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 Post subject: Best Cover Songs
PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:47 pm 
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Flaming Lips - Seven Nation Army

B-52's - Downtown

Neutral Milk Hotel - I Love How You Love Me

Ben Folds Five - She Don't Use Jelly

Daniel Johnston - Casper The Friendly Ghost

Mandy Moore & Michael Stipe - God Only Knows
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Dave Edmunds: Girls Talk
Pink Lincolns: I Got You
Cud: Lola
Pop 'o Pies: Trucking
The Mad Daddys: Cat Scratch Fever
Generation X: Shakin' All Over
Bauhaus: Telegram Sam
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I'm not much on covers, but I've always liked Black Keys - She Said

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Brian Eno - You Don't Miss Your Water
Van Morrison - Bring It On Home To Me
Chemical People - Vacation
Contras - S.O.S.
Dick Dale - Ring of Fire

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Eight Miles High - Husker Du
Since U Been Gone - Unknown artist on Chase mix 1.5 yrs back
White Rabbit - The Damned
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Muffs
Take This Job & Shove It - DKs
Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Vibrators
Daydream Believer - Shonen Knife
Cortez the Killer - Built to Spill
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The Wedding Present: Chant Of The Ever-circling Skeletal Family
Marc Riley & The Creepers: Baby's On Fire
Roxy Music: In The Midnight Hour
The Fools: Psycho Chicken
Peter Murphy: The Light Pours Out Of Me
Julian Cope: I Got Levitation
Mott The Hoople: At The Crossroads
The Dickies: Eve Of Destruction, or just about anything else they covered
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The Fall - "Victoria"
TV on the Radio - "Mr. Grieves"
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i was just thinking about this today:

antony - candi says (okay its on a lou reed live album, but still....)
everclear - brown-eyed girl
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This one may be too obvious but...

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
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This one may be too obvious but...

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower


Actually I always thought it was inferior to the original. I'm pretty much alone in that as even Dylan thinks Jimi's is the better version.

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Yeah, you're probably in the minority. I think Dylan even started playing a version more like Jimi's after it was released.

But, really, regardless of if it's better than the original...it's still an awesome cover tune.
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oldbulee Wrote:
NeZ Wrote:
This one may be too obvious but...

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower


Actually I always thought it was inferior to the original. I'm pretty much alone in that as even Dylan thinks Jimi's is the better version.


i'm with you.
but i don't think anyone ever has done a dylan cover better than the original.

hallelujah - john cale
dead flowers - townes van zant

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johnny cash - hurt

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Devo - Satisfaction
Cure - Purple Haze (the version from the tribute album)
Oingo Boingo - You Really Got Me
Van Halen - You Really Got Me
Jimi - All Along the Watchtower
Type O Negative - Paranoid, Summer Breeze, Cinnamon Girl, pretty much anything they touch
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit, pretty much anything she touches
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), pretty much anything else they'd do
Snakefarm - Black Girl, Rising Sun, pretty much that entire album

was just listening to Friends of Dean Martinez do Summertime

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Since U Been Gone - Unknown artist on Chase mix 1.5 yrs back


Ted Leo?
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Someone always says this, and that someone is always wrong. The Split Enz version is way better. The keyboards on it make it sound so stalkerish and it fits the lyrics perfectly.
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Sly & The Family Stone - Que Sera Sera
pretty much the ultimate oh, and...
Aretha Franklin - Respect
(it's an Otis Redding song)

Other great ones:
Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter
Linus Of Hollywood - Goodbye To Romance

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alongdrive Wrote:
Moxie Wrote:
Since U Been Gone - Unknown artist on Chase mix 1.5 yrs back


Ted Leo?

Don't think so. Lead singer's voice is too low and almost inaudible to begin with. There's lots of fuzz coming from bass & moog so it makes it tough to decipher who this mystery artist is. Female background vocals, too. Chase?
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Blondie - Denis Denis
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Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
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macha/bedhead's cover of cher's believe is awesome

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Billzebub Wrote:
Pink Lincolns: I Got You


Someone always says this, and that someone is always wrong. The Split Enz version is way better. The keyboards on it make it sound so stalkerish and it fits the lyrics perfectly.


That someone is usually me. I think the guitars and snarling vocals make the song. I'm not trying to infer that the original is crap, I appreciate Split Enz quite a bit. That said, PL's cover is tremendous.
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Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter


I like that one a lot. Here's a long list of favorites...

Tears of a Clown - The English Beat
Superman - R.E.M.
Nights in White Satin - The Dickies
Children of the Revolution - Violent Femmes
Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven
Real Cool Time - The Feelies
Paint it Black - The Feelies
What's So Funny 'bout Peace Love & Understanding - Elvis Costello
Ceremony - Galaxie 500
The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana
Thank You For Sending Me An Angel - Luna
Bonni & Clyde - Luna
Linus & Lucy - Built to Spill
Lovers In A Dangerous Time - Bare Naked Ladies
I Will Survive - Cake
After Midnight - Eric Clapton
Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
I'm Looking Through You - Steve Earle
Hounds of Love - Futureheads
David Watts - The Jam
Absolutely Sweet Marie - Jason & The Scorchers
Thank You Falletin' Me Be Micelf Again - Magazine
Dear Prudence - Siouxsie & the Banshees
Ball of Confusion - Love & Rockets
You Can Leave Your Hat On - Tom Jones
Redemption Song - Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
Street Fighting Man - Rod Stewart
Gloria - Patty Smith
Pink Moon - Walt Mink

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