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08 March 2009

Remakes We Love thread →[More:]I love Grant Lee Phillips' version of Boys Don't Cry. Actually, the entire album (Nineteen Eighties) is pretty good.

post by: LoriFLA at: 13:44 | 26 comments

Holy cow, I was just listening to that song, Lori! Yeah, the entire album is GREAT. I saw Grant perform a couple of years ago and he did a few tracks off that record as his encore.

posted by scody 08 March | 14:13

That is too funny, scody. I like Grant's style/sound a lot. It's cool that you saw him live.

posted by LoriFLA 08 March | 15:18

Kahimi Kerie doing Jimmy Cliff's The Harder They Come

thanks, Beeps!

posted by Lipstick Thespian 08 March | 15:28

Neat, LT. Thanks for the dl.

I'm on YouTube more than a normal person should be. I only have three music videos favorited. I'm not sure why. It's kind of an eclectic mix. I'm always living in the past when it comes to music. Here's the downloads if you wish:

Boys Don't Cry - Grant Lee Phillips

Heart and Shoulder - Heather Nova

Tangerine - Led Zeppelin

posted by LoriFLA 08 March | 15:42

Keb Mo' - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

posted by essexjan 08 March | 16:32

My favorite Beatles song is "Rock and Roll Music" by Chuck Berry.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 March | 16:35

Great song/version. Thanks, Lori!

posted by deborah 08 March | 16:38

I liked Madonna's "American Pie". *ducks to avoid objects being thrown*

posted by Melismata 08 March | 16:57

That's okay, Melismata. I dig Luka Bloom's cover of LL Cool J's "I Need Love."

Not nearly as much as the original! Please Hammer, don't hurt me?

posted by Hugh Janus 08 March | 17:08

I've always liked The Red House Painters' remake of Silly Love Songs.

posted by octothorpe 08 March | 18:01

Check out Hüsker Dü's cover of Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" (starts at about 3:25). Big fave a mine.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 March | 18:54

Have you ever heard Sonic Youth's version of the Carpenters' "Superstar"? Absolutely amazing. It's not mocking or ironic at all... they genuinely took the song and made it brilliant.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 March | 20:53

ted leo's version of since you've been gone. he took a pouffy pink pop song into something smashing.

posted by eatdonuts 08 March | 21:06

damn, forgot for a second. concrete blonde's version of 'everybody knows,' is pure full of awesome.

posted by eatdonuts 08 March | 21:15

I think Frankie Goes to Hollywood do a great "War."

I swear I'm not taking the piss.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 March | 22:09

U2's version of "Dancing Barefoot".

posted by brujita 08 March | 22:47

Is this limited to just music? I clicked on the thread with the intention of stating just how much I prefer the newer version of The Thomas Crown Affair.

posted by Nice Guy Mike 08 March | 22:50

Seconding Ted Leo.

posted by arse_hat 08 March | 23:20

The more I listen to this Grant Lee Phillips song, the more I like it. Thanks, Lori!

posted by BoringPostcards 09 March | 09:05

Thea Gilmore covering Phil Ochs.

(just got time to do this, finally)

posted by danf 09 March | 13:26

Bauhaus' Ziggy Stardust

Mudhoney's cover of Bette Midler's The Rose

posted by dersins 09 March | 15:08

Thanks, BP. They play a lot of Grant on a radio station I listen to and this song grew on me.

Danf, Thea Gilmore did a version of Bad Moon Rising that is sort of eerie in a good way.

I never knew Mudhoney covered The Rose. Then again I don't listen to a lot of Mudhoney because I am old and grumpy.

posted by LoriFLA 09 March | 20:27

On the contrary, Lori, I would guess that most people who listen to a lot of Mudhoney are old and grumpy.

(Also, here's my favorite 'Bad Moon Rising' cover.)

posted by box 09 March | 21:06

I would guess that most people who listen to a lot of Mudhoney are old and grumpy.

I resemble that remark!

posted by BoringPostcards 09 March | 21:17

Yes Lori. . I have that one also. . .

posted by danf 09 March | 22:28

I like Alanis Morrisette's cover of Seal's "Crazy". And Jeff Healey's version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is actually better than the Beatles'.

posted by Orange Swan 12 March | 09:59

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