name every smiths cover version that you can think of

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1. You just haven't earned it yet baby - Kirsty Maccoll

― sadsack, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

2. Low - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

― La Monte (La Monte), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

3. Girlfriend in a Coma - Mojo Nixon

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

4. Bigmouth Strikes Again - Placebo

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

5. The Light 3000 - Schneider TM

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

6. This Charming Man - Death Cab for Cutie

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

7. "I Know It's Over" - Jeff Buckley

― Cripps Pink (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

8. "I Know it's Over" - Billy Bragg
9. "Jeane" - Billy Bragg
10. "Jeane" - Sandie Shaw

― nabiscothingy, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

11. "London" - Anthrax

― nabiscothingy, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

12. "What Difference Does It Make?" - Mr. T Experience

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

13. "What Difference Does It Make?" - tATu

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

14. Hand in Glove - Debbie Gibson

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

13. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" - Sianspheric

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

14. Stars - "This Charming Man"
15. Carter USM - "Panic"

― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Scratch that...

13. "How Soon is Now?" - tATu

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost make that 15 OK

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

7. "I Know It's Over" - Jeff Buckley
-- Cripps Pink (theundergroundhom...), September 22nd, 2004.

What record is this on?

― La Monte (La Monte), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

13. "What Difference Does It Make?" - tATu

Wasn't it "How soon is now?

― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Daavid - Yeah it was (see my correction above...).

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

my post was late

― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

19.

― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Tree People covered "Bigmouth Strikes Again," too.

― Nemo (JND), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Love Spit Love "How Soon is Now?"
Snake River Conspiracy "How Soon is Now?"

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

22. Erlend Oye - "Poor Leno (Silikon Soul Remix)" / "There is a Light That Never Goes Out".

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Frankly Mr. Shankly - High Llamas
The Boy with the Thorn in his Side - Bis
There is a Light That Never Goes Out - Divine Comedy

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

26. The Afghan Whigs - "How Soon is Now?"

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

27. Dream Academy - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

28. Mikel Erentxun - "Esta Luz Nunca Se Apagara".

― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

29. "Boy With the Thorn in His Side" - J. Mascis
30. "How Soon is Now?" - Everclear

― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:17 (twenty-one years ago)

31. Ukrainians - Koroleva Ne Polerma

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Re: Ukrainians - wasn't there a 4-song ep of all Smiths covers?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

32. Sponge - How Soon Is Now?

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

33. London - Cinerama

― paulhw (paulhw), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Another one by Billy Bragg: "Never Had No One Ever", which easily beats the original.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:06 (twenty-one years ago)

35. deftones - 'please please please let me get what i want'

― 6335, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 21:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't Quicksand cover 'How soon is now'?

― righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Yep. It's "blistering".

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Belle and Sebastian did "The Boy with the Thorn in his Side" when I saw them live on September 10th, 2001.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

You must live in either Seattle or San Francisco because I had a friend who saw them play in Portland on September 11th, 2001.

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

you're correct. i bet the ambience was a little different on that particular evening.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

While I wasn't there, I would venture to say that you are probably correct...

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

barnabys - please please please let me get what i want

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a Smiths tribute album release about, oooh, 7-8 years ago. Featured cutie indie chancers like Bis murdering Boy With The Thorn In His Side.
There's also a horrific cover of Bigmouth Strikes Again by Placebo.
The Light 3000 by Schneider TM is, however, excellent.

― Stew S, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

41. The shitty Charmed theme

― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Duncan Sheik - Reel Around The Fountain

― bahtology, Thursday, 23 September 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

the shitty Charmed theme was Snake River Conspiracy, no? it's upthread already.

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 23 September 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)

43. Boo Radleys - The Queen is Dead (it's a great cover)

― Symplistic (shmuel), Thursday, 23 September 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

B&S also did Reel Around The Fountain live in Glasgow / Edinburgh 'Two Concerts'

i also have a 12" of something that i bought in a sale but i can't remember who it's by or what it is. sorry 8)

does Sandy Shaw's 'Hand In Glove' count too?

Yes to Ukrainians 4 track EP:
Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again)
Koroleva Ne Polerma (The Queen Is Dead)
M'yaso - Ubivstvo (Meat Is Murder)
Spivaye Solovey (What Difference Does It Make?)

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 23 September 2004 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Girlfriend in a coma - J Church.

― hmmm (hmmm), Thursday, 23 September 2004 09:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Claudia Brücken - 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 23 September 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Muse - "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"

― ana (ana), Thursday, 23 September 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

are any of these any good? i've never heard a decent smiths cover yet.

― Peter Watts (peterw), Thursday, 23 September 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

The Brücken 'HKIMN' is actually credited to ACT, isn't it?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 23 September 2004 09:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, maybe.

are any of these any good? i've never heard a decent smiths cover yet.

I like Cinerama's 'London'.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 23 September 2004 10:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Does Soho "Hippychick" count as a cover of "How Soon Is Now"?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 23 September 2004 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)

pete yorn did a live cover of "panic" that i think was also put on a re-release of his big-selling cd.

but who cares about that?

― scout, Thursday, 23 September 2004 10:33 (twenty-one years ago)

The Sidebottoms: "Panic"

― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 23 September 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

The Ocean Blue - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out....fucking brilliant.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 23 September 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

McAlmont & Butler "Back to the Old House" (Live)

― bham, Thursday, 23 September 2004 10:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Ryan Adams: live versions of "Asleep" and "The Headmaster Ritual".

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 23 September 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

cutie indie chancers like Bis

You're wrong, so wrong - although you are correct that they murdered the song, they claimed it was intentional, and every instrument used in the recording was bought from Argos.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 23 September 2004 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I think we're at:

51. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - The Thrills

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Thursday, 23 September 2004 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

52. Supergrass - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

― dan (dan), Thursday, 23 September 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

53. Ted Nugent - "Meat Is Murder"

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 23 September 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

this i mentioned earlier:

>i also have a 12" of something that i bought in a sale but i can't
>remember who it's by or what it is.
is this:

> Snake River Conspiracy "How Soon is Now?"

(three mixes)

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 24 September 2004 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Panic - Frank Sidebottom
Big Mouth Strikes Again (as Little Frank Strikes Again) - Frank Sidebottom

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 24 September 2004 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

We've already had Sidebottom's Panic, so (discounting Ted):

54. The Meatmen - How Soon Is Now?
55. Paradise Lost - How Soon Is Now?

56 to 67. How Soon Is Now - The Songs of the Smiths.
"A brilliant display of how today's up and coming talent are really paving the way for more to follow."

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 24 September 2004 08:40 (twenty-one years ago)

7. "I Know It's Over" - Jeff Buckley
-- Cripps Pink (theundergroundhom...), September 22nd, 2004.
What record is this on?

-- La Monte (lamont...), September 22nd, 2004.

He does a //little// of it on the Mystery White Boy live CD (last track), but I have a hunch that there probably exist more complete and better Buckley live versions of the song. They're just unreleased and I haven't heard them yet.

― Bimble (bimble), Friday, 24 September 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

68. superfallingstars - "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

69. Neil Finn - "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Tracks from The Smiths Is Dead not already mentioned:
70. "I know it's over" - Trash Can Sinatras
71. "Cemetry Gates" - The Frank & Walters
72. "Vicar in a Tutu" - Therapy?

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

73 this charming man - braid
74 there's a light... - braid

― alice, Friday, 24 September 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

74. "what difference does it make?" - bobby bare jr.

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 24 September 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

(er, make that 75)

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 24 September 2004 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

A Swedish group called Universal Poplab has done a version of Moz's "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful". You can dance to it, proper like.

― edward o (edwardo), Saturday, 25 September 2004 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)

There's another compilation featuring, amongst others, the Pines doing "Ask" and the Lucksmiths doing "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out".

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 25 September 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Fangoria - Panic (in spanish !)

― Sami (Sami), Saturday, 25 September 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

10000 maniacs did 'everyday is like sunday,' but maybe that doesn't count.

i only know this because there's a cover of don't go back to rockville on the same single.

(it's less embarassing to be a former rem fanboy than a former natalie merchant fanboy, right?)

― arjun (arjun), Saturday, 25 September 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

colin clary 'please please let me get what i want', which might be the most faithful smiths cover ever. i once heard that duncan sheik cover of 'reel around the fountain' and it was lovely, quite surprisingly. did anthrax do the version of 'london' that was in airheads?

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

what about the recent noisyish smiths cover comp album with garrison, million dead, cursive, 100 reasons etc - surprisingly, much better than the matinee recordings covers album

― gerardo francisco, Sunday, 26 September 2004 07:27 (twenty-one years ago)

53. Ted Nugent - "Meat Is Murder"

-- noodle vague (noodle_vagu...) (webmail), September 23rd, 2004 7:29 PM. (noodle vague) (later) (link)

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― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 26 September 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

oops sorry the sorepoint comp already mentioned upthread. anyway it's the best smiths covers comp so far.

agree with various that cinerama's "london" is excellent too.

― gerardo francisco, Sunday, 26 September 2004 07:47 (twenty-one years ago)

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