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[judah]

hi all,
back from vacation and relax. what's your approach to cover songs? I mean, most of the band I know tend to cover the song exactly like the original. I really can't.
Opinion?

R.

[tiggie]

I think the majority of covers weren't really worth it. A few really were. But there's absolutely no point if it sounds exactly like the original.

[j.hall]

you gotta tweak it a little bit.....or totally re-invent it

[Consul]

Or pick something obscure enough that nobody will know it's a cover until they look.    

[A.J.]

Yeah, they gotta have your stamp on the tune if you're gonna do it. I always dug the Jawbox cover of "Cornflake Girl". Good example.


A.J.

[j.hall]

speaking of jawbox....they did a great cover of the sinatra tune "i've got you under my skin"

[takeout]

Jawbox's best cover was a Cure song.  Showed that Robbins actually has a sense of humor.

There's a cover on Shudder to Think's Pony Express Record that fuckin' slays, but I can't think of the title or original artist right now.

[A.J.]

hmm. yeah. "meathook" by the cure. Haven't heard it. But while googling I found a site I haven't been to for a long time:

http://www.coversproject.com/

I feel a Six Degrees of Jawbox thread coming on.

AJ

[j.hall]

takeout wrote on Wed, 08 September 2004 10:04

There's a cover on Shudder to Think's Pony Express Record that fuckin' slays, but I can't think of the title or original artist right now.

Track 11 = "So Into You"
composed by: Buddy Buie/Dean Daughtry/Robert Nix

those guys are credited under "Atlanta Rhythm Section"

[mogwailoveyou]

despite my extreme distaste for "ironic" covers (ie punk covers) there are a couple that come to mind which are absolutely wonderful.

macha + bedhead - believe (voice shifting included, telephone beeps added)

elbow - independent women (done to a polka'ish tune with thick scottish accents)

[Conner]

Luna had a wonderful cover of Sweet Child O' Mine...my good friend loves it and he's a die hard GNR fan, you know the kind that listens to Appetite everyday all the way thru....



























NTTAWWT

[rvdsm]

Tool's cover of Led Zepplen's No Quarter was awesome. As well as the Kyuss cover of Black Sabbath's Into the Void.

[floodstage]

Speaking of Zepplin covers, I quite like Leftover Salmon's version of "When the Levee Breaks"!

Definitely a departure from the original!

[xonlocust]

all of killdozer's covers were awesome. they completely made them thier own. soooo many good ones.  when the levee breaks.  i am i said. american pie. EMF unbelievable.  janet jackson - nasty. they did so many of them.  "for ladies only" is all covers.