpurnia / "Say It Ain't So" episode of Under Cover
"Say It Ain't So" at Weezerpedia
@WeezerAfrica Twitter account
"Tween Tweets Weezer Into Covering 'Africa'" at Cleveland Magazine
"L.A. Girlz" at Weezerpedia
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