Under The Covers Pt. 2
I promised a second installment into my favorite covers, and here it is.
See?
I do have a short term memory after all.
BRAID - "My Life"
I realize that Billy Joel is the forefather of a whole batch of piano-rock acts like Jack's Mannequin and...um...that other band with a piano. But I really can't take the guy. Look, I can't explain it. So when Midwestern emo legends Braid included this cover on Movie Music Vol. 2 (along with covers of the Pixies, the Smiths and Burt Bacharach/Dionne Warwick/Naked Eyes' "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me") I had my reservations. But it's become my favorite on the album thanks largely to the off-mic vocals and general bad-assery.
DEFTONES - "Savory"
This one was almost too good to be true for me. Deftones covering one of my top 5 favorite Jawbox songs with the help of Far's Jonah Matranga? If you know anything about me, you probably realize that I spent a good four straight months listening to this on repeat.
Savory (Remastered Version) - Deftones
RYAN ADAMS - "Wonderwall"
If you've never heard this insanely bittersweet cover of Oasis' pop-prize "Wonderwall," you should really stop reading right now and just click below. I'll meet you at the next song. (I'm probably gonna go run and get a beverage, though.)
Wonderwall - Ryan Adams
FAILURE - "Enjoy The Silence"
Granted everyone from Anberlin to Lacuna Coil have taken a stab at this Depeche Mode hit, but none have come close to upgrading on the original. Except for chronically underrated, currently defunct Failure--who turned the song into the anthem of my college years. (Clearly, I didn't go to many frat parties in college.)
Enjoy The Silence - Failure
SHINER - "Making Love"
Speaking of underrated, I've been screaming about now-disbanded math-rock geniuses Shiner since before I fully understood what math-rock or the word "disbanded" meant. Considering I'm from Western Pennsylvania, the love for '70s monsters of rock Bad Company is deeply implanted in my frontal lobe. So this version of "(Feel Like) Making Love" never had a chance not to be on all of my cover playlists. Now if I could only hear Bad Company covering a Shiner song--then my work would be done.
posted by Tim Karan at
7:13 PM
4 Comments:
I loathe Oasis so I never really liked Wonderwall...that is until I heard this version a few years back. It's on my desert island mix now. And that version of My Life kicks ass.
the two lists you put up are pretty cool. I gotta say I like Ben Folds' Dr. Dre cover and the AAR version of Womanizer the most. It's really funny to see bands you wouldn't expect singing Britney covers.
Whoa, thanks for that Wonderwall cover. I absolutely love it.
Nice list.
Shiner's version of "Only Shallow" is pretty good too.
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