Some more covers for you all

Well, I know these have been posted before, but I figure that you might like to hear these if you haven't before...

First up, my support of Lightspeed Champion this year annoyed a few folks, but I stand by it, especially when he does covers as good as these...

Lightspeed Champion -Back To Black (Amy Winehouse cover).' mp3

Lightspeed Champion -'Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra cover).' mp3

Endearingly shambolic, and a wonderful version:

Raincoats -'Lola (The Kinks cover).' mp3

I was passed this cover by the record company, proof that some record companies areaware of the support provided by blogs.

Alabama 3 -'Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover).' mp3

Another cover of a post-punk era song:

Belle and Sebastian -'Final Day (Young Marble Giants cover).' mp3

I spent ages trying to track this down. Cheers to Steve at Teenage Kicks, hope your blog is up and running again soon, mate!

Cud -'You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate cover).' mp3

Proof that great songs DO get to no.1, Rihanna's Umbrella topped the UK charts last year for ten weeks, spawning these two covers. If anyone has an mp3 of her collaborating with the Klaxons doing a mash-up of 'Umbrella' and 'Golden Skans' please email me and I will post it here.

Biffy Clyro -'Umbrella (Rihanna cover).' mp3

Manic Street Preachers -'Umbrella (Rihanna cover).' mp3

The greatest ever Scots band take on one of America's greatest bands, and do them justice.

Delgados -'California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys cover).' mp3

There are apparently folk who do not like this cover. They are idiots. That is a fact, not an opinion:

Slits -'I Heard It Through The Grapevine(Marvin Gaye cover).' mp3

Some Covers For Saturday Part VII

The following covers came on a free CD given away by the NME a few months ago. Time to share with the 17 Seconds readers:

Manic Street Preachers - 'Umbrella.' mp3 (Rihanna cover)

The Futureheads -'A Picture Of Dorian Gray.' mp3 (Television personalities cover)

Lightspeed Champion -'Back To Black.' mp3 (Amy Winehouse cover)

CSS -'Knife.' mp3 (Grizzly Bear cover)

The Cribs -'Modern Way.' mp3 (Kaiser Chiefs cover)

Kaiser Chiefs -'Golden Skans.' mp3 (Klaxons cover)

The Kooks -'Young Folks.' mp3 (Peter Bjorn and John cover)

Does It Offend You, Yeah? -'Whip It (live).' mp3 (Devo cover)

Kate Nash -'Men's Needs.' mp3 (Cribs cover)

My Chemical Romance -'Song 2.' mp3 (Blur cover)

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly -'D.A.N.C.E.' mp3 (Justice cover)

The Wombats -'Bleeding Love.' mp3 (Leona Lewis cover)

Bloc Party -'Say It Right.' mp3 (Nelly Furtado cover)

And as a couple of bonuses:

The Streets -'Your Song.' mp3 (Elton John cover) (from a Radio 1 compilation)

Biffy Clyro -'Umbrella.' mp3 (from the same Radio 1 compilation)


More posts to come this weekend, including (hopefully) the long-searched for NME C81 tape...

Some Covers For Saturday Part V

Emma Pollock, of The Delgados

Hadn't posted many covers here for a while, so here's have a dozen for you.

First up, as I have said on many occasions before, The Delgados are my favourite scottish band of all time. So here's a cover of a Delgados song, and the Delgados covering the Dead Kennedys' California Uber Alles:

Comrade Down -'American Trilogy (Delgados' cover).' mp3

Delgados -'California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys cover).' mp3

I will post my review of the Lightspeed Champion album here very soon. In the meantime, here is his cover of Olivia Newton-John and The Electric Light Orchestra's song 'Xanadu.' mp3

Lightspeed Champion -'Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra cover).' mp3

I've posted cover versions by Nirvana before, so why not other bands taking on Nirvana songs?

Patti Smith -'Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover).' mp3

Tori Amos -'Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover).' mp3

Kathryn Williams -'All Apologies (Nirvana cover).' mp3

There will be more music, including album reviews and more John Peel-related posts over the next few days, so keep checking back...

have a good weekend, Ed X