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Tag: covers
London Grammar Covers “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak
London Grammar covered “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak.
London Grammar keeps the clean open guitar riff but replaces Chris Isaak’s rockabilly vocals with her Marina and the Diamonds style voice. Her cover keeps the song in a very clean and trip-hop-influenced sound.
It’s really hard to not like any cover of “Wicked Game” though. Giant Drag’s overdrive-filled cover has been a favorite of mine for years.
ON AN ON covers “Unison” by Bjork
ON AN ON just released their cover of “Unison” by Bjork. The trio took Bjork’s orchestral track and gave it an eerie, ghastly yet indie rock spin.
![[COVER] “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk – covered by Wilco](https://www.boxspeakermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/daft-punk-wilco-get-lucky-770x200.jpg)
[COVER] “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk – covered by Wilco
YouTube user/concert enthusiast Ben Broad caught Wilco’s cover of “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk on video! Check it out below:
On a sidenote, Australian band San Cisco also did a great “Get Lucky” cover.
“Wooden Chair” by Angus Stone – Covered by Lily Pejon
Lily Pejon is Portland‘s sultry frontwoman. When she’s not singing with electro beats, this Parisienne does covers of Angus Stone songs:
“Midnight City” Acoustic Audience Sing-Along with The Knocks
Last night, The Knocks had some technical difficulties in the middle of their set last night during PopScene at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. While the audience waited, Mr. JPatt (half of the Knocks) played an acoustic version of their cover of M83’s “Midnight City.” He said that since Mandy Lee (the singer in their cover) wasn’t with them, the audience would have to sing.
No one knew the words, but everyone knew the boops.
A couple people behind my friend and me were convinced the first line was “waiting in a car.”
Chromatics Cover Joy Division / New Order’s “Ceremony”
Chromatics are probably best known for their sultry electropop cover of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.”
Now they’ve taken their electro-sensuality to remake Joy Division‘s last / New Order‘s first single “Ceremony.”
P.S. Both Chromatics tracks are definitely songs to bone to.
Progression
This entry charts the progression of what for all intents and purposes essentially was a relationship. It begins with the excitement of something new. The phone calls. The text messages. The concerts. The late summer nights. The jokes. The kisses snuck around corners. The photobooths.
Then it moves on to the confusion. The fights. The silence.
The denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression.
Then finally, acceptance of what for all intents and purposes essentially was the inevitable, eventual, drawn-out end.
I was in love.
These are my feelings. In order. From beginning to end. August 2010 to March 2011.
Progression:
Listen here: http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Progression/56621234
“Starstrukk” by 3Oh!3 (feat. Katy Perry)
“Little Secrets” (Penguin Prison Remix/Cover) by Passion Pit
“Ride Frindship” by Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt
“Diet Mtn Dew” by Lana Del Rey
“Cuddle Fuddle” by Passion Pit
“Your Visits Are Getting Shorter” by Bloc Party
“Soft Shock” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
“Just Didn’t Need to Know” by The Shivers
“Just a Friend” by Biz Markie, covered by Lissy Trullie
“Naive” by The Kooks, covered by Lily Allen
“Hope You’re Happy Now” by The Sounds
“For Reasons Unknown” by The Killers
“When I’m Small” by Phantogram
“You Know You’re Not Dead” by Broken Records
“Dry Your Eyes” by The Streets
“So This is Goodbye” by William Fitzsimmons (Pink Ganter remix)
Passion Pit “Dreams (Cranberries cover)”
If you haven’t already figured it out, I love covers. There’s just something about one band performing another band’s song, especially if it’s done in a style vastly different from the original band’s.
When I bought the Passion Pit CD, I was lucky enough to find the Limited Edition version that has “stripped down” versions of two songs and the band’s cover of “Dreams” by the Cranberries!
Just the concept of Passion Pit covering a Cranberries song made me squirm in the Amoeba Records aisle. One of my current favorite bands covering a song by a band I’ve loved since I was a little 4-year-old was a collision of my personal musical history!
Passion Pit’s electropop style made the song’s beginning, especially the synthesizer riff repetition, sound like an 80s hit. The drums were done in basically the same style as the original. However, you are reminded that this is a Passion Pit cover made in the time of bands like Arcade Fire at the 1:30 point when the choir-like wails combine with the layered synthesizer chords.
“Dreams” as covered by Passion Pit took sounds from the 80s, 90s, and today to piece together an opus of auditory and musically historical pleasure.