Mark Kozelek /Sun Kil Moon 'What's Next to the Moon' 2000, an acoustic album of covers of early AC/DC tracks. 'Tint Cities' 2005, another acoustic album of Modest Mouse covers. Over the years solo, SKM or with Red House Painters he has covered Kiss, The Cars, Yes, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and has performed John Denver songs live, who is one of his influences.
Blimey, I thought the song titles looked a bit familiar. I'm not a big AC/DC fan but I do know some of their stuff. Very brave, particularly how he's done them.
Just checking out the Red House Painters now - again I'm aware of them but never heard much if any.
The two Mark Kozelek albums I would really recommend are:
Sun Kil Moon 'April' 2008, try a YouTube search for Sun Kil Moon Blue Orchids.
Red House Painters 'Old Ramon' (1997- released 2001), YouTube search Red House Painters Void.
I have just about everything Mark Kozlek has done, but those two are my favourites.
With his covers, if the original was loud then he tends to go acoustic, and vice-ser-versa, the latter not always a success, but I love his interpretations of loud songs. His covers leave the lyrics in tact, but the music is pretty liberal in how he performs it.
I am more familiar with the version on the recent Allen Tousssaint & Elvis Costello 'The River In Reverse' album, but most people know the Little Feat version. Funnily enough, it was actually written & recorded first by Allen Toussaint just a few months before Little Feat recorded it. Whichever version you hear, it is definitely born & bred in New Orleanz.
Hello Dave. I've been a bit out of kilter and non posty for a while. The original track is lovely and this cover is an energy packed dancy kind of thing which with my pop head on I like :-) I'm not pround. Andy
Ah no i didn't! Bum. I added it as a local file from my Mac. Dave, I'll send you a link to the track, you're right it's not on Spotify. I hadn't realised it worked on my local files...nosey thing.
hi fella's , some very nice covers so far,, for me nouvelle vague's cover of 'too drunk to fuck ' ,by the dead kennedy's is superb, all of the first two nouvelle vague LP's are the best two cover LP's i have ever heard. all the best, matt
also for a bit of fun, The Easy Star All Stars ' dub side of the moon, and easy stars lonely hearts dub band , and radiodread, there is also dubber side of the moon although i haven't heard it yet, best regs, matt
Mike Nesmith's ( & the First National Band ) cover of 'I Fall to Pieces' . Psych-Country at its best . Not just Monkeeing around, I really like this cover.
I enjoyed listening to Cake's 'Fashion Nugget' yesterday, I haven't heard it in at least 15 years. It has 2 great covers on it, the first is 'I will survive' and it has super bassline. The other is a surpising version of Judy Garland's 'perhaps, perhaps, perhaps', and it works really well.
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Listen to Hayseed Dixie doing Bohemian Rhapsody
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Mark Kozelek /Sun Kil Moon
'What's Next to the Moon' 2000, an acoustic album of covers of early AC/DC tracks.
'Tint Cities' 2005, another acoustic album of Modest Mouse covers.
Over the years solo, SKM or with Red House Painters he has covered Kiss, The Cars, Yes, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and has performed John Denver songs live, who is one of his influences.
Just checking out the Red House Painters now - again I'm aware of them but never heard much if any.
The two Mark Kozelek albums I would really recommend are:
Sun Kil Moon 'April' 2008, try a YouTube search for Sun Kil Moon Blue Orchids.
Red House Painters 'Old Ramon' (1997- released 2001), YouTube search Red House Painters Void.
I have just about everything Mark Kozlek has done, but those two are my favourites.
With his covers, if the original was loud then he tends to go acoustic, and vice-ser-versa, the latter not always a success, but I love his interpretations of loud songs. His covers leave the lyrics in tact, but the music is pretty liberal in how he performs it.
You can hear his North East accent coming through - not sure if that's funny or not ?
Peter Sellars(Dr Strangelove) - "She Loves You"
David Thomas & 2 Pale Boys - "Surf's Up"
Wilson Pickett - "Hey Jude"
Laura Nyro - all of my fav. LP ever "Gonna Take a Miracle" + "Up on the Roof" & "Love on a Two Way Street" amongst many others
Diana Ross - "Ain't no Mountain high enough"
Otis Redding - "Papa's got a brand new bag"
Grant Green - "We've only just begun"
Bobby Womack - "I was checkin' out"
Al Green "How do you mend a broken heart"
I've put Sellers doing Can't Buy Me Love on the covers list as well - which is just as funny.
Edit:
My mistake. He does Hard Day's Night as Olivier. I've put that on as well.
Unfortunately not on Spoticus
Little Feat – On Your Way Down
I am more familiar with the version on the recent Allen Tousssaint & Elvis Costello 'The River In Reverse' album, but most people know the Little Feat version. Funnily enough, it was actually written & recorded first by Allen Toussaint just a few months before Little Feat recorded it. Whichever version you hear, it is definitely born & bred in New Orleanz.
Allen Toussaint – On Your Way Down
I'm not pround.
Andy
Andy
some very nice covers so far,,
for me nouvelle vague's cover of 'too drunk to fuck ' ,by the dead kennedy's is superb, all of the first two nouvelle vague LP's are the best two cover LP's i have ever heard.
all the best,
matt
there is also dubber side of the moon although i haven't heard it yet,
best regs,
matt
It also has a cover of Strange Fruit, apparently (if you feel up to it).
I heard the track on RadioParadise today, it was one of those "what is that?!" moments.
Psych-Country at its best .
Not just Monkeeing around, I really like this cover.