Wow, Gang Green! I haven’t even thought about them since high school.
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Another oldie but goodie
Possibly my favourite thread, anywhere, in years.
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I always liked Coil’s version of Tainted Love.
And I think Smartbomb improved on Faith Hill.
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colour me surprised that i would actually be able to contribute something to this thread.
brown-eyed girl - lagwagon
barbie girl - mxpx
imperial march - greenday
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I still listen to “This is Boston, Not LA”.
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Well, didn’t see this classic listed, so I’ll add it to the pile for good measure
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Bonus points for interpolating London Calling
Punk adjacent:
ETA:
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I was quite firm in my belief that Devo’s “Satisfaction” was the most punk cover of a Stones’ song, only to learn about this! Thanks for introducing me to Laibach!
I can’t post Devo’s cover of “Satisfaction” without also posting Otis Redding’s truly superior version of that song. Though it isn’t punk, I doubt anybody (including Mick and Keith) can record a better rendition.
Honestly, I think there are many Rolling Stones songs with covers better than the original versions; the Andrew Oldham Orchestra’s take on “The Last Time” (sampled in “Bittersweet Symphony”) is sooo much better than what the Stones made:
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Maybe the straightest thing they’ve ever done:
Get it right back covered by the Hanson Brothers (Puck Rock)
Snot nosed cover of the Who from the Forgotten Rebels:
And the opposite but brilliant folk covers of Crass by Jeffrey Lewis:
just love his stuff…
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Schlong has done many great covers.
From Blondie:
To Michael Jackson:
To Pat Benetar:
And the Carpenters:
And for the coup-de-grace, the entire Rumours album (sadly, the YouTube video is missing part of the B side):
They also did a cover album of the entire West Side Story soundtrack but I can’t find it on YouTube. It’s a shame because in a very un-punk twist, it’s really well done.
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Hopefully i didn’t miss this upthread?, the Ur-punk cover:
Also, English Beats cover of Tears of a Clown:
And moving in the other direction, Pete Townsend’s cover of “Save It for Later”:
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The Ciccone Youth!
That’s the best one. They also have these:
and
And just one more as a Post Script from Ween:
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That is the other way round sir. And I say this a TMBG fan who got to see Cub open for them and both bands play together for that song.
ETA and that was over 20 years ago now… fuck I am old.
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Just realised that I’d had this mis-tagged as being by Cub for 20 years. Thanks, Napster.
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Here’s a link to a YouTube playlist of Oizone’s An Indifferent Beat album which is all covers.
Oizone - An Indifferent Beat
Down By Law covering the Proclaimers “classic” - I’m Gonna be
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Lemonheads – Mrs Robinson
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Suffragette City
The Damned – Ballroom Blitz
Misfits – This Magic Moment
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They really are one of the more interesting and controversial bands of the late 20th century. In addition to their covers, they’ve also done soundtrack work, for the movie Iron Sky, for plays, including a recent one for a stage production of Also Sprach Zarathustra, for MacBeth, a cover album for Jesus Christ Superstar, an interpretation of the Art of Fugue (Bach), and they were one of the first western bands to play in North Korea:
There was also a relatively recent album of covers of national anthems, too, Volk…
Oh, the Devo cover is still amazing, but yeah, Otis Redding is amazing…
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