Sune Rose Wagner - Sunday Morning

Link: http://soundcloud.com/sunerosewagner/sunday-morning

Sune Rose Wagner from the Raveonettes unearthed this cover of the Velvet Underground's Sunday Morning that he recorded in Seattle back in 1999. Perfect way to say to Lou: so long and thanks for all the songs.  RIP.

Vampire Weekend - Blurred Lines (cover)

Video: http://youtu.be/P5TAoW3u6oY

This summer, it has been nearly impossible to turn on the radio and not hear Blurred Lines on one station or another.  Here is a cover of the song by Vampire Weekend.  Unlike Robin Thicke, Ezra Koenig can actually sing in tune.

The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana / David Bowie

Video (Nirvana): http://youtu.be/fregObNcHC8
Video (David Bowie): http://youtu.be/6x5OubSeb-U

Inspired by recent posts by Tuco and Josh on a Radiohead cover of Nobody Does It Better and the new David Bowie song, respectively, I felt compelled to post a cover song that I love. Unless I'm mistaken, it's been a long time since I posted a cover track. Enjoy!

Nobody Does It Better

Thought I would post this in honour of the recently deceased Marvin Hamlisch, brilliant legendary songsmith. They simply don't write songs like they used to and certainly not like he could.

For all you Bond/Skyfall fans - this one's my favourite Bond theme song ever (suck it Adele):

And here is a decent cover of the track by Radiohead - Thom Yorke calls this the "sexiest song ever". Who's going to argue with that?

Nina Gordon / Richard Cheese (covers)

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6D5xpCgETk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb6W-h5j3jM

Today we're going to look at two covers of songs in which the style of the original song has been completely reinterpreted, with the original music videos in the background.

First up, we've got Nina Gordon covering NWA's 'Straight Outta Compton', taking a song first sung by a bunch of fired-up black rappers from Los Angeles and letting a blonde, Jewish girl from the Midwest turn it into a sweet ode about popping caps in people's asses. I've loved this cover since I first heard it.



Next, we've got Richard Cheese covering System of a Down's 'Chop Suey!', in which the hard rock from the Armenian-American band is given a lounge-style spin. Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine specialise in covering songs from acts as diverse as Nirvana through to Snoop Dogg, all of course in the lounge style.



Myspace pages:
http://www.myspace.com/ninagordon
http://www.myspace.com/richardcheese