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I've been peripherally noticing that there seemed to be a lot of covers out by current bands. I kept intending to throw them all into a playlist but got lazy until now. I very easily found 50 of them right away that are all pretty fun. You guys got others? I'd love to build a massive playlist.

Here's mine so far. Drop me an email if you're interested in a zshare of 'em all:

Under Pressure (Queen & Bowie) - Xiu Xiu
New York (Sinatra) - Cat Power
Kids In America (Kim Wilde) - The Young Knives
Beautiful World (Devo) - Yo La Tengo
Betcha By Golly Wow (The Stylistics) - Sugababes
You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate) - Stereophonics
I'm Not There (Bob Dylan) - Sonic Youth
I Go To Sleep (The Pretenders) - Sia
The One I Love (REM) - Rosie Thomas
Englishman In New York (Sting) - Razorlight
Ceremony (Joy Division)(live) - Radiohead
Teenage Kicks (The Undertones) - The Raconteurs
Spooky (Classics IV) - The Puppini Sisters
It Must Be Love (Madness) - Paolo Nutini
The Lovecats (The Cure) - OK Go
A Town Called Malice (The Jam) - McFly
Regret (New Order) - Marsheaux
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One (The Smiths) - Mark Ronson
Modern Love (David Bowie) - The Last Town Chorus
Shadowplay (Joy Division) - The Killers
Too Much Too Young (The Specials) - Kasabian
Seven Nation Army (White Stripes) - Hard-FI
Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand) - Guillemots
All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) - The Fratellis
Video Killed The Radio Star (The Buggles) - The Feeling
Lullaby (The Cure) - Editors
Creep (Radiohead) - Damien Rice
Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult) - Heaven 17
Ordinary World (feat. Naimee Coleman)(Duran Duran) - Aurora
Sometimes Always (The Jesus & Mary Chain) - Brakes
Such Great Heights (Postal Service) - Iron & Wine
This Charming Man (The Smiths) - Stars
Burnin Down The House (Talking Heads) - Tiga
La Bamba (Richie Valens) - Telex
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)(Marvin Gaye) - The Strokes
Bizzare Love Triangle (New Order live) - South
Fade Into You (Mazzy Star)(remix) - Run Run Run
My Boyfriend's Back (The Angels) - The Raveonettes
Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush) - Placebo
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)(Hall & Oates) - Orson
Let Me Go (Heaven 17) - Nouvelle Vague
Wishing Well (Terence Trent D'Arby) - Neal Casal
Heaven Up Here (Echo & the Bunnymen) - Kelley Stoltz
Gone Daddy Gone (Violent Femmes) - Gnarls Barkley
Let's Dance (David Bowie) - The Futureheads
Radio Ga Ga (Queen) - Electric Six
Spirits In The Material World (The Police) - Cord
It's Different For Girls (Joe Jackson) - Boy Kill Boy
Tugboat (Galaxie 500) - British Sea Power
Under Pressure (Queen & Bowie) - Keane

Maybe add:

Editors - Orange Crush (R.E.M)
Pete Yorn - China Girl (Bowie)

Here's the best of the bunch I have collected. Not all NEW bands but mostly.

World Shut Your Mouth- Death Cab for Cutie
Running Up That Hill- Chromatics
Enjoy the Silence- Anberlin
One- Mary J Blige & U2
1999- Red Dirt Rangers
Walking On the Moon- Cas Haley
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)- Bebel Gilberto
Crazy Little Thing Called Love- The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Living On a Prayer- Pastel Vespa
Cruel to Be Kind- Sammy G
Goody Two Shoes- Danny Dean And The Homewreckers
Even Better Than the Real Thing- Dead or Alive
One Step Beyond- Boppin' B
White Wedding- T-99
Friday I'm In Love- Heinrich Müller
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding- [Feat. Salman Ahmad] PJ OLSSON

Police On My Back- Willie Nile
Stripped- Bypass Unit
Because The Night- Natalie Merchant
I'm the Man- Buck-O-Nine
Sunday Bloody Sunday- Connemara Stone Company
Love Will Tear Us Apart- Last Days Of Radio
Just Can't Get Enough- Company Of None
I'm So Excited- Boppin' B
Somebody Got Murdered- Matthew Ryan
Sunday Girl- Rosetta Stone with Mula
Use Your Love- Katy Perry
Complete Control- Kid Reid
China Girl- Rob Patterson

Six Months In a Leaky Boat- Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Peace, Love & Understanding- Joe Goldmark
Shayla- Berlin
Zerox Machine- Client
Dancing In the Dark- The Snuggle Ups
Forever Young- Youth Group
Live To Tell- Berlin
Ask- Gene Loves Jezebel
October- Rosetta Stone
Jenny (867-5309)- Pairadeux
In a Big Country- The Casbah Club
Enjoy the Silence- Lacuna Coil
Dead Souls- Spiral Of Silence
Million Miles Away- Ingram Hill
Alison- Joe Goldmark
Jump- Paul Anka

The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes- Two Tons of Steel
Another Girl Another Planet- Blink-182
The Bed's Too Big Without You- Sage
The Chauffeur- Deftones
Drivers Seat- Ray Hamilton Orchestra
Enola Gay- Spiha
I Want You to Want Me- Chris Isaak
London Calling- Mike Peters
Los Angeles- Streetwalkin' Cheetahs
Love My Way- The Polyphonic Spree
Never Say Never- Queens Of The Stone Age
New Life- Marsheaux
Planet Earth- NOVA
Precious- Alice Wonders
Rebel Yell- Mr. Badwrench
Rip Her to Shreds- Come Ons
She Sells Sanctuary- Coloursøund
Solsbury Hill- Erasure
Tainted Love- doubleverything
Town Called Malice- The Casbah Club

West End Girls- My Morning Jacket
Achin' to Be- Crash Into june
Save a Prayer- Pure Orange
True Faith- Ghoti Hook
Someone Somewhere In Summertime- Blow Up
Mad World- Ghosthouse
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me- Violent Femmes
Can't Hardly Wait- JJ Nobody & The Regulars
Pump It Up- Mistakens
Stand and Deliver- Headcount
Here Comes the Rain- Spanner Banner
Everything Counts- Meat Beat Manifesto
The Metro- Eve's Drop
Alex Chilton- The Marlowes
That's Entertainment- Morrissey
Hold Me Now- Lasgo
I Wanna Be Sedated- Tracy Thornton

Atomic- Third Grade Teacher
Clampdown- Poster Children
Uptown Girl- Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic- Ra
Wouldn't It Be Good- Michael Monroe
My Best Friend's Girl- The Frustrators
Heaven- Alkaline Trio
I Want Candy- Good Charlotte
Time After Time- Sugar Ray
I Ran- KEN
Achin' to Be- Crash Into june
Can't Stand Losing You- Super Transatlantic
Save a Prayer- Pure Orange
True Faith- Ghoti Hook
Accidents Never Happen- Tuuli
Video Killed The Radio Star- Ben Folds
Love My Way- Regenerator
What Difference Does It Make?- Sense Field

New Year's Day (Live)- Waxwing
Let's Go to Bed- Ivy
Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)- Social Code
Oliver's Army- Peter Mulvey
Is She Really Going Out With Him?- Sugar Ray
Girls Talk- The Knack
Stray Cat Strut- Na Leo Pilimehana
Sweet Dreams- Phats & Small
Rock Lobster- The Retroliners
It's My Life- No Doubt
Here Comes Your Man- Alice Wonders
Walking On Sunshine- Ghoti Hook
Send Me An Angel- Thrice
Eyes Without a Face- Scooter
Rio- The Morpholinos
Strangelove- Pat MacDonald
Turning Japanese- No Use for a Name

In Between Days- Ben Folds
Moving in Stereo- Plastic
The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)- Shyko
Into You Like a Train- Jawbreaker
Personal Jesus- Johnny Cash
Only You- Robb Roy
In a Big Country- Moe
Kids in America- The Muffs
King Of Pain- Alanis Morissette w/Sting
Pride (In the Name of Love)- Delirious?
You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)- Second Skin
Jessie's Girl- Frickin' A
She's a Sensation- Huntingtons
Hanging On The Telephone- The Kickovers
Everyday Is Like Sunday- Pretenders
Enjoy the Silence- Failure & Locust
Chains of Love- Temperance
White Wedding- Deathstars
Message in a Bottle- Rolf Munkes
She Blinded Me With Science- Bill Parsons
I Want Candy- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

The Ghost in You- Stun Gun
Don't Change- The Last Dance
Love Song- 311
Space Age Love Song- Eleven Shadows
How Soon Is Now?- Love Spit Love
Don't You (Forget About Me)- Billy Idol
Just What I Needed- Eric Martin
I Got You- Lava Baby
Come On Eileen- Save Ferris
Love Will Tear Us Apart- Paul Young
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Live)- Neil Finn
Blue Monday (Single Mix)- Orgy
One- Johnny Cash
Planet Earth- Brave New World
Don't You Want Me- Alcazar
True- Duvall
Mexican Radio- Lee Press-on and the Nails
Here Comes the Rain- Spanner Banner
October- Rosetta Stone
Jenny (867-5309)- Pairadeux




<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>Here's the best of the bunch I have collected. Not all NEW bands but mostly.
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Damn dude!!! [:p]

Makes it seem sorta silly for me to add my 10 more...

Hong Kong Garden (Siousxie) - Hong Kong Counterfeit
These Days (Jackson Browne) - Fountains of Wayne
To Love Somebody (Bee Gees) - Billy Corgan
Naive Melody (Talking Heads) - The Arcade Fire
I Melt With You (Modern English) - Nouvelle Vague
UK Girls/Physical (Newton-John) - Goldfrapp
Autumn Leaves (Yves Montand) - Coldcut
Fa Ce La (The Feelies) - Eastern Lane
Last Nite (The Strokes) - Detroit Cobras
Part Time Punks (Television Personalities) - Jeffrey Lewis

Wow! What a list. I can only add

Tim Curry -Take me I'm Yours
Ministry-The Light Pours Out of Me
FutureHeads-Hounds of Love
Tijuana No-Spanish Bombs
Robert Palmer -I Dream of Wires

I have some others under a playlist I call "80's Lounge" (a few repeats here). Cheesy, easy listening "loungy" versions... call it "Loungewave"!

Blitzkrieg Bop- The Nutley Brass
I Just Can't Get Enough- Nouvelle Vague
Call Me- Lea DeLaria
Jump- Paul Anka
Rio- The Morpholinos
Fight For Your Right- Richard Cheese
Anarchy In the U.K.- Dealership
Mexican Radio- Lee Press-on and the Nails
Enter Sandman- Pat Boone
Every Breath You Take- Jack Jones
Heart of Glass- Bruce Lash
La Bamba- Henry Mancini
Stray Cat Strut- Na Leo Pilimehana
Beat It- Senor Coconut & His Orchestra
Paradise City- Pat Boone
Institutionalized- Black Velvet Flag
Longview- Lea DeLaria
I Wanna Be Sedated- Tracy Thornton
Luka- Javier Alvarez
Baby Got Back- Richard Cheese
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Paul Anka

Just Like Heaven- The Imaginary Trio
Billie Jean- Jamie Lancaster & Karen Souza
Once In a Lifetime- Jacqui Naylor
Psycho Killer- The Black Mighty Orchestra
With or Without You- Henry Mancini
Let's Go to Bed- The Imaginary Trio
I Melt With You- Richard Cheese
Tainted Love- Stella Starlight Trio
Friday I'm In Love- Heinrich Müller
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me- Thomas Anders
Like A Virgin- The Cooltrane Quartet
Eye of the Tiger- Paul Anka
Peace, Love & Understanding- Joe Goldmark
Boys Don't Cry- Jamie Lancaster
Sweet Dreams- Thomas Anders
Don't You (Forget About Me)- Stella Starlight Trio
Walking On Sunshine- Leo Sidran
Alison- Joe Goldmark
Save a Prayer- Polly Moller & Company





<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

Here few of my favorite ones:

The Killers - Shadowplay
Chromatics - Hands in the Dark
Apoptygma Berzerk - Cambodia
Client - Xerox Machine
Electrosquad - Souvenir
Xiu Xiu - Under Pressure
Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe
Editors - Orange Crush
Simple Minds - All tomorrow's parties
Gary Jules & Michael Andrews - Mad World
Lake Placid - Everything Counts
Smashing Pumpkins - Lips Like Sugar (Live)
Badly Drawn Boy feat. Jools Holland - Come On Eileen
Franz Ferdinand - All My Friends (5:48)
Radiohead - Ceremony
Glass Candy - Computer Love
Manic Street Preachers - Train in Vain [Live]
Marsheaux - Promise
Jose Gonzales - Hand On Your Heart
Sunshiners - Baby Jane
Feist - Inside and Out
Replicant Feat Marc Almond - Self Control
Peaches - Sex
Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk To Fuck
Ash feat. Chris Martin - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus
Zoot Woman - The Model
Belinda Carlisle - Contact
Ian Brown - Thriller
Delays - The Sun Always Shines On TV
Klaxons - Its Not Over Yet
Hawksley Workman - Love will tear us apart
No Doubt - It's My Life
Chicks On Speed - Wordy Rappinghood
Youth Group - Forever Young
Orgy - Blue Monday
Sugababes - Freak Like Me
And One - Forever J
Soviet- In My Room


<a href="http://www.burningflameblog.blogspot.com"
Burning Flame Blog[/b]</a>

Is There Something I Should Know? - The Beach Babes
Sunglasses at Night - Tiga & Zyntherius
Just What I Needed - W.I.T.
The 15th - Fisherspooner
Walk Like an Egyptian - The Puppini Sisters

Send Me An Angel - Paul Oakenfold (trance)

geez, this is nothing on your guys' lists...

There are 2 compilations entitled "Before You Were Punk" and "Before You Were Punk Vol. 2" that have various So-Cal punk bands covering 70's/80's classics:

Vol. 1

Good Riddance - "I Melt with You"
No Use for a Name - "Turning Japanese"
Face to Face - "In Between Days"
Guttermouth - "Happy Loving Couples"
Automatic 7 - "Pretty in Pink"
Unwritten Law - "Goody Two Shoes"
Blink-182 - "Dancing With Myself"
The Mr. T Experience - "Crash"
Down by Law - "Peace, Love and Understanding"
Hagfish - "Walking in L.A."
Jughead's Revenge - "Young Turks"
Bracket - "867-5309/Jenny"

Vol. 2

The Suicide Machines - "What I Like About You"
NOFX - "Electricity"
No Motiv - "Space Age Love Song"
MxPx - "No Action"
The Hippos - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
The Bouncing Souls - "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
The Get Up Kids - "Close to Me"
Rocket From the Crypt - "This Way Out"
Gotohells - "Just What I Needed"
Lagwagon - "Bring on the Dancing Horses"
Strung Out - "Every Breath You Take"
ALL - "Rebel Yell"

In addition, AFI has done extremely good covers of "The Hanging Garden" and "Don't Change".

The Killers - Why don't you find out for yourself (Morrissey)