I have a real soft spot for FEARLESS RECORDS' long-running "Punk Goes " series. In fact, I think I've reviewed almost every installment, and I'd written a "10 Years of Punk Goes..." retrospective that ran on a long-lost website a couple of years ago. Well, I may have to dust those off and repost them here, because FEARLESS has announced a November 6, 2012 release date (Election Day!) for PUNK GOES POP 5 - a new collection of pop hits covered by a crop of not-so-punk-but-still-cool bands. The Rock Father has the tracklisting for you below...
PUNK GOES POP 5 - The Tracklisting
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE - GRENADE (BRUNO MARS)
UPON THIS DAWNING - CALL ME MAYBE (CARLY RAE JEPSEN)
MAYDAY PARADE - SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW (GOTYE)
WE CAME AS ROMANS - I'M GLAD YOU CAME (THE WANTED)
LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES - SOME NIGHTS (fun.)
BREATHE CAROLINA - BILLIE JEAN (MICHAEL JACKSON)
FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS - WE FOUND LOVE (RIHANNA)
ISSUES - BOYFRIEND (JUSTIN BIEBER)
THE MAINE - GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (CYNDI LAUPER)
CROWN THE EMPIRE - PAYPHONE (MAROON 5)
CRAIG OWENS - PARADISE (COLDPLAY)
THE WORD ALIVE - MERCY (KANYE WEST)
SECRETS - ASS BACK HOME (GYM CLASS HEROES)
Check out the just-released lyric video for UPON THIS DAWNING taking on Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe"
oh lawd! Mostly hew? and the fact they went full circle covering Gym Class Heroes
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