Thursday, February 6, 2020

Cover version

For whatever reason at some point I started taking inventory of the cover versions of "classic rock" band songs that were actually worthwhile. Not sure why, but I've expanded on the list, included up to bigger postpunk/new wave names, and now am making it available to you. Let me know who/what I missed (only really included a group if I could think of two good cover versions)





BEACH BOYS/BRIAN WILSON
low- surfer girl
sonic youth- i know there's an answer
yo la tengo- little honda
gazelle twin- love and mercy

BLACK SABBATH
type o negative- black sabbath
pantera- planet caravan
1000 homo djs- supernaut (reznor vocal)
faith no more- war pigs
charles bradley- changes
Snares- black sabbath

DAVID BOWIE
nirvana- the man who sold the world
philip glass- heroes (aphex twin mix)
seal- quicksand
bauhaus- ziggy stardust
Peter Gabriel- Heroes
Magnetic fields- Heroes
Seam- Heroes
Green River- Queen Bitch

THE BYRDS
husker du- eight miles high
this mortal coil- i come and stand by every door
Tom Petty- "I'll feel a whole lot better"

LEONARD COHEN
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Avalanche
Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah
Coil- Who By Fire
Flying Lizards- Suzanne
Tori Amos- Famous Blue Raincoat

THE CURE
nouvelle vague- a forest
smashing pumkins- a night like this
dinosaur jr- just like heaven
garden variety- push

DEPECHE MODE
Rabbit in the moon- Waiting for the Night
Deftones- To Have and to Hold
Scott weiland- but not tonight

DEVO
nirvana- turnaround
toni basil- You gotta problem (pity you)
don knotts overddrive- snowball
superchunk- girl u want
knife lust- shrivel up

DONOVAN
Butthole Surfers- Hurdy Gurdy Man
Vanilla Fudge- Season of the Witch

THE DOORS
Al Green- Light my Fire
Echo and the Bunnymen- People Are Strange
BJ Thomas- Light my fire
Juli Driscoll- Light my fire
Nico- The End

FLEETWOOD MAC
julia holter- gold dust woman
hole- gold dust woman
the rezillos- somebody's gonna get their head kicked in tonight
smashing pumkins- landslide
deep dish- dreams
pointer sisters- hypnotized

JIMI HENDRIX
Patti Smith- Hey joe
Soft Cell- Hendrix Medley

JOY DIVISION
low- transmission
steel drum symphony- transmission
grace jones- she's lost control
nine inch nails- dead souls
ola podrida- atmosphere
bush- in a lonely place
bis- love will tear us apart
jah division- dub will tear us apart

THE KINKS
Van Halen- You really got me
les sultants- il n'ya rien au monde que que je ne ferais pas (nothing in this world can stop me worrying about that girl)
The Jam- David Watts
Boss Hog- I'm not like everybody else

KISS
Melvins- Going Blind
White Zombie- God of Thunder
Red House Painters- Shock Me

MADONNA
babyland- burning up
flaming lips with stardeath and white dwarves- borderline
junica- cherish

NEW ORDER
bis- hurt
galaxie 500- ceremony
destroyer- leave me alone

GARY NUMAN
Marilyn Manson- Down in the Park
Nine Inch Nails- Metal
Bis- We Are So Fragile
Matt Sharp and Damon Albarn- We Have a Technical
Magnetic Fields- I Die, You Die

PINK FLOYD
scissor sisters- comfortably numb
Rosebud- have a cigar
Rosebud- Money
beak>>- welcome to the machine
low- fearless
david bowie- see emily play

REM
Tori Amos- Losing my religion
william s. burroughs- Star me Kitten
the moog cookbook- the one i love

ROLLING STONES
Africa- Paint it Black
Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra- The Last Time
Devo- Satisfaction
Marianne Faithful- As Tears Go By
David Bowie- Let's Spend the Night Together
Vashti Bunyan- Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind
The Dirtbombs- No Expectations
St. Vincent- Emotional Rescue

THE SMITHS
schneider tm- the light 3000 (there is a light that never goes out)
jeff buckley- I know it's over
dream academy- please please please let me get what i want
anthrax- london
low- last night i dreamt that somebody loved me
bis- the boy with the thorn in his side

SPRINGSTEEN
RATM- ghost of tom joad
Cowboy junkies- state trooper
electrelane- i'm on fire
hot chip- dancing in the dark

STOOGES/IGGY POP
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Search and Destroy
Depeche Mode- Dirt
David Bowie- China Girl
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing
The Human League- Nightclubbing
The Bush Tetras- Sister Midnight

T-REX
The Power station- Bang a Gong
the polecats- Jeepster
Meloboy- Hot love
Placebo- 20th Century Boy

VELVET UNDERGROUND
Cat power- i found a reason
big star- femme fatale
japan- all tomorrow's parties
OMD- waiting for the man
cowboy junkies- sweet jane
nirvana- here she comes now

THE WHO
Patti Smith- My Generation
Sex Pistols- Substitute
The Jam- So Sad About Us
Pearl Jam- Leaving Here

WIRE
My bloody valentine- map ref 41 n 93 w
fischerspooner- the 15th
big black- heartbeat
minor threat- 12xu
the petty tyrants- our swimmer

NEIL YOUNG
pixies- winterlong
prelude- after the gold rush
type o negative- cinnamon girl
poolside- harvest moon
neil young- mr soul (trans version)