This week we uncover the beauty of the source by diving into the cesspool of re-interpretation. Electric cover versions and covers of electric originals to please or tease your aural (dis)taste buds. Bon appétit!
Wall of Voodoo – Ring Of Fire
(“Wall Of Voodoo” mini-album – 1980, Index)
(original by Johnny Cash – from “Ring Of Fire” 7inch – 1963, CBS)
Plastilina Mosh – Viva Las Vegas
(“Manos Arriba!” – 2003, Bungalow)
(original by Elvis Presley featuring the Jordanaires – from “Viva Las Vegas” 7inch – 1964, rca victor)
Yellow Magic Orchestra – Firecracker II (The Shamen Remix)
(“Hi-Tech/No Crime – Yellow Magic Orchestra Reconstructed” – 1993, Alfa/Moonshine)
(original by Martin Denny – from “Quiet Village” – 1959, Liberty)
Fini Tribe – I Want More
(“I Want More” 12inch – 1987, Wax Trax!)
(original by Can – from “Flow Motion” – 1976, Harvest)
Chris & Cosey – Paralleladrill
(“Dugga Dugga Dugga” – 1998, Wmo)
(original “Drill” by Wire – from “Snakedrill” 12inchEP – 1986, Mute)
Yo La Tengo – Nuclear War (Version 2)
(“Nuclear War” single – 2002, Matador)
(original “Nuclear War“ by Sun Ra – from “Nuclear War” 12inch – 1982, Y)
Tricky – Black Steel
(“Maxinquaye” – 1995, Fourth and Broadway)
(original “Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos” by Public Enemy – from “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back” – 1988, Def Jam)
Soft Cell – Paranoid
(“The Bedsit Tapes” – 1979, Some Bizzare)
(original by Black Sabbath – from “Paranoid” – 1970, Vertigo)
Chicks on Speed – Song For A Future Generation
(“The Re-Releases Of The Un-Releases” – 2000, K)
(original by The B-52′s – from “Whammy!” – 1983, Island)
Squarepusher – Love Will Tear Us Apart
(“Do You Know Squarepusher” – 2002, Warp)
(original by Joy Division – from “Love Will Tear Us Apart” single – 1980, Factory)
Nina Hagen Band – Wir leben immer…noch (Lucky Number)
(“Unbehagen” – 1979, CBS)
(original “Lucky Number” by Lene Lovich – from “Lucky Number” single – 1978, Stiff)
Hamster Dragster – Pissing In A River
(“Songs Of Loss And Despair” single – 2008, Metal Postcard)
(original by Patti Smith – from “Radio Ethiopia” – 1976, Arista)
HAM – Voulez Vous
(“Buffalo Virgin” – 1989, One Little Indian)
(original by ABBA – from “Voulez Vous” – 1979, Polar)
Eurythmics – Fame
(“Touch” – 1983, rca)
(original by David Bowie – from “Young Americans” – 1975, rca)
DMX Krew – Seedy Films
(“Seedy Films” 12inch – 2002, White Leather)
(original by Soft Cell – from “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” – 1981, Some Bizzare)
Maxence Cyrin – LFO
(“Modern Rhapsodies” – 2006, F Communications)
(original by LFO – from “Frequencies” – 1990, Warp)
Tom Tom Club – Under The Boardwalk
(“Under The Boardwalk” single – 1982, Island)
(original by The Drifters – from “Under The Boardwalk” 7inch – 1964, Atlantic)
Current 93 – Since Yesterday
(“Swastikas For Goddy” – 1988, Durtro)
(original by Strawberry Switchblade – from “Since Yesterday” single – 1984, Korova)
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