Cover Versions

Submitted by alittleotter on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 8:55pm

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What cover version's did folk hear over the weekend, heres what i can recall -

Yo La Tengo- Whole Of The Law(The Only Ones) featuring Gruff Rhys on Keyboards

Eels- Out In The Street (The Who) Raspberry Beret (Prince) Love and Mercy(Brian Wilson)

Durand Jones and The Indications- Don't Let Me Down(The Beatles)

Avi Buffalo- Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)

Carseat Headrest -Superstition(Stevie Wonder)

dr.nick replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 9:00pm Permalink

Say Sue Me - 'Rockaway Beach'

Say Sue Me - 'Rockaway Beach' by the Ramones.

decemberboy replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 9:12pm Permalink

IDLES - Linger by The

IDLES - Linger by The Cranberries

Wakestock replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 9:26pm Permalink

Eels also finished with a

Eels also finished with a cracking version of The Beatles’ The End

alittleotter replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 9:42pm Permalink

Of course they did, note

Of course they did, note perfect.

born in the fifties replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 9:27pm Permalink

Liminanas - Teenage Kicks

Liminanas - Teenage Kicks (The Undertones)

Krasnyi replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 9:49pm Permalink

Lonesome LA Cowboy (Peter

Lonesome LA Cowboy (Peter Rowan) - Mapache (thanks mr ray)

ray_rad replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 10:06pm Permalink

they did cat steven's 'i love

they did cat stevens' 'i love my dog' too!

and three (four?) covers of tunes made famous by mexican band trio los panchos

'me voy pa'l pueblo' - 'aquellos ojos verdes' - and at least one other

the limiñanas also did can's 'mother sky'

and what was that song modern nature finished with?

think that may have been a cover too

Krasnyi replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 10:16pm Permalink

I know they did a song about

I know they did a song about loving a dog but was that really the Cat Stevens song? If so it never registered with me.

ray_rad replied on Wed, 21/08/2019 - 4:29pm Permalink

ah - upon review, kras is

ah - upon review, kras is right!

it's not the cat stevens song

in my defence, how many people are likley to write a number with the frequently repeated refrain 'i love my dog!' ?

but it is indeed an entirely different song...

where cat loves his dog as much as he loves you, mapache love their dog and he's the only one they'll answer to

Nathan replied on Thu, 22/08/2019 - 5:30am Permalink

Dogs certainly seem to stir

Dogs certainly seem to stir some musopeople: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ97R0DiuFU

blackcatista replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 9:50pm Permalink

Liminanas also did Gloria

Liminanas also did Gloria (Van Morrison, Patti Smith and all)

James Yorkston- Respect (Erasure)

Bridget St John started with a brilliant version of Dylan's Just Like a Woman, and I'm pretty sure she did a couple of other covers.

Oap-Dub replied on Tue, 20/08/2019 - 10:20pm Permalink

Avi Buffalo did Wichita

Avi Buffalo did Wichita lineman. Very good it was too.

Smiffy replied on Wed, 21/08/2019 - 9:13am Permalink

Ex:Re finished with the

Ex:Re finished with the Corgis' Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

rob6069 replied on Wed, 21/08/2019 - 11:14am Permalink

Yak

Yak did Whole Wide World, by Wreckless Eric (a few choruses and a verse, anyway).

Slugger replied on Wed, 21/08/2019 - 3:51pm Permalink

Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert did their fantastic version of Yazoo's "Only You".

bryndaloo replied on Thu, 22/08/2019 - 11:12am Permalink

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Pigs x7 did a Twisted Sister cover

peridot replied on Thu, 22/08/2019 - 11:22am Permalink

No .. Pigsx7 ARE Twisted

No .. Pigsx7 ARE Twisted Sister!

.. at least in their own minds :)