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Favorite covers of New Wave Classics?

Discuss hard-to-find or out-of-print New Wave and '80s Alternative, and share a few songs along the way.
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Postby MARV » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:41 pm

Whoa, 909 - I'm impressed! I love doing interpreted covers of tunes from the old days myself [:I]

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Postby 909 » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:11 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by marvymarv[/i]
<br>Whoa, 909 - I'm impressed! I love doing interpreted covers of tunes from the old days myself
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Thanks! The look on the DJ's face when I started playing this song was priceless!
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Postby geoffolehane » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:08 am

I think Robert Palmer did a pretty good job with Gary Numan's "I Dream of Wires."

But some folks think Palmer was a latent New Waver.
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Postby raserx » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:23 am

Hey Lectric...didn't you know the Vapors were a ska band with a horn section? DUH !!
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Postby i_like_lectric_motors » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:13 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by raserx[/i]
<br>Hey Lectric...didn't you know the Vapors were a ska band with a horn section? DUH !!
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LOL, guess I do now.

Was I right? I'm going to try to track down an mp3 of the Skankin' Pickle version. [8D]
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Postby MARV » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:11 am

Dave Gahan doing Roxy Music's Song For Europe.
Scott Weiland doing Depeche Mode's But Not Tonight.
Smashing Pumpkins doing Depeche Mode's Never Let Me Down.
Stanton Miranda doing Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Merril Bainbridge doing the Pet Shop Boys' Being Boring.

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Postby GlitteringPrize » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:21 am

Ok this is not really new wave classics but its some covers I dig

Beds Are Burning cover, very funny

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2RVX ... 8MH94MFSE8

this is not a love song cover

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0PUZ ... R3W6BPI0EB

Love cats By Paul Anka wich I posted before and lust for Life Cover I find amusing

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2CLT ... PY5GVURVNY

http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1G2S ... D6AHM8SIS2


and these are really not new wave but deserve a mention
A Cover of the Message By Grandmaster flash and a cover of Babys got back, I find these all amusing!!

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=321V ... 6CENDRO39Z


http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2PON ... 5KR6YSS47P
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Postby JohnPaulGeorgeRingo » Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:15 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by GlitteringPrize[/i]
<br>Ok this is not really new wave classics but its some covers I dig

Beds Are Burning cover, very funny

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2RVX ... 8MH94MFSE8

this is not a love song cover

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0PUZ ... R3W6BPI0EB

Love cats By Paul Anka wich I posted before and lust for Life Cover I find amusing

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2CLT ... PY5GVURVNY

http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1G2S ... D6AHM8SIS2


and these are really not new wave but deserve a mention
A Cover of the Message By Grandmaster flash and a cover of Babys got back, I find these all amusing!!

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=321V ... 6CENDRO39Z


http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2PON ... 5KR6YSS47P


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Can somebody plese re-post Paul Anka's Lovecats.

Thank you.


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Postby Panorama » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:55 pm

Jon Auer does a nice version of The Cars "Misfit Kid"-- it's really different from The Cars version, as well as the Psychadelic Furs "Love My Way"

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Postby IWantMyMTV » Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:55 pm

Annie Lennox - [I'm Always Touched By Your]Presence Dear

http://download.yousendit.com/17BE324D6BADB0FD

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Postby Frank_Chickens » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:37 pm

Alberto y Los Trios Paranoias: Anarchy in the UK

Punk done as doo-wop. [:D]

After all, punk's about the message, man!


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Postby gspot » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:25 pm

Pernice Brothers do a neat version of The Chameleons' "Up the Down Escalator"
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