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Postby newwavepop » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:28 pm

i use to love those late 70's early 80's cheap simple sounding electronic bands, i was looking for ideas for bands like that doing cover songs.
here were som i loved, got any more?

silicon teens-there wonderful music for parties album.
hybrid kids-had a good album of weird covers.
devo and residents of course cover of satisfaction.
polyphonic size-mothers little helper.

there has got to be plenty out there that im not thinking of now or that i never heard?

thank you.
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Postby firefall » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:25 pm

Newwavepop,Icould recommend you a band named Rivits!They don't cover older or classic songs,but have a type of connection with older rock due to the fact of having a member of Don Mc lean band.Rivits is a quirky electronic avant pop band with some classic
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Postby ekahob » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:57 pm

Telex - "Rock Around the Clock"
Ballisitic Kisses - "5 0'clock World"

both on my Lost Bands future mp3 list

and of course
The Normal - "Warm Leatherette"
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Postby eight6 » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:16 pm

Soft Cell's version of Hey Joe is a classic, IMO of course.


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Postby UniversalRadio » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:42 pm

Snakefinger's cover of "The Model" by Kraftwerk comes to mind. Who was the band that covered "Our Lips are Sealed"? I wanna say Fun Boy Three but I could be wrong about that...
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Postby newwavepop » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:59 pm

thank you everybody, im looking every single one of them up now.
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Postby rewind » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:03 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by UniversalRadio[/i]
<br> Who was the band that covered "Our Lips are Sealed"? I wanna say Fun Boy Three but
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Postby firefall » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:04 am

Ijust remembered another two very interesting strange versions;Kevin Dunn''nadine'' from Chuck Berry(in the compilation ''declaration of independents'')and Who's ''can't explain'' from Elton Motello! cheers!
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Postby Jimbo L » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:48 pm

Don't forget the Flying Lizards cover of "Money (That's What I Want)"!

Also:

"Route 66"--Depeche Mode
"On Broadway"--Gary Numan
"Waiting for the Man"--OMD (covering the Velvet Underground)
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Postby Justj0hn » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:31 pm

Glad Flying Lizards was brought up. Their take on "Sex Machine" is terrific and their version of Cohen's "Suzanne" is rather creepy. Good stuff.

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Postby bpdp3 » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:04 pm

I have an '82 lp by the Techno Twins called 'Technostalgia' which has some covers, like "I got you babe" - - it's synth pop...
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Postby C86ERIC » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:44 pm

Cool...i like the cover of The Wedding Present on the song "Let's Make Some Plans"(originally by Close Lobsters) & "Felicity"(originally by Orange Juice)...
other stuff that i like their renditions...
Close Lobsters take on "Paper Thin Hotel" (by Leonar
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Postby xtc-1957 » Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:12 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by ekahob[/i]
<br>Telex - "Rock Around the Clock"
Ballisitic Kisses - "5 0'clock World"

both on my Lost Ban
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