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I thought I'd put together a disk or two of modern bands covering rock songs from the 50's and 60's, and am looking for suggestions. Some I have so far are: "Red Hot" by Brian Setzer "Sixteen Tons" by Eels "Breathless" by Frank Black "Real Wild Child" by Iggy Pop "Blue Suede Shoes" by Johnny Halliday "Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows "Brown Eyed Girl" by Everclear "Somebody To Love" by Fleming & John "Gimme Shelter" by The Hellacopters "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by The Kaiser Chiefs "Cinnamon Girl" by Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs "Street Fighting Man" by Passafist "I'm Only Sleeping" by The Vines "Tangled Up In Blue" by The Whitlams
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Black 47, an Irish-American band based in NYC, does a wonderful version of Phil Ochs' "I Ain't Marching Anymore." The band also does an interesting version of Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone."
Dropkick Murphys does a great version of the old CCR song, "Fortunate Son."
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Minor nitpick: "Tangled Up in Blue" was written in 1974 and released in 1975.
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Spider baits version of Black Betty. ETA some of the Motown stuff by Human Nature isn't too bad either. They are releasing their second Motown album soon because the first was so well receieved
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U2 have covered Paint It Black. Sounds pretty good (as in the song, not the concept - well, the concept's good too).
Maggie's Farm by Rage Against The Machine.
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are probably worth looking into as well.
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I liked Black 47's cover of "Three Little Birds" but is it recorded? God, haven't seen them play since Chris Byrne left, really! I've mentioned that in college I had a raging crush on Larry Kirwan, didn't I?
Not a cover, per se, but Jarvis Cocker's new album has a song that heavily samples "Crimson and Clover" which is one of my favorite songs of all time. It's very good. The song is "Black Magic."
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Rage Against the Machine also covered "Street Fightin' Man" on that same album/
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Also, you might want to look for stuff from the show "American Dreams." They frequently had modern bands playing as bands from the 60's, but I don't know if they actually recorded the songs.
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Check out Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - they do alternative versions of classics. I personally like their version of "Mona Lisa."
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Shonen Knife's Daydream Believer. It's entirely recognisable, but also clearly Shonen Knife in arrangement.
(I also love their versions of I Wanna Be Sedated, Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, and Top of the World, but those are out of the timespan you're looking for.)
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Adam Sandler does a great cover of Werewolves in London. Also I Am the Walrus (Styx and Jim Carrey) Mrs. Robinson (Lemonheads) Stairway to Heaven (great version by Heart); I know this song is from the 70s but I'd be remiss if I didn't throw it in This Old House (Brian Setzer Orch)
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Sheryl Crow does a good version of Bob Dylan's "Mississippi".
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I like Fiona Apple's recording of "Across the Universe." The single, itself, was originally released in December 1969. But it's not really a rock song and also a close shave for the decade requirements.
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The Meat Puppets cut a sizzling version of "Good Golly Miss Molly." Also on SST Records, Husker Du covered "Eight Miles High" on an early single.
Others: The Stranglers "96 Tears" Fiona Apple "Across The Universe" Elvis Costello "Days" (by the Kinks) Don Dixon "When A Man Loves A Woman" Soundgarden "Come Together"
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'Spanish Harlem' remade by Bowling for Soup 'I Fought the Law' remade by Green Day 'Hey there Little Red Riding Hood' remade by Bowling for Soup
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quote:Originally posted by StingJay Temple: Is that the Rolling Stones I hear in the commercial covering "I'm Free"? I'd call that a good cover.
I don't know the ad you're thinking of, but the Soup Dragons' only hit was a cover of the Stones' "I'm Free," it could be that version.
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quote:Originally posted by KatrinaDuck: Check out Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - they do alternative versions of classics. I personally like their version of "Mona Lisa."
I'll second (or third, maybe) that one. They do some really great covers. Their version of "Seasson in the Sun" is the only one I can listen to.
Social Distortion also do a pretty good cover of "Under my Thumb" and Mike Ness has a solo album full of covers called "Under the Influences." Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer do Bob Marleys "Redemption Song" wonderfully, check it out.
If you want something a bit on the silly side, try "Gin and Juice" done by The Gourds or "Creep" done by Afghan Whigs.
Edit: I'm slightly stupid today. Sorry, I just realized most of this stuff is outside of the 50's and 60's timeframe. Here, let me
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quote:Originally posted by Cheris: (snip) If you want something a bit on the silly side, try "Gin and Juice" done by The Gourds or "Creep" done by Afghan Whigs.
Speaking of Afghan Whigs, they do an awesome version of "Come See About Me" and (though I'm not sure of the original's vintage) "Be For Real."
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I rather like Wynonna's cover of "Burning Love," originally by Elvis Presley. (Never thought I'd use the word "like" immediately before "Wynonna", but there you go.) It was from the end of "Lilo and Stitch," so it may be due to positive associations I have, but I still think it's cool.
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Probably not the period you're looking at either, but Poison covered The Who's 'Squeezebox' on their 2002 (I think) album 'Hollyweird'. The original was recorded in 1975 and the cover's alright.
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