Thursday five

[hellziggy]

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

Comments

Re: Whereupon Dibs gets over-excited

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"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?