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This is my favorite thread ever.

Destiny's Child -- XTC's "Dear God"
The Jesus and Mary Chain -- The Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Ray Charles and Toots Hibbert -- (played like a Professor Longhair boogie) The Maytals' "Pressure Drop"
Stereolab produced by Dr. Dre -- Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra's "You Only Live Twice" (James Bond theme)
Fleetwood Mac -- Low's "Sunflower"
The Jayhawks -- Alton Ellis's "Girl I've Got a Date"
Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour -- "Hot in Herre"

I better stop now...

― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 31 August 2002 18:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

Kermit the Frog -- "O Night Divine"

― Aaron A., Saturday, 31 August 2002 23:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

you know, i actually put some thought into mine, people!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 31 August 2002 23:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

that was mean. there's actually some really good ones on here.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 1 September 2002 00:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

Destiny's Child -- XTC's "Dear God"
Oh dear! I can't stop thinking about this!!

I enjoy all the Christina Aguilera suggestions. ESPECIALLY "Ever Fallen in Love"! The correct answer, tho, is ANYTHING by Bob Dylan

David Bowie--Neutral Milk Hotel's "Ghost"
N.E.R.D.--Talking Heads' "Moon Rocks"

― A.V. Alexandre (Keiko), Sunday, 1 September 2002 01:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Actually some of these might suck, but be amusing...

Blood Brothers > Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence"/Run DMC's "Tricky"
Spiritualized > Low's "Starfire"
Shudder to Think > Bowie's "Lady Stardust"
Les Savy Fav > Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba"/Elastica's "Connection"
Daniel Johnston > Beach Boy's "God Only Knows"
Sloan > Zombies' "Care of Cell 44"
Shellac > Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again"
Lambchop > American Music Club's "Firefly"
Carole King > Bikini Kill's "Rebel Girl"

― wl, Sunday, 1 September 2002 04:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Cat Power -- On the Road Again
Mary Lou Lord -- (none)

― Aaron A., Sunday, 1 September 2002 04:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

Love And Rockets > ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down"

Radiohead > Ramones' "Howling At The Moon"

Blue Oyster Cult > Avengers' "The Amerikan In Me"

Le Tigre > The Cars' "Shake It Up"

Depeche Mode > Black Sabbath's "Neon Knights"

Roxy Music > Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"

Roy Montgomery > any Durutti Column song (or vice versa)

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Sunday, 1 September 2002 15:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

Scott Walker --> Girl You'll Be A Women Soon

Jimmy Somerville--> 8 Ball

Joan Jett--> Tube Snake Boogie

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 1 September 2002 17:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh I Forgot

Happy Flowers--> Jesus Is Just Alright

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 1 September 2002 17:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

Lou Reed & Moe Tucker duet--> I Wish I Were in Love Again (Rodgers & Hart)

I like the idea of the rockabilly Cure, more so the rockabilly cure, all artists should take it...

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 1 September 2002 19:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

some of these selections are way outdated, but:

bis: thompson twins' "lies"
neil hannon: abc's "the look of love"
young marble giants: roxy music's "avalon"
public enemy: fugazi's "burning too" or "reprovisional"
tom waits: beat happening's "gravedigger blues"
danielson famile: pixies' "bone machine"

― mike a, Sunday, 1 September 2002 22:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

Christina Aguilera --> Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 2 September 2002 17:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sonic Youth----> MBV's "Soon"

Prince----> The Cure's "The Same Deep Water as You"

― Brenya, Monday, 2 September 2002 17:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Strokes--->Snatch's "IRT"

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 2 September 2002 23:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

akufen---> Bizarre Love Triangle

― edward (big E.D), Tuesday, 3 September 2002 02:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

the fall -> conduit for sale!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 September 2002 02:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Mekons: "Tubthumping"

― mike a, Tuesday, 3 September 2002 15:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

one month passes...

broadcast "golden hair" (syd barrett)

― gygax!, Sunday, 20 October 2002 21:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Henry Rollins --> No Doubt's "Spiderwebs""

Just trying to imagine this is giving me a splitting headache.

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 20 October 2002 21:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Back when Rothko were just three bassists I daydreamed about them doing a reverb-drenched slo-mo cover of Numan's "Cars" with vocals from Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker. I know everyone here probably wants to kill me just for the thought but I'm still not entirely convinced that it was a bad idea, even after I was put off somewhat by To Rococo Rot (another obsession of mine at the time) releasing a dreary cover of it. Anyway, Rothko these days don't sound quite like I imagined it, so even I had to give up on the dream.

― Rebecca (reb), Sunday, 20 October 2002 22:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

Today I was listening to Loveless and when "When You Sleep" came on, I couldn't stop imagining Prince singing it. And then I started clapping on the backbeat, and really wanted to dance.

― A.V. Alexandre (Keiko), Sunday, 20 October 2002 23:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

But now that I think about it, I'd really like to hear, say, Boys II Men or a similarly-minded vocal R&B group tackle it.

― A.V. Alexandre (Keiko), Sunday, 20 October 2002 23:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

No, I think Prince doing it would be wonderful. Mira does a stripped-down, slightly slower version of it that's really wonderful, but your idea is far superior. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 October 2002 16:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

tful282 => "flight of the bumblebee"

― gygax!, Monday, 21 October 2002 22:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

hey Rebecca - I was having a very similar thought about covering Gary Numan's "Cars" myself, in the style of which you speak. Using a slide guitar for the descending keyboard bits... mmmm

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 21 October 2002 23:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

six months pass...

feverish hallucination/dream-due-to-illness spark of inspiration :

todd edwards => pet shop boys, "heart"

(around half of my previous choices on this thread are complete wtf?-esque - I've never heard EL-P, etc!)

(i haven't heard bodily functions or a chance to cut... but you could do an ambient, ultra-subdued body-sampling (well, life-support sampling, anyway) version of new order's "shellshock")

― Ess Kay (esskay), Monday, 5 May 2003 08:33 (twenty years ago) link

Wilco-"Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell
Xtina-"Is It My Body?" by Alice Cooper

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 May 2003 16:56 (twenty years ago) link

White Stripes-"Little Sister" by Elvis Presley

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 5 May 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link

nick drake "at the chime of a city clock" by wayne wonder

― Peter M, Tuesday, 6 May 2003 05:20 (twenty years ago) link

Weezer - "Digital Love"!!!!

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 9 May 2003 23:07 (twenty years ago) link

man my picks are so good

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 9 May 2003 23:17 (twenty years ago) link

also my uber pick: andrew wk ---> "common people"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 9 May 2003 23:18 (twenty years ago) link

That would be so great!

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 10 May 2003 04:16 (twenty years ago) link

Foo Fighters/"Fight" and "Crackman" by Scream "Negitive Creep", "All Apologies", "Hairspray Queen"(I can't stand the way Kurt's voice sounds. I want to hear what it sounds like with Dave singing), and "Smells Like Teen Spirit"(I think they already did "...Teen Spirit". I just want to hear it) by Nirvana

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 10 May 2003 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

That would be so great!

Stop hurting me in my heart.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 May 2003 19:48 (twenty years ago) link

The Flaming Lips - AC/DC: "Big Balls"
Radiohead - The Who: "Amazing Journey"
Tom Jones - Nine Inch Nails: "Closer"
Tiny Tim - Esquivel: "Mucha Muchacha"
Devo - Beck: "Devil's Haircut"
Orbital - "Theme to the Legend Of Zelda"
Sex Pistols - Debbie Reynolds: "Tammy"
Aphex Twin - Bjork: "Isobel"
Mindless Self Indulgence - Baha Men: "Who Let the Dogs Out"
Frank Sinatra - Ween: "Don't Shit Where you Eat"

― The Man they call Dan (The Man they call Dan), Saturday, 10 May 2003 20:09 (twenty years ago) link

I would love to hear George Jones do an album of classic soul ballads.

― Burr (Burr), Saturday, 10 May 2003 21:59 (twenty years ago) link

great idea. Jones and Paycheck doing Arthur Alexander's 'You Better Move On' is killer, you can't tell who is singing what.

― rumple, Saturday, 10 May 2003 22:02 (twenty years ago) link

White Music-era XTC covering Yes' "I've Seen All Good People"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 10 May 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link

I still wanna see the White Stripes cover "Boys Don't Cry"

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 10 May 2003 22:08 (twenty years ago) link

Pete Townshend covers Mott the Hoople's All the Yound Dudes
Avril Lavigne covers AC/DC's Big Balls
Back Street Boys cover Led Zeppelin's Communication Breakdown
Moby covers Nashville Pussy's Go Motherfucker Go
Marilyn Manson covers No Doubt's I'm Just a Girl
Kiss covers Nancy Sinatra's (or whoever sang it) These Boots were Made for Walkin
The Corr's cover Judas Priest's Victim of Changes
The Cranberries cover Dead Kennedys Too Drunk to Fuck
Ice T covers Motorhead's The Ace of Spades
Sinead O'Connor covers the Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict
Lenny Kravitz covers Scorpions Virgin Killer
Rammstein covers Natalie Imbruglia'sTorn

― Roman (Roman), Monday, 19 May 2003 02:10 (twenty years ago) link

The Sisters of Mercy covering Vanilla Ice's "Ninja Rap"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 19 May 2003 19:53 (twenty years ago) link

Britney covers Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick"

― Wired Flounder (Wired Flounder), Monday, 19 May 2003 20:18 (twenty years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Contortions - Running Up That Hill

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Monday, 9 June 2003 18:18 (twenty years ago) link

there is an ongoing movement to convince lightning bolt to do "Wipeout"

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 9 June 2003 18:25 (twenty years ago) link

Sleater-Kinney doing the Shangri-La's songbook.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 9 June 2003 18:48 (twenty years ago) link

look at nabisco's great resolution to current luda-prefuse tensions - proposed in the oh two!

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Monday, 9 June 2003 20:16 (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.

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

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