By Lindzrox & Jrox
This month we uncover some of the best renditions of your favourite tracks. While some artists tend to do a karoke-copy of the original, these artists keep the integrity and essence of the original song and sprinkle their own flavour for a tasty musical experience. In the golden era of music, artists made successful careers out of presenting revivals or reworkings of once popular tunes or contemporary “cover versions” of current hits. Musicians now play covers as a tribute to the original performer or group. These songs will feel as familiar as your favourite sweater, but will sound like you are hearing them for the first time.
1. Close to me – The Get Up Kids (original artist The Cure)
2. Straight to Hell – Lily Allen (original artist The Clash)
3. Johnny & Mary – Placebo (original artist Robert Palmer)
4. Blue Monday – Orgy (original artist New Order)
5. Do ya think I’m sexy? – Revolting Cocks (original artist Rod Stewart)
6. Against All Odds – The Postal Service (original artist Phil Collins)
7. Always on my mind – Pet Shop Boys (original artist Brenda Lee)
8. Hanging on the Telephone – Blondie (original artist The Nerves)
9. The man who sold the world – Nirvana (original artist David Bowie)
10. Be thankful – Yo La Tengo (original artist William DeVaughn)
11. Hurt – Johnny Cash (original artist Nine Inch Nails)
12. Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley (original artist Leonard Cohen)
I’ve got two personal favourites:
Folsom Prison Blues by Everlast (originally by Johnny Cash) – Hearing House of Pain’s Jump Around and Cypress Hill’s Insane in the Membrane sampled to cover Johnny Cash is like a snail slithering across a razor blade; both my dream and my nightmare.
Soul Man by the Blues Brothers – Those guys could really rock, and their cover of Soul Man from an early episode of Saturday Night Live is fantastic.
Thank you for this. Was a good listen