anyone know any great folk covers?
ie a folky kind of cover of a pop song or classic....
so for example
iron and wine-such great heights
im compiling a list so i can do a folk covers dj set at the night i put on!
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If you can find it...
... get Jonathan Coulton's folk cover of "Baby Got Back". It is actual genius.
thanks
wheres the best place to look?
I found it on a blog a while back
Featuring acoustic covers of hip-hop songs. If you can't find it anywhere else, Google may probably be your best bet. I'll have a look as well.
straight outta compton
have you heard the cover of this? by some country women....its hilarious
Nina Gordon?
Yeah, that's pretty special. I think I've got a really weird cover of "SexyBack" by a folk band as well - I'll see if I can find out who it's by.
Rock Plaza Central
That's who did the cover of SexyBack. Check that out if you can, too.
jose gonzalez - love will tear us apart
NOT!!!!
i'm sure that will oldham's done a few ....
Yes!
Will Oldham's version of R Kelly's "The World's Greatest" is well worth checking out.
madonna
i think iv got a cover he did of a madonna track...great stuff!
Calexico covered 'Corona' by the Minutemen
Lambchop covered 'Beyond belief' by Elvis Costello
Richard Thompson covered 'Hit me baby one more time'
that woman what did The Sweat Descends
art in manila or something?
nina gordon's version of Straight OUtta Compton is lolly
obvs johnny cash's american recordings stuff
Colin Meloy's Morrissey covers are very good indeed
I'd also suggest The Decemberists' version of "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)", but it's hardly the appropriate time...
The Gourds covered 'Gin & juice' by Snoop
that's pretty straight southern boogie, though, not folk.
Josh Rouse's version of "Straight To Hell" by The Clash is quite folky
great stuff
thanks everyone...keep em coming....maybe il make it into a mixtape and put it on the web somewhere!
animal collective covered
some nirvana, polly i think.
Castanets cover of The Knife's 'Like A Pen'
Pretty haunting stuff.
download
'close to me' by Little Red & Lauter here :
http://endlesscompilation.evenement0.net/main.php
i dont really like her....
but Dawn Landes did a bluegrass verison of 'Young Folks'.
Bluegrass in the most loose sense though.
david thomas broughton
does scissor sisters
oh and Frank Turner
covers all kinds of stuff including some Half Man Half Biscuit songs
I did a night like this a while ago---
here's a selection for you
Tunng-Pioneers (bloc Party)
Iron and wine/ Calexico- Always on my mind (Elvis)
Iron and Wine- Peng 33 (stereolab/ Waiting for a Superman (flaming lips)
Beck- Everybodys gotta learn sometime (the Korgis)
Beck- Which Will (nick Drake)
Andrew Bird- Oh Sister (Dylan)
The Young Republic- Thrasher (Neil Young)
Daniel Johnston- God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
Beck- True Love will find you in the end (Daniel Johnston)
Man Man-I'd Rather Go Blind (Etta James)
Bat For Lashes- Im on Fire (Springsteen)
Arcade Fire-Maps (yyy's)/ Five Years (Bowie)
Jens Lekman- You Can Call me Al (Paul Simon)
Magnetic Fields- Heroes (bowie)
Magic Numbers- Crazy in love (beyonce)
Joanna Newsom- Angel (Jimi Hendrix Cover)
Nick Cave- Disco 2000 (pulp)/ Oh Happy day (Trad)
The Shins-Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover)
Ya Ya Herman Dune- True Love is not nice (Jonathan Richman)
Final Fantasy-Peach Pear Plum (Joanna Newsom)
Plus Cat Power and Bonnie Prince B both Have covers albums....although the best Cover version bonnie prince billy does is probably Just To See You Smile...
What HMHB songs does he do?
I've seen a video of him playing Vatican Broadside ("The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the Pope..."), what else has he done?
maybe not really folk but
Stina Nordenstam - purple rain
Daniel Darc - les champs elysées
are both beautiful.
jam on bread did a cover of saves the day!
i think it's on their myspace page!
Not exactly folk
but Evan Dando has done loads of acoustic covers over the years, his version of Skulls by The Misfits is great.
Ryan Adams
and the Cardinals do a top version of 'Always On My Mind'...bonus track on Jacksonville City Nights.