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some more:

clinic ---> aerosmith's "sweet emotion"
elton john ---> magazine's "you never knew me"
masters at work ---> talking heads' "crosseyed and painless"
markus guentener ---> brian eno's "by this river"
tlc ---> althea & donna's "uptown top ranking"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Tricky circa 1995 --> "Gimme Shelter"
Tom Waits --> "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
Ike & Tina Turner --> "The Magnificent Romeo"
Sonic Youth --> "Intro Introspection"
No Doubt --> "Special Child"

Genius call on Pink, Maura

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:10 (twenty-three years ago)

oops...

Tricky circa 1995 --> the Rolling Stones's "Gimme Shelter"
Tom Waits --> the White Stripes's "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
Ike & Tina Turner --> Soulwax's "The Magnificent Romeo"
Sonic Youth --> Osymyso's "Intro Introspection"
No Doubt --> Braces Tower's "Special Child"

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:11 (twenty-three years ago)

oh and todd edwards ---> mary j blige's "real love"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Basement Jaxx --> Guns 'n' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle"
The Bellrays --> Destiny's Child's "Survivor"
Super Furry Animals --> Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's "Who Are the Brain Police?"
The Hives --> Crime's "Baby You're So Repulsive"
Beck --> David Bowie's "Golden Years"
Daft Punk --> Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (with vocoder!)
Air --> Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'"
Squarepusher --> Lalo Schifrin's "Bullitt (Title Theme)"

― Nate Patrin, Friday, 30 August 2002 15:18 (twenty-three years ago)

yes, Jess! plus:

Heavenly --> Caetano Veloso's "Maria Bethania"
Caetano Veloso --> Heavenly's "Our Love is Heavenly"

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Christina Aguilera-"Dark Lady"/"Gypsys, Tramps & Theives"/"Half Breed" Cher megamix
Guns 'n Roses- Bowie's "John, I'm Only Dancing"
Justin Timberlake-Paul Jones "Free Me"
Atomic Kitten-the Polecats "Make a Circuit with Me"

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Albert Ayler ---> Kraftwerk's "Komotmelodies" and "Ohm Sweet Ohm"
Andrew W.K. ---> Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" (he already did kinda w/ "Party 'til You Puke" but should make is official.)

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Christina Aguilera-"Dark Lady"/"Gypsys, Tramps & Theives"/"Half Breed" Cher megamix

it would save her [music] career! (as would a decent haircut and an actual outfit!)

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Whitney Houston --> The Moldy Peaches' "Who's Got the Crack" (sorry...)

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:23 (twenty-three years ago)

system of a down ---> rites of spring's "end on end"
queens of the stone age ---> can's "halleuwah" and steely dan's "black friday" (the lyrics from one over the music from the other, or vice versa, or mash em up.)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Sleater-Kinney --> Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It"
White Stripes --> Alice Cooper's "School's Out"
Cornershop --> Lynnrd Skynnrd's "Saturday Night Special"

(now I'm just getting weird)

― Nate Patrin, Friday, 30 August 2002 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Jess--what a coincidence....

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Tom Waits -> Beach Boys' "God Only Knows"
Stereolab -> ELO/Olivia Newton-John's "Xanadu"
Boredoms -> Zep's "When the Levee Breaks"
Bjork w/Can -> Radiohead's "Pyramid Song"
XTC remixed by Autechre -> Tomorrow's "My White Bicycle"

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:35 (twenty-three years ago)

The Stones of '72 --> Mazzy Star "Blue Flower"
Stargunn --> Talking Heads "Road To Nowhere"
Liquid Liquid --> My Bloody Valentine "Glider"
Red Hot Chili Peppers --> Q-Tip "Breathe & Stop"
and anyone today, any artist with any guts, to cover (and update the lyrics to "Bush Killa" by Paris.

KORITFW,

DJ Sonic Jesus

― DJ Sonic Jesus, Friday, 30 August 2002 15:35 (twenty-three years ago)

creepy!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:36 (twenty-three years ago)

heh, that was directed at matos, although some of dom's choices are creepy too.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Jess Harvell --> Matos's piece in Baltimore City Paper last week

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:39 (twenty-three years ago)

say...could writers cover other writers' work? like Hemingway writing The Great Gatsby or Chuck Eddy writing Mystery Train? (Shakespeare doesn't count, everybody covers him. Bible, too.)

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Tricky circa 1995 --> the Rolling Stones's "Gimme Shelter" - Ouch! this could have been brilliant! I guess it's assumed Martina would do the back vocals... "Rape, murdeeeeeeeeeer!"

― Simon, Friday, 30 August 2002 15:41 (twenty-three years ago)

haha matos you bastard.

flying saucer attack ---> bonnie prince billy's "death to everyone"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Whitney Houston ---> Rufus Wainwright's "Imaginary Love"

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Rufus Wainwright --> Patsy Cline's "Why Can't He Be You"
Mary J. Blige --> Dub Narcotic Sound System featuring Lois's "Ship to Shore"

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Pink--->Pat Benatar's "Hell Is For Children"
The Hives--->the Pork Dukes "Bend & Flush"
Gene Pitney--->the Rolling Stones "I'd Much Rather Be With the Boys"

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:49 (twenty-three years ago)

James Brown c. 1967 --> the Rapture's "House of Jealous Lovers"
Britney Spears --> Marianne Faithfull's "Why'd Ya Do It"
War --> Loose Joints's "Tell You (Today)"

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

the dirty three ---> arvo parts' "cantus in memory of benjamin britten"

alternately

bernhard gunter ---> arvo parts' "fur alina"

alternately again

fennesz ---> arvo parts' "tabula rasa"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

vanessa carlton ---> sigur ros' "staralfur" (they're practically handing it to her!)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Sonic Youth --> "Magic Man"

― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo (cindigo), Friday, 30 August 2002 15:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Stephen Malkmus --> Steely Dan's "Aja"
Beck --> Dylan's "When He Returns"
Sugababes --> The Damned's "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"
Sonic Youth (w/ Kim on vocals) --> Syd Barrett's "Dark Globe"
Liars --> Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood's "Some Velvet Morning"
Liars --> Madonna's "Music"
The Ramones (ha ha, right) --> ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down"

― Jody Beth Rosen, Friday, 30 August 2002 16:03 (twenty-three years ago)

oh and todd edwards ---> mary j blige's "real love"

I saw M. Doughty do an acoustic cover of this in 1994.

― Jody Beth Rosen, Friday, 30 August 2002 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

The Breeders--->Roseanne Cash's "Seven Year Ache"
Everything But the Girl--->Cristina's "He Dines Out On Death"
New Pornographers--->Andy Pratt's "Avenging Annie"
Nina Hagen--->Ethel Merman's "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 30 August 2002 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

say...could writers cover other writers' work? like Hemingway writing The Great Gatsby or Chuck Eddy writing Mystery Train? (Shakespeare doesn't count, everybody covers him. Bible, too.)

I know you're not crazy about McSweeny's, Matos, but one of their issues had "covers" as a theme & I think Rick Moody covered a Chekov story ("The Egg" - wasn't that Chekov?)

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 30 August 2002 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Jimi Hendrix --> Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale"

Neil Young/Joni Mitchell (both on acoustic guitar w/Jaco on upright bass) --> Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell's "River Deep Mountain High"

ZZtop circa Tres Hombres --> Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus"

Kraftwerk --> Aerosmith's "Lord of the Thighs"

― earlnash, Friday, 30 August 2002 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I know you're not crazy about McSweeny's, Matos, but one of their issues had "covers" as a theme & I think Rick Moody covered a Chekov story ("The Egg" - wasn't that Chekov?)

I would consider any interpretation of a classic story (Hamlet, Sisyphus, etc.) a "cover."

― Jody Beth Rosen, Friday, 30 August 2002 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

how do you know I'm not crazy about McSweeney's?

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Mariah Carey -- Ween's "Poop Ship Destroyer"
Sublime -- Sade's "Stronger Than Pride"
Jim Kweskin Jug Band -- Beck's "Painted Eyelids"
Songs:Ohia -- Eno's "Third Uncle"
Electric Prunes ala David Axelrod -- "Inna Godda Da Vidda"
Barkmarket -- Wedding Present's "Daliance"

― christoff, Friday, 30 August 2002 16:23 (twenty-three years ago)

yes it had to disintegrate into pure stupidity eventually, didn't it?

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 August 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

how do you know I'm not crazy about McSweeney's?

I thought you said something in a post once about "that smug clique at McSweeny's" or something like that. I remembered it because I like McSweeny's, most of the time.

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 30 August 2002 16:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Fugazi --> The Association's "Windy"
Low --> Sinead O'Connor's "Thank You for Hearing Me"
which actually is a dream cover, that is, they did cover it in a dream I actually had, and it sounded terrific.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 30 August 2002 16:55 (twenty-three years ago)

The Wallflowers -- "I Started A Joke"

― Derek Dalek (Derek Dalek), Friday, 30 August 2002 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Dettinger feat. Kelis --> Orbital's "Halycon +On +On"
Ludacris --> The Steets' "Too Much Brandy"
Boards of Canada --> The Bangles' "Eternal Flame"
Aaliyah --> VU's "Candy Says
(Insert City You Live in Here)'s Boy's Choir --> Aphex Twin's "Girl/Boy Song"
Spiritualized - Outkast's "Ms. Jackson"

― mitch lastnamewithheld, Friday, 30 August 2002 17:10 (twenty-three years ago)

"halycon" and "streets" not "steets" heh
Radiohead --> The Human League's "Seconds"

― mitch lastnamewithheld, Friday, 30 August 2002 17:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Mike Watt --> the entirety of The Basement Tapes.

― Jody Beth Rosen, Friday, 30 August 2002 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

(arggh halcyon)

― mitch lastnamewithheld, Friday, 30 August 2002 17:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Daft Punk --> Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (with vocoder!)

I ph34r this would sound much like the Moog Cookbook version of Smells Like Teen Spirit

― Zac, The Black Power Ranger (vicc13), Friday, 30 August 2002 17:37 (twenty-three years ago)

The Cure-->Set 2 of Grateful Dead live @ Cornell 5/77

The Hives-->Motley Crue 'Live Wire' which would be changed to 'Hive Wire'

Devo-->Destiny's Child 'So Good'

Linkin Park-->2liveCrew 'Hey We Want Some Pussy'

Sinead O'conner-->Aqua 'Barbie Girl'

Melvins-->side a of On the Corner

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 30 August 2002 18:53 (twenty-three years ago)

"Hive Wire" would be incredible, Chaki!

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 30 August 2002 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Add N to X: Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages"
Neko Case: Misfit's "Hybrid Moments" or "Angelfuck"
Andrew WK doin' the girl groop: Ronettes' "You Came You Saw You Conquered"
Christina Aguilera: Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen In Love"
NSync: Roxy Music's "Do the Strand" (various house remixes)

man, this is fuuun.

― g.cannon (gcannon), Friday, 30 August 2002 19:21 (twenty-three years ago)

The Smashing Pumpkins doing Creedence's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain"
Any punk band doing a punk cover of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

― My name is Kenny, Friday, 30 August 2002 19:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Christina Aguilera: Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen In Love"

Uh, no.

― Jody Beth Rosen, Friday, 30 August 2002 20:06 (twenty-three years ago)

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R. Kelly, "Shower the People"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 17 January 2005 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Pretty sure I answered this on another thread, but once again: I'd LLUUVV to hear My Bloody Valentine cover "Stay Awhile" by The Bells. Or if that's too obscure,..."Seasons In The Sun"! (But actually that'd be better suited to a Jesus & Mary Chain interpretation.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 17 January 2005 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

britney covers:
kylie "some kind of a bliss"
debbie gibson "shake your love"
tiffany "radio romance"
mandy moore "candy"
britt ekland "do it to me once more with feeling"
donna summer "love to love you baby"
whiney houston " i wanna dance with somebody"
sam fox "just one night"
sabrina "boys" (just for the video)

― spitney brears, Tuesday, 18 January 2005 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

i know i've posted this somewhere before but i wanna hear the
mutt lange project
def leppard sings shania/corrs/bryan adams.
corrs sing def leppard/shania/bryan adams.
bryan adams sing corrs/def leppard/shania twain.
shania twain sings bryan adams/corrs/def leppard.

― andrea leppard, Tuesday, 18 January 2005 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Terence Trent D'Arby

prince "purple rain" , "rock and roll is alive"
michael jackson "ben","man in the mirror"
stevie wonder "lately"," overjoyed"
smokey robinson "being with you","you better shop around"
lionel ritchie "hello","dancing on the ceiling"

― nogers relson, Tuesday, 18 January 2005 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

six years pass...

Kate Bush -- "Little Bunny Foo-Foo"

― Nguyễn Phúc Bích (Eisbaer), Saturday, 12 March 2011 17:14 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

My dream is that the Drive-By Truckers drop "People Who Died" from their set and start ending shows with Ozzy Osbourne's "Goodbye to Romance."

Also, Pink covering "18 and Life" is some kinda brilliant.

― deusner ex machina, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:41 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

John Cale -> Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open the Door" (solo piano performance in the style of Fragments of a Rainy Season)

and John Cale -> Bette Davis Eyes (same backing track as Kim Carnes's version. I really just want to hear him deliver the line "all the boys think she's a spy" with all the snideness he can muster)

― naadje draadje (unregistered), Friday, 18 January 2013 19:17 (thirteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Neko -> "Tears of a Clown", "Send in the Clowns", "Cathy's Clown", "Stuck in the Middle with You"

― Remember! The cormorant is a big brrd. It has got a long neck. (unregistered), Monday, 19 August 2013 02:03 (twelve years ago)

Phil Collins --> "Love Lockdown"
Beyonce --> "Hope There's Someone"
Harry Nilsson --> "Innocent When You Dream"
Terence Trent D'Arby --> "Ring My Bell"
Queen --> "We Are Young"
Grace Jones --> "Closer"
Roy Orbison --> The Cars' "Drive"

― vmajestic, Monday, 19 August 2013 02:55 (twelve years ago)

tonetta --> the spinners' "it's a shame"
cardiacs --> abba's "does your mother know"

― Stupor Fly, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:36 (twelve years ago)

80's-era butthole surfers - bay city rollers "saturday night"

― Stupor Fly, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:40 (twelve years ago)

jandek - the cars "good times roll" or "moving in stereo"

― Stupor Fly, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:47 (twelve years ago)

A cover I actually did hear in a dream once:
Jimmy Saville --> "Put away" by the fall.
(It was on the black Columbia label, 'fact' fans)
― Mark G (Mark G), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 07:46 (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

".. And now they're putting me away, but I'll be back one day"

― Mark G, Monday, 19 August 2013 22:51 (twelve years ago)

Air --> "Planet Caravan"
Cocteau Twins --> "Scarborough Fair"
Bob Dylan --> REM's "Drive"

― vmajestic, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 00:32 (twelve years ago)

New Pornographers --> Gowan's "Strange Animal"

― MarkoP, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:30 (twelve years ago)

three weeks pass...

The Cure - George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby"

― Stupor Fly, Monday, 16 September 2013 21:05 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

i picked this covers thread to revive because it had the most exuberant title but this is essentially a language question

if you have a bunch of covers of the same band performed/recorded by different groups of people
that is a
a. covers project
b. cover project
c. something else
d. shut up

― groundless round (La Lechera), Friday, 20 March 2015 16:28 (eleven years ago)

Tribute album, traditionally, I'd thought?

My number one dream cover with a bullet: "Ghostbusters" by the B-52s.

― A Whizzer, A Poo Star (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 March 2015 16:39 (eleven years ago)

yeah i was thinking that too
can anyone confirm!?

― groundless round (La Lechera), Friday, 20 March 2015 16:40 (eleven years ago)

Bordoms -> The White Album

Really just any Boredoms doing The Beatles will do!

I always thought just about any contemporary country dude could have a huge hit with the Alarm's "Sold Me Down the River."

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 March 2015 16:53 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

I was humming Cotton Eyed Joe to myself and I suddenly started imagining what it would sound like if it were covered by the Chromatics at half-pace. It sounds unironicallly beautiful.

― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:52 (eight years ago)

cursed post

― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:59 (eight years ago)

lol

― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 18:39 (eight years ago)

The Monkees (w/Dolenz singing) doing "I'm Writing A Novel" by Father John Misty

― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 18 January 2018 07:10 (eight years ago)

five months pass...

I'd love to hear Jon Anderson of Yes do a prog cover of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHAHgjL0YzQ

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 14 July 2018 23:02 (seven years ago)

Randomly dreamt that the Manic Street Preachers did "The Tide Is High" in a rocked-up version - though a song about sea levels might be a bit too political for them these days.

― sbahnhof, Saturday, 21 July 2018 05:29 (seven years ago)

three years pass...

Rolling Stones covering Denim’s “Bubblehead”

― brimstead, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 23:10 (four years ago)

nine months pass...

Lou Reed covering Neil Young's "Lookout Joe"

― BrianB, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 23:09 (three years ago)

Sloan (Jay Ferguson on lead vox) covering Jay Ferguson's "Thunder Island"

― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 23:33 (three years ago)

Neil Young circa "Harvest" doing Eddie Money's "Two Tickets to Paradise" at half tempo

― budo jeru, Thursday, 2 March 2023 00:41 (three years ago)

two I've literally heard in my head for years:

Jessica Pratt doing Olivia Newton-John's "Love Song"

Julian Casablancas doing Yukihiro Takahashi's "Drip Dry Eyes"

oh and while we're at it...a whole album of Sky Ferreira doing Ariel Pink covers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odg5lHuwPf4

― anza808, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:14 (three years ago)

two years pass...

kind would like hear LDR doing Neil Young’s “mellow my mind”

it already sounds sort of like “the greatest”

― brimstead, Wednesday, 28 May 2025 01:04 (one year ago)

“kind of would”

― brimstead, Wednesday, 28 May 2025 01:05 (one year ago)

“like to”. sorry, not all there atm apparently

― brimstead, Wednesday, 28 May 2025 01:05 (one year ago)

Good Vibrations era Beach Boys doing Uncle John's Band

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, 5 June 2025 01:02 (one year ago)

Yeah that could be pretty damn cool

implied this on another thread recently but circa 1997 Portishesd doing “Black Sabbath”

― brimstead, Thursday, 5 June 2025 01:30 (one year ago)

I don't think I've seen this thread before and I thought it was "dreams you had of bands doing covers"

I once dreamed that I saw Huggy Bear covering Crass' "Shaved Women" and it was AWESOME

― sleeve, Thursday, 5 June 2025 01:34 (one year ago)

one month passes...

Blonde on Blonde era Dylan doing Raspberry Beret.
Around the World in a Day era Prince doing Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat.

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 9 July 2025 18:47 (eleven months ago)

Beyonce doing "Vienna"

I always wanted to hear a sped-up, cheesy AF house banger version of Eurthymics' "Sweet Dreams". The generic-er the better. It feels like something that should exist, but I've never found one.

― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 9 July 2025 20:14 (eleven months ago)

s/t era VU covering "a white shade of pale" (closet mix)

― budo jeru, Thursday, 10 July 2025 14:08 (eleven months ago)

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