You Are In Charge Of A Hot Happening Young MTV-Ready Band. What Indie/Post-Punk/Etc Obscurity Do You Have Them Cover That Will Hit The Charts In A Heartbeat!

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Maroon 5- How You Remind Me.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago) link

Followed by: Maroon 5 - Outdoor Miner.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 09:50 (twenty years ago) link

Maroon 5 "Can't be Funky"

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago) link

Some girl trio in the Atomic Kitten vein: "The Orchids" by Psychic TV, followed up by Strawberry Switchblade's "10 James Orr Street".

Dammit, given away my plans for world domination now.

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:04 (twenty years ago) link

"Echos Myron"!

― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:16 (twenty years ago) link

I was debating that or "I am a Scientist"

This thread reminds me of my idea to start a pre-fab indie group that would do half covers. Like the band sof yesteryear would do. I AM THIS GENERATIONS MALCOM MCLAREN.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:20 (twenty years ago) link

Linkin Park - "Bela Lugosi's Dead"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:27 (twenty years ago) link

Fountains of Wayne - "Calling All Girls"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:28 (twenty years ago) link

I'd be very happy if either Busted or McFly decided that the thing to do would be to cover both sides of the "The Sun Shines Here" / "I'll Be Your Surprise" 7" by Hurrah!

#1 guaranteed. I guarantee it. And I can, you know.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:35 (twenty years ago) link

sum41 - "stand and deliver"

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 18:22 (twenty years ago) link

(or "save the gorillas" take yr pick)

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 18:23 (twenty years ago) link

jc chasez - "if i was your girlfriend"

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 18:23 (twenty years ago) link

TLC did beat him to it, although I guess that it has been a good 10 years now. hmmm... I'd like to hear it. Or he could maybe do "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man".

― Broheems (diamond), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 19:12 (twenty years ago) link

I think the only thing that could endear JC Chasez to me is if he covered "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 20:15 (twenty years ago) link

Oh this is fucking ridiculous. It's a rule that EVERY hip MTV-ready indie breakout must do "outdoor miner" by Wire. D-U-FUCKING-H!

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 20:18 (twenty years ago) link

eleven months pass...

"Dazzle" by Siouxsie for Gwen Stefani's next album.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 25 March 2005 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link

wait, i changed my mind. dfa-produced cover of kick in the eye by bauhaus for gwen.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 25 March 2005 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link

"Peekaboo" for Gwen.

And somebody's gotta do the Violent Femmes' "Add It Up."

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Friday, 25 March 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link

As I don't still don't know how they didn't dominate the charts worldwide (even despite Patrick Fitzgerald being openly homosexual), someone could easily hit #1 with one of their songs...from "Come on Now" (some modern-rock band like Puddle of Mudd could cover it, not that I'd want to hear the abomination) to "The 1001st Fault" (which would be so great for an emo group).

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Friday, 25 March 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link

^"their" being Kitchens of Distinction, of course

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Friday, 25 March 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Well, maybe not #1, but could definitely go Top 40.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Friday, 25 March 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link

Some R&B queen should do a cover of ESG's "Moody", too.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Friday, 25 March 2005 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Franz Ferdinand's cover of ABC's "Poison Arrow" was #1 for 16 weeks in the fall/winter of 2005.

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link

I think Britney's got the right voice to handle Bad Brain's - i Against i -
(Dust Brothers Produce) and intorducing these kids to some real punk.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I also would love to hear Linkin Park's version of "Karma Chameleon."

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link

"RED GOLD AND GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link

I would love to hear Omarion mulch "Father Figure".

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Or Limp Bizkit! Or Breaking Benjamin! Or whomever!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Mogwai, "Music Box Dancer"

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link

DFA1979, "Rhythm Is a Dancer"

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link

Chromeo, "Rhythm Is Gonna Getcha" (the MSM song!)

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link

Ludacris w/ Sum 41, "The Super Bowl Shuffle"

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Ooh, that would be good.

x-post

― Leon Bluth (Ex Leon), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link

I still can't figure out when Gwen Stefani hasn't covered "Walking in L.A."

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Why, rather.

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link

you were right the first time Ott

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Kites Are Fun!

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link

There's a great, broken, Motels song called "Counting" that I'd love to hear someone revamp.

― Lyra Jane (Lyra Jane), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Touché.

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:10 (nineteen years ago) link

* Mandy Moore, The Raincoats' "No One's Little Girl."
* Any almost-played-out mall-punk band, TVPs' "Part Time Punks."
* Fiona Apple, Throwing Muses' "Hate My Way."

― mike a, Friday, 25 March 2005 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Now that's genius.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Friday, 25 March 2005 19:02 (nineteen years ago) link

"No One's Little Girl" is ripe for a smooth R&B retranslation - I can fully get on board with that.

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh. My. God. I was just about to say Fountains Of Wayne "Calling All Girls" but someone beat me to it, last year. It really is kind of obvious, and I have no idea what's stopping them.

― dlp9001, Friday, 25 March 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Must say that "Hounds of Love" wouldn't be my first choice.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 25 March 2005 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Imogene Heap - "The Tide is High"

― jdw (jdw), Friday, 25 March 2005 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

Rihanna - Love's Secret Domain

― Mule, Friday, 11 May 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link

"Spazz" by the Elastik Band

― Poliopolice, Friday, 11 May 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link

sick thread

― billstevejim, Friday, 11 May 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link

I've never seen this thread before. Some wicked suggestions.

― Moka, Friday, 11 May 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link

M83 - "Driver's Seat"

― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:39 (eleven years ago) link

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