Self-loathing and sandwiches.
There's a band I worship called Snd (if you don't know them, it's kinda like Autechre, only even more hardcore geeky and abstract), and they made a cover of Billie Jean.
It's unfortunate that it's not available on youtube, it was on a compilation called "Recovery" where obscure and less-obscure artists were tasked to cover their favorite song.
Needless to say, given the very click n'cuts/glitch quality of Snd's music, the cover is a little strange (considering the original, because in regard to their discography it's standard, and actually pretty tame compared to some of their other more overtly hermetic projects) but I absolutely love it.
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
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Great song, great bands, great cover. Really, the combination of Kraftwerk at their pop peak and Albini at his nastiest is something no sane man can resist.
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Great album cover too
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I have Tenderlove, but I didn't like it.
Though suddenly Matmos' cover of The Stars And Stripes Forever comes to mind.
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Thank you, Inane. I needed that. Now I feel like being patriotic, in a postmodernist fashion.
I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
Self-loathing and sandwiches.
Tenderlove is actually their most accessible and easy to get into. If you didn't like this one there's a good chance you won't like the rest of them...
On a related note (because it actually USES the bassline from Billie Jean to make something awesome), The Residents' cover of Hank Williams' Kaw-Liga strays so far from the original it's actually pretty much the one people think about now when you say "Kaw-Liga" (unless you're an Hank Williams fan, and in that case you might not like it).
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Sig'd.
Re: "Ring Of Fire" covers - Wall Of Voodoo had sort of a spooky one:
I think kind of an interesting mixtape or playlist could be made out of New Wave bands covering 60's songs - along with the above there's Devo covering "Satisfaction"*, Oingo Boingo doing "You Really Got Me", Missing Persons doing "Hello, I Love You", etc
edited 28th Feb '12 1:20:20 PM by MikeK
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Whoever said 99 Problems hit the nail on the head, although I like it better without Linkin Park.
https://soundcloud.com/rich-justice-hinmen Too white for the black kids, too white for the white kids.
Pretty much anything Pentatonix has covered, but especially this:
Hi
My wife and I were riveted to the TV for these last two seasons of The Sing Off, and I'm so glad to see someone else recognize Pentatonix...that's a phenomenally talented group.
Just awesome like that
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Am I a weirdo?
I am rather partial to this cover of The Times They are a Changin'
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That album's got a lot of great covers on it.
Das kann doch nicht sein!
"Stripped" by Rammstein. I'm not even sure whether I like it or the Depeche Mode original more. Both have their own merits.
People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.
Only metal Depeche Mode cover I've heard that's even remotely worth listening to IMO:
In Flames' "Everything Counts" is bearable, and aside from that...
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I can't believe it took me this long to remember Joy Electric's version of "Viva La Vida".
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Joy Electric, they're that new band that everyone's talking about, right?
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No, Joy Electric is Ronnie Martin's stage name, and he's been making music since the 90s.
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...then who is it that I'm thinking of? I know their name starts with a J...
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