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it happens (possibly a lot to this band from what I hear – I didn’t really listen to the album, but enough to know I like the below better than the Wavves version).
“So Bored” – Le Man Avec Les Lunettes
*pick up the full ep of “So Bored” covers over on We Were Never Being Boring collective
So anyone find a cover and decide it is better than the original? Post in the comments with what you have and let everyone judge you for it!
~Smansmith
p.s. Didn’t Pitchfork give Wavves an 8.1??
walk away renée (the left banke) – billy bragg
rebel rebel (david bowie) – rickie lee jones
mrs. robinson (simon & garfunkel) – the lemonheads (:))
heartbeats (the knife) – jose gonzalez
fabulous song in either way!
I think Ryan Adams cover of Oasis’s Wonderwall is, simply stated, beautiful!
well there are a lot covers which I think are better than the original…for example cat powers cover of “wonderwall” or regina spectors “real love” (Beatles), elliott smiths “blackbird” (Beatles), greg laswells “your ghost” (kristin hersch)….and so on ;)
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There are more than a few acoustic covers that stand out for me as being superior to the original recordings, though I have to admit in some cases I wasn’t always a big fan of the originals. Even with those I did like I don’t think it’s sad that another artist can turn a song into something ‘better’, sometimes it’s just a change of sound, electronic to acoustic, or pop to jazz, that really makes the difference.
Here are a few:
Umbrella (Rhianna) – Plain White T’s (duh)
Love Profusion (Madonna) – Regina Spektor
Dancing Queen (Abba) – Whitley (a fantastic slow warp)
Hyperballad (Bjork) – Whitley (superb)
Bitches Ain’t Shit – Ben Folds