Best covers by new wave bands

[tileboy]

The Dictators - Slow Death

[TragicMagic]

Duran Duran - Perfect Day

has always been one of my faves in this sub-genre.

[pellerman]

For anyone who's ever looked for a dance version of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" - try this cover by Junk Circuit. It's on Itunes too.

[Blaster]

Ramones - Bird is the Word
Electriks - Go Now (Moody Blues)
Ramones - Needles & Pins
Pretenders/UB40 - I got U Babe
Petert Baumann - Strangers in the Night
Duran Duran - White Lines
Kirsty MacColl - New England (Billy Bragg)
Amimotion - Obsession ( Holly Hunter & Michael Des Barres)
After The Fire - Der Kommisar

[plagiarism]

Blondie - The Tide Is High
Clan of Xymox - Wild Is the Wind, plus a partial cover of Wild Thing
Book of Love - Tubular Bells

And in the WTF were they thinking department:
Altered Images - Song Sung Blue
Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene

[Panorama]

The Killers - Shadowplay

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[hello_world]

Cindy Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

Poor Robert Hazard--another guy who got screwed out of the recognition he deserved.

[eLeMeNOhPeaQ]

I can't believe how frequently people still mispell "Cyndi" Lauper's first name.

Speaking of Cyndi Lauper and Best covers...how about her covers of Prince's "When You Were Mine" and Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"?

[pellerman]

Here's a cover of Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag that I recently discovered. The band is called Silent Underdog and it's produced by Paul Hardcastle.

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[eight6]

Durutti Column - White Rabbit