10/20/2006

I don't know which is the greater sin - that The Used and My Chemical Romance collaborated on a cover of "Under Pressure" ... or that I think it sounds pretty good.

Other covers of note (according to some list I found on iTunes):

The Cure - Hello I Love You (Words can't describe this. Oh wait, yes they can: senseless crap.)

Fenix Tx - Get Out of My Dreams (sadly used as a promo for NASCAR, although I don't care since I don't watch it)

Green Day - I Fought the Law (They steal the arrangement dead-on from the Clash. This type of covery should be outlawed.)

Death Cab for Cute - This Charming Man (I believe I addressed the suckery of this version previously. It sucks.)

Denison Marrs - Send Me an Angel (Good to see this on the list, even though I still haven't crossed paths with the original.)

Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus (...woot)

The Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson (Now this was actually a radio hit in the early 90's. I remember it fondly as my introduction to the Lemonheads, long before I ever heard the original.)

The Raveonettes - My Boyfriend's Back (Finally, someone has found a use for square waves. In trashy proto-50's rock, no less!)

Cat Power - House of the Rising Sun (This is one of those songs that need to be banished from our collective conscious for a while. Then it can come back, in 20 years or so.)

Calexico - The Guns of Brixton (Sounds like it's done in typical downer acoustic style ... a.k.a. "boring".)

Brandston - King of Pain (cool electro programming on this one)

Beck - Your Cheatin' Heart (...not bad)

The Donnas - Drive My Car (If you can't cop the entire Beatles experience - harmony, attitude, hair - then it just doesn't measure up. I'm not sure anyone can.)

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Still better than the original by far.)

2 Comments:

Blogger Justin said...

Calexico's take on Love's "Alone Again Or" (http://mp3.insound.com/download.cfm?mp3id=2101) is awesome. I don't think I realized it was a cover for many moons.

5:48 PM  
Blogger Brandon said...

Hey, that is good.

9:11 PM  

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