there will be changes.

all right, the two of you who read this, this is how it's going to be.

#1: things are going to get more intense. i.e, i'm going to start posting both the cover AND original song, for convenient side-by-side comparison. you could say things are going to get more extreme, except that that's the pussy way to spell it. so, i guess, prepare for things to get more X-TREEM. and by X-TREEM, i mean i'm going to start posting both the cover AND original song, for convenient side-by-side comparison.

#2: i will also start posting, with each song, where you can purchase the song and/or the album it appears in.

#3: i will allow myself the lenience of accepting that some songs are ironic only in the sense that they're not really ironic, just stupid and/or funny, and therefore the only real irony is the fact that they appear in a blog called ironic covers (ironic because they're not)

#4: other things. which i originally typed as "othings". this is how languages evolve, and you're seeing it in action.

well hell.

file factory no longer streams files. so now i have to find a new place to store and stream. awesome. plzstandby.

covers #19: caught a lite sneeze

song: caught a lite sneeze
cover band: evans blue
original: tori amos

comments: i couldn't listen to the whole cover, it annoyed the SHIT out of me. hence the irony, that someone could take something so beautiful and make it suck SO HARD.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
tori amos - caught a lite sneeze
god, why would you want to buy evans blue - caught a lite sneeze?

lyrics: caught a lite sneeze
caught a lite breeze
caught a lightweight lightning seed
boys on my left side
boys on my right side
boys in the middle
and you're not here
i need a big loan
from the girl zone

building, tumbling down
didn't know our love was so small
couldn't stand at all
mr. st john, just bring your son

the spire is hot
and my cells can't feed
and you still got that belle dragging your foots
i'm hiding it well, sister ernestine
but you still got that belle dragging your foots

building, tumbling down
didn't know our love was so small
couldn't stand at all
mr. st john, just bring your son

right on time
you get closer and closer
called my name
but there's no way in
use that fame
rent your wife and kids today
maybe she will
maybe she will

caught a lite sneeze
dreamed a little dream
built my own pretty hate machine
boys on the left side
boys on the right side
boys in the middle
and you're not here
boys in their dresses
and you're not here
i need a big loan
from the girl zone

building, tumbling down
didn't know our love was so small
couldn't stand at all
mr. st john, just bring your son

cover #18: our lips are sealed

song: our lips are sealed
cover band: poe
original: the go-gos

comments: poe's version is actually titled "my lips are sealed", seeing as she's one person (mostly).



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
go go's - our lips are sealed
amazon doesn't have poe's odd, disturbing version of our lips are sealed (featured in the movie "gossip"), so you'll have to brave the wild frontier.

lyrics: can you hear them
they talk about us
telling lies
well that's no surprise

can you see them
see right through them
they have no shield
no secrets to reveal

it doesn't matter what they say
in the jealous games people play
my lips are sealed

careless talk
through paper walls
we can't stop them
only laugh at them

spreading rumors
so far from true
dragged up from the underworld
just like some precious pearl

it doesn't matter what they say
in the jealous games people play
my lips are sealed
pay no mind to what they say
it doesn't matter anyway
my lips are sealed

early in the morning
in the middle of the night
two dead boys got up to fight
back to back they faced each other
drew their swords and shot each other
a deaf policeman heard their noise
came and shot those two dead boys
you don't believe this lie is true
go ask the blind man, he saw it too

hush my darling
don't you cry
quiet, angel
forget their lies

there's a weapon
we must use
in our defense
silence
when you look at them
look right through them
that's when they'll disappear
that's when you'll be feared

it doesn't matter what they say
in the jealous games people play
my lips are sealed
pay no mind to what they say
it doesn't matter anyway
my lips are sealed

cover #17: crazy

song: crazy
cover band: kidneythieves
original: patsy cline

comment: the original is just "omg, i'm so lonely without you," whereas the cover is kind of on par to bella's reaction to edward leaving in "new moon": absolutely psychotic. but this one's in a good way.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
patsy cline - crazy
kidneythieves - crazy

lyrics: crazy
i'm crazy for feeling so lonely
i'm crazy
crazy for feeling so blue
i knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
and then someday, you'd leave me for somebody new

worry, why do i let myself worry?
wondering what in the world did i do?
crazy
for thinking that my love could hold you
crazy
for thinking that my love could hold you

i'm crazy for trying
and crazy for crying
and i'm crazy for loving you
i'm crazy for trying
and crazy for crying
and i'm crazy for love you

crazy
i'm crazy for feeling so lonely
i'm crazy for trying
and crazy for crying
and I'm crazy for loving you

cover #16: comfortably numb

song: comfortably numb
cover band: scissor sisters
original: pink floyd

comment: proof that you can dance to anything... even pink floyd.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
pink floyd - comfortably numb
scissor sisters - comfortably numb

lyrics: hello
is there anybody in there?
just nod if you can hear me
is there anyone at home?

come on, now
i hear you're feeling down
well i can ease your pain
get you on your feet again

relax
i'll need some information first
just the basic facts
can you show me where it hurts?

there is no pain you are receding
a distant ship's smoke on the horizon
you are the only coming through in waves
your lips move
but i can't hear what you're saying

when i was a child, i had a fever
my hands felt just like two balloons
now i've got that feeling once again
i can't explain, you would not understand
this is not how i am
i have become comfortably numb

okay
just a little pinprick
there'll be no more
but you may feel a little sick

can you stand up?
i do believe it's working good
that'll keep you going through the show
come on, it's time to go

there is no pain, you are receding
a distant ship's smoke on the horizon
you are the only coming through in waves
your lips move
but i can't hear what you're saying

when i was a child, i caught a fleeting glimpse
out of the corner of my eye
i turned to look but it was gone
i cannot put my finger on it now
the child is grown, the dream is gone
i have become comfortably numb

cover #15: all the things she said

song: all the things she said
cover band: hurra torpedo
original: t.A.t.U

comments: i imagine some, like, old man pining after a young girl, like a lolita situation. except dude's singing about a dude.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
t.A.T.u. - all the things she said
hurra torpedo - all the things (s)he said

lyrics: all the things she said
all the things she said
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head

all the things she said
all the things she said
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head
this is not enough
this is not enough

i'm in serious shit
i feel totally lost
if i'm asking for help
it's only because
being with you has opened my eyes
could i ever believe such a perfect surprise?

i keep asking myself, wondering how
i keep closing my eyes but I can't block you out
wanna fly to a place where it's just you and me
nobody else so we can be free
Nobody else so we can be free

all the things she said
all the things she said
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head

all the things she said
all the things she said
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head
this is not enough
this is not enough

and i'm all mixed up
feeling cornered and rushed
they say it's my fault
but I want her so much
wanna fly her away where the sun and rain
come in over my face
wash away all the shame
when they stop and stare
don't worry me
cuz i'm feeling for her what she's feeling for me
i can try to pretend
i can try to forget
but it's driving me mad
going out of my head

all the things she said
all the things she said
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head

all the things she said
all the things she said
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head

this is not enough
this is not enough

mother looking at me
tell me what do you see?
yes, i've lost my mind

daddy looking at me
will i ever be free?
have i crossed the line?

all the things she said
all the things she said
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head

all the things she said
all the things she said
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head

this is not enough
this is not enough
this is not enough

cover #14: spaceman

song: spaceman
cover band: kovenant
original: babylon zoo

comments: wow, this song is a lot darker than i remember. holy crap. even the original.



first song is cover, second is original.

where do you get it?
your guess is as good as mine; despite being a rather popular song in the 90's, you can't either version on amazon. so you will have to look deep into the web of pain and sorrow.

lyrics:
spaceman
i always wanted you to go into space, man
intergalactic christ
spaceman
i always wanted you to go into space, man
intergalatic christ

pungent smells
they consummate my home
beyond the black horizon
trying to take control
see my girl
she shivers in her bones
the sun and zenith rising
trying to take us all

there's a fire between us
so where is your god?
there's a fire between us
i can't get off the carousel
i can't get off the carousel
i can't get off the carousel
i can't get off this world

the sickening taste of homophobic jokes
images of fascist folks
beam me up cuz i can't breath

spaceman
i always wanted you to go into space, man

it's time to terminate this great white world
morbid fascinations
television takes control
decimation, different races fall
electronic information tampers with your soul

there's a fire between us
so where is your god?
there's a fire between us
i can't get off the carousel
i can't get off the carousel
i can't get off the carousel
i can't fall off this world

the sickening taste of homophobic jokes
images of fascist folks
beam me up cuz i can't breath

spaceman
i always wanted you to go into space, man

spaceman
i always wanted you to go into space, man
intergalactic christ
spaceman
i always wanted you to go into space, man
intergalactic christ
spaceman