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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

Yngwie Malmsteen covering Half Japanese's "Dream Date"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 9 June 2003 22:23 (twenty years ago) link

the justus kohncke cover of "witchita lineman" is like something i'd come up with on one of my better days

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 9 June 2003 22:56 (twenty years ago) link

Haha! If true, my respect for Anastasio grows greatly. What a missed opportunity.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 01:33 (twenty years ago) link

"'Loveless' is the best album recorded in the '90s," Anastasio said. "History will tell, and 20 years from now that album will be considered a complete classic, while a lot of the albums that are real popular today will have been forgotten."

He also plays "Only Shallow" in his solo band.

― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 05:11 (twenty years ago) link

Janis Joplin-->Derek & the Dominos, "Layla"
Jimi Hendrix-->Prince, "Sign O' The Times"
Beatles-->Husker Du, "Makes No Sense At All"
Elvis Presley-->Bruce Springsteen, "Fire" (better late than never)
Andrew W.K.-->ABBA, "Mamma Mia"

― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 05:13 (twenty years ago) link

Andrew WK needs to collaborate with Quintron for a Van Halen cover.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:07 (twenty years ago) link

Sleater-Kinney doing the Shangri-La's songbook.
-- Charles McCain (deanmartinlive...), June 9th, 2003.

c.f. every lame, inaccurate and insulting review of us...

― kate (kate), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:12 (twenty years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Enya --> Anal Cunt, "Pottery's Gay"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 02:32 (twenty years ago) link

Beta Band--> Stockholm Monsters, "Five O'Clock"

― Adam A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 02:57 (twenty years ago) link

Nine Inch Nails doing the Police's "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
(I can already hear Trent licking his chops for the "their Logic ties me up and Rrrrayyyyypppppeeeezzz me!" line.)
The only thing scarier than that would be Sting doing NIN covers. (Imagine Gordon Sumner positing the notion that he would like to fuck you like an animal and feel you from the inside.)

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 26 June 2003 02:43 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...

Annie Lennox --> Wesley Willis's "They Threw Me Out Of Church"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 20 October 2003 23:39 (twenty years ago) link

the Durutti Column ---> Kraftwerk "Autobahn"
Portishead ---> the Cure "One Hundred Years"
Tool ---> Japan "Sons Of Pioneers"

― Damian (Damian), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:33 (twenty 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 grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 07:46 (twenty years ago) link

Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz ---> Exploited Barmy Army (the Exploited)
Missy Elliott ---> Heresy (Nine Inch Nails)
Aaliyah ---> Only Shallow (MBV)
The Rapture ---> Our Love (Donna Summer)
The Prodigy circa 93 ---> Throw Ya Gunz (Onyx)
The Postal Service ---> Waterfalls (TLC)
Rancid ---> Get Busy (Sean Paul)

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 14:19 (twenty years ago) link

Primus doing "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." That's something that I would have liked to have heard in 1993, at least.
-- paul cox (pau...), August 30th, 2002 12:05 PM.

actually...

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 14:33 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.blankandjones.de/aforest/

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 14:43 (twenty years ago) link

Bjork covers Ween's "Pork Roll Egg & Cheese"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 14:53 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

the Strokes ---> Eno "Third Uncle" à la Bauhaus
The Bauhaus version of the song has that Strokes shuffle to it, and it's not that much of a stretch to imagine Julian Casablancas deadpanning "there were tins, there was pork, there were legs, there were sharks" or whatever the words are.

― Schwingung (Damian), Thursday, 27 November 2003 12:46 (twenty years ago) link

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