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minervacat's Thurday Five today was top 5 favorite cover songs. Hmmm. You think I can come up with five? LOL!

My answers are here:

1. I'm gonna cheat and go with a whole genre of covers: Rap songs covered in another style. I LOVE this! Just a few of my favorites...

Straight Outta Compton, Nina Gordon (orig. NWA)
Baby Got Back, Jonathan Coulton (orig. Sir Mix-A-Lot)
Boyz-N-The Hood, Dynamite Hack (orig. NWA)
Gin & Juice, The Gourds (orig. Snoop Dogg)

2. Rock 'n' Roll, Rasputina (orig. Led Zeppelin)
The lovely Miss

bloodlossgirl turned us on to this fabulous group!

3. Tell Me Does She Love the Bass, Lesbians On Ecstasy (orig. Like the Way I Do by Melissa Etheridge)
The took a typical Melissa Etheridge song and turned it into a dance mix. It gives the song a whole different feel.

4. My Heart Will Go On, A New Found Glory (orig. Celine Dion)
Of course, anytime it's not Celine singing, it's an improvement!

5. Time After Time, Uncle Kracker (orig. Cyndi Lauper)
This one is from the Clockstoppers soundtrack. I've always liked this song, and I just LOVE that man's voice.

I can't list just 5... I can't do it! Here is a list of runners-up!
Hurt, Johnny Cash (orig. NIN)
I Will Survive, Cake (orig. Gloria Gaynor)
Mrs. Robinson, The Lemonheads (orig. Simon & Garfunkle)
Wonderwall, Ryan Adams (orig. Oasis)
Burning Down The House, Tom Jones w/The Cardigans (orig. The Talking Heads)
The Gambler, Uncle Seth (orig. Kenny Rogers)
Tainted Love, Marilyn Manson (orig. Gloria Jones...Soft Cell's version was also a cover!)
Living For The City, Aslan (orig. Stevie Wonder)
The Boys of Summer, The Ataris (orig. Don Henley)
Eleanor Rigby, Godhead (orig. the Beatles)

So, oh readers of mine. What are your favorite cover songs? Bonus points for you if you mail an mp3 of it to [myusername] @ gmail.com

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A stellar rap cover is Battery's rendition of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise". There's no way a chick that white should be able to sing that song so well.

I also rather dig Inkubus Sukkubus's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black".

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Next: Mad props for identifying the Original original of "Tainted Love".

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Finally, "runners-up" not "runner-ups".

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Mad props for identifying the Original original of "Tainted Love".

I had help. I learned that fact listening to the Coverville podcast. If you like cover songs, that show is required listening!

And I've fixed my misbehavin' grammar. :)

Ooh, and the email showed up just as I was about to run off to eMusic and iTunes Music Store to see if they had the songs. Thanks!

Rammstein's Stripped (originally Depeche Mode) but you already have a copy. :-)

"I Should Be So Lucky" (orig. Kylie Minogue) by the Celebrity Squares.

It's on the uberMix cd (or should be).

Ooooh... I also need to add two covers of Joy Division songs.

Ikon's cover of "Shadowplay". Spooky cool, because the singer's voice is a dead-on match for Ian Curtis's at times.

Moby's cover of "New Dawn Fades". The original restrains the violent emotional undercurrent of the song. Moby's cover lets it flow.

Cover versions have got to be just about my favourite genre of music. Is it a genre? I think so, and that is good enough for me.

OK, my top five, avoiding the ones I love that you've already mentioned.

1) Black Hole Sun, by Steve and Eydie. Glorious! Easy listening Soundgarden is fantastic.

2) Top of the world, by Shonen Knife. Japanese plastic pop group covering the Carpenters. It's probably the best track off of this. They're pretty much all wonderful, but this really tops the lot.

3)The Light 3000, by Schneider TM. It's an electronica version of the Smiths' "There is a light that will never go out."

4) Send in the clowns, by The Tiger Lillies. The Tiger Lillies are a peculiar band. I can't really describe them, but this is a fairly straight forward version. Although still with a slightly disturbing undertone.

5) Stairway to Heaven, by Dolly Parton. Better than the original. I am not being ironic, this is better than the original, in the same way that the Scissor Sisters' version of Comfortably numb is better than Pink Floyd's.

OK, my honourable mentions.
Kid Koala, basin street blues. OK, it's not strictly a cover because ist's an old jazz standard, but it's not the first version, so nyer.
As tears go by, Nancy Sinatra.(orig. Rolling Stones) Mick Jagger eat your heart out.
Ashes to ashes, by Tears for Fears. (orig. David Bowie)
Blue Monday, by Flunk. (orig. New Order)
Five years, by the Polyphonic Spree. (orig. David Bowie)
Going Underground, Buffalo Tom. (orig. The Jam)
Have you ever seen the rain, The Ramones. (orig. Credence Clearwater Revival)
In the Ghetto, by Sammy Davis Jr. (orig. Elvis Presley. Sadly I have lost my copy of this. If anyone could ever find it I'd be very grateful.)
I think we're alone now, by Lene Lovich. (orig. Tommy James and the Shondells. Tiffany was a cover version)
People are strange, by Stina Nordenstaam. (orig. The Doors)
Suicide is Painless, by either Marilyn manson or the Manic Street Preachers. (orig. MASH theme tune)
OK, that's enough, right?

If you send myself or Kniblet your address I'm sure a CD could find itself on your doormat.

And whilke we're on the subject you may love this site.

Oh, and Lord Tanimon's "I'm in the mood for ska" which is a, you guessed it, ska version of "I'm in the mood for love."

i don't think I've ever really heard any Joy Division...

"Cover" is a genre in my iTunes... But then, so is "Mix disc"
I'm not so good at figuring out what types of music are!
I do like that site. I've got it tagged in del.icio.us. There's another cover song reference here: http://www.secondhandsongs.com/home/

Hmmm. I have The Light 3000 color coded as "I don't like it" in my coverville database, but I've got the Neil Finn & Friends cover of There is a Light That Never Goes Out coded as "liked it" I'll give it another listen though. Do you listen to Coverville? The Sharon that he thanks at the end of episode #201 is me! :)

Oooh, Suicide is Painless! I forgot about that one because I don't actually have a copy of it. Not sure if I've heard MM's version, but I've heard teh Manic Street Preachers and I really like that one. I've always liked that song and always been annoyed that the TV show didn't use the words.

Address? It's in this post: http://hellziggy.livejournal.com/294130.html
Actually, now that I think of it, it's also in our party invite posts & emails.

Which songs in my top 5 don't you have?

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