Comments on: Cover Me

By: esin

esin — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:58:32 +0000

The cover of Killing Moon (Echo&The Bunnymen) by Puressence and the cover of Prettiest Star(David Bowie) by Ian McCulloch

By: Frank San Filippo

Frank San Filippo — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 02:21:54 +0000

This cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit rocks my world: http://www.aprilwinchell.com/multimedia/media/mp3/Spirit%2Emp3

By: duncan

duncan — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:28:27 +0000

This Mortal Coil – “Song to the Siren”, “You and Your Sister”, “Mr Somewhere”. The Sundays’ cover of Wild Horses – the best use they ever made of Harriet Wheeler’s gorgeous voice. If you’re mentioning Jeff Buckley’s cover of Hallelujah, then I’d have to John Cale’s version of it up there as well. I’d also give a mention to the Walkabouts’ “Satisfied Mind” as my favourite covers album.

By: Doug Turnbull

Doug Turnbull — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 19:37:44 +0000

timmy—If you’re looking for it, the Stevie Wonder version of At Last is on his early album “My Cherie Amore.”

By: Teaflax

Teaflax — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:07:17 +0000

And how could I forget: The Dead Kennedys doing “Viva Las Vegas”.

By: Teaflax

Teaflax — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:57:14 +0000

Kevin Gilbert’s “Kashmir” Jeff Buckley’s “Kashmir on 45” Hue & Cry’s “Fixing a Hole” Black Flag’s “Louie Louie” Celtic Frost doing Wall of Voodoo’s “Mexican Radio” Unicorn Jones’ “Ace of Spades” Divine Comedy’s “Is There Life on Mars?” Divine Comedy & Tom Jones doing Portishead’s “All Mine” Faith No More’s “Easy” Moog Cookbook’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Devo’s “Satisfaction” Any cover version that emasculates the macho swagger of most Rock N Roll is fine by me.

By: timmy

timmy — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 02:28:24 +0000

…And to tie in with the Christmas music thread below, there is “Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration” arranged by Quincy Jones and performed by lots of very talented people. Some of the cuts are a little jarring at first, but they really work once you’ve gotten over the mental whiplash. The Hallelujah chorus is divine as a rousing gospel number.

By: timmy

timmy — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 02:22:10 +0000

U2’s verson of Guthrie’s “Jesus Christ” and on the Folkways/A vision Shared (lots of great covers on that CD) Phoebe Snow’s cover of “At Last” (on the “New York Rock & Soul Revue : Live At The Beacon” (1991)) – I can’t wait to hear Stevie Wonder’s version, thanks Doug.) Aretha Franklin’s “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (did she cover anything that wasn’t great?) Jools Holland and Paul Weller’s “Will it go round in circles?” and JH + Jamiroquai’s “I’m In The Mood For Love” both on Small World Big Band Vol.1, yet another great album of covers. I assume we’re leaving out really great “covers” like Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things” right?

By: pekka

pekka — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:42:22 +0000

Kudos to Ted for bringing up The Dirtbomb’s “Ultraglide In Black”—my faves are “Underdog” (Sly & Family Stone), “Ode To A Black Man” (Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy), and “I’m Qualified To Satisfy You” (Barry White). Their new album, “Dangerous Magical Noise”, isn’t a cover album, but contains a pretty awesome version of Brian Eno’s “King’s Lead Hat” as a bonus. Highly recommended.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 23:53:50 +0000

Bill Monroe- “Sittin’ on Top of the World” the Cure- “Do Ya Wanna Touch” Michael Hedges- “A Love Bizarre” Elvis Costello- “Ship of Fools” Devo- “Satisfaction” the Minutemen- “Dr. Wu” The Clash- “Police and Thieves” Flying Burrito Bros.- “The Dark End of the Street” X- “Soul Kitchen”

By: Chris Bertram

Chris Bertram — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 23:39:30 +0000

Robert Wyatt’s cover of “I’m a believer” Sid Vicious, “My Way” Hendrix, “All Along the Watchtower” Clash, “I fought the law” Nillson, “Without you”

By: enthymeme

enthymeme — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 23:02:01 +0000

I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” cover yet? ! the minor fall and the major lift. Affirmed.

By: ben wolfson

ben wolfson — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 22:55:06 +0000

Some more good ones: Diamanda Galas’ cover of “My World Is Empty Without You”. Pretty much all of Nick Cave’s album Kicking Against the Pricks is good, though I haven’t heard many of the originals. Current 93 has apparently covered Comus’ “Diana” live; I haven’t heard that but in my imagination it’s a good cover. John Zorn’s album The Big Gundown is very good, if you consider them covers. And I like the Rolling Stones’ cover of Love in Vain, but few others I know do. I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” cover yet? The Flying Luttenbacher’s cover of Magma’s “De Futura” is pretty damn awesome.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:33:05 +0000

There’s a band called Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies that does nothing but covers of pop songs. They do a good job of tweaking the songs so they sound like they’ve always been punk songs. I’m particularly fond of their version of “Fire and Rain”, which clocks in at 1 minute 9 seconds. Katherine mentioned the Byrds’ cover of “Chimes of Freedom”. I’ve never heard that (or the original, for that matter), but Youssou N’Dour did a wonderful cover of it. I also like the Deraillers’ “Raspberry Beret”.

By: harry

harry — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:11:10 +0000

Oh yes and Martin Carthy’s cover of Gilbert O’ Sullivan’s ‘Nothing Rhym’d’. For that matter, Simon and Garfunkel’s cover of Carthy’s version of ‘Scarborough Fair’ isn’t bad.