A Perfect Circle "Imagine". They can make anything sound scary. Including this.
Bette Midler "Beast Of Burden". She rocked it.
Foo Fighters "Darling Nikki".
Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Born To Run". I love Brooce, but this is great.
Filter "One". I don't even like Filter that much, but I love this cover.
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Much as I love the original, I am hugely fond of the Trash Can Sinatras' take on "To Sir With Love".
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Divine Comedy's "Life on Mars"
― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― patita (patita), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Kustomized's "Dead Souls"Volcano Suns' "Red Eye Express"
...with "Needles In The Camel's Eye" at least equalling the Eno vsn, which is in my book to touch godhead.
Has no one mentioned The Gourds' version of "Gin & Juice" ?
Agreed Killdozer's "I'm Not Lisa" good call.
Glass Eye's Celicia blows away S & G, speaking of which as does an old Micronotz cover of "Scarborough Faire"
Speaking of which (Glass Eye, not S & G) I just love K McCarty's "Worried Shoes" though again topping D. Johnston, like topping B. Eno is probably just not possible in my book.
Continue discussion...
― Declan Zimmerman, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― That One Guy (That One Guy), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Declan Zimmerman, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― That One Guy (That One Guy), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut e-g (donut), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Aretha - The Long & Winding RoadBryan Ferry - Will You Love Me TomorrowPavement - The Killing MoonArto Lindsey - Simply Beautiful
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
I used to think it was the greatest thing ever; now, not.
Maybe it was b/c of its use on the episode of "The OC" where Seth was sailing across the Pacific Ocean or whatever.....
― PB, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.geocities.com/telephonepolesmusic
Thanks, Brian Hall.
― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 00:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 05:25 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Maciej Kasperowicz (Maciej), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 05:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 06:07 (eighteen years ago) link
'Gloria' - Patti Smith'Black Steel' - Tricky'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' - Saint Etienne'Your Song' - Billy Paul'By the Time I Get to Phoenix' - Isaac Hayes'My Favourite Things' - John Coltrane'Song to the Siren' - This Mortal Coil'Hallelujah' - Jeff Buckley'Hurt' - Johnny Cash'Heartbeats' - Jose Gonzalez
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 13 January 2006 12:29 (eighteen years ago) link
If you want to hear it sung by a man instead of a boy, try John Cale's version.
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 13 January 2006 12:33 (eighteen years ago) link
and the newer 'sunglasses at night' sounded better that the original
― nique (nique), Friday, 13 January 2006 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
Meh. This is another case of "Oh, someone's turned a pop song into an acousticy earnest number, so it's good," innit?
― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Friday, 13 January 2006 12:42 (eighteen years ago) link
And does anyone remember the Slappin' Mammy's? New Jersey group (I think) in the early '90s released a disc Blackface In Bondage featuring thrashin' versions of Al Jolson cuts.
http://plaatjes.hemisphere.nl/007782.jpg
I liked this entire disc better at the time and probably still might because I heart metal and could give a shit about Al Jolson.
― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Friday, 13 January 2006 12:47 (eighteen years ago) link
A third vote for Siouxsie's Dear Prudence, which is amazing.
Kiki and Herb do a very unusual cover of Total Eclipse Of The Heart that almost, but not quite, frees the song of its soft-rock ballad associations.
― klee (klee), Friday, 13 January 2006 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
And I've gotta mention the Spacemen 3 cover of Rollercoaster by the 13th FLoor Elevators. They make that song everything it would have been if Erikson could have just gotten enough acid.
― js (honestengine), Friday, 13 January 2006 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― retrokid, Friday, 13 January 2006 14:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 13 January 2006 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― retrogurl, Friday, 13 January 2006 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Kiss - Age of Chance
as great as the orig is .. this version still holds a lot of power over my psyche.
― mark e (mark e), Friday, 13 January 2006 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 13 January 2006 16:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Friday, 13 January 2006 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Not heard this, but I find it hard to believe, seeing as the original is the greatest 8 minutes of music ever committed to tape. And the fact it's by TFF.
Buckley's Hallelujah is lush, but yeah, Cale nails it.
Talking of Laughing Len, Antony has been doing an almost unbearably gorgeous The Guests on tour. Like his Candy Says, it's possibly the equal of the original.
― stew!, Friday, 13 January 2006 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 14 January 2006 05:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― prof. felchenstein, Saturday, 14 January 2006 05:01 (eighteen years ago) link
i like us maple's 'lay lady lay' a lot more than dylan's
― 6335, Saturday, 14 January 2006 08:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Patti Smith rarely improves on anything
'Black Steel' - Tricky
Tough one. Certainly arguable, especially since the PE song goes on for way too long.
'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' - Saint Etienne
Absolutely.
'Your Song' - Billy Paul'By the Time I Get to Phoenix' - Isaac Hayes
never heard
'My Favourite Things' - John Coltrane
boring, but the original is hardly unfuckwithable to begin with. Weak inclusion.
'Song to the Siren' - This Mortal Coil
Absolutely
'Hallelujah' - Jeff Buckley
y'know, I'm not sure if I've ever actually heard the original, but Buckley certainly did a fantastic job of making the song his own (unlike Rufus Wainwright, whose version makes me want to punch myself)
'Hurt' - Johnny Cash
Again, arguable, though I still probably prefer the original (and without the video, might not even be a contest)
'Heartbeats' - Jose Gonzalez
Of course not. Do people actually think this?
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 14 January 2006 08:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Saturday, 14 January 2006 08:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― pfaff, Saturday, 14 January 2006 10:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 16 January 2006 12:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Donna Summer - "MacArthur Park"Boys Town Gang - "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Cyndi Lauper - "When You Were Mine"Pet Shop Boys - "It's Alright"Miss Kittin & The Hacker - "Dirty Talk"Alcazar - "Crying At The Discotheque"Peaches - "Keine Melodien"
― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Monday, 16 January 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link