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Edised
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 07-2006
Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 02:08 pm:   

Hi there
I've recorded a couple of covers
the first one is Clouds
http://soundcloud.com/flat-ed/clouds
And Bye Bye Pride
http://soundcloud.com/flat-ed/bye-bye-pr ide-go-betweens
I thought the best place to post them was here, hope you'll enjoy them !
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Donat
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Post Number: 301
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 12:44 pm:   

A Go-Betweens cover band who plays originals - The Servants!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9uOxZEJ7 mQ
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Rob Brookman
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Post Number: 1649
Registered: 08-2006
Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 03:24 pm:   

Hey, Edised, I enjoyed the tunes. Thanks for sharing them.
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Edised
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Post Number: 5
Registered: 07-2006
Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 05:51 pm:   

Thanks Rob!
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Thomas Keitsch
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Post Number: 32
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 06:46 pm:   

RocknRoll Friend:
http://soundcloud.com/frankie-bump/01-ro ck-and-roll-friend-vandg
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Edised
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Post Number: 6
Registered: 07-2006
Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 06:59 pm:   

Good Robert Forster impression! amazing
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peter ward
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Post Number: 169
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 10:05 am:   

Nada Surf acoustic cover of Love Goes On:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62v8JXNYD Qw
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peter ward
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Post Number: 171
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - 08:56 am:   

Maximo Park covering "Was There Anything I could do?".....

http://www.chromewaves.net/mp3/radio/Max imoPark-WasThereAnythingICouldDo.mp3
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 4688
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2012 - 05:54 am:   

Just listened to:
Nada Surf - Love Goes On
Del Amitri - Bye Bye Pride
Maximo Park - Was There Anything I Could Do?
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Michael Bachman
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Post Number: 2393
Registered: 01-2005
Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2012 - 01:44 pm:   

Haystack Girls by Rex Broome, with his version of a very familiar song tagged onto the end.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A% 2F%2Fwww.cinemelon.com%2Ffiles%2F3940%2F 220%2520Needle-In-A-Haystack%2520Girls%2 520rx.mp3&h=OAQHB2LHZAQEMkyZULsUyTGF5i__ WppaPiHSYvPqKcW60Zw&enc=AZM-FF4i4q1K3EfA IdVxKKxcMJVRlhWhJLUH1jMlI7tB1pHL0BkbgWDX 9Krxd4zW144ZZB56_r65g_T9SCB56OsjkzxjLcwL _GZL0L78eIBmwQ
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 4857
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2012 - 09:08 am:   

I'm listening again to Stars' version of Cattle And Cane. It really is a very good cover.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 4990
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 06:19 am:   

I'm listening to George's version of Quiet Heart now. Grant sings co-lead vocals on it, and Robert plays on it too.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5012
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2012 - 09:17 am:   

Unarmed Enemies' electro version of Going Blind. Better than my description is making it sound.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5013
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2012 - 09:19 am:   

Another attempt to describe it ... it sounds like how I imagine Electronic would do it.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5102
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, November 30, 2012 - 05:02 am:   

Listening to Glenn Richards' take on The House That Jack Kerouac Built right now. Next up is Sarah Blasko & Darren Hanlon's version of Hold Your Horses.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5122
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, November 30, 2012 - 10:48 am:   

The Orchids - Magic In Here. A great version.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5251
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, December 28, 2012 - 03:34 am:   

Future Pilot AKA (featuring Duglas T. Stewart) - Dusty In Here. A powerfully moving cover.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5420
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, February 22, 2013 - 11:27 pm:   

Listening to Ed Kuepper's brilliant cover of Finding You now.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5776
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, June 07, 2013 - 12:53 am:   

Ed Kuepper's take of Finding You, for the first time since the above mention.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Post Number: 571
Registered: 03-2007
Posted on Friday, June 07, 2013 - 02:48 pm:   

Cover of a track from one of Robert's solo albums.

The Walkabouts - The River People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqMwsiLcm EY
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 3219
Registered: 03-2005
Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 04:46 pm:   

Interesting Hugh. They take a minute and a quarter of your life to get to the point. Incredibly, they changed the chords pushing it from a major key song into a minor key song. That's a pretty aggressive thing to do on a cover. Really, they just snatched Robert's lyrics and attached them to a new chord progression. Not cool at all.
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Duncan Hurwood
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Post Number: 113
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 10:10 pm:   

I've always loved that Walkabouts cover of "The River People" - it does, for me, what a good cover should: it reinvents it while retaining the heart of the song. I think I prefer it to the original, and I don't think the changes hurt the original at all.

I do like the band: listen to their cover of Nick Cave's "Loom of the Land" from the same album and they certainly improve that song.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5819
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 02:19 pm:   

I'm with Randy. I've never liked that cover.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Post Number: 578
Registered: 03-2007
Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 03:34 pm:   

Randy, The track is from an album of cover versions called 'Satisfied Mind' which was released in 1993. The band formed in Seattle in 1984 and put out their first album ( See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens ) in 1988 or thereabouts. Their first two albums had a very strong folk-rock feel to them and, while I may be wrong, I think perhaps that was the sound / style the band were aiming for with their cover of 'The River People.' In 2001, they released another album of cover versions called 'Train Leaves At Eight.' This one had the theme of a musical tour of Europe with songs by Mikis Theodorakis, Goran Bregovic / Scott Walker, Jacques Brel, Dominique A., Stina Nordenstam and Neu!

I purchased the first few titles the group released on vinyl directly from them back in the late 1980s. Received a lovely letter from Chris Eckman with the package and have had a soft spot for the band ever since.

As you know, I am not a musician so I don't really understand why changing the chords and pushing it from a major key song into a minor key song was an agressive thing to do.

This is what the band sounded like when they started out. Their music had a far harder edge by 1993.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHq2tACs- fk
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Stuart Wilson
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Post Number: 860
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 01:32 pm:   

Interesting they picked up on de André, possibly, together with Battisti, Italy's greatest singer-songwriter, although, unlike Battisti, usually his own lyricist. This is the only example I know of de André's work translated. There's not much you can do about replacing the Italian's uniquely beautiful voice, and they slow the whole thing down too much, but kudos all the same. Compare and contrast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unaVMfe6f Jg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxtC63po7 Ew
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peter ward
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Post Number: 221
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Friday, August 09, 2013 - 01:00 pm:   

We All Want To Cover The Go-Betweens.... well most of us, especially We All Want To:

http://messandnoise.com/news/4606688
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 5966
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 04:12 am:   

What a terrific cover. Thanks Peter. Love the guitar solo.
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Greg Adams
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Post Number: 45
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Monday, August 12, 2013 - 11:55 am:   

The accompanying article says "lovingly faithful," but those don't sound like the right chords.
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Austin
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Post Number: 101
Registered: 09-2004
Posted on Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 01:02 am:   

A cover of "Streets" by We All Want To is getting a big push it seems:

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/ 08/just-released-2013-30.html
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peter ward
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Post Number: 232
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 03:06 pm:   

Franz Ferdinand cover Was There Anything I Could Do....,


http://www.stereogum.com/1567212/watch-f ranz-ferdinand-cover-the-go-betweens-was -there-anything-i-could-do/video/
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Matsrep
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Post Number: 121
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Monday, November 18, 2013 - 09:03 am:   

A good version of one of the few Go-Betweens songs I usually don't like very much. The cover gives it new life for me.
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Burgers
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Post Number: 51
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 06:02 am:   

Better than the original in my opinion.
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 3313
Registered: 03-2005
Posted on Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 08:26 pm:   

Glad I checked this thread. I agree with Matsrep and Burgers. "Was There Anything I Could Do" is one of the very few Go-Betweens songs I don't even keep on my iPod. It's still the same uninteresting three chord sequence of course but the nice thing about this version is that Grant's lyrics are put in front which is where they need to be, as they are what makes this a Go-Betweens song.

Thanks for posting this Peter.
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peter ward
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Post Number: 233
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 06:57 pm:   

Ive heard Alex reference The Go-Betweens in interview before and this is a fine version. I've always liked the energy and the strings in the original and yes Randy, the lyrics especially...
"People don't know what they want,
If you spend your life looking behind you
You don’t see what’s up front"
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Hugh Nimmo
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Post Number: 676
Registered: 03-2007
Posted on Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 11:50 pm:   

50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong - Amelia

German band who recorded an EP and Album for Marsh Marigold in 1992 and 1993. Based on 'Lee Remick' and adapted to pay tribute to Amelia Fletcher of Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research and Tender Trap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blb9gg3OT AE

A track from their 4 track EP 'Enough.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIquqzChD Ao
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 6462
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 06:51 am:   

Right now I'm listening to Orpheus Beach by The Clientele. It's a lovely cover.
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Andrew Kerr
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Post Number: 875
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 02:50 pm:   

The Sleeping Years - Cattle and Cane

Dale Grundle was the singer in The Catchers many moons ago...

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/5939586/th e_sleeping_years_cattle_cane_orig_the_go _betweens/

Not ground-shaking (very respectful), but personally I'm always a bit of a sucker for a nice cello.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 6705
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2014 - 05:36 am:   

The Wannadies - Lee Remick. I heard this before I heard the original as it was so hard to find in the mid-90s (remember when obscure songs from rare 7"s were difficult to track down?).
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 6790
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2014 - 10:50 am:   

I'm playing The Wannadies version of Lee Remick again. What a brilliant take it is.
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Martin Schori
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Post Number: 42
Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2014 - 10:55 am:   

Thanks Pádraig, indeed a good Punkrock version, but I prefer the Original. Anyone can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvjh5IAf Zbs
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 7296
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 12:38 pm:   

Just played Allo Darlin's version of Dive For Your Memory.
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TROU
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Post Number: 370
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, June 06, 2015 - 08:29 am:   

Roddy Frame covering the Wrong Road.
https://soundcloud.com/kays-camera/roddy -frame-the-wrong-road-queens-hall-edinbu rgh-12-may-2006
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Andreas Severins
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Post Number: 305
Registered: 11-2007
Posted on Saturday, June 06, 2015 - 12:35 pm:   

Wow Jon, what a find!
Wonderful version...
Remembering the wonderful cologne concert while hearing!

All the best!
Andreas.
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Andrew Kerr
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Post Number: 986
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Tuesday, June 09, 2015 - 05:28 pm:   

Re: Roddy Frame's "The Wrong Road"

Beautiful !

Just a week after GM had died...I bet there wasn't a dry eye in the Queen's Hall that night.

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