Monday, November 06, 2006
Cover Songs
Hey folks. I'm throwing this request out there for a podcast I'd like to do in December. The idea is quite simple: "Transcendent Covers". I want to compile a show of unique, beautiful cover songs. There is too much ground to cover so you'll earn points for originality. But overall, I want covers that are (and this is open for debate) better than the original versions. Think "Wonderwall" by Ryan Adams or "Mad World" by Gary Jules. Cheers!
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What about Matt Pond PA's version of Neutral Milk Hotel's song "In an Aeroplane over the sea"?
Elliott Smith's cover of "Hooray for Tuesday" by the minders.
hey holmes. i'll try to find a cool pearl jam cover, they have done a ton. maybe a ramones' song? i'll search through my extensive collection (i have, and i'm estimating, probably about 100 different live concerts). i'll email you when i find the fucking perfect tribute.
For Pearl Jam I would offer the cover of Masters of War from the Bob Dylan 30th anniversary celebration concert. It's not the whole band, just Vedder and McCready with GE Smith on mandolin.
"Walking With a Ghost" by The White Stripes/Tegan & Sara
"Comfortably Numb" Pink Floyd/Scissor Sisters
"Clampdown" The Clash/The Strokes
"Seven Nation Army" The White Stripes/Flaming Lips
"Star Man" David Bowie/Mates of State
"I'm So Excited" The Pointer Sisters/Le Tigre
"Such Great Heights" Postal Service/Iron & Winte
Those Johnny Cash & Tori Amos cover albums...
Nice call on the Tegan and Sara cover. They are far and away my favorite lesbian twin folk punk band from Canada. It's not even close.
They do a pretty good cover of Springsteen's Dancin' in the Dark, but the recording floating around the web is pretty crappy.
Shar and I saw a great band at Ren Fair that played gypsy music. They did a phenomenal cover of Kashmir. Check out
http://www.emuzeki.com/listen.html
I don't want to say that it's _better_ than the original for fear of hanging my the music elite, but I like the Nouvelle Vague cover of The Buzzcocks 'Ever Fallen in Love.'
1. Stand by me - pennywise
2. The man who sold the world - nirvana
3. Solitary man - HIM
4. Hurt - Johnny Cash
5. Land down under - Pennywise
6.Science Fiction Double Feature - Me first and the gimmme gimmes
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