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Jasonaparkes
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Re: Unrecognizable Cover Versions
Dec 24, 2003, 18:59
Ghost Town- Tricky/Terry Hall

Red Right Hand- Giant Sand

Falling (Twin Peaks/Julee Cruise)- Wedding Present

Just Got Paid- Rapeman (early ZZ Top)

Dirt- Depeche Mode (crap Stooges cover alert!)

Goldfinger- Magazine

The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot- Associates

Highway 61 Revisited- PJ Harvey

Only After Dark- Human League

Every Grain of Sand- Emmylou Harris

Wild is the Wind- David Bowie

Late Night (Syd Barrett)- This Mortal Coil

Walking After Midnight- Ultra Vivid Scene

The Light 3000/There is a Light That Never Goes Out- Schneider TM (it's on the Rough Trade electronica)

Sunshine Superman- Husker Du

Alphabet Street- Jesus & Mary Chain

Satisfaction- Cat Power

After Hours- REM (the Velvets song)

All Tomorrow's Parties- Buffalo Tom

Indian Summer- Spectrum (Beat Happening cover)

24 Hours- Low (Joy Division cover- see 'Transmission' ep)

Sweet Leef- Mogwai

The One I Love- Butthole Surfers

Heartbreak Hotel- John Cale

Slip Inside This House- Primal Scream

Thunder Road- Kevin Rowland (on promos of My Beauty only- as The Boss said no!)

Thirteen (Big Star)- Garbage

Wonderwall- Ryan Adams

Route 66- Billy Bragg

The whole of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk- Camper Van Beethoven

I Want to be Your Dog- Skin

Love Will Tear Us Apart- Swans

Thank You (Sly Stone)- Magazine

Faith Healer (Alex Harvey)- Recoil

White Wedding (yes the Billy Idol song!)- Roland S Howard on Teenage Snuff Film album

Louie Louie- Black Flag

Like a Virgin- Teenage Fanclub

Can't Get You Out of My Head- Flaming Lips

California Uber Alles- Disposable Heroes

Jellypop Perky Jean- That 20 Golden Showers album by Sean Hughes & Cathal Coughlan, talking of which..

Everything I Do- Fatima Mansions

Shiny Happy People- Fatima Mansions

Lady Godiva's Operation- Fatima Mansions

September Song- The Young Gods

D'Ya Think I'm Sexy?- Revolting Cocks

It'll Never Happen Again- David Sylvian

911 is a Joke- Duran Duran (I only heard this by accident, but have been damaged forever)

Got the Time- Anthrax

Hungry Like the Wolf- Hole

Tomorrow Never Knows- The Mission (goth shite alert!)

The Way Young Lovers Do- Jeff Buckley (goddamn this take of the Astral Weeks classic is irritating!)

Ghost Rider- REM (boring rock take on Suicide classic)

Addicted to Love- Ciccone Youth

Cocksucker Blues- Silver Jews

some boy solo singer in the mid 90s attempting Straight to You by Nick Cave!

Clear Spot- Mark Lanegan Band

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?- Mark Eitzel

The Temple (from Jesus Christ Superstar)- Afghan Whigs

Creep (TLC, rather than Radiohead)- Afghan Whigs

My World is Empty Without You- Afghan Whigs

and so on....
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