[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:

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[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]

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[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 [...]

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[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 [...]

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[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 [...]

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[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)]

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[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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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xppNIBGzxYs] Yeah, Metallica on celli is old news: everybody checked Apocalyptica, and most of us moved on. But here’s something new and fresh: Harptallica! But beware! They do not only play Metallica covers, Megadeth’s ‘A tout le monde’ can also be spotted on their myspace.

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[youtube=http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=kL2zOo3Khws] Visual artist Sam Taylor Wood created this cover version of I’M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR, produced by Pet Shop Boys.

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The people from The Toy Zone recreated 20 record covers in Lego. You can find some Aphex Twin, too much Beatles etc..

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