Cover Me!

[geoviki]

I posted this at lunatunes, but for my friends, I've reposted these songs here.

I've been collecting covers for a while now, and I'm happy to share them with you. I've culled from hundreds; it was fairly hard to choose. Uploads good for a week. Go!

UB40 - I Can't Help Falling in Love With You (Elvis Presley cover) - British reggae-ish.

Tim O'Brien - Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Bob Dylan cover) - newgrass. Tim did an entire album (Red on Blonde) of Dylan covers, each one better than the next. Here's another, in honor of the resignation of Rumsfeld this week; Masters of War (Bob Dylan cover) .

Randy Crawford - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover) - jazz vocalist.

Roger McGuinn - It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleedin') (Bob Dylan cover) Roger (from The Byrds) and from the soundtrack from 'Easy Rider'.

R.E.M. - Draggin' the Line (Tommy James and the Shondells cover) I'm a big fan of Tommy, first, and Michael and company, second.

Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Tommy James and the Shondells cover) Billy did a lot of covers, I've discovered.

The Jam - I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown cover) ...and the Jam did a couple of great r&b covers as well.

Tiga and Jake Shears (from the Scissor Sisters) - Hot in Herre (Nelly cover). I was blasting this into my brain a few months ago in the Las Vegas airport. It fits.

Robbie Williams - Freedom (George Michael cover)

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover)

The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkle cover) - aac version
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkle cover) - MP3 version


Cyndi Lauper - Midnight Radio (from 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch')" From 'Wig In A Box', a cover CD of the soundtrack.

Boy Kill Boy - It's Different for Girls (Joe Jackson cover)

Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover). I read that Bryan is most known for this cover song. Funny, I know him from earlier stuff.

The Delays - Beautiful Boy (John Lennon cover). I've fallen in love with this group. That's all.

Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker (Dave Mason/Traffic cover). Sometimes an artist makes a song so much their own we forget it was a cover in the first place.

Creed - Riders on the Storm (The Doors cover) I love the original, so ipso facto I love the cover, too. This is from Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on the BBC. Artists invited to the show come up with covers to perform, some truly teeth clenching (Elbow's 'Independent Woman' for example), and some terrific (Scissor Sisters cover of Franz Ferdinand's 'Take Me Out'). You've seen a lot of these covers on this forum but you may not have known it.

Take Me To the River - Annie Lennox (Al Green cover) , from 'Medusa', which was entirely covers.

Take Me To the River - Talking Heads (Al Green cover) . This was the first version I ever heard, although I was an Al Green fan by osmosis from my older sister.

And just for completeness, here's the original: Take Me to the River - Al Green

k.d. lang - After the Gold Rush (Neil Young). 'Hymns from the 49th Parallel' was entirely covers of Canadian artists.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Venus in Furs - Baby's On Fire (Brian Eno cover). The soundtrack from 1998's 'Velvet Goldmine' was almost entirely glam rock/punk covers. Didn't know Jonathan could sing, did you?

Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis - Cruisin' (Smokey Robinson cover) Also in the 'actors who can sing' list. Who'd a thunk it?

Oingo Boingo - You Really Got Me (Kinks cover). Danny Elfman went on to score movies.

Will Young - Love The One You're With (Steven Stills cover). Will was the first winner of 2003's Pop Idol, the British prototype for American Idol.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder cover). Hell, I could have filled a post with Motown covers alone!

George Michael & Mary J. Bligh - As (Stevie Wonder cover).

Michael McDonald - Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours (Stevie Wonder cover) Former singer for Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers, he's been doing a lot of Motown cover albums lately.

Jonny Lang - Livin' For the City - (Stevie Wonder cover). I just saw Jonny in concert - he gives one of the best concerts I've ever seen, and I've seen, among others, The Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, and The Beatles.

Dusty Springfield - Am I the Same Girl (Barbara Acklin cover). Here's an interesting cover - this song has a different title depending on whether or not it's got lyrics. The lyric-less version is called 'Soulful Strut.'

Laura Nyro - La La Means I Love You (Delfonics cover) Laura Nyro has been a favorite singer of mine for 30 years. If you've never heard of her, this is your big chance. She wrote a lot of late 60's hits you probably know.

Dishwalla - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (Soft Cell/Gloria Jones cover). A cover of a cover, since 'Where Did Our Love Go' (also on the longer Soft Cell version) is a Supremes cover.

Depeche Mode Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Gloria Jones cover).Compare and contrast these two covers of Tainted Love. verdenia pointed out this is a Soft Cell version.

Extra credit for more covers dragged into the discussion and posted!

Whew! Now I must stop.

ETA: Scissor Sisters - Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand cover) for tipgardner

Also check for many more covers in the comments!

Comments

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a collection. R.E.M.'s "Draggin' the Line", I'd forgotten about that one! And I love, love Laura Nyro. I have a couple of her albums on vinyl, but unfortunately no turntable. :/ I think my favourite of hers is probably "Stony End", even though I like Barbra Streisand's cover better 'cause it's what I grew up on, and I also love Barbra's voice a lot..

Here's Barbra's version: Barbra Streisand - Stony End

And here's Laura's: Laura Nyro - Stony End

Laura wrote a lot of songs that most people don't realise were covers. She died way too young, as well.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these! I used to be a huge Barbra fan in high school when this album came out. I owned both of them on vinyl.

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

OMGYAY! Music binge. Thanks for sharing. There looks to be some pretty neat stuff here. *binges*

[awaywithpixie.livejournal.com]

Hee! And so many people forget that the Soft Cell version of Tainted Love is actually a cover of the original by Gloria Jones...

Although according to this wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainted_Love), everyone who is anyone has covered it :D

I have another cover of it, by Aussie group The Living End - Tainted Love (live) (http://www.sendspace.com/file/iujsh7)

And just for good measure, the original, by Gloria Jones (http://www.sendspace.com/file/1hz96b), from 1964.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

You know, I knew that, too. But I forgot. Still, I had never heard the original and now I have it, so ignorance pays, I guess. Thanks!

[kittykatz.livejournal.com]

Grabbing jonny. Seeing as how I can't get hold of his new album anywhere, I'm just happy to see this.

[mordyn4]

Oh why not... I took 10, so I'll post 10:

Easy by Faith No More. Original by the Commodores.
Night Life by Aretha Franklin. Original by Willie Nelson.
Runaway by Bonnie Raitt. Original by Del Shannon.
Let's Stay Together by Tina Turner. Original by Al Green.
Sacrifice by Sinead O'Connor. Original by Elton John.
Little Wing by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Original by Jimi Hendrix.
Life On Mars? by Anggun. Original by David Bowie.
Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Harry Connick, Jr. Originally written by Russel/Ellingon, charted by Mel Torme.
Tangerine by Harry Connick, Jr. Originally written by Schertzinger/Mercer, charted by Jimmy Dorsey.
Stardust by Harry Connick, Jr. Originally written by Parish/Carmichael, charted by Irving Mills.

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

Wow, theze are great, too. I took a couple.

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is so excellent. I adore covers. I was thinking of doing a cover post this weekend -- if I can manage it. Thanks so much.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Enjoy Camera Obscura's cover of Sheena Easton's Modern Girl! And thanks for sharing!

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Another cover I didn't have. :-)

[cordelia_v]

Oh, you can't imagine how happy it made me to see the Bangles' cover of "Hazy Shade" there and the Talking Heads' "Take Me To The River." Both songs are really meaningful to me, since they remind me of particular periods of my life (plus are amazing performances).

But the Bangles song is an M4A file, which Windows Media nor Realplayer will run. Is that an iTunes format, and I need to download iTunes to run it?

[painless-j.livejournal.com]

It is iTunes, if I'm not mistaken. Well, at least iTunes reads it.

[furiosity.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for sharing! I took Hot in Herre and It's Different for Girls.

[painless-j.livejournal.com]

Oh my, so many interesting things! I'm taking a bunch. I don't have much time to download or upload right at the moment, but hope to do it a bit later. Thanks for sharing, love!

[painless-j.livejournal.com]

I've already uploaded it, but here it is, for the sake of your flist:
Tainted Love by Max Raabe and Palast Orchestra
http://www.yousendit.com/download/fw3sL6kDUTk%3D

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Oh, my... came here through a link from mordyn4 and snagged several. Thanks!

[tipgardner.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Luv! I've DLed the two Tainted Love covers. Here are a few for you, and I'm uploading several more as well. Meanwhilst, in light of all of your ULing, would I be an ungrateful arse to ask you to upload that cover you'd mentioned, above, the Scissor Sisters covering Take Me Out?

Ride – The Model

Marc Almond - Like a Prayer (Marc is the former lead singer of Soft Cell famous, of course, for its cover of Gloria Jones' Tainted Love.)

Curve - I Feel Love

Teenage Fan Club - Mr. Tambourine Man

Fatima Mansions, The - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Tori Amos - Ring My Bell

Suede - Brass in Pocket

Tears for Fears - Ashes to Ashes

The Cure - Hello I Love You

Cure, The - More Than This

DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer

DJ Sammy - California Dreaming

DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven (Radio Version)

<ahref="http://www.sendspace.com/file/3pwa8u">Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless

Inspiral Carpets - Tainted Love

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

It's no problem at all - in fact I almost posted it but I thought I'd been shoving it at my flist quite a bit, because I like it better than the FF version.

Take Me Out - The Scissor Sisters (http://download.yousendit.com/16A047E37E859093)

[tipgardner.livejournal.com]

Or Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless even.

[tipgardner.livejournal.com]

Name: the drugs not working-rock n roll_ryan adams.mp3
The download link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/rl7xxb

Name: Adams, Ryan - When the Stars Go Blue.mp3
The download link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/sfsdx3

Name: Adams, Ryan - Wonderwall.mp3
The download link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/fzlx09

Name: Cash, Johnny - Personal Jesus.mp3
The download link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/1cx2ew

Name: 02 Hurt.m4a
The download link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/8xi10n

[jonem.livejournal.com]

What an eclectic collection! I immediately grabbed the Robbie Williams cover of 'Freedom', I'm embarrassed to admit - Robbie recorded it after coming out of Take That, in his hedonistic, druggie phase. He's completely drunk in the music video for it, and for that reason doesn;t included it on any of his compilations.

I also snagged the Talking Heads cover of 'Take Me To The River', as I adore the Annie Lennox version. I had 'Medusa' on in the office only yesterday.

As for The Delays, I sense the influence of a mutual acquaintance...

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Do you know Al Green's original of Take Me To The River?

If you don't take the George Michael, they'll revoke your gay card, you realize. Unless you already have it uploaded.

Try Laura Nyro. You may like that.

Look at all the short sentences. Can you tell I'm uploading your songs as I post?

[silver-spotted.livejournal.com]

thank you for sharing :)
in return, here are the three covers I had before coming across this post

Joey Ramone: What a Wonderful World (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7E880B312EB3C74E)

Creedence Clearwater Revival: I Put a Spell on You (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=07058C6758208C0E)

and Danny Michel: Young Americans (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=EFC8240B24F6D15C)

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Isn't this fun?

[jonem.livejournal.com]

Also, have a couple of covers off me! I don't have many, but let's see...

First off, Dar William's cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb.

The Dream Academy's cover of The Smith's Please, Please Please.

Eva Cassidy's beautiful cover of Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time.

The Flying Pickets' a capella cover of Yazoo's Only You.

Joan Baez covering The Beatles! Let It Be.

Michael Pitt's cover of Hendrix - Hey Joe.

Robbie Williams (covering someone I really should know), Everytime We Say Goodbye.

Tori Amos covering The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays. I love this creepy version.

I hope you found something interesting!

[mordyn4]

Ooo, I took Time After Time. Love that song. Thank you!

[gblvr.livejournal.com]

I snagged several, and will come back to leave you a couple as soon as they're uploaded. Thank you!

[gblvr.livejournal.com]

I'm back:

I Melt With You (http://www.sendspace.com/file/mejpxt), Jason Mraz covering Modern English, on the 50 First Dates soundtrack (all covers of 80s songs, with a reggae flavor)

Summer Breeze (http://www.sendspace.com/file/49aa06), Jason Mraz covering Seals and Crofts, off one of the OC soundtracks

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (http://www.sendspace.com/file/sxyv3k), Jason Mraz covering Queen

Everlasting Love (http://www.sendspace.com/file/pty8jz) Jamie Cullum, covering a multitude of people, including U2 :-)

I COuld Have Danced All Night (http://www.sendspace.com/file/sa74jf), Jamie Cullum covering Julie Andrews (techinically Rodgers and Hammerstein, but who's counting?)

That's The Way Love Goes (live) (http://www.sendspace.com/file/74y9oc), *NSYNC covering Janet Jackson

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Whoohoo! Thanks so much. Hope you're enjoying this as much as I am.

[podpaws.livejournal.com]

I think I'm adding as many as I took.

In memory of the excellent Tom Jones concert we went to the other week

Tom Jones - Mama Told me not come (http://www.sendspace.com/file/tjl88f) & Sex Bomb (http://www.sendspace.com/file/5mtdru)
Japan - I second That emotion (http://www.sendspace.com/file/svbdri)
The Corrs - Dreams (http://www.sendspace.com/file/xkwuho)
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold (http://www.sendspace.com/file/owxyfm)
George Michael - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (http://www.sendspace.com/file/t759r9) .

Great list, thanks for posting.
Current mood: chipper
Current music: Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Yay! More covers! Thank you.

[waterlilith.livejournal.com]

Some more tainted love?

Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's the 10th version I have! I love collecting lots of covers of the same song, and I really like this song. Thanks.

Depeche Mode?

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

You know, I've listened to a lot of Depeche Mode--and I am not at all convinced that the techno-remix cover is theirs.
The voices really don't sound like Dave and Martin--the vocals sound most like the Soft Cell version, IMHO.

I am enjoying several covers. ;P

I'll see what I have to contribute. ;D

Re: Depeche Mode?

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

I think you're right - I received it mislabeled. It was called a remix, and if it were a cover it would be called a cover, right?

I've edited the entry - and thanks!

[mayflo.livejournal.com]

*nudge* Don't feel obliged by any means, but I'd definitely love to, if you'd allow me ;)

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

I have done it - I felt a bit guilty until you nudged me, because you've done so much for me already. Thanks.