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by **schwenko** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:24 pm

[quote]Originally posted by tborg1987
[br]Does anyone like covers of old new wave songs or any classic song for that matter?? I pers

by **DJ Lex** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 4:06 pm

Covers are great. You could make just as many arguments [b]for[/b] them as you could against them. Someone that covers a song isn't saying "I can do this better than the original". Usually it's a tribute to the original artist; the song meant enough to

by **oneno** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:02 am

The entire album of "Top Ten" by Flying Lizards is an album comprised entirely of covers in a minimalist way.Colin Newman's Cover of Blue Jay Way is pretty good.How bout the Plastics version of "Last train to Clarksville"Devo's version of "Are you experie

by **randy** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:32 pm

The best cover...? The Stranglers with Walk On By.

by **Frayo** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 2:31 pm

Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed is a great cover song

Whoever did the punk version of A-Ha - Take on Me needs to be gutted from below... and had salt poured on the entrails... That cover sucked.

I liked No Doubt - Its my Life. THe video wasnt

by **Frayo** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:50 am

The cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" (I forget which idiot did the new one)....really bites..

Oh yeah.. Just remembered Limahl (ex vocals of kajagoogoo) did a cover of Lake - Inside to Outside on his 1986 album "Colour All my Days"
A very obscure

by **Marque** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:19 pm

I Just heard a rally really Bad one,,,,,,311 doing 'Love Song' by the cure

by **Quite Life** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:31 pm

I think but I'm not 100% sure and their version is very hard to find but Portishead's cover of Althea and Donna's "Uptown Top Ranking"[?]

X--Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis) and it was a pretty cool movie

The Specials--Monkey Man (Toots and Maytals)

by **Grayson** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 2:12 am

<I><B>I Just heard a rally really Bad one,,,,,,311 doing 'Love Song' by the cure</B></I>

I would like to respectfully disagree. I love the Cure and their original version of love Song. I like 311's version very much too. The Cure's version came out at

by **Marque** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 2:16 am

...point taken. This is what is great about art, peoples perspectives determine for them what is worthy. cheers.

by **buffalochipz** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 2:47 am

[quote]Originally posted by Frayo

>>>Tears For Fears version of "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie didnt sound a bit like the original version.

I've always thought TFF's version sounded almost exactly like the original. Even the sound of the keyboard/

by **unguarded moment** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 5:59 am

Some of you are misunderstanding the topic-it's about (modern) covers of new wave songs, not new wave covers of older songs.

by **fritzb** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 6:20 am

It's called Thread highjacking [:p]

by **ExRat** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:48 am

A few of my favorites are:

Rezillo's - Glad All Over
7 Seconds - 99 Red Balloons
Kirsty MacColl - A New England
Marianne Faithfull - Working Class Hero
Ramones - Let's Dance
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River

My absolute least favorite is the

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