Covers and the Long Weekend

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I have this crazy fetish for covers of songs. Please tell me I’m not weird. None of my friends seem to share this love but I totally dig it when either I hear an artist reinterpret songs in their own crazy way.

Off the top of my head, here are some that I love:

I’m sure there are more out there. Don’t be afraid to throw some of your favorites in the comments section.

Bay Area

I am going to be down in San Francisco and Berkeley for Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Since I’ve never been there, I’m relying on you guys to give me last minute places to visit. Sightseeing is the big one but restaurants and bars would also be very much appreciated.

  1. Nouvelle Vague are actually a cover band, they do bossanova covers of famous 80’s pop. ↩

  2. Honestly, I think I just love everything she does. ↩

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courtney

one of the reasons i adore (a little too much) moulin rouge.

i love cover songs, and i especially love elton john covers. i don’t know what it is, but i can’t get enough.
poodlegoose

Those Julia Nunes and Ben Folds covers are so awesome. I absolutely love the ukulele :) But wait, you already knew that, didn’t you?
Caden

I love covers but I don’t think I’ve heard any of the ones you’ve mentioned. Perhaps I’ll check them out!
L

I like Sixpence None The Richer’s cover of “Don’t Dream It’s Over”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3NnewTgQDY

And several of the covers by Boyce Avenue:

http://www.youtube.com/user/boyceavenue?ob=1

As well as Eva Cassidy’s beautiful cover of “Fields of Gold”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs
andrew

I am a big fan of Triple J’s three ‘Like a version’ albums.

My personal favourites from these albums include:

The Herd - ‘I was only 19′ (originally Redgum) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns82tHhJOr0

Tegan and Sara - Dancing in the Dark (originally Bruce Springsteen) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpj0BzF5Xo

Ben Folds - Such Great Heights (originally Postal Service) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KI78874qbU

The Cat Empire - L’Hotel de Calfornie (originally Hotel California by The Eagles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-43LN-7Cg

Sarah Blasko - Goodbye Yelllow Brick Road (originally Elton John) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIn7-9bJHFs

Others i couldn’t find videos for but i love just as much are: Africa - Subaudible hum (originally Toto) Lazy Susan - Are You Old Enough (originally Dragon)

The three ‘like a version’ albums have fair few average songs on them but the good ones make up for it. Might be a bit hard to find it in America though :P Lucky we al ahve the internet eh?

Here is also an extra added treat. Aahhh the wonders of Youtube….

Grinspoon - Drugs Don’t Work (originally The Verve) Now you have two choices of video here, i strongly recommend you take the top one. It may seem like an odd that i gave you the choice but i found the meth makeup one first and was kinda grossed out… then i was slightly amused that the only other video featuring this cover was how to modify your BMX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-XVmfV1IzI - How to cut down a BMX seat pipe to a lower height http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLbFKEzmIqQ - Makeup that looks like crystal meth addict wounds

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