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I read once that Trey Anastasio tried to convince the rest of Phish to cover My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" for one of their Halloween complete-album cover shows, and they compromised on the Velvet Underground's "Loaded" instead.

Joan Jett--> Tube Snake Boogie

She already did "Tush" on "The Hit List."

But how do you top reality on a planet where Bob Dylan plays "Brown Sugar" and Dolly Parton sings "Stairway to Heaven"?

Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Monday, 9 June 2003 20:18 (twenty years ago) link

The White Stripes need to cover absolutely anything by Billy Childish. Wait, that's too obvious. Alternatively, today I was singing some song thinking how much it sounded like a Childish song, but I can't remember it now. D'oh.

Pitchblender, Monday, 9 June 2003 21:36 (twenty years ago) link

Yngwie Malmsteen covering Half Japanese's "Dream Date"

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 9 June 2003 22:23 (twenty years ago) link

the justus kohncke cover of "witchita lineman" is like something i'd come up with on one of my better days

jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 9 June 2003 22:56 (twenty years ago) link

I read once that Trey Anastasio tried to convince the rest of Phish to cover My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" for one of their Halloween complete-album cover shows, and they compromised on the Velvet Underground's "Loaded" instead

Haha! If true, my respect for Anastasio grows greatly. What a missed opportunity.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 01:33 (twenty years ago) link

"'Loveless' is the best album recorded in the '90s," Anastasio said. "History will tell, and 20 years from now that album will be considered a complete classic, while a lot of the albums that are real popular today will have been forgotten."

He also plays "Only Shallow" in his solo band.

Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 05:11 (twenty years ago) link

Janis Joplin-->Derek & the Dominos, "Layla"
Jimi Hendrix-->Prince, "Sign O' The Times"
Beatles-->Husker Du, "Makes No Sense At All"
Elvis Presley-->Bruce Springsteen, "Fire" (better late than never)
Andrew W.K.-->ABBA, "Mamma Mia"

Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 05:13 (twenty years ago) link

Andrew WK needs to collaborate with Quintron for a Van Halen cover.

Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:07 (twenty years ago) link

Sleater-Kinney doing the Shangri-La's songbook.
-- Charles McCain (deanmartinlive...), June 9th, 2003.

c.f. every lame, inaccurate and insulting review of us...

kate (kate), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:12 (twenty years ago) link

two weeks pass...
Enya --> Anal Cunt, "Pottery's Gay"

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 02:32 (twenty years ago) link

Beta Band--> Stockholm Monsters, "Five O'Clock"

Adam A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 02:57 (twenty years ago) link

Nine Inch Nails doing the Police's "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
(I can already hear Trent licking his chops for the "their Logic ties me up and Rrrrayyyyypppppeeeezzz me!" line.)
The only thing scarier than that would be Sting doing NIN covers. (Imagine Gordon Sumner positing the notion that he would like to fuck you like an animal and feel you from the inside.)

Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 26 June 2003 02:43 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...
Annie Lennox --> Wesley Willis's "They Threw Me Out Of Church"

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 20 October 2003 23:39 (twenty years ago) link

the Durutti Column ---> Kraftwerk "Autobahn"
Portishead ---> the Cure "One Hundred Years"
Tool ---> Japan "Sons Of Pioneers"

Damian (Damian), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:33 (twenty years ago) link

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 grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 07:46 (twenty years ago) link

Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz ---> Exploited Barmy Army (the Exploited)
Missy Elliott ---> Heresy (Nine Inch Nails)
Aaliyah ---> Only Shallow (MBV)
The Rapture ---> Our Love (Donna Summer)
The Prodigy circa 93 ---> Throw Ya Gunz (Onyx)
The Postal Service ---> Waterfalls (TLC)
Rancid ---> Get Busy (Sean Paul)

Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 14:19 (twenty years ago) link


Primus doing "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." That's something that I would have liked to have heard in 1993, at least.
-- paul cox (pau...), August 30th, 2002 12:05 PM.

actually...

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 14:33 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.blankandjones.de/aforest/

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 14:43 (twenty years ago) link

Bjork covers Ween's "Pork Roll Egg & Cheese"

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 14:53 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...
the Strokes ---> Eno "Third Uncle" à la Bauhaus
The Bauhaus version of the song has that Strokes shuffle to it, and it's not that much of a stretch to imagine Julian Casablancas deadpanning "there were tins, there was pork, there were legs, there were sharks" or whatever the words are.

Schwingung (Damian), Thursday, 27 November 2003 12:46 (twenty years ago) link

  • The Stereophonics ---> Missy Elliot's "Get Ur Freak On"!!!!!
  • Kraftwerk ---> Adam and the Ants "Kings of the Wild Frontier"!!!!!!
  • Excrementory Grindfucker ---> Clive Dunn's "Grandad"!!!!!
  • Radiohead ---> Ultravox "The Thin Wall"!!!! (Well, it'd be interesting, anyway!!!!!)
  • Andrew WK ---> Dizzee Rascall "Fix Up Look Sharp"!!!!!!
  • Michael Jackson ---> Thin Lizzy "Don't Believe A Word"!!!!!!!
  • The Stereophonics ---> Tangerine Dream "Rubycon pt 1"!!!!! (At least it'll give Kelly's voice a rest!!!!!!)
  • Erm, I'm out of ideas!!!!!

Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Thursday, 27 November 2003 13:40 (twenty years ago) link

six months pass...
James Brown circa '67 ---> Bob Dylan, "Ballad of a Thin Man" (Making it something like "Prisoner of Love." He could've changed Mr. Jones to Mrs. Jones, too.)

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 11:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Adult. – Die Matrosen by Lilliput
Ladytron – Son Of My Father by Chicory Tip

coco, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link

dsddino i kiss you.

coco those are pretty good too.

strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 12:10 (nineteen years ago) link

i would still pay hundreds of dollars to hear any of mine.

strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 12:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Wut i dont understand is what the first name is for. Like in
The Stereophonics ---> Missy Elliot's "Get Ur Freak On"!!!!!
What has the srereofoniks got 2 do with missy?

Rolci (Rolci), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link

have a look at the title of the thread - then have a wee think about it

coco, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link

yea, i c. then britney spears - numb

Rolci (Rolci), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...
I would have like to hear Joy Divison covering "Hero" by Neu! Tell me that would not be totally awesome.

fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:54 (nineteen years ago) link

It would certainly be quite surprising ...

coco, Thursday, 24 June 2004 08:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Girls Aloud- "On A Rope" by Rocket From The Crypt.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 24 June 2004 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...
any lounge singer - "Hit 'Em Up"

miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 3 September 2004 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Jane's Addiction - "Sweet Jane". It's appropriate.

Or did they already do it?

Nowell, Friday, 3 September 2004 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link

oy my poor little thread

christ dom's last one is good tho

jess (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 4 September 2004 00:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah. Your poor little thread.

Nowell, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 19:14 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...
Jimmie Dale Gilmore covering Alejandro Escovedo's "Rhapsody"

Matthew Sweet covering The Alan Parsons Project's "Don't Answer Me"

The Sisters Of Mercy covering Guns 'N' Roses' "You Could Be Mine"

Alejandro Escovedo covering Night Ranger's "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" (live, of course)

Bob Dylan covering Dire Straits' "Romeo And Juliet"

The Cult covering Golden Earring's "Twilight Zone"

Edward Bax, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...
Wow, I was pretty fucking weird two and a half years ago. I have since refined my desire to hear a discofied cover of "Welcome to the Jungle" done completely a'la Gamble/Huff. That Slash echo-chamber guitar intro would sound murderous as an R&B string section.

I have also decided (thanks to a reminder of said song's existence via VH1 Classic) that The Alan Parsons Project's "Don't Answer Me" needs to be covered by the Beta Band as a proper farewell single.

What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Thursday, 13 January 2005 02:52 (nineteen years ago) link

What I want to hear:

Carole King > Todd Rundgren's "I Saw the Light"

Destiny's Child > Steely Dan's "Show Biz Kids"

Franz Ferdinand > Wings' "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five"

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 13 January 2005 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link

brick layer cake > kiss's "lick it up"

chris besinger (chris besinger), Thursday, 13 January 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

tall dwarfs ---> edgar broughton band's "aphrodite"
comets on fire ----> fraction's "eye of the hurricane"

echoinggrove (echoinggrove), Thursday, 13 January 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Others I'd like to hear:

Fiona Apple > "Mr. Bojangles"

Marilyn Manson > "Pop Muzik"

Natalie Merchant > "Road to Nowhere"

Courtney Love and Billy Corgan > "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'"

Nina Simone > Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Makin' Love"

Terence Trent D'Arby > "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You" (or, indeed, the entire Here, My Dear album)

Alison Moyet > "Softly Whispering I Love You" or Dusty Springfield's "Just a Little Lovin'"

Three Dog Night > Bowie's "Fame" (imagine harmonies on this)

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 17 January 2005 05:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Joy Division - "Always On My Mind"
Janis Joplin - "You Can't Always Get What What You Want"

Ben Dot (1977), Monday, 17 January 2005 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link

R. Kelly, "Shower the People"

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 17 January 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

six years pass...

Kate Bush -- "Little Bunny Foo-Foo"

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

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 (eleven years ago) link

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 (eleven years ago) link


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