New Wave Outpost Forum

I'm making a CD compilation of mostly 60's songs covered by New Wave/Alternative artists. I've got a pretty good start on it but I want to make it as comprehensive as possible. The list is as follows, and I would greatly appreciate any suggestions to add to it. If the original song is listed here but you know of a different cover, by all means tell me! The only thing I ask is that the original song is not too obscure, and definitely not too recent. A good example of this would be Aztec Camera's version of Van Halen's "Jump". I would also ask that the cover song be no recent than 90's, in other words, from 1977 to 1989. Thanks!

NEW WAVE ARTIST SONG ORIGINAL ARTIST

The Damned/ White Rabbit/ Jefferson Airplane
Romeo Void Wrap It Up Sam & Dave
The Chords Hold On, I'm Coming Sam & Dave
The Church I Am A Rock Simon & Garfunkel
REM All I have To Do Is Dream Everly Brothers
Echo & The Bunnymen People Are Strange The Doors
Missing Persons Hello, I Love You The Doors
The Clash I Fought The Law Bobby Fuller Four
The B-52's Downtown Petula Clark
Bauhaus Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
Red Rockers Eve Of Destruction Barry McGuire
Social Distortion Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash
Wall Of Voodoo Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash
Nick Cave In The Ghetto Elvis Presley
Nina Hagen I'm A Believer The Monkees
Devo Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
The Reels Bad Moon Rising CCR
Wire Train God On Our Side Bob Dylan
The Jam Heatwave Martha & The Vandellas
Siouxsie & The Banshees Dear Prudence The Beatles
Husker Du Eight Miles High The Byrds
Robyn Hitchcock/Egyptians The Bells Of Rhymney The Byrds
The Bangles Hazy Shade Of Winter Simon & Garfunkel
Blondie Denis (Denise) Randy & The Rainbows
The Go-Go's Cool Jerk The Capitols
The Elektrics Go Now Moody Blues
Sid Vicious My Way Frank Sinatra
English Beat Tears Of A Clown Smoky Robinson
The Lambrettas Poison Ivy The Coasters
The Merton Parkas Band Of Gold Freda Payne
The Barracudas You Were On My Mind We Five
The Stranglers Walk On By Dionne Warwick
The Undertones Under The Boardwalk The Drifters
The Smithereens Time Won't Let Me The Outsiders
10,000 Maniacs Peace Train Cat Stevens
The Avengers Paint It Black The Rolling Stones
Guadalcanal Diary And Your Bird Can Sing The Beatles
The Jam And Your Bird Can Sing The Beatles
Dream Syndicate Let It Rain Eric Clapton
Mental As Anything Romeo & Juliet The Reflections
Altered Images Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond
Anti-Nowhere League Streets Of London Ralph McTell
The Cramps Strychnine The Sonics
Rockpile Take A Message To Mary Everly Brothers
Naked Eyes Always Something There... Sandie Shaw/Dionne
The Cure Hello, I Love You The Doors
The Boys I Call Your Name The Beatles



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Edited by - ElectricLash on 12/10/2003 22:18:42

Sorry about the layout of my above post. The columns I originally made (with ample spaces) don't show up when the post is finally posted. Damn! Hope you can read it without too much difficulty.

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I learn something new everyday!
I did not know that Naked Eyes were not the original performers of "Always something there to remind me".
But in looking in to it further I find that Dionne Warwick is not the origional performer either. That honor belong

The Thought "Too much to dream last night"
Robert Williams from Nosfratu "White Room"
Savage Birds "Day after Day"
Love and Rockets "Ball Of Confusion" & "Lucifer Sam"
Tom Tom Club "Under the Boardwalk"
Helen and the Horns "Secret Love"
Polyrock "Ra

easiest one: doctor and the medics - spirit in the sky by norman greenbaum

oh and the most awesome and best cover of the kink's - i'm not like everybody else by flesh for lulu

oh and the connells - living in the past by jethro tull. this was covered

Julian Cope did a version of 5 oclock world as well, on the 'My nation underground' album - - sometimes you see the album cover pop up on the opening page of this site....

Also, Soft Cell's 'Tainted Love' is a cover-version....

I used to have a Engl

The Eurythmics do Wrap It Up (some Motown song), Satellite Of Love (Lou Reed) on their first 2 albums (The Garden & Sweet Dreams)

"Strangers In The Night"-( FranK Sinatra) by Peter Baumann
"I only Want To Be With You" - The Tourists

primatives - i wanna be your dog - the stooges

Edited by - 1981baby on 12/11/2003 12:28:56

Na-Na-Hey -Hey GoodBye - BannanaRama
Midnight Confessions - Carla DeVito

Fun topic. Here's a few more (maybe a couple dups):

Agent Orange - Pipeline (Ventures)
Art of Noise - Peter Gunn Theme (Henry Mancini)
Bananarama - Waterloo (ABBA)
Blur - Oliver’s Army (Elvis Costello)
Clash & Dead Kennedy’s - I Fought the Law (Bo

The Pretenders w/Fun Boy 3 - I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher)
The Ramones - "Needles & Pins"
The Pretenders - "Needles & Pins"

.. & Joan Jett Did:
Crimson & Clover" & "Rock & Roll Part 1"

The Pretenders w/Fun Boy 3 - I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher)

Really?

I thought it was done by Chrissie Hynde/UB40.

A few more off the top of my head...

Oingo Boingo "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks)
Sandra "Everlasting Love" (Robert Knight / Carl Carlton)
Rachel Sweet "Everlasting Love" (Robert Knight / Carl Carlton)
Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin'On" (The Supremes