Top 100 songs that Xiu Xiu should cover

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1. Nine Inch Nails -- Down In It. Jamie Stewart's voice is made for this song. Imagine what the screaming at the end would sound like. Wow.

2. New Order -- Leave Me Alone. They've already covered "Ceremony" brilliantly, now it's time for more robo-NO covers with wild screams on top. On second thought, maybe they should just cover all of "Movement" instead.

3. Britney Spears -- Baby One More Time. Quiet whimpering about loneliness over sparse instrumentation (kind of like the "Fast Car" cover).

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link

4. B-Movie -- Nowhere Girl. This could even be part of a mash-up with the New Order covers. It's perfect!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link

5. Dollar - "Hand Held in Black & White"

― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link

6. Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville -- Don't Know Much. This must be a duet with Tujiko Noriko.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

7. 10cc - "I'm Not in Love"
8. Linkin Park - "In the End"
9. Soft Cell - "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
10. The Modern Lovers - "I'm Straight"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

11. ABBA -- Knowing Me, Knowing You. Xiu Xiu would do a great job of bringing out the melancholy elements of ABBA songs.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link

12. Bloodhound Gang, "The Bad Touch"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

13. Any of the songs in The Sims or The Sims 2.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link

14. Anything on the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack. In particular: "Hungry Eyes" or "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Xiu Xiu should stop making music.

― Steev (Steev), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:27 (nineteen years ago) link

15. Chuck Berry, "My Ding-a-Ling"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link

16. sonic youth - becuz
17. wu tang clan - cream
18. black nasty - i can't leave his behind

― rssgnld, Sunday, 26 December 2004 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link

19. I Love You More Than Words Can Say - Otis Redding
20. Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
21. Communist Daughter - Neutral Milk Hotel

― earinfections (Nick Twisp), Monday, 27 December 2004 00:38 (nineteen years ago) link

22. henry purcell - "dido's lament"

― you will be shot (you will be shot), Monday, 27 December 2004 00:59 (nineteen years ago) link

23. Associates - "And Then I Read a Book"

― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 27 December 2004 01:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Xiu Xiu should stop making music.

just for you?

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 27 December 2004 01:21 (nineteen years ago) link

24. Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You

― sibsi (sibsi), Monday, 27 December 2004 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, that would be nice.

― Steev (Steev), Monday, 27 December 2004 07:40 (nineteen years ago) link

whoa #24 = best one yet

25. frankie teardrop!
26. ducktales themesong

― jake b. (cerybut), Monday, 27 December 2004 07:52 (nineteen years ago) link

27. that Nico song that goes "...the morning's small... the evening's tall"

or any of Desertshore really.

― Ganbare Goemon (ex machina), Monday, 27 December 2004 07:55 (nineteen years ago) link

28. Nico - The Falconer

― Ganbare Goemon (ex machina), Monday, 27 December 2004 07:58 (nineteen years ago) link

25. frankie teardrop!
No, I think this is the best one yet! Or maybe "Down In It".

29. Shannon -- Let the Music Play

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 27 December 2004 08:03 (nineteen years ago) link

30. Nine Inch Nails- "Hurt"

― cdwill, Monday, 27 December 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

31. Super Furry Animals -- Demons

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 27 December 2004 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link

32. new order "leave me alone"

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 27 December 2004 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link

fuck barry already said that

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 27 December 2004 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link

change mine to age of consent.

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 27 December 2004 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link

33. tom sawyer!!

― jake b. (cerybut), Monday, 27 December 2004 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link

34. the birthday party - "(sometimes) pleasure heads must burn"
35. sebadoh - "the freed pig"
36. the police - "every breath you take"

― 6335, Monday, 27 December 2004 18:32 (nineteen years ago) link

37. "Hot in Herre"

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 27 December 2004 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link

38. 4'33" - john cage

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Monday, 27 December 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

mariah carey "emotions"

― f ath, Monday, 27 December 2004 21:53 (nineteen years ago) link

(I think Philip's trying to say he doesn't like Xiu Xiu :) )

39. I would pay good money to hear them cover all of Arab Strap's "The Red Thread". If I MUST pick only one song, it's "The Long Sea".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 27 December 2004 23:57 (nineteen years ago) link

40. Think, "Once You Understand" (And he has to do all the voices. At the same time. No overdubbing.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 00:04 (nineteen years ago) link

41. "Dish it Out" - James Chance and the Contortions

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link

42. xtc "complicated game"

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link

43. "Shame on a Nigga"

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Um, the entire Long Fin Killie catalog. That's all I can hear when that guy starts singing.

― Hector Savage, Tuesday, 28 December 2004 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link

nine months pass...

44. "Gray Cell Green" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 6 October 2005 04:22 (eighteen years ago) link

45. Kim Carnes -- Bette Davis Eyes (like, yesterday)
46. Aerosmith -- Love In An Elevator
47. A Silver Mt Zion etc. -- Teddy Roosevelt's Guns

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 6 October 2005 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link

#45 and 46 should be acoustic. #47 should be 15 minutes of constant screaming.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 6 October 2005 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link

India, "I Can't Get No Sleep"

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 6 October 2005 04:42 (eighteen years ago) link

48. "Dur Dur D'être Bébé" by Jordy

― Stuck to a Seat in the New Beverly (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 6 October 2005 05:47 (eighteen years ago) link

49. Tracks Of My Tears

― Lee F# (fsharp), Thursday, 6 October 2005 06:43 (eighteen years ago) link

if xiu xiu covered jordy i would surely die, as i could no longer live.

just as the best humor makes so one cannot laugh.

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Friday, 7 October 2005 04:51 (eighteen years ago) link

oh, and

50. b.t.o. "takin care of business"

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Friday, 7 October 2005 05:15 (eighteen years ago) link

five months pass...

51. Kristin Hersh, "Me and My Charms"

(naturally, Jamie must sing it in its original key and octave)

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 31 March 2006 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link

nine months pass...

52. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Death To Everyone

― Chris Grasinger (gman59), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link

If someone could YSI me the "Don'cha" cover, that'd be awesome.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link

don't know if Xiu Xiu is the right band for it, but someone should absolutely do a creepy male-perspective recontextualization of "Irreplaceable"

― Good-Time Slim, Uncle Doobie, and the Great 'Frisco Freak-Out (sixteen sergeants, Friday, 12 January 2007 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Comments?
http://www.discogs.com/release/755506

The Pussycat Dolls cover is classic (jaymc, I can't picture you liking it), I haven't really warmed to the other songs yet.

53. PJ Harvey, "To Bring You My Love"

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Still haven't heard it. I like Xiu Xiu more than I used to.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

Xiu Xiu's cover (featuring Michael Gira) of Bowie/Queen's 'Under Pressure' is the best cover I've heard in years. Mindblowing.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link

Low standards, huh?

I mean, I don't know, it's pretty good I guess. But a little, I don't know, too straightforward for Xiu Xiu.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 28 February 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

54. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link

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