Deep Cover

Nereffid

Posted this about 10 days ago over on eMu but it's gotten lost in the fetid swamp of bitterness, rage, and Wandering...

http://www.emusic.com/messageboard/viewTopic.html?topicId=262570#

Round about this time of year a Nereffid's thoughts turn to Thanksgiving, specifically the annual mix of cover versions designed to amaze, amuse, and horrify the assembled guests.

As I say in the post, I'm not looking for "good cover versions" as such. The primary rule is that the song undergo a genre switch; the aim is to make the unsuspecting listener go "heh", "hah!", or "huh?". Or, in the case of the Wing tracks suggested by brighternow, "Aaagh! Make it stop!"

Of course, this sort of escapade is what the old eMusic was great for, and fortunately still is for me. If I had to pay 49 cents for each track I download, well...

jonahpwll

Clem Snide does a cover of Christina Aguilera's "You Are Beautiful". I like both versions very much.

Brighternow

Or, in the case of the Wing tracks suggested by brighternow, "Aaagh! Make it stop!"

- Really ?
;-)

brittleblood

the sad truth is everyone ends up singing along with wing.

thomnottom

I've been looking for a copy of this Fleming and John cover for sometime (used to have it on CD):

Misty Mountain Winter Wonderland

Bad Thoughts

How about "The Boys Are Back in Town"?

amclark2

I've always loved this version of California, Uber Alles. Link1. Link2. Which reminds me how much I like this version of Viva Las Vegas. Link.

jackedUPjazz

I think this was suggested last year but there seems to be a new version every time I look. Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice

I may DL this myself

Katrina

Finally found your thread on eMusic. You're right; it was buried under the changeover mess.
Last night I was watching movies and either in "Secretary" or "Not Another Teen Movie", Cake did a cover of Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive that I really liked.
The genre changed from Gaynor's disco to Cake's alt-rock version, so it fits your criteria.

thomnottom

I really dislike the original disco version (forbid my sister from singing it at my wedding even), but I love Cake's version.

One of my all time favorite covers. Available on a CD of Madonna covers by various bands (there were 2 volumes). A pretty decent collection.

Katrina

Nice remake of "Like A Prayer"!
Um, not for nothing, but "I Will Survive" should NOT be played at ANYBODYS wedding. Maybe you meant the reception, though.

Katrina

I'm listening to 'Le Noise' by Neil Young, and I can safely say, nobody will ever cover these songs in the next 20 years.

frogkopf

I forget what the album is, but a couple of years ago some indie women did acoustic folky version of a bunch Metal songs.

Anyone remember the title?

Brighternow

Not on eMusic but I thought I'd mention them Anyway:

The Flying Lizards - And Then He Kissed Me
The Flying Lizards - Summertime Blues
The Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want)

The Flying Lizards were:
David Toop - (I actually did'nt know that)
Steve Beresford
Michael Upton
David Cunningham
Vivien Goldman
Robert Fripp ( ! )
Bob Black
Deborah Evans-Stickland
Patti Palladin
Peter Laurence Gordon
Wiki

Edit: What's new Pussycat ?

luddite

@froggy: Hellsongs. I love it. Just noticed they had a new album show up over there as well.

the_?

Sweet Child O Mine by Aluminum Group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNktzEYQlO0

edit (first post, so what do I need for the link? BB Code?)

xtrev

Welcome to the boards!
And yes, BBCode.
You should have buttons to give you a choice of plain text or BBCode just beneath the posting area.

Brighternow

Rafael Anton Irisarri with The Sight Below has turned Joy Division's New Dawn Fades into a piece of pure ambient bliss:
eMu Link
Bandcamp Link
(track 6)

selfrisinmojo

Rock n roll All Nite

Bad Thoughts

A dirge-like Crazy Nights.

thomnottom

Wish I had samples to give you guys, but some of my favorite covers have been in live shows. In the same show Ben Kweller started his set with a cover of "Ice Ice Baby", Ben Lee topped him with a sweet rendition of "The Rainbow Connection" and ended the set with a killer cover of Dramarama's "Marry Me".

Brighternow

El Bolero (Ravel's Bolero)

From this album:
Le Combat Occult

Brighternow

Petra Haden sings The Who:


- Youtube

BigD-Bluez

Really like Thea Gilmore's cover of Cover Me, as well as the cover of I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine, from the primary disc of Songs From The Gutter. I put the link to the Amazon CD version which includes a bonus disc. eMu has the two discs listed separately, so $5.99 times 2, I went for the CD at $15.72, which is what Amazon wants for the MP3 as well, go figure, but I guess eMu is living up to their word at 25% cheaper.

BigD-Bluez

This seems an appropriate thread to post this new addition to eMu - the David Bowie covers album Pinups listed under Mick Ronson rather than Bowie for some reason. Not exactly essential but I'm liking it, besides being happy to have a new addition to eMu I want that's not UMG. The cover of Where Have All The Good Times Gone might be my fave.

ScissorMan

It isn't really a cover, but if you haven't seen this Youtube video, you probably owe it to yourself. The fun really starts at around the 2:30 mark...

ScissorMan

I'd forgotten about this one:

ScissorMan

Apparently there's a woman named Janice Whaley who's been recording her own versions of all the Smiths albums, mostly with just lots of (her) vocals, a drum machine and a bass synthesizer. Her version of The Queen Is Dead just came out the other day, but you can also get The Smiths, Louder Than Bombs, and Meat Is Murder.

Not sure why she'd do Louder Than Bombs before Strangeways Here We Come... Maybe she didn't want to tackle "Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me" until she could afford better recording gear.

Bad Thoughts

Louder that Bombs was released before Strangeways (indeed, most of it consists of pre-breakup singles and b-sides since Hatful of Hollow.)

luddite

Rondellus - Sabbatum: A Medieval Tribute to Black Sabbath.

luddite

Opium Jukebox turn their attention to the The Rolling Stones