jandek - the cars "good times roll" or "moving in stereo"
― Stupor Fly, Monday, 19 August 2013 20:47 (ten 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 G (Mark G), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 07:46 (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
(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 (ten years ago) link
Air --> "Planet Caravan"Cocteau Twins --> "Scarborough Fair"Bob Dylan --> REM's "Drive"
― vmajestic, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
New Pornographers --> Gowan's "Strange Animal"
― MarkoP, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:30 (ten years ago) link
The Cure - George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby"
― Stupor Fly, Monday, 16 September 2013 21:05 (ten years ago) link
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 peoplethat is aa. covers projectb. cover projectc. something elsed. shut up
― groundless round (La Lechera), Friday, 20 March 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
yeah i was thinking that toocan anyone confirm!?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Friday, 20 March 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
Bordoms -> The White Album
Really just any Boredoms doing The Beatles will do!
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 20 March 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
cursed post
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 01:59 (six years ago) link
lol
― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
Rolling Stones covering Denim’s “Bubblehead”
― brimstead, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 23:10 (one year ago) link
Lou Reed covering Neil Young's "Lookout Joe"
― BrianB, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 23:09 (one year ago) link
Sloan (Jay Ferguson on lead vox) covering Jay Ferguson's "Thunder Island"
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
Neil Young circa "Harvest" doing Eddie Money's "Two Tickets to Paradise" at half tempo
― budo jeru, Thursday, 2 March 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link