twangirl
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 06:23 PM UTC
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Billy Bragg "7+7 Is", The Damned "Alone Again Or" both Love Covers
I like Calexico's cover of "Alone Again Or"
Evan Johns does a cover of "Too Drunk to Fuck"
Los Super Seven "Heard it on the X"
The Dickies "Nights In White Satin"
kosmo
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 06:30 PM UTC
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
Is it a cover if someone writes it for someone else?
I say no.
I would agree, so is the Ramones version of Chinese Rocks then a cover ;)
Even though many artists in the 50s and 60s didn't write their own material, instead getting them from Brill Building songwriters, the first recorded version is also not a cover either.
vansmack
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 06:31 PM UTC
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Jesse Dayton's cover of The Cars "Just What I needed" is good, but the live version is much better.
kosmo
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 06:37 PM UTC
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Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy" (The Strangeloves)
poorlulu
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 06:38 PM UTC
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What allmusic fails to note is that Thunders added more verses to the song and is a genuine co-author.
Its a cool story.
dont have to go back as far as the 60's….
How many of their own songs did Madonna or Kylie pen?
kosmo
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 07:00 PM UTC
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
What allmusic fails to note is that Thunders added more verses to the song and is a genuine co-author.
Its a cool story.
dont have to go back as far as the 60's….
How many of their own songs did Madonna or Kylie pen?
well what threw me off the trail, plus the bogus songwriting credits, was that even the heartbreakers version of the song still reeks of it being a ramones song.
Doesn't Madonna "share" a hand in her songs? Kyle probably not so much… Of course Celine Dion writes her song the same way Alan Freed did. But, whats poor Corey Hart going to do, stave or have a song on a hit record.
you be betty
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 07:19 PM UTC
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if you're into Folds's "Bitches Aint Shit", i'd also highly reccommend his cover's of "Get Your Hands Off Of My Woman," and "In Between Days."
i can also suggest…
"We Will Become Sillhouettes" - The Shins (…surprisingly, NOT on the garden state st!)
"BK Baby" - Ben Kweller (his version of Ice Ice Baby…)
"Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" - Rooney (…this is one of my favorite covers ever.)
"I Found A Reason" - Cat Power
"Road Runner" - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
"Where Is My Mind?" and "If You Leave" - Nada Surf
"Helter Skelter" - Oasis (there are actually about nine different versions of Helter Skelter on my iTunes. i also really dig Siouxsie's cover…)
"Spit On A Stranger" - Nickel Creek
"Wave Of Mutilation" - Rhett Miller + Ben Kweller (that one's live…)
"Accross The Universe" - Rufus Wainwright
"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" - The White Stripes
everything else has been mentioned already pretty much…
timcorsi
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 08:07 PM UTC
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Social D
"Ring of Fire" - Johnny Cash
twangirl
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 08:23 PM UTC
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Tom Jones "Kiss" –Prince
Sir HC
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 08:27 PM UTC
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Sweat Loaf - Butthole Surfers (Black Sabbath)
Mushroom Head - Jesus and Mary Chain (Can)
Third Uncle - Bauhaus (Eno)
No Escape - Cabaret Voltaire (The Seeds)
Asbestos Lead Asbestos - Meat Beat Manifesto (Wire)
Kiss - Age of Chance (Prince)
adhokai
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 08:29 PM UTC
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Astral Weeks-Secret Machines
Sir HC
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 08:31 PM UTC
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Jaguär
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Re: cover tunes
July 29, 2005 at 09:32 PM UTC
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"Mother Sky" - Can/Calla
"Some Velvet Morning" - Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra/Primal Scream/Slowdive
