tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post6689565431608858839..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: What's your favorite unlikely cover?Blimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-80646571228115986742008-10-05T13:03:00.000+01:002008-10-05T13:03:00.000+01:00Dozing in bed with lousy cold this morning, what s...Dozing in bed with lousy cold this morning, what should suddenly play on the radio but <BR/><BR/><BR/>Tom Waits - Somewhere (from West Side Story<BR/><BR/>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=p6BJLjTDtXoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-12280759658255190932008-10-03T10:37:00.000+01:002008-10-03T10:37:00.000+01:00Oh cripes, I'll be on this one big time when I...Oh cripes, I'll be on this one big time when I get home tonight, I've got DOZENS of favourites, whole compilation tapes & CDs of the things.<BR/> <BR/>That's my concentration up the M1 this afty shot to hell!<BR/> <BR/>:o(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-69044572709737939022008-10-03T09:49:00.000+01:002008-10-03T09:49:00.000+01:00Just remembered:Alpha Blondy: Wish You Were hereJust remembered:<BR/><BR/>Alpha Blondy: Wish You Were hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-34878926164579056362008-10-03T08:39:00.000+01:002008-10-03T08:39:00.000+01:00@alimundayRaise you Dread Zeppelin, I don't know w...@alimunday<BR/><BR/>Raise you Dread Zeppelin, I don't know which one to pick, but I suppose you could start with Stairway to Heaven: <BR/> <BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAgREeIOdLA <BR/><BR/>There's plenty of others to view on youtube (they do Led Zeppelin songs with reggae rhythms fronted by an Elvis impersonator).<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Elvis, John Cale's version of Heartbreak Hotel is quite unexpected. Gets rid of the inappropriate jolliness of the original, slows it right down and gets about as bleak as you can:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpJdkJoHwIc<BR/><BR/>Just thougth of something else but immediately forgot it again, Maybe it will come back to me.PaintRunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13706366572822213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-11630787141492150162008-10-02T19:43:00.000+01:002008-10-02T19:43:00.000+01:00Cheers Blimpy. And that's nothing whatsoever to do...Cheers Blimpy. And that's nothing whatsoever to do with the Kate Moss pole dancing video.... Tee Hee. Toffee: Oh yes. Mike Flowers. I clearly do remember. I was in the bath at the time and it came on the radio. I nearly drowned out of surprise. But came out liking it. Define Chutzpah... and they did get the Gallaghers' permission, one assumes.......https://www.blogger.com/profile/12459690684592261821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-79821161655679241842008-10-02T17:42:00.000+01:002008-10-02T17:42:00.000+01:00Anyone else remember The Mike Flowers Pops' cheese...Anyone else remember The Mike Flowers Pops' cheese-laden version of <I>Wonderwall</I>?ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-22147301902379643992008-10-02T13:09:00.000+01:002008-10-02T13:09:00.000+01:00Paintrunner, I second the Ukelele Orchestra of Gre...Paintrunner, I second the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain and raise you Kathryn Williams singing 'Hallelujah'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-49110797325492900622008-10-02T12:45:00.000+01:002008-10-02T12:45:00.000+01:00I recall raving about this lot in the 'Songs About...I recall raving about this lot in the 'Songs About Spring' thread a while back, and indeed getting my suggestion into the B List: <I>Zentralquartett</I>, anarchic free jazz group from the former DDR (their name being a spoof of Zentralkomitee and other unbeloved state organisations), recorded their versions of traditional German folk songs, with the twin aims of subverting the whole tradition of Heimatmusik with its various problematic associations with Land, Volk etc., and celebrating a great musical folk tradition.Abahachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007129278000634520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-76992287666138549462008-10-02T12:29:00.000+01:002008-10-02T12:29:00.000+01:00Ten points would be nice. Actually, I never went i...Ten points would be nice. Actually, I never went in for the hysteria about making the Champions League in the first place so I'm not buying into the doom and gloom either.May1366https://www.blogger.com/profile/16866631487529467391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-10355348597196528562008-10-02T12:12:00.000+01:002008-10-02T12:12:00.000+01:00Fair enough. You'll be fine by the end of the seas...Fair enough. You'll be fine by the end of the season. Not CL fine, but top 10 I reckon.ejaydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375968795284771538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-58882058471985171792008-10-02T12:07:00.000+01:002008-10-02T12:07:00.000+01:00Sorry ejaydee: crumbs of futile comfort in the tem...Sorry ejaydee: crumbs of futile comfort in the temporary misfortunes of others - we take what we can.May1366https://www.blogger.com/profile/16866631487529467391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-32273300412904889552008-10-02T12:01:00.000+01:002008-10-02T12:01:00.000+01:00Hey! Too soon.Hey! Too soon.ejaydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375968795284771538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-29304662469890231272008-10-02T11:50:00.000+01:002008-10-02T11:50:00.000+01:00Good to see Trane anticipating the song for Nayim ...Good to see Trane anticipating the song for Nayim and Belletti after the Barca-Arsenal Champions League final.<BR/><BR/>The McLaughlin/Santana version is great. Will Downing's soul take on it wasn't too bad, though I seem to recall he exceeded the 19 repetitions of "A Love Supreme" in the final chant, which probably upset a delicate spiritual equilibrium and may be why we're as screwed as we currently all are, what with the rainbows and moonbows shooting out of the ground.May1366https://www.blogger.com/profile/16866631487529467391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-10370091362892899042008-10-02T11:29:00.000+01:002008-10-02T11:29:00.000+01:00Coltrane also did Chim Chim Cheree..Speaking of JC...Coltrane also did Chim Chim Cheree..<BR/>Speaking of JC I recently got the John Mclaughlin/Carlos Santana psychedelic version of "A love supreme" on "Love, Devotion, Surrender" which isn't bad.<BR/>It might be interesting to hear an indie rock cover of A love supreme..nilpferdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818100352162861468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-28784345579163300812008-10-02T09:54:00.000+01:002008-10-02T09:54:00.000+01:00He 'owns' this to such an extent that it seems les...He 'owns' this to such an extent that it seems less of an unlikely cover now than it may once have done, but John Coltrane's My Favourite Things wasn't your standard take on a standard. <BR/>Courtney Pine had a bash at something similar a while back with Chim-Chiminee.<BR/><BR/>In the category of "don't like the original; quite like the cover", there's The Chimes' Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (I shan't rehash the story, which has much in common with Abahachi's regarding U2, of prelapsarian fandom followed by an impossibility to engage with anything they ever did). <BR/><BR/>Roddy Frame's version of Van Halem's Jump was always a favourite.<BR/><BR/>From covers that unexpectedly work, how about covers that should work but don't? I don't mean any random act of making a hash of someone else's song (see all covers by Madonna) but occasions where an interesting artist makes what should have been an inspiring choice but in the end just reminds you what they and the song could do much better. My nomination would be Paul Weller's Thinking Of You. I know his covers album is patchy anyway but one or two work OK. This isn't grotesque - just meek and it deflates in every element in which Sister Sledge elevate.May1366https://www.blogger.com/profile/16866631487529467391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-55478658598198891992008-10-02T09:28:00.000+01:002008-10-02T09:28:00.000+01:00One of my favourites is the Ukelele Orchestra of G...One of my favourites is the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain version of Wuthering Heights is a favourite:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmBaE7ozWow <BR/><BR/> but also check out the rest of the vids on youtube (life on mars, shaft, teenage kicks, smells like teen spirit...) And for sheer showmanship (if a little off topic) fly me of the handel, and orange blossomPaintRunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13706366572822213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-25918680565394277992008-10-02T08:10:00.000+01:002008-10-02T08:10:00.000+01:00Here it am:http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicbl...Here it am:<BR/><BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2008/sep/16/definitive.cover.versions?showallcomments=trueShoegazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09828201930225840725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-78163274086386965412008-10-02T04:55:00.000+01:002008-10-02T04:55:00.000+01:00As an amalgamation of unlikely covers and homonyms...As an amalgamation of unlikely covers and homonyms, one thing that's popular in Japan is to take a well known (usually American/European) song and completely re-write (read: slaughter it!) it in Japanese. So, it's not a cover, because it's not a translation, usually the Japanese version is nothing at all to do with the original lyrically, but it's not quite a homonym either, more of an homage???<BR/><BR/>Here's what i'm talking about:<BR/><BR/>http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=uj4J6wt0860&feature=related<BR/><BR/>or:<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=1I_Oi36QhbULuke-senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238609215530700500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-73198239925165642612008-10-02T01:54:00.000+01:002008-10-02T01:54:00.000+01:00Richard Thompson's stripped-down version of Britne...Richard Thompson's stripped-down version of Britney Spears' "Oops, I did it again", RT's comment: "taken out of context, this is a pretty nice song".....TonNLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737734222364570646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-86772902148535988752008-10-02T00:15:00.000+01:002008-10-02T00:15:00.000+01:00Tatanka: Thanks for that Assagai link, great versi...Tatanka: Thanks for that Assagai link, great version.goneforeignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903220453599675348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-40017878225215336112008-10-02T00:01:00.000+01:002008-10-02T00:01:00.000+01:00If you like unlikely, The Hot Eight Brass Band's v...If you like unlikely, The Hot Eight Brass Band's version of Sexual Healing (complete with multiple vocals and extra syncopation) is worth digging out.<BR/>As, indeed, is the Stranglers snarling their way through Walk On By.GarethIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049307897945686705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-81073168218819640492008-10-01T23:53:00.000+01:002008-10-01T23:53:00.000+01:00donds for FP's nom. White is on fine form voice wi...donds for FP's nom. White is on fine form voice wise on the version on elephant. fab stuff.Blimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-25946920249567380512008-10-01T23:22:00.000+01:002008-10-01T23:22:00.000+01:00There was a good cover version thread on the Guard...There was a good cover version thread on the Guardian blog a week or so ago. Will post a linky later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-46311539505882696192008-10-01T22:27:00.000+01:002008-10-01T22:27:00.000+01:00I've always had a soft spot for Jack n' Meg's vers...I've always had a soft spot for Jack n' Meg's version of the Bacharach classic 'I just don't know what to do with myself'. Raw and rocky as opposed to Dusty's velvet touch.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/12459690684592261821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-76559466556508254032008-10-01T22:09:00.000+01:002008-10-01T22:09:00.000+01:00p.s. I also remember the flip side of Misty ('Suns...p.s. I also remember the flip side of Misty ('Sunshine') - video included above - which I would happily include in my personal list of favorite ever 'b' sides. Sounds like the same session as Misty, with all the same musicians present and correct, and firing on all six with a warmth and positivity that only that wonderfully inclusive era of the 1970's could have thrown up. I urge you to check it out when you've done listening to Misty and prepare to be rewarded for three or so extra minutes you invest. Cheers!sourpushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18064481502321883887noreply@blogger.com