Friday, February 23, 2007

a call for covers

i'm working on a playlist of covers only. if you have a favorite, or a few, leave them in the comments section. if i can't find them, i will hunt you down.

7 comments:

Lara said...

I've owed you this forever...here are my suggestions:

Everything (He) Does is Magic -- Shawn Colvin

Train in Vain -- Annie Lennox

Til I Can Make It on My Own -- Martina McBride

Uncle John's Cabin -- Indigo Girls

Midnight Train to Georgia -- Indigo Girls

It's Gonna Take Some Time -- Dishwalla

The Heart of the Matter -- India Arie

Killing Me Softly -- The Fugees

Life Is a Highway -- Rascal Flatts

Unknown said...

OK - here is a short list of covers that you have not played...

- Scooter covering Supertramp's The Logical Song

- Alien Ant Farm covering Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal

- Swim Herschell Swim or Social Distortion covering Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire

- Duran Duran covering Led Zepplin's Thank You

- Soft Cell or Marilyn Manson covering Gloria Jones' Tainted Love

- Big Head Todd and the Monsters covering Led Zepplin's Tangerine

- Carbon Leaf or Ryan Shupe covering The Devil Went Down to Georgia

- Black Eyed Peas covering Jack Johnson's Gone Going

- Ocean Blue covering The Smiths' There is a Light that Never Goes Out

- Deftones covering Sade's No Ordinary Love

- Faith No More covering Black Sabbath's War Pigs

- U2 covering The Monkees' Day Dream Believer

- Metallica covering Bob Segar's Turn the Page

- The Corrs covering Fleetwood Mac's Dreams

- Carbon Leaf covering John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads

-Filter covering Three Dog Night's One

-Brian May covering Pink Floyd's Have a Cigar

I Have more just can't think of them at the moment. I also have a bunch of dance remixes but they don't really count as covers, nor do Christmas Songs

Lara said...

I may need to copies of some of Shaka's songs. :)

I forgot...Garth Brooks cover of KISS's "Hard Luck Woman"

Anonymous said...

Sex Pistols- Monkees' "Stepping Stone"

Jane's Addiction- "Sympathy for The Devil"

Promise Ring- Pixies' "Where is my Mind"

David Bowie- Pink Floyd's "Mother"

Good luck with the last.

Anonymous said...

BTW the Filter cover shaka lists is on the Xflies movie album.

Anonymous said...

Also, NOFX does "All of Me" and Don McLean's "Vincent"

Anne said...

Frente - Bizarre Love Triangle
Such Great Heights (I don't know who sings it but it's on The Garden State soundtrack)
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
Landslide - Dixie Chicks (can you believe it, I'm suggesting COUNTRY!)