Copy, Right?: I don't need you to tell me what's going down.

Saturday, December 16, 2006

I don't need you to tell me what's going down.

I'm not in a talky mood.

Class "Yuko & Hiro" (Blur cover)
Many thanks to Peter of Class for sending this my way, as I could not locate my copy anywhere.

The Droyds "North Country Boy" (The Charlatans [UK] cover)

Ether Aura "I Speak Every Word" (Curve cover)

Katscan "Connection" (Elastica cover)

Eläkeläiset "Käänteishumppa (Tattva)" (Kula Shaker cover)
Ah, crazy ol' Eläkeläiset.

Hinterland "For Love" (Lush cover)
Barely sounds like a cover, but whatever. It's one of the most listenable tracks of the mediocre shoegaze tribute albums Never Lose that Feeling Vols. 1&2

Gillian Welch "Black Star" (Radiohead cover)
I love Gillian and was very pleased to discover this.

CelTikA "Creep" (Radiohead cover)
There are a million and half "Creep" covers out there (and a million and a half Radiohead covers in general) and I likely have most of them, so I tried to pick one you'd be less than likely to see someplace else. And you know you were craving Venezuelan power metal anyhow.

Amanda Rogers "No Surprises" (Radiohead cover)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions "What Do I Do Now" (Sleeper cover)

Year of the Rabbit "I Wanna Be Adored" (Stone Roses cover)
This version is okay, but I'm a bit more partial to singer-songwriter Joshua English's version, which you can download for free at his site.

Mr. Hopkinson's Computer "Fools Gold" (Stone Roses cover)
This cover makes me so very happy.

Mick Thomas & the Sure Thing "Made of Stone" (Stone Roses cover)

I Am the World Trade Center "Shoot You Down" (Stone Roses cover)

Flying Saucer Attack "The Drowners" ([The London] Suede cover)

Anthony Wong "Saturday Night" ([The London] Suede cover)

Mountain Goats "Trash" ([The London] Suede cover)

Of Montreal "Alright" (Supergrass cover)
I wasn't going to post this because I think a lot of people have in the past and the quality isn't great, but it was either this or those god-awful versions of "Alright" and "Richard III" from the Donkey Konga games.

Scala & Kolacny Brothers "Bittersweet Symphony" (Verve cover)

Ben Harper "The Drugs Don't Work" (Verve cover)

5 comments:

Apocalypso Facto said...: Just a quick note six months after the original post date: the band called Celtika covering Radiohead's "Creep" isn't Finnish, believe it or not, they're actually Venezuelan... they don't have a webpage yet that I know of, but there's a profile in Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Celtika; June 23, 2007 6:52 PM
Lobstar said...: Thanks for correcting me. That's really weird that I typed Finnish since I knew they were from Venezuela. I'm often thinking about Scandinavian bands and it must have been a Freudian slip or something!; June 23, 2007 11:45 PM
Anonymous said...: How come I can't download tracks anymore? There are no links. Is my browser being weird again?; June 25, 2007 5:18 AM
Lobstar said...: Because this post you're commenting on is more than 6 months old and I only keep songs active for a week. See Disclaimer No. 4 to the right.; June 25, 2007 3:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Ah, I hadn't spotted that. It just popped up in my RSS reader for some reason.; June 26, 2007 5:13 AM

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I don't need you to tell me what's going down.

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