[songs] favorite covers
Submitted by Nick Vane on Sun, 10/27/2002 - 03:27
Tags:
- The Adolescents - Instant Karma! (the Plastic Ono Band)
- The Afghan Whigs - Come See About Me (the Supremes)
- Aimee Mann - One (the Doobie Brothers)
- Aimee Mann and Michael Penn - Two of Us (the Beatles)
- Aleixa - Makes Me Wanna... (Stryper)
- The Aquabats - Knowledge (Operation Ivy)
- The Beatles - Long Tall Sally (Little Richard)
- Beck - Halo of Gold (Skip Spence)
- Ben Folds - Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
- Ben Folds Five - She Don't Use Jelly (the Flaming Lips)
- Bette Midler - Boxing (Ben Folds Five)
- Big Daddy - Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)
- Big Star - Femme Fatale (the Velvet Underground and Nico)
- Biz Markie - Benny and the Jets (Elton John)
- Blind Faith - Well...All Right (Buddy Holly)
- Brad Meldhau - Dear Prudence (the Beatles)
- Braid - Baby, Now That I've Found You (the Foundations)
- Butthole Surfers - American Woman (the Guess Who)
- The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)
- Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men (Status Quo)
- Celtic Frost - Mexican Radio (Wall of Voodoo)
- Charlie Hunter and Norah Jones - More Than This (Roxy Music)
- The Church - I Am a Rock (Simon and Garfunkel)
- Circle Jerks with Debbie Gibson - I Wanna Destroy You (Soft Boys)
- Clem Snide - Donna (Richie Valens)
- Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (the Velvet Underground)
- Death Cab For Cutie - All Is Full of Love (Bjork)
- DJ Kazimir - Dear Prudence (the Beatles)
- DOA - All Apologies (Nirvana)
- Duran Duran - 911 Is a Joke (Public Enemy)
- Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa - ...Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
- Dwight Yoakam - I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick)
- Dwight Yoakam - Train in Vain (the Clash)
- Dwight Yoakam - Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley)
- Dynamite Hack - Boyz N The Hood (Eazy-E)
- Eagle-Eye Cherry - Mama Said Knock You Out (LL Cool J)
- Eels - Get Ur Freak On (Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott)
- Elliott Smith - Because (the Beatles)
- Elvis Presley - That's All Right (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup)
- Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (the Beatles)
- The Five Stairsteps - Dear Prudence (the Beatles)
- The Flaming Lips - Knives Out (Radiohead)
- The Flaming Lips - Can't Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue)
- The Flaming Lips - Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
- The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee (the Left Banke)
- F--- - She's a Rainbow (the Rolling Stones)
- Gomez - Getting Better (the Beatles)
- The Grisham Grizzly Band - Get Back (the Beatles)
- Herbie Hancock - All Apologies (Nirvana)
- The Huntingtons - We Got the Beat (the Go-Go's)
- Husker Du - Ticket to Ride (the Beatles)
- Husker Du - Eight Miles High (the Byrds)
- Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
- Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
- Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
- Kelly Willis - Time Has Told Me (Nick Drake)
- Lauryn Hill - Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (Frankie Valli)
- Limp Bizkit - Faith (George Michael)
- Mark Eitzel - I Only Have Eyes For You (the Flamingos)
- The Marshmallow Coast - Never My Love (the Association)
- Metallica - Turn the Page (Bob Seger)
- Metallica - Die, Die My Darling (the Misfits)
- Metallica - It's Electric (Diamond Head)
- Minor Threat - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone (the Monkees)
- Minor Threat - 12XU (Wire)
- Nirvana - Love Buzz (Shocking Blue)
- Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)
- Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly)
- Nirvana - Son of a Gun (the Vaselines)
- NOFX - Straight Edge (Minor Threat)
- Norah Jones - Cold Cold Heart (Hank Williams)
- Oasis - EVERY BEATLES SONG EVER WRITTEN
- The Paperboys - I've Just Seen a Face (the Beatles)
- Patti Smith - Alive (Pearl Jam)
- Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers)
- Pete Yorn - Panic (the Smiths)
- Pete Yorn - Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen)
- Petra - God Gave Rock and Roll to You (Argent)
- Porno for Pyros - Satellite of Love (Lou Reed)
- The Raincoats - Lola (the Kinks)
- Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance? (Bobby Freeman)
- Ramones - I Don't Wanna Grow Up (Tom Waits)
- Ramones - R.A.M.O.N.E.S. (Motorhead)
- R.E.M. - Strange (Wire)
- R.E.M. - See No Evil (Television)
- Ricochet - Seven Bridges' Road (Steve Young)
- The Rolling Stones - Love in Vain Blues (Robert Johnson)
- Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
- Ryan Adams and Beth Orton - Brown Sugar (the Rolling Stones)
- the Sea and Cake - Sound and Vision (David Bowie)
- Sebadoh - Pink Moon (Nick Drake)
- Semisonic - I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)
- The Sex Pistols - Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
- Shawn Mullins - What Is Life (George Harrison)
- Sixpence None the Richer - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Thurl Ravenscroft)
- Sixpence None the Richer - Dancing Queen (ABBA)
- Sleater-Kinney - More Than a Feeling (Boston)
- Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go? (Gloria Jones/The Supremes)
- Soundgarden - Big Bottom (Spinal Tap)
- Soundgarden - Girl U Want (Devo)
- Spinning Jennies - Jetfighter (the Three O'Clock)
- Starsailor - The Way Young Lovers Do (Van Morrison)
- The Student - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (the Beatles)
- Teenage Fanclub - Here Comes Your Man (the Pixies)
- Television - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (the Rolling Stones)
- Tescco Vee and the Hate Police - American Pie (Don McLean)
- the The - Honky Tonkin' (Hank Williams)
- Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan)
- Toots and the Maytals - Hard to Handle (Otis Redding)
- Twisted Sister - Leader of the Pack (the Shangri-Las)
- Unwritten Law - Goody Two Shoes (Adam Ant)
- The Vines - Ms. Jackson (OutKast)
- The Wallflowers - Heroes (David Bowie)
- The White Stripes - Stop Breaking Down (Robert Johnson)
- The White Stripes - Lord, Send Me an Angel (Blind Willie McTell)
- Wilco - Thirteen (Big Star)
- Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All (George McCrae)
- Yo La Tengo - Little Honda (the Beach Boys)
- Yo La Tengo - Here Comes My Baby (the Tremeloes)
- Yo La Tengo - A House Is Not a Motel (Love)
Author Comments:
the F--- song is absolutely bizarre. have a listen, shall we?
I actually like the Norah Jones cover. Who would of thunk A Hank Williams tune would sound good as a cocktail jazz rendition. But it works.
yes, definitely. Hank seems to lend himself to a lot of interpretations. I love the The's cover of Honky Tonkin', also.
The Mann cover of "One" was written and performed by Harry Nilsson.Three Dog Night had the hit with it.
I would have included:
-Elliott Smith - Thirteen (Big Star)
-Jeff Buckley - Farwell, Angelina (Bob Dylan)
-Rufus Wainwright - Across the Universe (Beatles)
-Cat Power - I Found a Reason (Velvet Underground)
-Otis Redding - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
-Echo & the Bunnymen - People are Strange (The Doors)
Hated Pearl Jam's cover of "Last Kiss." Loved Lauryn Hill. Also, Johnny Cash was more badass than usual in covering NIN. Heard the video was something to see, too.
The Suicide machines - never promised you a rose garden its a great song
If it was me, I'd have to add "Comfortably Numb", as covered by the Scissor Sisters. It is both irreverent and reverent at the same time, transforming the song to their own sound and yet remaining true to the original.
In the same vein, I believe that Friday on My Mind or Sorrow are both excellent covers by David Bowie, and just his whole "Pinups" album.
I like the Sid Vicious cover of "My Way" By old blue eyes.