Listen to All-American Rejects cover Harvey Danger

The band All-American Rejects are a one-hit wonder group that hit big during the emo craze of the early aughts with the song “Swing Swing.” Harvey Danger are local boys who hit it big with their one smash single “Flagpole Sitta.”

So what happens when one one-hit wonder covers another one-hit wonder? Well, you know how when you’re at the office copy machine and you make a copy of a copy and it turns out to not be as crisp or clear as the original. That’s sort of what happens.

Take a listen to the lesser of two “Flagpole Sittas” below.

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Travis Hay is a music journalist who has spent the past 20 years documenting and enjoying Seattle's music scene. He's written for various outlets including MSN Music, the Seattle-Post Intelligencer, Seattle Weekly, Pearl Jam's Ten Club, Crosscut.com and others.

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