Covers I like as well as the original

lapinsjolis · Post by **lapinsjolis** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:49 am

Poppet- Bizarre Love Triangle by Frente! is great but since I've never really liked New Order I can't say it's just as good but better. I'm glad to see a Frente! fan on the board. Sorry to any New Order fans on the board but please keep them away from Johnny Marr.

Goodytwoshoes-I love Spiderman from the Ramones. It is more mellow than the urgent theme song but never thought of it as a lullaby! "Remember smilers never lose and frowners never win."

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 5:36 am

Does Elvis' "You Belong to Me" count as a cover..? It sounds a lot like Last Time, by the Stones.

Anybody else notice that the guitar part on "20% Amnisia" is exactly the same as "I'm in Love With Her and I Feel Fine"???

*I can't be the only one*

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 7:50 am

Cope,

You're opening up a subject worthy of a thread of it's own - EC's musical quotes/ borrowings/ steals from other records.

Two obvious keyboard steals are Temptation (Time is Tight) and Poor Fractured Atlas (Moonlight Sonata (?) or Past, Present & Future).

I know there are numerous other examples.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:50 am

i don't know if Dragnet by the Art of Noise counts, but it kills me.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:09 pm

I *love* Jose F's LIGHT MY FIRE-- good one!!

This probably won't win me any fans, but I always liked epeche Mode's cover of ROUTE 66. And all those Art of Noise ones are good-- KISS with Tom Jones, DRAGNET, and (I put this on the Tower!) PETER GUNN (w/Duane Eddy). TMBG do very fun cover versions as well.

My fave Ramones cover is SURFIN' BIRD.

In the more serious category, MY FUNNY VALENTINE is more of a standard than a cover, but have you heard Ricki Lee Jones's version? Heartbreaking. Will take it over Elvis's (very very good) version any day of the week. Hmmm.. will have to think of others, cause I've got loads...

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 4:39 pm

lapinsjolis wrote:I love Spiderman from the Ramones. It is more mellow than the urgent theme song but never thought of it as a lullaby! :

We never did either, but it had a definite soporofic effect on a baby who screamed 18 hours a day. The Ramones and Spiderman were our hereos. Nearly 8 years later, it still works on her.

And yeah, Mug, I totally agree about Rickie Lee Jones 'My Funny Valentine'. Tears me up inside.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 4:54 pm

lapinsjolis wrote:Poppet- Bizarre Love Triangle by Frente! is great but since I've never really liked New Order I can't say it's just as good but better. I'm glad to see a Frente! fan on the board. Sorry to any New Order fans on the board but please keep them away from Johnny Marr.

Who are Frente!? They must be OK if they cover the mighty New Order, one of my favourite bands. And BLT (the song not the sandwich) is one of my favourites of theirs. Can't believe it's better than the original.

LJ: explain your Johnny Marr quote. There's the long-standing Electronic collaboration between Marr and Bernard Sumner of NO, but what are you referring to here?

lapinsjolis · Post by **lapinsjolis** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 8:59 pm

Frente! is a nice little band from Australia. I do like their version better but you I can guess would not. 'Electronic' is the only explanation I can give and it doesn't seem sufficient for you. It was after the Smiths broke up and such a disappointment. I do have a New Order trauma stemming from the summer of my 14th year too tiresome to go into, so I've never really cottoned to them. You'll have to love them enough for the both of us. In atonement for you I'll always 'get down on my knees and pray.'

I'm with you Mug on the standard angle (how cute is your son allowed to be?!?) as they come from song writers rather than artists. Still my favorite 'These Foolish Things'-Mel Torme'.

Pophead2k-I love that rendition of Mary Tyler Moore theme! Thank you for bringing it to mind.

costellopunk · Post by **costellopunk** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 3:39 am

joan jett does a good rendition of the mary tyler moore show song also.

apologies to blue chair.

on the subject of cover songs me first and the gimie gimmies put out a new album today. all r&b songs. if i had money i'd get it.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:29 pm

Electronic aren't New Order, hence my Confusion, Confusion.