the covers

[default_diva]

favourite covers of all time or right now. please list them.

if we're all very lucky, perhaps i'll put them together on a cd, or at least playlist.

go!

Comments

here are some

[sodamnangsty]

nothing compares 2 U (Prince): Jimmy Scott
The Unheard Music (X): Elastica and Stephen Malkmus
Ceremony (Joy Divsion): New Order
We are Family (Sister Sledge): Babes In Toyland
Wonderwall (Oasis): Cat Power
Crazy In Love (Beyonce): Antony and the Johnsons
Lola (The Kinks): The Raincoats
Sleep to dream (Fiona Apple): Betty Lavette
Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode): Johnny Cash
I'm not there (Bob Dylan): Sonic Youth
Somwhere (West Side Story): Tom Waits
No one wants an alien (The Wipers): Honey
Older Lover (The Fall): Picastro ft Jamie Stewart
These Days (Jackson Browne): St Vincent or Nico (either works for me)
Dream baby dream (Suicide): Bruce Springsteen

Re: here are some

[sodamnangsty]

heather nova- straight to hell (the clash)
mirah - dancing the the dark (the boss)
futureheads - hounds of love (kate bush)

Re: here are some

[sodamnangsty]

who are you strange creature of wonder?

Re: here are some

[default_diva]

who is this? janespeed?

the latter 2 of 3 are on my list. esp the mirah song (which has questionable associations). i did go through a phase 2 excitement with the futureheads cover last fall too!

[auditorydamage]

Twisted Sister's "Burn in Hell", as interpreted by Dimmu Borgir. Fear Factory's take on Nirvana's "School". Plus the Tori Amos double bill, featuring "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Raining Blood".

Also: Rage Against The Machine, at least three cuts from the Renegades album, and the stuff from Metallica's first two cover showcase albums.

Various covers of Anarchy in the UK (Megadeth's and Motley Crue's come to mind)

Rebekah del Rio, "Llorando (Crying)". k. d. lang's version is also worth a play.

Last, but not least (for now), Apocalyptica, "One"

[kabaret]

Pink Elephants on Parade - Circus Contraption
Crimson & Clover - Dolly Parton
Tip-toe Through the Tulips - Tiny Tim
Heard It Through the Grapevine - The Slits
I WIll Survive (Yo Vivire) - Celia Cruz

[sodamnangsty]

I CAN NOT belive I forgot the slits!

[danieltoadstool]

peach plum pear(joanna newsom): final fantasy

[hubcapriotriot]

hey lady! would love to hear what you end up with if you ever end up making a playlist. i am a tad obsessed with hunting down good cover songs.

antony & the johnsons, crazy in love (beyonce)
cocorosie, turn me on (kevin lyttle)
the gossip, r u that somebody (aaliyah)
dear nora & casiotone for the painfully alone, hot boys (missy)
jens lekman, you can call me al (paul simon)
jose gonzalez - born in the usa (springsteen)
bonnie prince billy, worlds greatest (r kelly)
devendra banhart, fistful of love (antony)
julie doiron - me & julio down by the school yard (paul simon)
grizzly bear - he hit me (and it felt like a kiss) (the crystals)
scout niblett, just what i needed (the cars)
sun kil moon - dramamine (modest mouse)
rasputina, fox in the snow (belle & sebastian)