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duderino

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« on: July 29, 2005, 12:08:00 pm »
i'm making a second volume of a covers mix i put together a few months ago. any recommendations would be welcomed. i need to be able to find the original, as i couple the mix with a copy of the original songs in the same order. here's the tracklist of the first mix i made:
 
 1. of montreal - know your onion (2:26)
 2. Sleater-Kinney & Fred Schneider - Angry Inch (2:44)
 3. The Flaming Lips - Seven Nation Army (2:48)
 4. Shena Ringo - yer blues (4:12)
 5. Devo - Secret Agent Man (3:31)
 6. The Siddeleys - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (2:51)
 7. Aimee Mann - One (2:53)
 8. Jon Brion - Voices (7:32)
 9. Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit (3:54)
 10. John Mayer - Kid A Cover (2:49)
 11. The White Stripes - Jolene (3:13)
 12. weird chinese lady - Love Potion #9 (1:56)
 13. The Feelies - Paint It, Black (2:54)
 14. The New Pornographers - When I Was A Baby (2:26)
 15. Emilie Simon - I Wanna Be Your Dog (2:42)
 16. Presidents of the United States of America - Kick Out the Jams (1:26)
 17. Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone (3:38)
 18. Weezer - Velouria (3:54)
 19. aquabats- Love Without Anger (2:49)
 20. The New Pornographers - Your Daddy Don't Know (3:08)
 21. Iron And Wine - Waitin For A Superman (4:29)
 22. Anne Sofie Von Otter & Elvis Costello - Don't Talk (put your head on my shoulder) (3:12)
 23. beck- True Love Will Find You In The End (3:23)
 24. Pixies - In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (1:49)

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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2005, 12:13:00 pm »
*waits for someone to mention a certain song from the Garden State OST so we can mock them*

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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2005, 12:19:00 pm »
Replacements - "Black Diamond"
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duderino

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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2005, 12:19:00 pm »
i felt uneasy enough about that aimee mann cover from the magnolia OST

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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2005, 12:27:00 pm »
Dandy Warhols - Stars (BJM)
 Morrissey - That's Entertainment (The Jam)
 The Clash - Police & Thieves (Junior Murvin)
 Superdrag - Wave of Mutilation (Pixies)
 Husker Du - Eight Miles High (The Byrds)
 Pete Yorn - Splendid Isolation (Warren Zevon)

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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2005, 12:29:00 pm »
Not sure how readily available the orginial is, but "Hanging On A Telephone" done by The Nerves and later covered by Blondie.  This would be  an interesting choice because I'll bet most people didn't know that Blondie was doing a cover.
 
 The orginial is on one of the DIY Power Pop comps which I had out the other day...
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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2005, 12:36:00 pm »
I was hanging out with some Canadians yesterday and we were arguing the merits of a Clash cover "Guns of Brixton" by a band who's name escapes me at the moment - Novoue Vague or something like that.  Worth a listen because some people seem to like it (I'm not one of them).
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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2005, 12:40:00 pm »
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Originally posted by vansmack:
  I was hanging out with some Canadians yesterday and we were arguing the merits of a Clash cover "Guns of Brixton" by a band who's name escapes me at the moment - Novoue Vague or something like that.  Worth a listen because some people seem to like it (I'm not one of them).
Nouvelle Vague -- They do bossa nova covers of punk and post-punk songs.
 
 Personally, I don't care much for it either, but yeah, a lot of people do seem to like them.
 
 http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/english/music.html

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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2005, 12:42:00 pm »
i like some of the songs on that one... "too drunk to fuck" and "teenage kicks" are the ones off the top of my head which work best.
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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2005, 12:43:00 pm »
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Nouvelle Vague
That's it.  Thanks.  They're all the rage with Canadian chicks apparently.
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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2005, 12:45:00 pm »
galaxie 500- cheese and onions.
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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2005, 12:51:00 pm »
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks (Ramones)
 Bangles - "Going Down To Liverpool" (Katrina & The Waves)
 Power Station - "Get It On(Bang A Gong) T. Rex
 
 Marti Jones has done several excellent covers
 
 Billy Bragg "7+7 Is", The Damned "Alone Again Or" both Love Covers
 
 Devo - "Ohio" (Neil Young)
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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2005, 01:40:00 pm »
The Pixies - Winterlong (Neil Young)
 Ted Leo - Suspect Device (SLF - but Ted may only do it live)
 Fatima Mansions - Shiny Happy People (REM)
 Nick Cave/Shane MacGowan - What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong + many others)

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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2005, 01:46:00 pm »
These Twilight Singers and  Paul Weller albums are all cover albums
 
 some excellent songs on both

mike9182

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Re: cover tunes
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2005, 01:50:00 pm »
John Mayer's cover of Kid A is so good.