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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Brian_Wallace on August 16, 2007, 08:10:00 am
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BBC Radio 1 covers album. (http://www.nme.com/news/radio/30390)
This seems pretty cool if you like new British bands...doing old songs. I like the Raconteurs covering "Teenage Kicks" then being covered by Corinne Bailey Rae.
What is it with British bands and covers? They're doing a cover album of "Sgt. Pepper" aren't they? And back in the 90's they did a cover album of "The Queen is Dead?" What is it with British people and nostalgia?
1967 - 'Flowers In The Rain' (The Move) covered by Kaiser Chiefs
1968 - 'All Along The Watchtower' (Jimi Hendrix Experience) covered by The Fratellis
1969 - 'Cupid' (Johnny Nash) covered by Amy Winehouse
1970 - 'Lola' (The Kinks) covered by Robbie Williams
1971 - 'Your Song' (Elton John) covered by The Streets
1972 - 'Betcha By Golly Wow' (The Stylistics) covered by Sugababes
1973 - 'You're So Vain' (Carly Simon) covered by The Feeling
1974 - 'Band On The Run' (Wings) covered by Foo Fighters
1975 - 'Love Is The Drug' (Roxy Music) covered by Kylie
1976 - 'Let's Stick Together' (Bryan Ferry) covered by KT Tunstall
1977 - 'Sound & Vision' (David Bowie) covered by Franz Ferdinand
1978 - 'Teenage Kicks' (The Undertones) covered by The Raconteurs
1979 - 'Can't Stand Losing You' (The Police) covered by Mika
1980 - 'Too Much Too Young' (The Specials) covered by Kasabian
1981 - 'Under Pressure' (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane
1982 - 'Town Called Malice' (The Jam) covered by McFly
1983 - 'Come Back And Stay' (Paul Young) covered by James Morrison
1984 - 'Careless Whisper' (George Michael) covered by The Gossip
1985 - 'The Power Of Love' (Huey Lewis & The News) covered by The Pigeon Detectives
1986 - 'Don't Get Me Wrong' (The Pretenders) covered by Lily Allen
1987 - 'You Sexy Thing' (Hot Chocolate) covered by Stereophonics
1988 - 'Fast Car' (Tracy Chapman) covered by Mutya Buena
1989 - 'Lullaby' (The Cure) covered by Editors
1990 - 'Englishman In New York' (Sting) covered by Razorlight
1991 - 'Crazy For You' (Madonna) covered by Groove Armada
1992 - 'It Must Be Love' (Madness) covered by Paolo Nutini
1993 - 'All That She Wants' (Ace Of Base) covered by The Kooks
1994 - 'You're All I Need To Get By' (Mary J Blige) covered by Mark Ronson
1995 - 'Stillness In Time' (Jamiroquai) covered by Calvin Harris
1996 - 'No Diggity' (Blackstreet) covered by Klaxons
1997 - 'Lovefool' (The Cardigans) covered by Just Jack
1998 - 'Ray Of Light' (Madonna) covered by Natasha Bedingfield
1999 - 'Drinking in LA' (Bran Van 3000) covered by The Twang
2000 - 'The Great Beyond' (REM) covered by The Fray
2001 - 'Teenage Dirtbag' (Wheatus) covered by Girls Aloud
2002 - 'Like I Love You' (Justin Timberlake) covered by Maximo Park
2003 - 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun' (The Libertines) covered by The View
2004 - 'Toxic' (Britney Spears) covered by Hard-Fi
2005 - 'Father & Son' (Yusuf Islam & Ronan Keating) covered by The Enemy
2006 - 'Steady, As She Goes' (The Raconteurs) covered by Corinne Bailey Rae
Brian
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What is with you knocking any music made before the year 2000? Maybe one day when you get older you will sound like some of us old farts and understand that really good music stands the test of time. I may be a musical snob, but at least I try my best to keep up with what is being released today and I'm still digging the new as well as the old.
If you haven't done so already, I recommend that you listen to these "old" records and try to stack them up against AFI and My Chemical Romance or whatever it is you listen to:
Minor Threat -- Complete Discography
X -- Under the Big Black Sun
Echo & the Bunnymen -- Crocodiles
Sugar -- Copper Blue
Ramones -- Road to Ruin
Dinosaur Jr. -- Where You Been
The Misfits -- Static Age
My Bloody Valentine -- Loveless
Descendents -- Milo Goes to College
The Germs -- Complete Anthology
The Clash -- The Clash (UK Version)
PS -- This compilation looks kind of crappy IMO
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This could be really good.
Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
1975 - 'Love Is The Drug' (Roxy Music) covered by Kylie
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
What is it with British bands and covers? They're doing a cover album of "Sgt. Pepper" aren't they? And back in the 90's they did a cover album of "The Queen is Dead?" What is it with British people and nostalgia?
Brian, my dear boy, maybe the British have much more respect for their musical elders.
I would love to hand pick some older music to play for little Brian and tell him that they are new releases just to hear his reactions. Bet he'd be squealing in joy claiming how much better newer music is to that of those in the Antiquities stacks.
Have to admit, though I often don't agree with a lot of what Brian writes, I do very much enjoy reading his posts. They always make me laugh and sometimes he gets a few good zingers in there.