a-lex12

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Member Since: 2/22/2001
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old family favorite (covers - vols 1 & 2)

Side A
Artist Song
pavement  the classical [the fall] 
future pilot AKA vs. the pastels  hurricane fighter plane [red krayola] 
sonic boom  rock 'n' roll is killing my life [suicide] 
flying saucer attack  the drowners [suede] 
elvis costello & the voice squad  full force gale [van morrison] 
mercury rev  the sun machine [david bowie] 
luna with laetitia sadier  bonnie & clyde (the bonnie parker version) [serge gainsbourg] 
galaxie 500  don't let our youth go to waste [jonathan richman] 
sonic youth  ca plane pour moi [plastic bertrand] 
holly golightly  box elder [pavement] 
love  my little red book [burt bacharach & hal david] 
the merton parkas  (i'm not your) steppin' stone [the monkees] 
the wrens  let's pretend [the germs] 
unrest  so you want to be a rock 'n' roll star [the byrds] 
the merrymakers  i'll feel a whole lot better [the byrds] 
lilys  touch the water [the apples in stereo] 
preston school of industry  anything could happen [the clean] 
the pastels  advice to the graduate (peel session) [silver jews] 
the wedding present  make me smile (come up and see me) [steve harley] 
beachwood sparks  by your side [sade] 
   
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
the wedding present  she's my best friend [lou reed] 
johnny cash  the mercy seat [nick cave & the bad seeds] 
the white stripes  st. james infirmary blues [joe primrose] 
spacemen 3  may the circle be unbroken [traditional] 
macha loves bedhead  believe [cher] 
gary jules  mad world [tears for fears] 
the microphones  sand [eric's trip] 
pavement  camera [REM] 
galaxie 500  cheese & onions [the rutles] 
elf power  needles in the camel's eye [brian eno] 
luna  dream baby dream [suicide] 
my bloody valentine  map ref 41n 93w [wire] 
them  it's all over now, baby blue [bob dylan] 
souled american  the torch singer [john prine] 
uncle tupelo  i wanna be your dog [the stooges] 
blur  maggie may [rod stewart] 
manic street preachers  raindrops keep falling on my head [burt bacharach & hal david] 
mercury rev  i only have eyes for you [harry warren & al dubin] 
john cale  hallelujah [leonard cohen] 
the zombies  summertime [george gershwin] 
elvis presley  blue moon (alternate take) [richard rodgers & lorenz hart] 

Comment:

i like cover songs. my five least favorites: 1. bono's painful attempt at hallelujah. equally painful is rufus wainwright's adult contemporary version. 2. face to face pretending to be fugazi on merchandise. please. 3. dave matthews band doing all along the watchtower. easy target? yes. but still. 4. reel big fish covering take on me. they're no cap'n jazz. 5. and i love em to death, but just about any u2 cover. happiness is a warm gun, paint it black, &c. satellite of love and THEIR version of the aforementioned all along the watchtower are inspired, though.
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Spockita
Date: 6/15/2002
very. scary. cover.
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Moe
Date: 6/15/2002
Outstanding. One of the best cover mixes I've seen on this site. I'm sure you've heard the Wedding Present's cover of Box Elder, which is excellent. I'll have to check out the Elf Power and Lilys covers.
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Mike Pike Set
Date: 6/15/2002
I'm with Ion here, Amazing, i love cover mixes, i love cassettes too, i think i'm gonna do a tape too, it's nice sitting with some beers with a really big bunch of records mixing a tape, esp if it's a 120 mins cassette;)
Great work!!
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McDonald12
Date: 6/15/2002
lots of great tracks here. Like the White stripes and Love covers especially
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a-lex12
Date: 6/15/2002
the (physical) cover is actually a picture of the japanese psych band acid mothers temple. yes, it is very scary.
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m
Date: 6/16/2002
whoa, this is !
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valis
Date: 6/16/2002
Love the John Cale and Wedding Present pieces here. Outstanding mix...., just great!
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SueEW
Date: 6/17/2002
Fantastic. I love covers too, but only if they're done right, and these ones are.
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valis
Date: 7/15/2002
Tried it.., LOVED it! Much fun to be had here folks..., trade him. He's worthy. Thanks Alex!!!
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Abe1
Date: 7/25/2002
Check out the Alien Sex Fiend version of Hurricane Fighter Plane too. Demental!