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Subject: Speaking of cover tunes...
Has anyone heard the cover of The Cure's "Love Song"? It's done by 311 for the "Fifty First Dates" soundtrack. They did a pretty good job on it! I know this was done recently, but since I started this thread, what are some of your favorite cover tunes?
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
'80's covers:
"Venus" Bananarama
"Crimson & Clover" Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"Mony, Mony" Billy Idol
"Funky Town" Psuedo Echo
"People Are Strange" Echo & The Bunnymen
"Walking In The Sand" The Go Go's
"Hazy Shade Of Winter" Bangles
"Walk This Way" Run DMC
"Everlasting Love" U2
"Red, Red, Wine" UB40
"No New Tale To Tell" Love & Rockets
"California Girls" David Lee Roth
"Pretty Woman" Van Halen
"Your Mama Don't Dance" Poison
"Higher Ground" Red Hot Chili Peppers
Covers of '80's Hits:
"Video Killed The Radio Star" The Presidents of the United Staes of America
"Save It For Later" Harvey Danger
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" Billy Idol
"Darling Nikki" Foo Fighters
"Smooth Criminal" Alien Ant Farm
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
some unmentioned ones off the top of my head:
Doctor & The Medics: Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
OMD: Waiting for (the) Man (Lou Reed/VU)
EBN OZN: Rockn' Robin (Bobby Day)
Thompson Twins: Revolution (The Beatles)
The Cure: Hello I Love You (The Doors)
The Cure: Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
Aztec Camera: Jump (Van Halen)
Aztec Camera: True Colors (Cyndi Lauper, performed by)
Soft Cell: Tainted Love (Ed Cobb)
Lords of the New Church: Like A Virgin (Madonna)
Bauhaus: Telegram Sam (Marc Bolan/T-Rex)
The Violent Femmes: Children of the Revolution (Bolan/T.Rex)
Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Hall of Mirrors (Kraftwerk)
This Mortal Coil: Alone (Colin Newman)
This Mortal Coil: Drugs (Talking Heads)
(All TMC was covers)
Martin L. Gore: In A Manner of Speaking (Tuxedomoon)
The Smiths: Hand in Glove (Sandie Shaw)
The Human League: Rock 'N Roll (Gary Glitter)
The Human League: Rock Me Again...(six times) (James Brown)
Midge Ure: Living in the Past (Jethro Tull)
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
Quoting:
Martin L. Gore: In A Manner of Speaking (Tuxedomoon)End Quote
Is that all? ;D
Quoting:The Smiths: Hand in Glove (Sandie Shaw)
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Actually, it's the other way around, sort of. "Hand In Glove" is a Smiths song. If I'm not mistaken, it was their first single. Sandie Shaw covered it...but it was with The Smiths (minus Morrissey) backing her up.
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
Not mentioned: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" redone by The Cure
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
here some of my favourites:
there's another cover of the cures 'love song' made by snake river conspiracy. one word gets turned into a profanity in the cover. still good though.
'here comes the rain again' by the eurythmics is covered by the cruxshadows. it's pretty good.
'mad world' by tears for fears, covered by gary jules. it's like TFF's made an acoustic version of their song. it's good.
jesus and mary chain does a cover of leonards cohens 'tower of song' replete with JaMC's trademark fuzzy guitars and noise.
this mortal coil's cover of tim buckley's 'song to the siren'. gives me chills.
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
Alien Ant Farm's cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal"
Too Much Joy's cover of Terry Jack's "Seasons in the Sun"
Tom Jones's cover of Prince's "Kiss"
X's cover of The Doors "Crystal Ship"
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
Some of my favorites are
80s songs covered
Time After Time - Matchbox 20 (originally by Cyndi Lauper)
Love Song - 311 (The Cure)
It's My Life - No Doubt (Talk Talk)
Don't Dream It's Over - Sixpence None The Richer (Crowded House)
Boys Of Summer - Ataris (Don Henley)
Abracadabra - Sugar Ray (Steve Miller Band)
In Your Eyes - Jeffrey Gaines (Peter Gabriel)
Wanted Dead Or Alive - Montgomery Gentry (Bon Jovi)
Cruisin' - Huey Lewis & Gwyneth Paltrow (Smoky Robinson)
80s cover tunes
Unchained Melody - U2 (Righteous Brothers)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Hall & Oates (Righteous Brothers)
Dancing In The Streets - Van Halen (Martha & The Vandellas)
Pretty Woman - Van Halen (Roy Orbison)
You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins (The Supremes)
Get It On (Bang A Gong) - Power Station (T Rex)
Summertime Blues - Brian Setzer (Eddie Cochran)
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell (Ed Cobb/Supremes)
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
Quoting:
Is that all? ;DEnd Quote
Of course that's not ALL. It's from Martin Gore's Counterfeitep! You tell 'em the rest, it you want.
Quoting:
Actually, it's the other way around, sort of. "Hand In Glove" is a Smiths song. If I'm not mistaken, it was their first single. Sandie Shaw covered it...but it was with The Smiths (minus Morrissey) backing her up.
Absolutely Vile
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D'oh! You're right. I got that backwards. Sandie Shaw was a hasbeen songbird from the '60s. She had a cover of Cilla Black's "Anyone Who Had a Heart" on the British Electric Foundation's "Music of Quality and Distinction, Volume 1." This album was also the beginning of Tina Turner's comeback, with her cover of "Ball of Confusion." A little later she hooked up with Morrissey and The Smiths.
Shaw also covered one of my favorite Smiths songs, "Jeanne."
Subject: Re: Speaking of cover tunes...
Though I'm a huge fan of the Soft Cell "Tainted Love" cover I have to say that the version Coil did (w/ Marc Almond) in 1984 on the Scatology album is absolutely fantastic. An incredibly somber, slow funeral dirge-like version.