DREAM COVERS!!

clinic ---> aerosmith's "sweet emotion"
elton john ---> magazine's "you never knew me"
masters at work ---> talking heads' "crosseyed and painless"
markus guentener ---> brian eno's "by this river"
tlc ---> althea & donna's "uptown top ranking"

Genius call on Pink, Maura

Tricky circa 1995 --> the Rolling Stones's "Gimme Shelter"
Tom Waits --> the White Stripes's "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
Ike & Tina Turner --> Soulwax's "The Magnificent Romeo"
Sonic Youth --> Osymyso's "Intro Introspection"
No Doubt --> Braces Tower's "Special Child"

Heavenly --> Caetano Veloso's "Maria Bethania"
Caetano Veloso --> Heavenly's "Our Love is Heavenly"

it would save her [music] career! (as would a decent haircut and an actual outfit!)

(now I'm just getting weird)

KORITFW,

DJ Sonic Jesus

flying saucer attack ---> bonnie prince billy's "death to everyone"

alternately

bernhard gunter ---> arvo parts' "fur alina"

alternately again

fennesz ---> arvo parts' "tabula rasa"

I saw M. Doughty do an acoustic cover of this in 1994.

I know you're not crazy about McSweeny's, Matos, but one of their issues had "covers" as a theme & I think Rick Moody covered a Chekov story ("The Egg" - wasn't that Chekov?)

Neil Young/Joni Mitchell (both on acoustic guitar w/Jaco on upright bass) --> Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell's "River Deep Mountain High"

ZZtop circa Tres Hombres --> Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus"

Kraftwerk --> Aerosmith's "Lord of the Thighs"

I would consider any interpretation of a classic story (Hamlet, Sisyphus, etc.) a "cover."

Mariah Carey -- Ween's "Poop Ship Destroyer"
Sublime -- Sade's "Stronger Than Pride"
Jim Kweskin Jug Band -- Beck's "Painted Eyelids"
Songs:Ohia -- Eno's "Third Uncle"
Electric Prunes ala David Axelrod -- "Inna Godda Da Vidda"
Barkmarket -- Wedding Present's "Daliance"

¥

I thought you said something in a post once about "that smug clique at McSweeny's" or something like that. I remembered it because I like McSweeny's, most of the time.

I ph34r this would sound much like the Moog Cookbook version of Smells Like Teen Spirit

man, this is fuuun.

Or did they already do it?

christ dom's last one is good tho

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"

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.

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"

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)

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"

Kate Bush -- "Little Bunny Foo-Foo"

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.

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)

Neko -> "Tears of a Clown", "Send in the Clowns", "Cathy's Clown", "Stuck in the Middle with You"

Phil Collins --> "Love Lockdown"
Beyonce --> "Hope There's Someone"
Harry Nilsson --> "Innocent When You Dream"
Terence Trent D'Arby --> "Ring My Bell"
Queen --> "We Are Young"
Grace Jones --> "Closer"
Roy Orbison --> The Cars' "Drive"

tonetta --> the spinners' "it's a shame"
cardiacs --> abba's "does your mother know"

80's-era butthole surfers - bay city rollers "saturday night"

jandek - the cars "good times roll" or "moving in stereo"

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

".. And now they're putting me away, but I'll be back one day"

Air --> "Planet Caravan"
Cocteau Twins --> "Scarborough Fair"
Bob Dylan --> REM's "Drive"

New Pornographers --> Gowan's "Strange Animal"

The Cure - George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby"

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 people
that is a
a. covers project
b. cover project
c. something else
d. shut up

Tribute album, traditionally, I'd thought?

My number one dream cover with a bullet: "Ghostbusters" by the B-52s.

yeah i was thinking that too
can anyone confirm!?

Bordoms -> The White Album

Really just any Boredoms doing The Beatles will do!

I always thought just about any contemporary country dude could have a huge hit with the Alarm's "Sold Me Down the River."

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.

cursed post

lol

The Monkees (w/Dolenz singing) doing "I'm Writing A Novel" by Father John Misty

I'd love to hear Jon Anderson of Yes do a prog cover of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHAHgjL0YzQ

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.

Rolling Stones covering Denim’s “Bubblehead”

Lou Reed covering Neil Young's "Lookout Joe"

Sloan (Jay Ferguson on lead vox) covering Jay Ferguson's "Thunder Island"

Neil Young circa "Harvest" doing Eddie Money's "Two Tickets to Paradise" at half tempo

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