The History Of Modern Music Culture In Cover Versions Volume Three
Everyone has a music savvy friend who loves to recommend tunes don’t they? As incredible as it may seem, at the last count we had almost 40,000, so when the first History Of Modern Music Culture In Cover Versions appeared, closely followed by Volume Two, the Green Inc mailbox immediately filled to bursting and shut down. Having never lived with the expectation of feedback before, shamefully it took us a week to even notice.
Of course, we should have known better. After all, a good cover version has always had universal appeal and the ability to cross boundaries of age, sex, race and colour the way new music never can. Perhaps it’s because none of us really like change no matter how much we profess otherwise, and we’re so much more comfortable when things are familiar and routine. Chuck a decent cover version into your life and it can be like the insey winsey thrill or burst of excitement you get when you do something a little out of the ordinary.
So what better way to celebrate our first couple of years than to crank out the third and final volume of The History Of Modern Music Culture In Cover Versions but this time with songs nominated by you, our regular readers. With a lot of the good stuff already taken on the first two volumes we did wonder what you’d come up with, but as your suggestions continued to flood in from the distant corners of the globe it became obvious that no stone had been left uncovered, no nook and cranny unexplored.
Just like before, some of these songs you will know, some you will not, yet in their own way they all epitomise what a cool cover should be, often going beyond mere homage with a unique sense of style, innovation, audacity and adventure. As we all know, there’s been some true shockers over the years, but put them out of your mind for now because these are some of the best.
ONE
Kaisa Tolonen, Tampere, Finland -
1. Stereo MC’s / Tomorrow Never Knows
Original Release The Beatles August 1966 LP ‘Revolver’
Danill Minin, St Petersburg, Russia -
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Best Known Release Glen Campbell October 1967 Single
Amelia Johnson, Bristol, England -
3. Magazine / Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Original Release Sly & The Family Stone December 1969 Single
Reina Franc, Prague, Czech Republic -
4. The Wolfgang Press / Mama Told Me Not To Come
Best Known Release Three Dog Night May 1970 Single
Benoit Binet, Limoges, France -
5. Grant Lee Buffalo / We’ve Only Just Begun
Original Release The Carpenters August 1970 Single
Zach Baker, New York, USA -
6. Kowtow Popof / Satellite Of Love
Original Release Lou Reed November 1972 LP ‘Transformer’
Rahul Kadam, Vasco De Gama, Goa, India -
7. Beck & Timbaland / Diamond Dogs
Original Release David Bowie May 1974 LP ‘Diamond Dogs’
Pieter Smits, Amsterdam, The Netherlands -
8. John Foxx & The Maths / Have A Cigar
Original Release Pink Floyd September 1975 LP ‘Wish You Were Here’
Mai Sugase, Kobe, Japan -
9. The Bird And The Bee / Rich Girl
Original Release Hall & Oates January 1977 Single
Maria Perez, Anahein, Los Angeles, USA -
10. Hole / Gold Dust Woman
Original Release Fleetwood Mac February 1977 LP ‘Rumours’
Jasia Piotrowski, Lublin, Poland -
11. Curve / I Feel Love
Original Release Donna Summer July 1977 Single
Nadia Al Rashedi, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia -
12. LCD Soundsystem / No Love Lost
Original Release Joy Division June 1978 EP ‘Ideal For Living’
Leah Campbell, Montreal, Canada -
13. Lush / Outdoor Miner
Original Release Wire September 1978 LP ‘Chairs Missing’
Nicolas Goulas, Athens, Greece -
14. The Dresden Dolls / Pretty In Pink
Original Release Psychedelic Furs May 1981 LP ‘Talk Talk Talk’
Leon Klein, Berlin, Germany -
15. Kode9 / Ghost Town
Original Release The Specials June 1981 Single
John F Nilsen, Malmo, Sweden -
16. Infantjoy / Ghosts
Original Release Japan November 1981 LP ‘Tin Drum’
Adriana De Lucas, Naples, Italy -
17. Division Day / More Than This
Original Release Roxy Music April 1982 Single
Lanny Halim, Jakarta, Indonesia -
18. Lily Allen / Straight To Hell
Original Release The Clash May 1982 LP ‘Combat Rock’
Hua Jiangping, Beijing, China -
19. Hot Chip / Sexual Healing
Original Release Marvin Gaye September 1982 Single
TWO
Gabrielle Carvalho, Recife, Brazil -
1. Pavement / The Killing Moon
Original Release Echo & The Bunnymen January 1984 Single
Andrea Braun, Hamburg, Germany -
2. Minerve / Here Comes The Rain Again
Original Release Eurythmics January 1984 Single
Corina Nicolescu, Brasov, Romania -
3. Chromatics / I’m On Fire
Original Release Bruce Springsteen June 1984 LP ‘Born In The USA’
Jaime Rodriguez, Monterrey, Mexico -
4. Placebo / Running Up That Hill
Original Release Kate Bush August 1985 Single
Rachel Chong, Singapore -
5. Lorde / Swingin’ Party
Original Release The Replacements November 1985 LP ‘Tim’
Kata Yoshida, Tokyo, Japan -
6. Sixpence None The Richer / Don’t Dream It’s Over
Original Release Crowded House June 1986 LP ‘Crowded House’
Raphael Montes Zea, Sao Paulo, Brazil -
7. Smashing Pumpkins / Never Let Me Down Again
Original Release Depeche Mode September 1987 LP ‘Music For The Masses’
Petri Korpi, Helsinki, Finland -
8. 10,000 Maniacs / Everyday Is Like Sunday
Original Release Morrissey March 1988 LP ‘Viva Hate’
Louis Gagnon, Quebec, Canada -
9. Nina Gordon / Straight Outta Compton
Original Release NWA August 1988 LP ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Addie Pascal, Boulogne, France -
10. The Raveonettes / I Wanna Be Adored
Original Release The Stone Roses April 1989 LP ‘The Stone Roses’
Kristina Koval, Odessa, Ukraine -
11. Jack White / Love Is Blindness
Original Release U2 November 1991 LP ‘Achtung Baby’
Karel Bastyr, Pizen, Czech Republic -
12. Death Cab For Cutie / Love Song
Original Release The Cure August 1989 Single
Caterina Moreno, La Paz, Mexico -
13. Arctic Monkeys / Red Right Hand
Original Release Nick Cave April 1994 LP ‘Let Love In’
Katya Severinov, Moscow, Russia -
14. Elbow / Teardrop
Original Release Massive Attack April 1998 LP ‘Mezzanine’
Sibylla Van Der Meer, Utrecht, The Netherlands -
15. Bettie Serveert / Lover I Don’t Have To Love
Original Release Bright Eyes August 2002 LP ‘Lifted’
Leo Conti, Brescia, Italy -
16. Tricky / Slow
Original Release Kylie Minogue November 2003 Single
Jacek Wozniak, Lodz, Poland -
17. The Kooks / Young Folks
Original Release Peter, Bjorn & John June 2006 Single
Maria Eklund, Stockholm, Sweden -
18. Andre 3000 & Beyonce / Back To Black
Original Release Amy Winehouse October 2006 LP ‘Back To Black’
Daniel Le Feuvre, Edinburgh, Scotland -
19. Franz Ferdinand / All My Friends
Original Release LCD Soundsystem March 2007 LP ‘Sound Of Silver’
Luka Andryenko, Kiev, Ukraine -
20. Silver Swans / Wrecking Ball
Original Release Miley Cyrus August 2013 Single
