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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
 Posted - 06/14/2003 : 06:35:15
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ok... this will either work or fall flat on its arse.
good:
pixies (i cant forget - leonard cohen)
rolling stones (i dont know why i love you - stevie wonder)
marilyn manson (tainted love - marc almond)
david bowie (wild is the wind - dimitri tiomkin and ned washington)
bad:
michael bolton (when a man loves a woman - percy sledge)
papa roach (gouge away - pixies)
well?
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2003 : 07:04:18
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good:
get up kids (alec eiffel - pixies) [and i hate get up kids]
fb (black rider - tom waits)
white stripes (i just dont know what to do with myself - burt bacarach)
bad:
hayden (gouge away - pixies)
ugly:
any dread zeppelin song
wow im hilarious what with my clever categories :(
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7442 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2003 : 08:34:15
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quote:
Originally posted by bazza
ok... this will either work or fall flat on its arse.
good:
marilyn manson (tainted love - marc almond)
It's not a Soft Cell song, it's a cover too. And Manson's version sucks.
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2003 : 10:13:51
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2003 : 16:04:41
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Good:
Jawbox (Something Must Break - Joy Division)
Elf Power (Needles In The Camel's Eye - Eno)
Sex Clark Five (Jeepster - Marc Bolan)
Frente (Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order)
Bad:
Shudder to Think (Imagine - John Lennon) ..and I ..love.. Shudder to Think
Lemonheads (Plaster Caster - Kiss)
Orgy (Blue Monday - New Order)
*Bottleneck. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2003 : 17:24:28
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Good:
Low (Transmission - Joy Division)
Nillson (River Deep - Mountain High, - Tina & Ick)
Love (Little Red Book - Burt Bacarach)
Patti Smith (Gloria - Van Morrison)
Technically not a cover but I love Willam S. Burroughs singing Star Me Kitten with REM
Bad:
Muder City Devils (Little Red Book - ")
Mariah Carey (I Cant Live if Living is Without You - Harry Nillson) euuuhh!
Madonna (American Pie - Don Mc'Clain)
Sorry for my cheesey taste in music!
"I meet a man with no little toe and a real big head" |
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GHutt
- FB Fan -
105 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2003 : 20:24:15
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What's wrong with MCD's Little Red Book? It's one of my favorite songs on In Name and Blood.
Anyways...
Good:
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Therapy? - Denim Demon
Bad:
Beastie Boys - Big Shot - I like the Beastie Boys a lot, but none of the versions I've heard live up to the original. |
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2003 : 21:08:56
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Good:All along the watchtower(Jimy hendrix-bob dylan)
Bad(all pixies covers-except for man or astroman?manta ray)
www.munchienandalusia.too.it |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2003 : 18:33:26
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quote:
Originally posted by GHutt
What's wrong with MCD's Little Red Book? It's one of my favorite songs on In Name and Blood.
Anyways...
Good:
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Therapy? - Denim Demon
Bad:
Beastie Boys - Big Shot - I like the Beastie Boys a lot, but none of the versions I've heard live up to the original.
Sorry GHutt, my brother plays them all the time and I really dont like them except maybe for the Christmas song they have  . Hee hee, someone who likes Billy Joel as well, I love Big Shot but I think B B do a good hardcore version of it. They also do a great Bennie and the Jets cover by Elton John
"I meet a man with no little toe and a real big head" |
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Omer
= Cult of Ray =
275 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2003 : 23:25:22
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Good
Pixies/ In Heaven, Honey Pie, I can't Forget
Frank Black/ Hang On To Your Ego, Changing of the Guards, John the Revelator
Jason and the Scorchers/ Absolutely Sweet Marie (B. Dylan)
Breeders/So Sad About Us (The Who)
Supergrass/ Some Girls Are Bigger than Others (Smiths)
Bowie/Wild Is the Wind
John Cale/Hallelujah(L.Cohen), Pablo Picasso (J. Richman)
Hendrix/ All Along the Watchtower(B. Dylan)
Lloyd Cole/ Chelsea Hotel No'2 (L. Cohen)
The Pagans/There She Goes Again (Velvet Underground)
The Bad:
Human Drama/Heroin (Velvet Underground)
everyone but Jimi Hendrix/All Along the Watchtower
Johnny Cash/The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave)
Jeff Buckley-Sheryl Crow-Sting/Hallelujah(L.Cohen)
Rolling Stones - Oh Carol (Chuck Berry)
Eric Clapton/Layla acoustic (E. Clapton)
Brittney Spears - any cover.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6213 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 01:42:03
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Jeff Buckley's Lilac Wine (don't know the original)
is amazing. Really a good one
maybe Hallelujah is a bit too much
but I like his version more than L.Cohen's
''it's not a box, it's a submarine'' |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 02:30:32
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| a few years back a band called Thethe released an album called 'hanky panky' comprising only of hank williams cover versions. i dont think any other band has done anything like this before. its an interesting album and their version of 'i saw the light' is pretty good stuff. |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 05:29:10
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Originally posted by billgoodman
Jeff Buckley's Lilac Wine (don't know the original)
is amazing. Really a good one
maybe Hallelujah is a bit too much
but I like his version more than L.Cohen's
I think someone mentioned John Cale's version of 'Hallelujah'
...which reminded me of Rufus Wainwright's fantastic cover of 'Hallelujah', which seems to be more of a cover of Cale's cover of Cohen.
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DruggedBunny
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
395 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 06:18:10
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Good:
My Bloody Valentine -- We Have All the Time in the World;
U2 (no, really) -- any of the covers on their Rattle & Hum b-sides (no, really);
Husker Du -- Eight Miles High.
Bad:
Phil Collins -- You Can't Hurry Love;
Gone blank now, but I keep hearing really shitty rap, nu-metal, R&B and purported "soul" covers on MTV, which my sister watches 24/7, and all I can say is "Oh. My. God."
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 07:01:57
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Originally posted by DruggedBunny
Good:
Husker Du -- Eight Miles High.
Thier cover of the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme Love is all Around is cool as well.
"I meet a man with no little toe and a real big head" |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 09:01:58
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GHutt
- FB Fan -
105 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 13:18:21
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Sorry GHutt, my brother plays them all the time and I really dont like them except maybe for the Christmas song they have . Hee hee, someone who likes Billy Joel as well, I love Big Shot but I think B B do a good hardcore version of it. They also do a great Bennie and the Jets cover by Elton John
I dunno, any of the live versions of Big Shot I've heard, Mike D always messes the lyrics up. When you're so accustomed to the original, it kind of irks me I guess. Billy Joel was really the only thing I listened to in elementary school. Don't listen to him very often anymore, but I'll put it on in the car every so often and sing along. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 13:34:22
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| I love to listen to Its Still Rock and Roll to me in my car really really loud. My parents listened to Billy Joel too and I guess it rubs off. Just like Neil Diamond but I draw the line at Roger Whittaker and god forbid Nana Mouskouri. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 14:49:27
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quote:
Originally posted by GHutt
I dunno, any of the live versions of Big Shot I've heard, Mike D always messes the lyrics up. When you're so accustomed to the original, it kind of irks me I guess. Billy Joel was really the only thing I listened to in elementary school. Don't listen to him very often anymore, but I'll put it on in the car every so often and sing along.
lol! Thats exactly the same as me! Are your parents into him cause thats where I got it from! but I like to dust off 52nd Street every now and then and listen to it 
"I meet a man with no little toe and a real big head" |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 14:51:41
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Fear Factory - Cars
a horrible cover of a horrendously crappy song. double laugh value (and puke value.) |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 15:48:59
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Originally posted by PsychicTwin
Fear Factory - Cars
a horrible cover of a horrendously crappy song. double laugh value (and puke value.)
Ekkkk!, ye horrible, my brother likes that as well! and that Sanchez DJ guy used it as a sample in some shit song. But I didn't mind the Sugar Babes use of Are Your Friends Electric, mostly cause its the Sugar Babes I have to say I liked that Liberty X cover of that Dina Ross song even though they are the manufactured corperate manikins they portray in the video.
"I meet a man with no little toe and a real big head" |
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2003 : 21:14:28
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Good
XTC - All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
Devo - I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Stones)
Jawbox - Cornflake Girl (Tori Amos)
Cornershop - Norwegen Wood (The Beatles)
They Might Be Giants - Lady Is A Tramp
Faith No More - Easy (Lionel Ritchie)
Frank Zappa - Stairway to Heavan (Zeppelin) ~ a live Reggae version with a horn section playing Jimmy Page's original solo
Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heavan (The Cure)
Bad
Tin Machine - Debaser (Pixies)
Prince - What If God Was One Of Us (Joan Osborne) ~ both versions are dreadful
Guns N Roses - Sympathy for the Devil (Stones) ~ pretty much ruined "Interview with a Vampire" for me
Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N Roses)
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Omer
= Cult of Ray =
275 Posts |
Posted - 06/21/2003 : 04:54:50
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Atheist4Catholics - I got to say I think not only is Tin Machine's version of Debaser absolutely stunning, it is probably the greatest thing the duke did in the 1980s.
On the other hand, his version of 'Cactus' from Earthling is truly bad.
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 06/22/2003 : 20:33:42
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Originally posted by Omer
Atheist4Catholics - I got to say I think not only is Tin Machine's version of Debaser absolutely stunning, it is probably the greatest thing the duke did in the 1980s.
On the other hand, his version of 'Cactus' from Earthling is truly bad.
I think a lot of people here would disagree with you on that.
www.mp3.com/clootie |
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Omer
= Cult of Ray =
275 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2003 : 10:33:47
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yeah, but they are wrong.
wrong, wrong, wrong.
wrong, wrong, wrong.wrong, wrong, wrong.wrong, wrong, wrong.wrong, wrong, wrong.wrong, wrong, wrong.wrong, wrong, wrong.wrong, wrong, wrong.wrong, wrong, wrong.wrong, wrong, wrong.
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blackpurse
= Cult of Ray =
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2003 : 10:36:04
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quote:
Originally posted by Atheist4Catholics
quote:
Originally posted by Omer
Atheist4Catholics - I got to say I think not only is Tin Machine's version of Debaser absolutely stunning, it is probably the greatest thing the duke did in the 1980s.
On the other hand, his version of 'Cactus' from Earthling is truly bad.
I think a lot of people here would disagree with you on that.
www.mp3.com/clootie
I am one of them. I like Bowie's take on cactus -- its very Bowie and its a Bowie-esque song to begin with.
Plus, "Cactus" is our 4-year-old's favorite song, and its the Bowie version she likes so much. |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2003 : 13:04:02
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| One really terrible cover is Fiona Apple doing Across the Universe. Such a beautiful song that has all the life sucked out of it by her. Rufus Wainright does a very nice version of it though. Plus he's a very nice chap. |
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GHutt
- FB Fan -
105 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2003 : 16:46:08
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I've never been a big fan of Tori Amos' Smells Like Teen Spirit. It's too dramatic and over the top for my liking.
Now, the Melvins doing Smells Like... with Leif Garret singing is kind of cool. |
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2003 : 17:28:03
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i dont like tori amos's happiness is a warm gun. she ruined it with all the bush quotes. all she sings is a screechy 'mother superior jumped the guuuuuun!'
in your face, space coyote!! |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2003 : 08:40:25
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Originally posted by GHutt
Now, the Melvins doing Smells Like... with Leif Garret singing is kind of cool.
Better yet, I saw them play it live. with Leif Garrett there, singing it! What's hilarious is that while he was singing the whole crowd was booing at him, and when he was done the Melvins had this attitude where they were like "hahaha yeah, jokes on you Leif, get off the stage now"....I kind of felt bad for the dude.
Kind of. |
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BrendanT
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
907 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2003 : 12:08:53
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Good - Jane's Addiction - Sympathy (Rolling Stones)
Ween - Gin N' Juice - Snoop Dogg
Bad - Too many to name! If you like cover songs/bands move to Montreal, Canada. Cover capital of the world!!!!!!!!!!!
Strummer-man
I had me a vision!
Buttercup! Bubbles! Let's go! |
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 09:09:23
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L7 do a fantastic version of Willie Nelson's '3 Days'.
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 11:39:46
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Scarla O-
Really? that is pretty cool. I'm a big L7 fan.
Have you heard their cover of "Yummy Yummy" (I've got love in my tummy...)? That is pretty funny.........whoa, that rhymed |
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blarg007
= Cult of Ray =
USA
493 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 11:58:35
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y'all gotta check out 'senior coconut' doing all
kraftwerk songs with latin samples of perez prado
'n such in a brazilian tinged drum machine mode
-hilarious and hipnotic.
this guy ( i forget his real name -like FB he uses stage name
but different every release -atom heart was one i believe)
also did something called '14 footballers in milk chocolate'
-messed up, chopped up brazilian fun.
definitely most covers suck green weenies though
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GHutt
- FB Fan -
105 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 21:18:16
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Originally posted by BrendanT
Good - Jane's Addiction - Sympathy (Rolling Stones)
Ween - Gin N' Juice - Snoop Dogg
That's not Ween - I forget the name of the band who does it, but it's mislabelled as Ween. Still, it is a good version... Boyz in the Hood by Dynamite Hack is along the same lines, and kind of catchy as well. |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 04:32:07
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mogwai did a fantastic cover of "don't cry" (guns 'n roses) for a peel sessions in '97 that was really good.
there were rumours that they were gunna release an ep of g'n'r covers, but it never eventuated.....
and the breeeders take on "happiness is a warm gun" is pretty damn good. |
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