Kenneth DeGraff, one of Doyle’s young staffers and a huge fan of Girl Talk, introduced his boss to the mash-up star. Luckily for Gillis, Doyle is the vice chairman of the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee and a progressive on copyright issues. In early 2007, the Pittsburgh native met a powerful ally: his congressman, Rep. So what’s your favorite, most inspired cover story that veers significantly from the original? Let me know at Update from our reader above: My favorite mini-cover of “Superstar” is from Girl Talk, a mashup DJ and one of my all-time favorite artists, who sampled the song on “Like This,” the seventh track off Feed the Animals ( starting at the 2:07 mark). But my favorite cover is by Sonic Youth, who turn the song into the creepy tale of a stalker.Įmbedded above. It’s been covered many times since then (I personally own five versions), most famously by The Carpenters. It’s an emotional telling of a women in love with a man who’s seemingly forgotten her on his climb to rock stardom. Probably the most famous example is Jimi Hendrix’s version of “All Along the Watchtower,” which so improved on Bob Dylan’s original that even he does it “Jimi’s way” now.īut my favorite example of a song being reinterpreted is “Superstar.” The song was written by Bonnie Bramlett (of Delaney & Bonnie fame) and Leon Russel and was initially done by Rita Coolidge way back in 1970. But my favorite type of cover is when something completely new is done with the song. There’s the “what the heck?” cover-e.g., who would have guessed that U2 are huge ABBA fans? There are all those millions of tribute albums (a particularly good one is “ I’m Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen”). I'll keep this updated as long as I can.I love all kinds of music, but I particularly love covers. I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. (1) Daughter - Alone / With You (2) Daughter - “Doing The Right Thing” (3) Daughter - Medicine lyricsĠ - hmmm maybe Daughter? here's a few songs of theirs: Alone / With You Doing the Right Thing Medicine +1 - Opium by Marcy Playground immediately comes to mind, even starts with a soft exhale as well. +1 - She Wants Revenge maybe honestly look for a post-punk playlist, a lot of Joy Division-inspired bands try to have as monotone of vocals as possible +1 - primal scream - you're just dead skin to me Primal Scream - You're Just Dead Skin To Me (1) Glen Hansard - Philander (2) Nick Drake - Things behind the sun +1 - Best I could come up with Babygirl - Overbored Now, Now - Prehistoric LSD and the search for god - Starting over (1) Babygirl - Overbored (2) Now, Now - Prehistoric (3) LSD and the Search for God - Starting Over +1 - If you like Mazzy Star give the Cowboy Junkies a listen, too. I'll see if I can find something closer.Ĭigarettes After Sex - Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby Meanwhile, listen to some Mazzy Star if you've never heard it. I'm going to dig a bit into some more obscure stuff for something closer to what I think you mean. +4 - Superstar always reminds me of Zodiac, which reminds me of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man." Also Eliiott Smith gets kind of close to apathetic/ tired sounding, although he's really just got a very calm, sad way of singing: (1) Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man - 1968 (2) Elliott Smith: "Angeles" (3) Elliott Smith - Miss Misery Live On Piano Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO
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