COVERS/ORIGINALS

This is going to be the first in a (hopefully) on-going series of cover versions. For this, I'll be including some of my favorite cover versions along with their corresponding original versions.

*Song*
*Original Band*
*Cover Band*

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Oliver's Army
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Blur

Don't Stop Me Now
Queen
McFly

Fame and Fortune
Mission of Burma
Graham Coxon

French Disko
Stereolab
Editors

Hounds of Love
Kate Bush
The Futureheads

I Found That Essence Rare
Gang of Four
Idlewild

I Must Be in Love
The Rutles
Senseless Things

Map Ref 41N 93W
Wire
My Bloody Valentine

Oh Father
Madonna
My Vitriol

Only in Dreams
Weezer
Ash

Outdoor Miner
Wire
Lush

She Drove Me to Daytime Television
Funeral for a Friend
Fightstar

So Sad About Us
The Who
The Jam

Teenage Kicks
The Undertones
Busted

The Boy With a Thorn in His Side
The Smiths
Bis

The Loved One
The Loved Ones
INXS

Velouria
Pixies
Weezer

Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Catherine Wheel

Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie
Bauhaus


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INTERMISSION II

To anybody who might be reading this blog regularly: Sorry for the lack of updates. Been a little busy. I'm gonna try to post some new music at least 3 to 4 times a week. Thanks for your patience.

Mansun "Six"

This is one of my all-time favorite records: Mansun's Six. It wasn't a huge hit at the time of it's release. It was considered to be too prog-rock. However, this album filled with some amazing musical styles and ideas. It pretty damn complex. "Part I" is a little more fragmented. It's really just a combination of different musical pieces segueing into each other. "Part II" is a little more song structured. The lyrical subject matter is really eclectic as well. Songs about The Prisoner (UK 60s TV show) and Winnie the Pooh. References to the Marquis de Sade and addiction to media. This album requires more than one listening in order for one to "get it." It's also an almost that should be listened to as a WHOLE rather than just individual tracks.

Tracklisting

PART ONE
six
negative
shotgun
inverse midas
anti-everything
fall out
seretonin
cancer

INTERLUDE
Witness To A Murder

PART TWO
television
special / blown it (delete as appropriate)
legacy
being a girl

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The Hybirds "Take You Down" e.p.

The Hybirds were a short-lived band from the late 90's. Short-lived and obscure because nobody knew who they were. They released 4 e.p.'s and a full-length before calling it a day. Their songs varied from Oasis Dadrock to Stooges pre-punk to Who arena rock. After they called it quits, Richard Warren went on to form Echoboy.

This was their debut e.p. on Heavenly Records. It's another one of my all-time favorite e.p.'s. Take You Down is pretty much a primer on Britpop. Seventeen is the best song Paul Weller and The Jam never wrote. Reeling is reminiscent of Village Green Kinks. Peter Take Me Down is practically an outtake from Definitely Maybe. And The Only Ones is The Stooges fronted by Liam Gallagher.

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The Jennifers "Just Got Back Today" e.p.

The Jennifers were the band that Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey were in before they formed Supergrass. The band also included Danny's brother, Nick. They were essentially a shoegazer band, which isn't really surprising considering they were from Oxford, which is where Ride hailed from. This was their sole e.p. release on, coincidentally, Nude Records, the label that brought us Suede.

It's a nice glimpse at where Danny and Gaz started off.

just got back today
rocks and boulders
danny's song
tomorrow's rain

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