Comments on: Rob’s Top 60+ Cover Songs: Day 1/5

By: ladyjaye

ladyjaye — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:09:50 +0000

You mention Don’t You Forget About Me (and in passing Billy Idol’s cover), but you knew that the song was originally offered to hin and he turned it down? Ironically, he sings it in the cover Ã la Simple Minds… Wonder how it would have been had he recorded it originally?

Also, I like the Smashing Pumpkins’ cover of Landslide (from Pisces Iscariot), of You’re All I’ve Got Tonight and Destination Unknown (both from The Aeroplane Flies High).

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:28:21 +0000

@Fraze:(spoiler) Both of those are on the list and will show up later this week.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:27:29 +0000

@Ubik: I’m just going by my own experience. In the case of Brownsville Station, I suspect it might be a generation thing. I guess is if you took a poll among people my age or younger, not one out of a hundred would have heard of Brownsville Station. I just asked a co-worker if he had ever heard of Brownsville Station and he said, “No, where’s that?”

By: Fraze

Fraze — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:02:32 +0000

Cool list. I always thought these were decent too;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db6xHWEPTzo
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE

By: ubikuberalles

ubikuberalles — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:30:56 +0000

I tend to think Brownsville Station’s edition is more famous than Motley Crue’s. After all it reached #3 on the charts while Motley Crue’s only got to position #16. So I’m wondering, what criteria are you using on whether or not the cover is more famous than the original? Total records sold? Position on the Billboard charts? Personal feeling among yourself and friends? I’m not criticizing your reasoning, just trying to figure it out.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:23:11 +0000

Any rules regarding a cover band? What about a “does lots of covers” band? Speaking of Don’t You forget about me, Atrocity has a version that I happen to like — now in all fairness Atrocity has two 80s cover CDs, so there is lots of material to pick from … German metal band covering 80s songs = “teh win”

By: shadow

shadow — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:32:03 +0000

waiting to see if my favorite shows…

By: Oobgarm

Oobgarm — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:32:15 +0000

LOA’s cover of Don’t You (Forget About Me) is super awesome, and I salute you for including it. I love their second album, even if many don’t.