The best___song that___didn't write - list

"So Here We Are" by Bloc Party is also the best Ride song that Ride didn't write

"It'll Never Happen Again" by Tim Hardin is the best Tindersticks song that Tindersticks didn't write

"Most of us prizefighters" by AC Newman is the best Paul Mccartney song that he didnt write.

"Rocket Machine" by Opal is the best song Marc Bolan never wrote.

"Apron Strings" by the Ophelias is the best song off of side two of Led Zeppelin III that wasn't written until 1988.

Gold Star For Robot Boy by GBV is the best Oasis song that they never wrote

Horse With No Name. Obvious.

Todd Rundgren's "I Saw the Light" is the best Carole King song that Carole King didn't write.

Son Volt's Medicine Hat is the best song that REM didn't write.

I agree with Spin magazine, who said back in the 80s that Tears for Fears' "Shout" was the best Depeche Mode song.

1) Stool Pigeon, by Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Selling out your fellow Gs never sounded so groovy, funky, bouncy, hooky, coolie. The best song Prince never wrote.

Two songs are borrowed from the debut, since the debut sold nada copies and was out of print (already!): "Joey's On The Street Again," the third-best Springsteen song Bruce never wrote (#1: "The Boys Are Back In Town," by Thin Lizzy, who shared a lot in common with the Rats), and a stunning lust ode to a slut, "Mary of the 4th Form," - you can practically feel the lecherous drool trickle down your thighs. One of the better leerers that Mick Jagger never wrote, then. There's also a song that makes fun of Howard Hughes, one that attacks newspapers (Geldof is an ex-journalist), a kinetic Costello/Parker-style rocker about the opposite sex, "She's So Modern," and some other neat stuff. Probably the best track is the second-best song Springsteen never wrote, "Rat Trap," in which our working-class hero claims that he's "Gonna get out of school/Work in some factory," and makes it sound like something to actually look forward to.

A song like "Glad Girls" starts out like the best song Big Star never wrote and quickly, and I mean quickly, turns into a repetitive snorefest.

Those are all randomly gleaned from Google. (I don't hear much Prince in Kid Creole at all, unless Prince is your only reference point for funk. Maybe something like "Sexy MF," I guess.)

the best song that Big Star didnt write is todd rundgren's "couldnt i just tell you"
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I've gotta try bt Sloan is the best song Shoes didn't write

i've gotta try - sloan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkmTDqXWLnQ&feature=related

shoes :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXh2yB8jizU&feature=related

'Crimson and Clover' by Tommy James & the Shondells is the best (Pink Floyd era) Syd Barret song that Syd Barrett didn't write.

Heartbreak Beat is the best song that Neil Diamond didn't write.

obligatory 'Stuck in the Middle'/ Bob Dylan post

'American Nightmare' by the Misfits (Danzig-era) is the best Elvis song that Elvis didn't write. I'm serious:
http://www.seeqpod.net/search/?plid=6a9af40e2a

the best Elvis song that he didnt write MUST be something by The Cramps.

Why would Elvis sing songs about B movies and zombies all of a sudden?

Cramps - Elvis on Acid

Todd Rundgren's "I Saw the Light" is the best Carole King song that Carole King didn't write.

So true. And "You Get What You Give" and "The Game of Love" are the best pop-era-Todd songs that Todd never wrote.

R. Stevie Moore's "The Residents" is the best Residents song that The Residents didn't write.

Horse With No Name. Obvious

...after which they moved on to George Harrison ("Sister Golden Hair")

Voodoo Idol by The Cramps is the best Nick Cave song that he didnt write

Tom Waits' "God's Away On Business" is the best Cookie Monster song that the Cookie Monster was too busy eating cookies to write.

"Drinking in LA" by Bran Van 3000 is the best song that Beck didn't write.

Horse With No Name. Obvious

...after which they moved on to George Harrison ("Sister Golden Hair")

Ah! Of course, I should have known to mention that one also, it's probably even more suitable.
On that train of thought, I also felt that "You Can Do Magic" is the best Steely Dan song they never wrote.

Damn America! Those phonies!

And "You Get What You Give" and "The Game of Love" are the best pop-era-Todd songs that Todd never wrote.

Ha - I'm right there with you on both of these.

"Drinking in LA" by Bran Van 3000 is the best song that Beck didn't write.

That would be "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" by Eels. Or maybe some Gisli track.

"Fade Away" by Blur is the best Specials song that Specials never wrote

"The Drowners" by Suede is the best Ziggy-era Bowie song that Bowie never wrote.

Obvious as Shit/Fuck, but: "Great Release" by LCD SS sounds like the great lost Eno song.
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In fact, Blur own this thread:
For Tomorrow (XTC)
Top Man (Fun Boy Three)
Entertain Me (Berlin-era Bowie)
Beetlebum (White Album-era Beatles)
Country House (Madness)

"dvno" by justice is the best soulwax song that soulwax didn't write.

On that train of thought, I also felt that "You Can Do Magic" is the best Steely Dan song they never wrote.

I've always thought "The Boys are Back in Town" was the great lost Steely Dan song. Or, wait, "Reelin' In the Years" is the great lost Thin Lizzy song. One of those.

The New Pornographers' "The Electric Version" is the greatest Let's Active song that Let's Active didn't write.

Pet peeve of the day: Taking out the first _____ in this construction, as has happened several times in this thread. I'm okay with the idea that Beck wrote all the greatest songs in human history, with Bran Van 3000 being the highest-ranking non-Beck performer, but it doesn't seem to be quite the idea of this thread....