Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sphinx.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!r032 From: r032@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP ( Sam Rebelsky) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: More Interesting Cover Versions Message-ID: <954@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 05:45:49 EDT Article-I.D.: sphinx.954 Posted: Fri Aug 9 05:45:49 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 21:51:50 EDT Organization: DOC Films Lines: 48 Just thought I'd mention a few psuedo-punk groups that have done some interesting cover versions (from now on called covers). AGENT ORANGE. A simply amazing band, they're sort of Surf Music goes hardcore. Their version of "Pipeline" is even more powerful than the original, it just pumps along and along. Their version of "Somebody to Love", is different enough from the original that it stands as a piece of its own. The REPLACEMENTS. This is a fairly fun band, and although none of their albums have covers on them (well, I don't think they do), their concerts are filled with covers. Luckily, they've just released a live tape (that they took from someone who was taping their show) that really shows off their abilities to make almost any song their own. The tape is called "The Shit Hits the Fan." The songs on it are: Side One: Lawdy Miss Clawdy. Sleeping Nights of Jesus. Lovelines. I'll be There. Sixteen Blue. Can't Hardly Wait. I Will Dare. Hear You Been to College. Side Two: Saturday Night Special. Iron Man. Misty Mountain Hop. Heartbreaker. Can't Get Enough of Your Love. Jailbreak. Breakdown. No More the Moon Shines On. Loreena. Mirror Go Round. Left Here in the Dark. Takin' Care of Business. I Will Follow. Jumpin' Jack Flash. Radio Free Europe. More Fun in the New World. Let it Be. For a band that was initially only a hardcore band, that's a pretty impresive list of covers, and while not all of them are great (or more than 10 sec long), many are simply amazing. While this tape is only fairly good, they are even wonderful live, and I would reccommend seeing them if you can the next time that they tour (and since they play in small clubs, you'll have even more fun). Perhaps, if asked, they might even attempt a Kate Bush cover. :-) TELEVISON. One of the great New York bands of the 70's (middle-late), they had Tom Verlaine (and for a time, Richard Hell). Once again, the only cover versions they do are only on tape, but they are great. On their tape, "The Blow-Up" (or something like that), on ROIR tapes, they do simply amazing cover versions of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" and "Satisfaction". They go completely insane on "Satisfaction", putting incredible sounds and intensity into and already intense song. Don't flame my syntax, it's 4:30am. (flame my opinions if you want to) -- Sam Rebelsky -- Archivist @ DOC Films - The nation's oldest student film group UUCP : ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!r032 ARPA : x9.xsr%uchicago.mailnet@mit-multics.arpa "All's fair in love and war, and this is revolution." -- Guess who said this