{"id":22769,"date":"2020-11-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=22769"},"modified":"2023-01-01T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T02:32:40","slug":"cover-me-scary-pockets-im-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/10\/cover-me-scary-pockets-im-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Scary Pockets: I&#8217;m on Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Double-Shot Tuesday on the Shuffle! Today, we bring you not one but <em>two<\/em> terrific covers of &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire&#8221; courtesy of the fine folks at Scary Pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, wait! Don&#8217;t leave! I know we&#8217;ve spotlit a ton of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/11\/roll-of-the-dice-im-on-fire\/\">I&#8217;m on Fire<\/a>&#8221; covers already, and truth be told the list of remaining ones could keep a blog going all by themselves.<\/p>\n<p>But that just means the bar is high for what makes the cut to include, and both of these are well worth checking out.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve featured the work of Scary Pockets before&#8211;they&#8217;re a Los Angeles-based covers band that funkifies classic songs with a rotating cast of guest vocalists. About a year ago, we took a look at their <a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/01\/cover-me-scary-pockets-and-darren-criss-dancing-in-the-dark\/\">irresistible take<\/a> on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/25\/roll-of-the-dice-dancing-in-the-dark\/\">Dancing in the Dark<\/a>&#8221; with Darrin Criss.<\/p>\n<p>Today, they&#8217;ve recruited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rettmadison.com\/\">Rett Madison<\/a>, a new singer-songwriter on the music scene who&#8217;s already generating quite a bit of mainstream buzz in advance of her debut album. Together, Madison and Scary Pockets deliver a powerfully funky cover of &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire&#8221; that&#8217;ll have you dancing by the one-minute mark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E5CG0rc2kV4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more!<\/p>\n<p>Scary Pockets also has a sub-brand called Stories, featuring acoustic but no less inventive renditions of well-known songs. A few months back, we checked out<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/17\/cover-me-stories-featuring-garrison-starr\/\"> their version<\/a> of Bruce&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/21\/roll-of-the-dice-born-in-the-u-s-a\/\">Born in the U.S.A.<\/a>&#8221; featuring Garrison Starr.<\/p>\n<p>That wasn&#8217;t the only time they acoustically tackled one of Bruce&#8217;s songs, though. Here&#8217;s prolific singer-songwriter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgekrikes.net\/\">George Krikes<\/a> (with three albums and five EPs under his belt between his band and solo efforts) and his moody, melodic cover of &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LanWcg8is6U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Want more cool covers? Check out their YouTube channels (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-2JUs_G21BrJ0efehwGkUw\">Scary Pockets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/storiesacoustic\/featured\">Stories<\/a>) but be warned: you may find yourself tumbling down two serious rabbit holes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Double-Shot Tuesday! Check out not one but *two* terrific, fresh covers of Bruce&#8217;s oft-covered classic from the folks at Scary Pockets, featuring Rett Madison and George Krikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[2959,263,2960,2573],"class_list":["post-22769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-george-krikes","tag-im-on-fire","tag-rett-madison","tag-scary-pockets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/scaryfire.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-5Vf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14840,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/01\/cover-me-scary-pockets-and-darren-criss-dancing-in-the-dark\/","url_meta":{"origin":22769,"position":0},"title":"Cover Me, Scary Pockets and Darren Criss: Dancing in the Dark","author":"Ken","date":"December 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Darren Criss joins Scary Pockets for an awesomely funky cover of \"Dancing in the Dark.\" Trust me: watch it... and wait for it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/scarypockets.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/scarypockets.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/scarypockets.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/scarypockets.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19888,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/17\/cover-me-stories-featuring-garrison-starr\/","url_meta":{"origin":22769,"position":1},"title":"Cover Me, Stories featuring Garrison Starr: Born in the U.S.A.","author":"Ken","date":"July 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Achingly beautiful and deeply sad, the folks behind Scary Pockets deliver a gorgeous arrangement of \"Born in the U.S.A.\" that will have you hearing the song in an entirely new light.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stories.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stories.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stories.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stories.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stories.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68336,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1984\/02\/04\/cover-me-round-up-dancing-in-the-dark-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":22769,"position":2},"title":"Cover Me Round-Up: Dancing in the Dark","author":"Ken","date":"February 4, 1984","format":false,"excerpt":"This one's even harder. 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