I don't want join-the-dots covers,what I wany you to do is relax..take a long hot bath..take a last listen to the original . then fuck it over goodstyle
What is the most awesome,outlandish cover you've ever heard ?
― Geordie ' I've broken legs for less' Racer, Friday, 13 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Simon, Friday, 13 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Robin Carmody, Saturday, 14 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― duane zarakov, Saturday, 14 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Duane Zarakov, Sunday, 15 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Mark, Sunday, 15 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Most outlandish- I once heard a high school marching band play Bob Dylan's "Mr Tamborine Man". Man was that strange. Horns and drums, Jeez.
― Joseph Wasko, Sunday, 15 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Chris Rock's cover of Richard Pryor.
Someone said that tribute albums would be cooler if they were all patterned after Alex Chilton by The 'Mats. I'll agree.
― JM, Monday, 16 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 18 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Josh, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― the pinefox, Thursday, 19 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Or sometimes, like Saint Etienne doing Neil Young, they might just feel the original has some good songs but want to remove him from the distancing imagery surrounding him. Actually I didn't know he wrote "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" until 4 years after I first heard their version, but the point holds.
― Robin Carmody, Saturday, 21 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Sterling Clover, Sunday, 22 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nick Bane, Saturday, 25 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)