Great 80's Covers

[Cheetos]

Sorry for the hijacking of your thread, but it's Rough Trade (the label) week at this site...
http://mysticalbeast.blogspot.com/
(however note that most are poor quality vinyl rips)

As for more 80's covers I like, I'm sure I'll feel the wrath for saying it, but here goes...

Face To Face - That's Entertainment
5440 - Heart And Soul
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[MARV]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it already, but the film "Not Another Teenage Movie" had some great 80'scover tunes.....

[MARV]

Don't bother with Spookey Ruben's cover of the Stranglers' Golden Brown.

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[djcraig]

In alphabetical order:

A

Accidents Never Happen- Tuuli

Achin' to Be- Crash Into june

Anything, Anything- Grey Daze

Atomic- Third Grade Teacher


B

Bizarre Love Triangle- Cary August

Blister in the Sun (MTV2 Version)- Guster

Blue Monday- Orgy

Boys Don't Cry- Oleander


C

Call Me- I Am the World Trade Center

Can't Stand Losing You- Super Transatlantic

Cars- Jim Collins

Chains of Love- Temperance

Cheers Theme- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Clampdown- Poster Children

Come On Eileen- Save Ferris


D

Dancing With Myself- The Donnas

Dancing With Myself- Blink 182

Don't Change- The Last Dance

Don't You (Forget About Me)- Billy Idol

Don't You Want Me- Alcazar


E

Enjoy the Silence- Failure & Locust

Everyday Is Like Sunday- Pretenders

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic- Ra

Eyes Without a Face- Scooter


G

Girls Talk- The Knack


H

Hanging On The Telephone- The Kickovers

Heaven- Alkaline Trio

Here Comes Your Man- Alice Wonders

How Soon Is Now?- Love Spit Love


I

I Got You- Lava Baby

In a Big Country- Moe

In Between Days- Ben Folds

Into You Like A Train- Jawbreaker

I Ran- KEN

I Want Candy- Good Charlotte

Is She Really Going Out With Him?- Sugar Ray

It's My Life- No Doubt


J

Jessie's Girl- Frickin' A

Just What I Needed- Eric Martin


K

Kids in America- The Muffs

King Of Pain- Alanis Morissette w/Sting


L

Let's Go to Bed- Ivy

Love My Way- Regenerator

Love Song- 311

Love Will Tear Us Apart- Paul Young


M

Message in a Bottle- Rolf Munkes

Mexican Radio- Lee Press-on and the Nails

Moving in Stereo- Plastic

My Best Friend's Girl- The Frustrators


O

Oliver's Army- Peter Mulvey

One- Johnny Cash

Only You- Robb Roy


P

Personal Jesus- Johnny Cash

Planet Earth- Brave New World

Pretty In Pink- Automatic 7

Pride (In the Name of Love)- Delirious?


R

Rio- The Morpholinos

Rock Lobster- The Retroliners


S

Save a Prayer- Pure Orange

She Blinded Me With Science- Bill Parsons

She's a Sensation- Huntingtons

Someone Somewhere In Summertime- Blow Up

Space Age Love Song- Eleven Shadows

Strangelove- Pat MacDonald

Stray Cat Strut- Na Leo Pilimehana

Sweet Dreams- Phats & Small


T

Take On Me- Reel Big Fish

That's Entertainment- Morrissey

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)- Shyko

The Ghost in You- Stun Gun

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Live)- Neil Finn

Time After Time- Sugar Ray

True- Duvall

True Faith- Ghoti Hook

Turning Japanese- No Use for a Name


U

Uptown Girl- Me First And The Gimme Gimmes


V

Video Killed The Radio Star- Ben Folds


W

Walking On Sunshine- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

West End Girls- My Morning Jacket

What Difference Does It Make?- Sense Field

White Wedding- Deathstars

Wouldn't It Be Good- Michael Monroe


Y

You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)- Second Skin

[birdmadgirl]

I'll bet I'm the only one who likes it, but I love The Cure's cover of "Purple Haze."

Another favorite is Orgy's cover of "Blue Monday."

[schwenko]

[quote][i]Originally posted by birdmadgirl[/i]
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Another favorite is Orgy's cover of "Blue Monday."
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Heresy!!![:D][:D]

[MARV]

[quote][i]Originally posted by schwenko[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by birdmadgirl[/i]
<br>
Another favorite is Orgy's cover of "Blue Monday."
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Heresy!!![:D][:D]
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If you can find it Schwenk, Devine & Statton's cover of Bizarre Love Triangle is a fabulous and dignified acoustic rendition. If you DO find it, tell me because I only have it on vinyl. I first heard it on LIR's "Off The Boat" import show that aired Sunday nights. God, did I love that show and miss it still.

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[schwenko]

[quote][i]Originally posted by marvymarv[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by schwenko[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by birdmadgirl[/i]
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Another favorite is Orgy's cover of "Blue Monday."
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Heresy!!![:D][:D]
[/quote]

If you can find it Schwenk, Devine & Statton's cover of Bizarre Love Triangle is a fabulous and dignified acoustic rendition. If you DO find it, tell me because I only have it on vinyl. I first heard it on LIR's "Off The Boat" import show that aired Sunday nights. God, did I love that show and miss it still.

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[/quote]

You mean this???

http://home.wxs.nl/~frankbri/ltm2433.html

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[MARV]

You are an extraordinary person Schwenko [8D] Holy God, will I be spending $ on January 16, 2006 [;)]

Seriously - THANK YOU!

I never heard the whole album. I found the single release of BLT years ago in Amsterdam. Definitely looking forward to this CD reissue.

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[schwenko]

[quote][i]Originally posted by marvymarv[/i]
<br>You are an extraordinary person Schwenko [8D] Holy God, will I be spending $ on January 16, 2006 [;)]
Seriously - THANK YOU!
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Thank Mr Google [:I]
Lead singer of Young Marble Giants, eh? I would be interested in hearing this.

[Randall Roq]

[quote][i]Originally posted by hexicon[/i]
<br>I know a lot of folks here don't like No Doubt's version of Talk Talk's "It's My Life," but I think it's angrier (whereas Talk Talk's was remote); I like it.
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AAAArrrrrgh!! Don't encourage them!!!!!

[MARV]

Lloyd Cole did a halfway decent version of the Pet Shop Boys' Being Boring.

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[gspot]

Up the Down Escalator - Pernice Brothers

[MARV]

Sugar Ray's Abracadabra is pretty damned wicked [8D]

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[Jefe]

You guys are great at sweeping the cobwebs out of my mind. A couple other covers I remembered liking were Can't Explain by Elton Motello & Break on Through by The Weirdos, although I haven't heard them in at least 10 years. That was when my car ate my cassette. Thank God for my iPod!