How can we stop Ben Gibbard from covering the songs we love?

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Short of killing him, that is.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 22 July 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Stop being so predictable in your tastes. He knows what you like and he is gunning for you. You need to stay one step ahead of him.
What song did he cover that has hurt you?

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 22 July 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

stop listening to songs.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 22 July 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

What, you mean like "Complicated"?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 22 July 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

How can we stop certain friends of ours from assuming that Gibbard's cover of these songs is ironic?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 22 July 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, that's a better question.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

What songs has Gibbard covered?

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

In English: Which songs have been covered by Gibbard?

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Off the top of my head:

Complicated, Avril Lavigne
Joga, Bjork
World Shut Your Mouth, Julian Cope
Friday I'm In Love, The Cure

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

didn't he do the Postal Collins? postal service covering a phil collins song?

― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sure there are others I've consciously removed from my memory.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

matthew, your first phrasing was better english than your second "in english" phrasing.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.slatch.com/valentines/08%20The%20Postal%20Collins%20-%20Against%20All%20Odds.mp3

― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

is he covering these solo?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

En Espanol: ¿Cuales canciones han sido cubiertas por Gibbard?

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

They Don't Know, Tracy Ullman
Against All Odds, Phil Collins (w/Postal Service)
Suddenly Everything Has Changed, Flaming Lips (w/Postal Service)
I Wanna Be Adored, Stone Roses (w/DCfC)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

It probably wouldn't make me mad if his voice wasn't so...argh! I hate it.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I ain't heard the Against All Odds cover, but I frankly think it sounds like it could be sweet. Although the original would be hard to top. And that movie was, uh, well, that was a bad movie.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

matthew, your first phrasing was better english than your second "in english" phrasing.

I see that now. I just looked at it, and it seemed all wrong. Both sentences seem clunky to me, really.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

that first sentence was flawless, though.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I would have chosen "which" over "what," but the structure of Matthew's first attempt was superior to its follow-up.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, but what if ben gibbard was singing that first sentence?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I would have to hate it.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

It's good to see that my first impulse is correct.

Sometimes everything looks all wrong.

I'd rather hear Gibbard sing my second take.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

i've also heard an acoustic cover of thriller by him.

― phunktion, Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Thriller? He must be stopped.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Gibbard seems like a passive voice kinda guy.

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

i actually like his voice. when i'm in the mood for earnestness, anyway.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i actually like his voice. when i'm in the mood for shiteness, anyway.

― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't decide whether my pun worked :(

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread breeds doubt and uncertainty.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought his cover of thriller was kinda good.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

that's pretty funny that he did against all odds, considering that "we laugh indoors" is basically the same song as "don't lose my number"

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I know DCfC did "All Is Full Of Love", I didn't know he did "Joga" too. Ugh.

― Sansai, Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

This should provide some more fodder:

from The Covers Project:

Songs this artist has covered:
All Is Full of Love originally by Bjork
Atmosphere originally by Joy Division
Ballerina Out of Control originally by Ocean Blue
Complicated originally by Avril Lavigne
Complicated originally by Avril Levine
Fortunate Son originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Free Fallin' originally by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Friday I'm In Love originally by Cure
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun originally by Cindy Lauper
Head Over Heels originally by Tears For Fears
Here Comes the Rain Again ? originally by Eurythmics
I Wanna Be Adored originally by Stone Roses
St. Swithin's Day originally by Billy Bragg
Sweet Child O' Mine originally by Guns N' Roses
The Face That Launched 1000 Shits originally by Revolutionary Hydra
The Mess Inside originally by Mountain Goats
The Saddest Story Ever Told originally by Magnetic Fields
This Charming Man originally by Smiths
Thriller originally by Michael Jackson
Wait originally by Secret Stars
What Have I Done To Deserve This? originally by Pet Shop Boys

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

no one is safe.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I've seen DCFC do "Here Comes the Rain Again." It was pretty good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 22 July 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"Complicated" by Avril Levine... an Avril Lavigne tribute band?

Sometimes everything looks all wrong.

Matthew, I have whole weeks like this.

― David A. (Davant), Thursday, 22 July 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Is "Complicated" available somewhere (ducks)? I'd really like to hear it.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Thursday, 22 July 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Kate, check your e-mail.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 22 July 2004 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't heard this alleged cover of "Friday I'm in Love", but Death Cab did perform "Love Song" the last time I saw them.

― boldbury (boldbury), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i really enjoy his cover of "they dont know," actually. i thought he played it on KEXP [thats where i heard it], but i cant find it anywhere in their archives.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1_m.jpg

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

nineteen years pass...

Saw on Facebook someone share a video of Ben Gibbard at the recently opened Washington dc club the Atlantis doing a slowed down folk take on the Minor Threat song “Filler”

He only sang the chorus at the very end , dropped it from earlier spots

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 15:50 (two years ago)

the cover of “waterfalls” is weapons grade awful

― brimstead, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 15:51 (two years ago)

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