[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOqiolytFw4] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! Today we shift our attention to the ‘Hungarian suicide song’ “Gloomy Sunday” originally composed by Hungarian pianist Rezső Seress who committed suicide in1968. It was covered many times here’s an overview containing Björk, Billie Holiday, Portishead, Diamanda Galas:
Special: Cool cover versions: Gloomy Sunday (Weekendbreak)
May 17, 2009
Special: Cool cover versions: Ace of Spades (Weekendbreak)
May 16, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3NzgEsM-zo&feature=related] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! Weekendbreak: Schoppenaas by local hero Dikke Dennis. It is a dutch translation of the classic Motörhead-(with heavy metal umlaut on the second o)-song Ace of Spades: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImrtZRrS70w]
Special: Cool cover versions: the Beatles (Part 5 of 5)
May 15, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR6CC4SAs5s&feature=player_embedded] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! And last but not least this week, why not do some Beatles covers. the Beatles – A day in the life: covered by hardcore punk band Ramallah is to be seen above. For those of you that think that’s too [...]
Special: Cool cover versions: All the things she said (Part 4 of 5)
May 14, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_c25kAdmu8&feature=player_embedded] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! A cover version that creates a lot of heat atm is the All the Things she said – T.a.T.u. cover by The Berzerker you see above. The Berzerker are an Aussie grindcore/gabbermetal band that are most famous for their incorporation [...]
Special: Cool cover versions: Army of Me (Part 3 of 5)
May 13, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGS-Z8opqk] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! A song that has been covered many times particularly by metal bands is Björk’s Army of Me (maybe that is because of the heavy metal umlaut in her name?). Helmet has done one (see ‘video’ above), Caliban, which I could [...]
Special: Cool cover versions: Das Model (Part 2 of 5)
May 12, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqkgLgMjt3A] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! Das Model by Kraftwerk. see the original here Covered by the noise rockers of Big Black as can be seen above, and also by shock rockers Rammstein: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpprIoaIa7I)]
Special: Cool cover versions: Only Shallow (Part 1 of 5)
May 11, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0GZH-lw_P4] This week you can wake up to some cover versions to get you kickstarted! First up: My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow The clip above is from their first live show in 16 years, in London. The reason we post this is because these bloody Valentines are coming to the Effenaar May 25th! The [...]
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