Like most of that last Get Up Kids release - including The Cure, New Order, and the Pixies - and the Pixies covering The Jesus and Mary Chain - and Yo La Tengo covering just about everybody.

Also, The Good Life's live version of "Sweet Chile O' Mine" and PJ Harvey/Bjork on the Stones' "Satisfaction"

i love covers:
i found a reason (velvet underground) - cat power
come on in my kitchen (folk) - cat power
wild is the wind (nina simone) - cat power
sweet jane (velvet underground) - patti smith
hallelujah (leonard cohen) - jeff buckley
the other woman (nina simone) - jeff buckley
all is full of love (bjork) - death cab for cutie
these boots are made for walking (nancy sinatra) - geri halliwell
famous blue raincoat (leonard cohen) - hayden
walk away renee (left banke) - ida
shot by both sides (magazine) - radiohead
i only have eyes for you - mercury rev
satisfaction (rolling stones) - bjork and pj harvey
he ain't heavy, he's my brother (the hollies) - rufus wainwright
the drugs don't work (the verve) - ben harper
the boys are back in town (thin lizzy) - belle and sebastian
you've got to hide your love away (beatles) - elvis costello

this is all rather mish-mash, but they're all so good.. i think i'm gonna make cd of only covers. *inspired!*

i made a covers mixtape! eee!
here:

ONE: fox in the snow- the mendoza line; penny royal tea- kristin hersh; maggie may- blur; be my baby- travis; wish you were here- sparklehorse; daydream believer- midget; james bond theme- moby; jesus don't want me for a sunbeam, the man who sold the world- nirvana; nobody does it better- radiohead; 20th century boy- placebo. TWO: killing moon- pavement; 90210 theme- cap'n jazz; nightswimming- gene; light my fire- massive attack; wonderwall- radiohead; hard day's night- symposium; benny & the jets- beastie boys; there are worse things i could do- the auteurs; union city blues- radiohead; save it for later- harvey danger; draggin' the line- r.e.m.; come together- paul weller; you showed me- the lightening seeds.



however, a lot of my favorites are not on there. newer ones include:
the boys are back in town - belle and sebastian
waiting for the man - belle and sebastian (they do great covers!)
bathysphere - cat power

i guess that's about it. i'll add more if i think of them. :)

i'll have to download most of those. gah!

i thought of some more rockin' ones:

Sarah Slean - Climbing Up the Walls
Drugstore - Black Star
Christina/Mya/Pink/Lil' Kim - Lady Marmalade (YOU KNOW YOU LOVE IT!!!)
radiohead - cinnamon girl
the cardigans - the boys are back in town
tricky - black coffee
talking heads - take me to the river
thom + beck - i'm set free (listening to it right now)

unf, what about tom jones and nina persson of the cardigans doing burning down the house? SO SEXY. hee.

i'm interested in people who do covers of radiohead songs well. try phantom planet (no seriously) doing paranoid andriod.

one more:

tom jones and cerys matthews - baby it's cold outside

RAWK!

Mmm...

"Dignified and Old" - Sloan (Modern Lovers cover)
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - Wilco (Shirelles cover)
"Goodbye to Love" - American Music Club (Carpenters cover)
"Enjoy The Silence" - Failure (Depeche Mode cover)
"Running Out Of Fools" - Neko Case (Aretha Franklin cover)
"Follow Me" - The Innocence Mission (John Denver cover)
"By The Way" - Built To Spill (Heavenly cover)
"This Charming Man" - Braid (The Smiths cover)

There are more.

Hi Leigh!

"Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide is Painless)" - Manic Street Preachers (TV/Movie Theme song)
"The Drowners" - Manic Street Preachers (Suede)
"Stay With Me" - Manic Street Preachers (The Faces)
"David Watts" - The Jam (The Kinks)
"Angels We've Heard on High" - Les Rondelles (Traditional)
"What a Way to Die" - Shop Assistants (Pleasure Seekers)
"Queen Majesty" - Quasi (Curtis Mayfield... it's actually called "Minstrel & Queen")
"Godzilla" - Quasi (Blue Oyster Cult)
"War Pigs" - Quasi (Black Sabbath)
"Paint it Black" - Quasi (Rolling Stones)
"By the Way" - Built to Spill (Heavenly)
"Maggie May" - Blur (Rod Stewart)
"There's No Other Way" - Bratmobile (Blur)
"Where Eagles Dare" - Bratmobile (Misfits)
"Butterfly Collector" - Garbage (The Jam)
"Baba O' Riley" - Guided by Voices (The Who)

Yarr, time for class. What was yer favour?