I'll just say it now, I do not like the band Cake. They just don't do it for me and I don't find that they are doing anything particularly exciting in the world of music. They are really pretty generic in a lot of ways and I don't believe they contribute to music today. I also am inclined to think that their pretty wildly popular senior album, Comfort Eagle, was just kind of a waste of my time.
That being said, and I know, that was harsh for me, I think that their cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive," is one of the few covers that outpaces the original in my humble opinion. The song is pretty powerful in the lyrics, and lends itself well to Cake frontman, John McCrea. The guitar and bass solos respectively are great, and they just kill (the good kind of kill it, not the bad), not to mention the great help from the horns later in the track.
Not really too much else to say about it, the cover speaks for itself.
"I Will Survive" covered by Cake from Fashion Nugget (1996)
-S
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