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Old 02.08.2007, 01:47 AM   #41
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jad fair and kramer's version of help by the beatles.

bongwater's four sticks. bongwater always made covers their own. i also like their ride my seesaw by the moody blues.
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Old 02.08.2007, 04:14 AM   #42
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It would be nice to up covers that are mentioned in this thread, and make a mixtape?
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Old 02.08.2007, 12:35 PM   #43
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Steel Pole Bath Tub's version of The Cars' "What I Need" & to a lesser degree SPBT's version of "I Deamed I Dream"
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Old 02.08.2007, 03:32 PM   #44
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...is this the one that Buck 65 did? Or is that his own tune... I didn't know Roxy did a song ...by that name... Buck's version is EFFING...INCREDIBLE.


I'm not familar with Buck 65. But I'll put money on it being a cover of Roxy Music. Much too uncommon of a song title to be repeated. If you catch my drift...

From this album, if you're curious:

 
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Old 02.08.2007, 03:35 PM   #45
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^ Fields of the Nephilim did a cover of 'In Every Dream Home a Heartache' too.
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Old 02.08.2007, 03:38 PM   #46
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On the '26 Mixes for Cash' LP, I love the two Aphex Twin mixes of tunes by the Nav Katze. But I've never heard the Nav Katze, so I don't know how dismantled they are.
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Old 02.08.2007, 04:14 PM   #47
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Swans - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Jarboe version) - the track consists only of Jarboe vocals and keyboard playing the main riff
Tarwater's version of Swans The Miracle Of Love is also pretty interesting
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Old 02.09.2007, 10:37 AM   #48
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Butthole Surfers version of American Woman by the Guess Who.
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Old 02.09.2007, 01:14 PM   #49
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The Cardigans did a cover of Black Sabbath's Iron man that is amazingly sweet.
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Old 02.09.2007, 02:05 PM   #50
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I think I mentioned the Butthole Surfers one but if I didn't I meant to, honest. I thought of one the other day but I've forgotten it now.
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Old 02.09.2007, 04:15 PM   #51
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bowie's cover of 'let's spend the night together'--- boy is it a shit.
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Old 02.09.2007, 09:05 PM   #52
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Melanie C doing "anarchy in the uk".
Still makes me need to take a deep breath and have a sit down
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Old 02.10.2007, 05:50 AM   #53
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Melanie C doing "anarchy in the uk".
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wow, i didn't know she covered that
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Old 02.10.2007, 06:20 AM   #54
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Britney Spears's cover of "Satisfaction" was effed up, if that counts.

Whilst Devo's version was excellent.

Glice mentioned soft cell's version of 'tainted love' - personally i prefer coil's version.

and what about einsturzende neubauten's cover of 'je t'aime' on the 'kollaps' album?
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Old 02.12.2007, 07:07 AM   #55
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Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes
Polyphonic Spree - Lithium
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Old 02.12.2007, 07:48 AM   #56
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sun city girls, killdozer and the fall have made some awesome covers.

someone mentioned "sweat loaf" by butthole surfers already, but i'd like to mention it again.
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Old 02.12.2007, 08:46 AM   #57
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Old 02.12.2007, 11:25 AM   #58
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My favorite album/EP of live covcers is the Firehose LIVE TOTEM POLE EP

they do Slack Motherfucker, The Red & The Black, Revolution (the butthole surfers one), Sophisticated Bitch (public enemy)

their cover of slack motherfucker is the single greatest cover of anything by anyone of all time.
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Old 02.12.2007, 11:42 AM   #59
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their cover of slack motherfucker is the single greatest cover of anything by anyone of all time.
my fave superchunk song? cool... too bad i've never heard that EP but i used to like firehose.
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my fave superchunk song? cool... too bad i've never heard that EP but i used to like firehose.

I will upload that mofo. I think that EP is out of print.
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