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     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 558 Registered: 03-2006 |
I got a cool CD by the noted Punk/bluegrass ensemble, the Meat Purveyors, called humorously "Someday Soon Things Will Be Much Worse". It features a great romp through Human League's "Don't You Want Me" that opens up fresh new vistas the song's creators probably never imagined. The word "hillbilly" doesn't cross your mind when you think of HL - so it is quite a bizarre mix of elements. What are, in your estimation, some of the great covers? They don't have to be well known songs... I'm going to cheat by starting off with two well-known and well-lauded ones: Aretha Franklin - Let it Be Otis Redding - Satisfaction David Byrne - I Wanna Dance w/ Somebody G.W. McLennan - If I Should Fall Behind Big Star - Baby Strange Alex Chilton - My Baby Just Cares For Me Elliott Smith - Trouble Neil Finn - There is a Light That Never Goes Out Johnny Cash - Hurt Toots & the Maytals - Country Roads Elvis Costello - Pouring Water On a Drowning Man | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 664 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hurt by Johnny Cash is my favourite cover version of all time. To the best of my knowledge I have never heard the original by NIN, certainly not since Mr Cash recorded it. Paul Haig - Running Away The Clash - Armagideon Time | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 559 Registered: 03-2006 |
I think even Trent Reznor recognizes and accepts that JC's version renders his own superfluous. Johnny truly made it his own. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 560 Registered: 03-2006 |
ps - You remind me that the Clash had some awesome reggae covers. Their take on Eddy Grant's "Police On My Back" was staggering...not to mention the wonderful "Police & Thieves".... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 588 Registered: 05-2005 |
By the sounds of it it seems Mr Cash is probably more worthy than anyone when it comes to covers. At least he had no alterior motive. I quite like some of the Nouvelle Vague covers, there's a charm to some of the songs they have done, and it remonds me of the stuff that used to be released by Crepuscule many moons ago. However, they have picked some shit songs, that no matter how nice they sound whan given the bossa nove treatment, do not deserve to be covered. I liked Kev's choice of Haig's Running Away. Billy Mackenzie once covered Walking on thin ice with Mr Haig, live only in '86 that was a really great version, Mr Mac's vocal blowing the roof off the venue, I am NOT kidding, I have evidence. Blue Aeroplanes - Breaking in my heart. REM - There she goes again Calexico - Alone again or Hendrix - All along the watchtower Josef K - Apple Bush Robert Forster - Nature's Way Aztec Camera - Bad Education Kirsty Macoll - Days Magazine - Thank you for letting me be mice elf again | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 483 Registered: 05-2005 |
Roddy Frame - Jump. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 57 Registered: 05-2005 |
Grant Lee Phillips has recently released an excellent CD of cover versions of '80s songs - appropriately called 'Ninteeneighties'. Includes great versions of Echo and the Bunnymen's 'Killing Moon', The Psychedelic Furs 'Love My Way', and The Church's 'Under the Milky Way'. Also includes a downbeat but compelling version of The Pixies 'Waves of Mutilation'. Speaking of cover versions, check out this web site for links to hundreds of covers of 'Moon River', including versions by REM, Morrisey - and Mrs Miller! http://www.audrey1.com/grahamspage/moon_river/ Also quite fond of this Neil Finn version of Van Morrison's 'Irish Heartbeat' performed acappela in front of local townsfolk at his hometown in rural NZ. http://www.teawamutu.co.nz/tv/index.shtml?dfile=2003/20030404_pota.flv | ||
| Eke Member Username: Ekewebb Post Number: 94 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'll go with kevin's two choices as well - Armagideon Time is magnificent, particularly the 12" version. My best ever cover though is Cat Power's version of I Found A Reason, from her The Covers Record, which is sublime. For sheer bizarreness I have to give a mention to the Pet Shop Boys cover of My Robot Friend's We're The Pet Shop Boys. And I'm looking forward to Susanna and the Magical Orchestra's Melody Mountain album of covers primarily to see what they do with Crazy, Crazy Nights  | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 494 Registered: 03-2005 |
M. Ward's "Let's Dance" sure amused the hell out of me. Not sure if I need to hear it again though. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 443 Registered: 04-2005 |
Spence already named it, but Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" is probably the greatest cover of all time. The only other decent cover of this song is XTC's, because they deconstructed it. Everybody else's take is just a weaker version of what Hendrix did with the song. Husker Du - Eight Miles High (equal to but very different than the original) Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (I prefer it to the Stones' version!) Talking Heads - Take Me to the River Bryan Ferry - The "In" Crowd (brilliantly perverse) My Bloody Valentine - Map Ref 41 N 93 W Sleater-Kinney - White Rabbit (saw them play this live at the Fillmore in SF in 2000--perfect venue, perfect choice) R.E.M. - Superman (I don't even know who did the original) Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (much better than Beatles version) Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire (again, equal but very different) | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 669 Registered: 05-2005 |
MBV do Wire Kurt? Never heard it but no it must be great. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 445 Registered: 04-2005 |
I just heard it for the first time recently, Kev, but it's been around for awhile. It was originally on a comp called "Whore: A Tribute to Wire." I found it on an MP3 site: http://www.mp3-center.org/. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 568 Registered: 03-2006 |
Greatest cover I haven't actually heard, but wish I had: that all star version of Louie Louie, featuring Ian Curtis and a crew of punk heavyweights, shown in the movie, "24 Hour Party People". | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 200 Registered: 07-2005 |
Good Year for the Roses-By EC | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 670 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks for the link Kurt, MBV didnt disappoint. By the way I must be the luckiest guy in the world, when I clicked on the link there was a pop up appeared that said I had won a mobile phone because I was the 1,000,000th customer to that site. the amazing thing is it happens to me quite regularly that I am the 1,000,000th, or 200,000th, or 500,000th customer. Now whats the odds on that? | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 446 Registered: 04-2005 |
That's not possible, Kevin. I was the 200,000, 500,000th, and 1,000,000th customer! The legality of some of the downloadable songs at that website seems dubious, but for someone with lots of time and curiosity, there's some good stuff to be found there. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 154 Registered: 01-2005 |
I like the Bangles cover of Katrina and the Waves Going Down to Liverpool, from one of my Top 10 albums of 1984, All Over The Place. AOTP still sounds great to me, while the other two Bangles albums from the 80's I never listen to anymore. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 449 Registered: 04-2005 |
Did the Katrina and the Waves version of "Going Down to Liverpool" come out before the Bangles' version? I know Kimberley Rew wrote the song, but I thought it was before his Katrina days. Anyway, you're right--AOTP is a terrific album, but it was a last gasp for them. Their next album, the one with the big hit single written by Prince, is best filed under "disappointing follow-up," and then the record company got their hooks in the band and turned them into another generic rock hit machine. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 155 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kurt, yes the Katrina and the Waves version did come out first, but in England. The Katrina and the Waves that was released in the US in 1985 that had "Walking on Sunshine" and "Going Down to Liverpool" was a compilation of previous ep songs and re-recorded versions of songs that had been out in England for a few years. A double cd is available now that has all the original cuts. Yeah, too bad about the Bangles. AOTH is a great power pop album, and I love Vicki Peterson's guitar playing on it, front and center. The two subsequent albums burried her guitar in the background more I thought, contributing to your point of turning the band into another generic rock hit machine. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 510 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ok, when this thread first showed up I knew I needed to start stirring a sturdy twig through that pool of quicksand known as my memory and see what I could bring up. Down to Zero -- Betty Lavette another great cover of "Ring of Fire"--Ed Kuepper Smile -- Timi Yuro Tears of Rage --Joan Baez Mercy Seat -- Johnny Cash (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love & Understanding -- EC He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother -- Housemartins Feelin' Alright -- Lulu. Still stuck with vinyl for this one Making Flippy Floppy -- Staples Singers The Windmills of Your Mind -- Dusty Springfield. Like "Smile," I could never stand this song until I heard this version. Hazy Shade of Winter -- Mathilde Santing River Deep, Mountain High -- the Saints Reviewing the Situation -- Sandy Shaw Love Me Do -- Sandy Shaw. This nearly talentless favorite of Morrissey's cut one single great album that included both of these. Under the Milky Way -- Jimmy Little Bury Me Deep in Love -- Jimmy Little Black Hole Sun -- Steve & Edie. This last one may be the MOST COOL cover of all. Period. By Anyone. Anywhere. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 605 Registered: 03-2006 |
very tasty and eclectic set of covers, Randy. You make we want to hit up itunes and go find some of these...as I think I said in this forum, I am new to the world of downloading, having just gotten hi-speed access and I'm fairly fascinated with what's out there. There does seem to be a certain "cover mania" in effect...it really amazes me to see what's been covered by who...F'rinstance, I never knew the Staple Singers covered "Flippy Floppy" - how intriguing. I bet they hit it out of the park... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 629 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy you reminded me of a great cover: the Colourfield, they did Windmills of your mind ( I can laugh at it now, the drole Terry Hall) but Pete De Freitas the Bunnyman drummed on it, it was beautiful. I had a Mathilde Santing 7'' - Too Much, you know it? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 511 Registered: 03-2005 |
Many apologies, Hardin. I knew my memory would mess me up. It was "Slippery People." I haven't heard it in years; a friend had the record. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 607 Registered: 03-2006 |
No worries. That sounds vaguely familiar - I'm sure it's great. Semi-related factoid: the board has been going on a lot lately about Bob Dylan. Supposedly he was the love of Mavis Staples' life. Maybe he was her inspiration when she sang "Slippery People".... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 513 Registered: 03-2005 |
Spence, thanks for reminding me. The only Mathilde Santing I have is a 1992 vintage "Best of" which includes "Too Much," and also her album of Randy Newman covers "Texas Girl & Pretty Boy" which I found disappointing and stopped me looking deeper into her records. But I'm loading the "Best of" set into iTunes now. It's the super slow cover of "Hazy Shade" that always stuck in my mind. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 514 Registered: 03-2005 |
I never heard that Hardin. I haven't yet yielded to the iTunes store temptation; I just use the program to load my collection onto the iPod. If you are buying stuff from the online store, by all means go for "Black Hole Sun." It is the ONLY good thing a lounge music freak friend of mine has ever played me and it just made my jaw drop. I've since heard it on a satellite radio program. It really IS Steve and Edie and it's probably the only Soundgarden I'll ever like. Ooo boy, I gotta hit the "delete" button for some of these Mathilde Santing things. | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 63 Registered: 05-2005 |
Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 468 Registered: 04-2005 |
Good one, Mark--that just killed EC's version, didn't it? | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 608 Registered: 03-2006 |
Great Covers - All Dylan Edition: Mama, You've Been On My Mind - Rod Stewart I'll Keep It With Mine - Nico She Belongs to Me - Ricky Nelson My Back Pages - the Byrds Just Like a Woman - Nina Simone Paths of Victory - Cat Power Si Tu Dois Partir - Fairport Convention When I Paint My Masterpiece - the Band I Threw It All Away - Yo La Tengo Highway 61 Revisited - PJ Harvey | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 470 Registered: 04-2005 |
Do you not rate Jimi's "All Along the Watchtower" and the Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man," Hardin, or did you just forget them (or think they were too obvious)? Another good obscure Dylan cover is Richard Hell's "Going, Going, Gone." | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 609 Registered: 03-2006 |
I COMPLETELY rate both covers you mention, Mr. Kurt. I was just trying not to be repetitive - you, or somebody, had alluded to Jimi's fairly f-ing immortal cover, and I didn't want to use the Byrds more than once...I am familiar with the Hell cover and love it...that one HAD slipped my mind... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 515 Registered: 03-2005 |
Tonight's dinner with a pair of my traveling friends reminded me of two other covers I've encountered that I like a lot. 1. Making Plans for Nigel -- Nouvelle Vogue. If you're lucky, you get this while sitting on endless hold on the Air France customer service line. The French always do things better. 2. Sex Machine -- Q-Burns Abstract Message. I first heard this one in a wine bar in Paris in 2003 and I loved it so much I kept going back until I asked the garcon who it was. Strangely enough it turns out this originates from Orlando, Florida. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 612 Registered: 03-2006 |
Some covers of lame songs completely redeemed by brilliant interpretations: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Al Green Make It With You - Aretha Franklin My Heart Will Go On (Love them from 'Titanic') - Los Straitjackets (done as a surf-style instrumental - it's gawjus) Afternoon Delight - the Circle Jerks I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles Come On-a My House - Rosemary Clooney Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin Oops! I Did It Again - Richard Thompson Jump - Aztec Camera (cheating, cuz it's mentioned above, but Roddy really does effect a stunning transformation) Volare - Alex Chilton | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 474 Registered: 04-2005 |
Great choices, Hardin. How about Coltrane's "My Favorite Things"? Pretty sappy song, really, but his version is sublime, perhaps my favorite jazz track of all time. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 613 Registered: 03-2006 |
Dang it! I think I missed the quintessential piece of musical alchemy. That song was the dullest, most worthless grade of lead - Coltrane truly transformed it into pure jazz gold...truly one of the classic, monumental workouts. As Costello sez, in hell they play the Julie Andrews version of it, instead of the Coltrane. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 476 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'd forgotten that line! That's brilliant. That was from "This Is Hell" off "Brutal Youth," right? | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 616 Registered: 03-2006 |
Yup, though I've mangled it - that was the gist of it...It's a perfectly respectable movie, I guess, that the song comes from, but boy, Ms. Andrews's version of it is some cloying dreck! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 477 Registered: 04-2005 |
"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens"--yeah, cloying is right. Much better coming through Trane's sax than anyone's vocal chords! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 619 Registered: 03-2006 |
Euwww! Makes you wanna cuss out a nun or kick a puppy or somethin', just to purge the wholesomeness from your psyche! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 513 Registered: 05-2005 |
Richard Hawley's version of Some Candy Talking is brilliant. It takes an already great song and does something completely different with it. I got it on a CD that came with Q magazine. There's some rubbish on that CD too though, including Jamie Cullum's execrable version of some Jeff Buckley song (Grace, I think). | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 161 Registered: 01-2005 |
Hardin, did you skip over Fairport's version of Percy's Song? I love the vocal harmonies and RT's killer acoustic guitar. Good pick on Coltrane's version of My Favorite Things. Not many sax players were playing soprano sax before Coltrane used it on MFT. He later used it with the same time signature on his cover of Greensleeves. The Coltrane/Johnny Hartman album is chocked full of covers. Johnny had a great, deep voice. Their take on My One And Only Love is one of my favorite versions of that song. The Allman Brothers took a minor Donovan song, There Is A Mountain, and used it's main theme as a basis for their Mountain Jam. The version from the March 1971 Filmore East concert, first heard on Eat A Peach, is sheer brillance. The Coltrane influence ran through the Allman's when Duane was alive. His slide guitar attack after the bass solo is still the best I have ever heard. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 624 Registered: 03-2006 |
I did skip over it, Michael...I'm aware of it and love it (almost unbearably sad), but I was trying to stick to one cover per artist, so as not to be repetitive. The cover of "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" had a slight edge over the other, for me, because there's something so hip and swingin' about hearing great pop tunes sung in French... Just for the record, many people complain about the Bobster's voice, but it's never fazed me...In most cases, I much prefer his versions of his tunes to other artist's interpretations. There are a few exceptions - I think the Byrds' "My Back Pages" was much better than Zimmy's version, and believe it or not, Rod Stewart's take on "Mama, You've Been On My Mind" is my favorite - I think it's definitive. Not many people remember this, but back in the day he was a great singer. He wasn't always a douche. Much love for the Coltrane stuff you mention...I love with ridiculous zeal all of everything he did up to when he started getting real avant garde on our asses...not sure what that exact date is, but everything after it was migraine-inducing... That whole disc 'Trane did w/ Johnny Hartman is wonderful beyond belief... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 479 Registered: 04-2005 |
Interesting you mention Rod Stewart: I despise him even more than Sting, but I have to give him his props: "Every Picture Tells a Story" is one of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time. I feel like it's a guilty pleasure because of the hideous dreck the man has been pumping out for the last 30 years, but he did have his moment of greatness. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 707 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sting is Hannibel Lecter, Rod Stewart is The Tooth Fairy. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 628 Registered: 03-2006 |
You know me, Kurt - I always gots to give it up for the music, no matter how horrid the party producing it is...Unbelievably, he actually even WROTE that song you so rightly admire...how did that happen? Funny - when I scanned your post, the word "pumping" jumped out - I thought you were going to bring up the gross, famous story about him... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 642 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rod wasnae bad, til he got untrad!!!!! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 480 Registered: 04-2005 |
Hardin, I know the story you're talking about. Not another word about it, please. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 629 Registered: 03-2006 |
No worries, man - I wasn't going to go there - I was just shocked because I thought for a brief instant you were. I should have more faith in you. I never believed that story, though I have always believed the one about Cher, the football team, and the plaid thermos. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 483 Registered: 04-2005 |
Can't say I've heard that story, but my filthy mind has it pretty much figured out. And I wish I was smart enough to have made the Rod Stewart "pumping" insinuation deliberately, but alas, I am not. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 484 Registered: 04-2005 |
Speaking of great covers, there was an American punk band, Killdozer, that used to do ridiculous but entertaining covers of terrible schlock hits. The ones I remember liking the most were "American Pie" and "I Am, I Said." | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 631 Registered: 03-2006 |
Great name...I remember hearing of them...I'm such a sucker for covers...from the contributions on this thread, it sounds like lotsa folks are. What is it about them? Ironically though, I buy CDs of covers but they never tend to have "repeat listening value"...maybe it's completely a novelty thing. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 518 Registered: 03-2005 |
I'm with Spence on Rod Stewart. He did a great version of "Good Morning Little School Girl" back in about 1964. Very good smokey voice. He also cut an excellent Andrew Oldham-produced version of Michael d'Abo's "Little Miss Understood" in about 1967 or so. Overblown in just the right way. I've never gotten around to hearing the Jeff Beck Group, which is an odd omission of mine, so no comment about that. I find him tolerable in the Faces but I'd rather heard Steve Marriott there. And then he became . . . . I have no idea what the pumping thing is about. But I have this uneasy feeling that I should be grateful for my ignorance. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 517 Registered: 05-2005 |
You're right Randy, you don't want to know about this story... But for those who do: http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/celebrities/a/stomach_pump.htm | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 647 Registered: 05-2005 |
I reckon this is a bit of a granny's tale. Males spread this one about a lot (the story that is!) The same story has been circulating about Marc Almond for a long long time. His answer to it once questioned, was "what!? Did I suck off an elephant or something?" Apparently... I am sailing - I am sailing, far away... | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 379 Registered: 08-2004 |
It's like the Jagger/Faithful Mars Bar story. I knew about it before I'd even heard a Stones song. It doesn't matter how famous/popular/good you are infamy & scandal is way more important than talent. Once you are notorious in the playground, you can say you've made it. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 637 Registered: 03-2006 |
Too right - it is the price of fame. With Rod's money, he can certainly take people telling scurrilous tales about him. Even Marc Almond probably has more money than God. Btw, I thought his rejoinder was excellent, Spence. Laughing it off is the healthiest and best revenge. | ||
| Elizabeth Robinson Member Username: Liz_the_new_listener Post Number: 12 Registered: 10-2006 |
I agree re Grant Lee Williams' album nineteeneighties - his rendition of the Psychedelic Furs' 'Love My Way' is downright clever. Has anyone heard Dar Williams' cover of 'Comfortably Numb'? Stay tuned for 'bad covers' - the opposite of Grant Lee Williams coming up in that thread! | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 81 Registered: 05-2005 |
Heard this again recently after many years and it still stands up as the coolest Andy Williams cover ever: Can't Get Used to Losing You - The Beat (from their first album) | ||
| Elizabeth Robinson Member Username: Liz_the_new_listener Post Number: 18 Registered: 10-2006 |
Paul Anka's album 'Rock Swings' - hard to find, but sublimely eclectic - contains some gems, tastefully done, including Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. Another rarity - Dread Zeppelin, who specialized in a surprising amalgam of Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin and reggae with which I was immediately intrigued the moment I first heard them. Their recording 'Un-Led-Ed' is not merely a novelty, but truly novel. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 287 Registered: 01-2005 |
Slowdive does a great cover of "Some Velvet Morning" on their album Souvlaki, which is one of my Top 50 albums of all time. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 794 Registered: 04-2005 |
That's a good one indeed, Michael. Their cover of "Some Velvet Morning" is one of the most-played tracks on my iPod. I seem to find a reason to stick it on almost every playlist. | ||
| Elizabeth Robinson Member Username: Liz_the_new_listener Post Number: 73 Registered: 10-2006 |
I think it worth reviving this thread - today the Current played a cover so much off the wall that it works: 'Iron Man' - once by Ozzy Osbourne, now by the Cardigans. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 207 Registered: 09-2006 |
I like that one a lot...and I could be wrong, but I think they did another Black Sabbath cover previous to that one... | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 121 Registered: 07-2006 |
i know the bangles have already got a mention, but my vote goes to hazy shade of winter. my other obligatory 80s mention are the one-two punch of cyndi lauper's covers of when you were mine and money changes everything from her super fine album. shame she never followed it up with anything...ever.... | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 231 Registered: 04-2005 |
Presently revisiting the Lucinda Williams back catalogue in preparation for the newie: from 'Sweet Old World', her version of Nick Drake's 'Which Will'. She takes the song and makes it completely her own (not easy with Drake's songs?), with that repeated motif of those few descending guitar notes. Also on a Mojo freebie CD a couple of months ago: Susanna & The Magical Orchestra's minimal 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'. As someone who still feels Paul Young should meet a particularly slow and nasty end ("staple his knees together and nail his head to the coffee table") for his version of this Joy Division classic, I was pleasantly surprised! That copy of Mojo announces that apparently "2007 will be the year of Joy Division".... | ||
| Svein Inge Saether Member Username: Springrain Post Number: 12 Registered: 08-2006 |
"2007 will be the year of Joy Division".... I thought that was last year! My favorite cover is "She Loves You" as performed by Peter Sellers. Fans of Norwegian avantjazzpop, i.e. Susanna & The Magical Orcherstra, should check out Hanne Hukkelberg, who does The Pixies' "Break My Body" on her latest album. | ||
| Svein Inge Saether Member Username: Springrain Post Number: 13 Registered: 08-2006 |
Regarding "Love Will Tear Us Apart": I once hosted a quiz featuring 16 different versions of the song, including a Joy Division live version and a New Order take. By far the best one was the Swans, low points among many were Paul Young (of course), nu-punksters Fall Out Boy and a very recent attempt by Simple Minds. | ||
| Svein Inge Saether Member Username: Springrain Post Number: 14 Registered: 08-2006 |
Kurt Stephan, re two of your posts: I adore Primal Scream, and consequently I adore their version of "Some Velvet Morning", featuring Kate Moss... I have heard Sleater-Kinney play Springsteen's "Badlands" to great effect, not in Jersey, but almost, meaning Irving Plaza on Manhattan (Oct 16th 2002). One of my favorites by Springsteen, as well. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 414 Registered: 08-2006 |
Really, Svein? SK doing "Badlands"? I'd kill to hear that. Strange as it sounds, initially, I could see how it'd be a natural cover for them. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 234 Registered: 09-2006 |
LK mentioned one above, but Yo La Tengo have slowly accumulated a string of excellent covers, from "You Can Have it All" to "Little Honda" to "Take Care." | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1259 Registered: 04-2005 |
I've seen S-K several times but never heard them do "Badlands." I have trouble imaging it, really. Byut I've heard them do "White Rabbit" and "Fortunate Son"--both really well--so they were better at classic rock covers than you'd expect with that odd lineup. Wonder if we'll ever get a posthumous live or outtakes album from them? Allen, a lot of YLT fans bemoan the fact the group never made "Fakebook Pt. 2," but you're right. If you make your own mix CD or tape of their covers from various EPs, singles, and albums, you can pretty much have volumes 2 and 3 of "Fakebook." But man, those radio shows where they take on listeners' requests are awful. It really helps to know the chords and words when you're playing covers...brave of them to do it, though. | ||
| Svein Inge Saether Member Username: Springrain Post Number: 15 Registered: 08-2006 |
But have you heard S-K do "Freebird", Kurt? :-) |