cover #32: lovesong

song: lovesong
cover: snake river conspiracy
original: the cure

comments: unpopular opinion time: i don't like the cure. like, at all. well, ok, i like the song "burn" from the crow soundtrack, but other than that, i really don't like them. i especially don't like "lovesong".

except for this cover of it. thank you, snake river conspiracy, for allowing me to enjoy it.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
the cure - lovesong
snake river conspiracy - lovesong

lyrics: whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am home again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am whole again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am young again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am fun again

however far away
i will always love you
however long i stay
i will always love you
whatever words i say
i will always love you
i will always love you

whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am free again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am clean again

however far away
i will always love you
however long i stay
i will always love you
whatever words i say
i will always love you
i will always love you

cover #31: what a wonderful world

song: what a wonderful world
cover: meads of asphodel
original: louis armstrong

comments: i'm not totally sure this counts as a cover, since the song's basically completely rewritten. but it's a complete 180 from the original, so... let's just go with it, shall we?



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
louis armstrong - what a wonderful world
meads of asphodel's "cover" is not available in mp3 format on amazon, unless it's hiding under some other name and i'm just too lazy to dig for it. yep, i'm admitting it, freely. lazy.

original lyrics: i see trees of green
red roses, too
i see them bloom
for me and you
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

i see skies of blue
and clouds of white
the bright blessed day
dark sacred night
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

the colors of the rainbow
so pretty in the sky
are also on the faces
of people going by
i see friends shaking hands
saying "how do you do?"
they're really saying
"i love you"

i hear babies crying
i watch them grow
they'll learn much more
than i'll ever know
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

yes, i think to myself
what a wonderful world

new lyrics: i see newborn graves
dirt dimmed with steam
open womb flesh
death and disease
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

i see ethnic cleansing
pain beyond belief
whole nations murdered
sorrow and grief
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world

the silhouettes of murder
so pretty in the sky
where rapists stare in wonder
at children passing by
i see friends shaking hands
saying "how do you do"
but they're really saying
"hey, fuck you"

i see men talking peace
words full of shit
eyes welled with war
poison and deceit
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world
i think to myself
what a wonderful world.

cover #30: zombie

song: zombie
cover: ororo
original: the cranberries

comments: nothing like getting down to a song about war and despair and suffering. where are my fucking glow sticks?!



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
the cranberries - zombie
soooo, there isn't the actual, wordy version of ororo's cover of zombie on amazon, but there is the karaoke version.

lyrics: another head hangs lowly
child is slowly taken
and the violence caused such silence
who are we mistaken

but you see, it's not me
it's not my family
in your head, in your head
they are fighting
with their tanks, and their bombs
and their bombs, and their guns
in your head, in your head
they are crying

in your head, in your head
zombie, zombie, zombie
what's in your head, in your head
zombie, zombie, zombie

another mother's breaking heart is taking over
when the violence causes silence
we must be mistaken

it's the same old theme
since 1916
in your head, in your head
they're still fighting
with their tanks, and their bombs
and their bombs, and their guns
in your head, in your head
they are dying

in your head, in your head
zombie, zombie, zombie
what's in your head, in your head
zombie, zombie, zombie

cover #29: last caress

song: last caress
cover: aerial m
original: the misfits

comments: where do i start making fun of danzig? the fact that he's my height? his inability to wear a shirt? his singing songs about killing babies and raping moms when we all know they would both take him down with one punch? i guess i'll just let the soothing sounds of this cover chuckle you to a more peaceful state.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
the misfits - last caress
aerial m - last caress

lyrics: i got something to say
i killed a baby today
and it doesn't matter much to me
as long as it's dead

well, i got something to say
i raped your mother today
and it doesn't matter much to me
as long as she's spread

sweet lovely death
i am waiting for your breath
come, sweet death
one last caress
sweet lovely death
i am waiting for your breath
come, sweet death
one last caress

well, i got something to say
i killed your baby today
and it doesn't matter much to me
as long as it's dead

sweet lovely death
i am waiting for your breath
come, sweet death
one last caress
one last caress, sweet death
one last caress, sweet death

cover #28: from out of nowhere

hey.

how's it going?

yeah? good, that's good.

me? oh i'm ok.

anyhow.


song: from out of nowhere
cover: apocalyptica
original: faith no more

comments: this randomly came onto my mp3 player this morning, and i was immediately sucked violently back in time to when i was a teenager and this was the shiznite and i had very little working knowledge of faith no more beyond epic. i have since smartened up.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
faith no more - from out of nowhere
apocalyptica - from out of nowhere

lyrics: um... dundundun
dundundun
dundundun
dundundun

(lots of dundundundundundundundundundundundundundundundundundundun in the background)

dunnnn dunn-dunnnnn dunn-dun-dunnnn-dunnn-dundun

ok this is silly.

tossed into my mind
stirring the calm
you splash me with beauty
and pull me down
cuz you come from out of nowhere
my glance turns to a stare

obsession rules me
i'm yours from the start
i know you see me
our eyes interlock
cuz you come from out of nowhere
my glance turns to a stare

one minute here
and one minute there
don't know if i'll laugh or cry
one minute here
and one minute there
and then you wave good-bye

sifting to the bottom
every day for two
all energy funnels
all becomes you
cuz you come from out of nowhere
my glance turns to a stare

one minute here
and one minute there
don't know if i'll laugh or cry
one minute here
and one minute there
and it hurts inside

one minute here
and one minute there
and then you wave good-bye
good-bye

cover #27: i'm your boogie man

making up for lost time...

song: i'm your boogie man
cover: white zombie
original: kc and the sunshine band (or, as i wanted to type it, kc and the motherfuckin' sunshine band)

comments: dude, i seriously did not realize this was a cover until the other day, when i heard the original playing in the background of some movie or show that at this moment escapes me. (edit: WATCHMEN! it was in watchmen. got it) i mean, it's just such a perfect song for rob zombie, he sleezes it up right. and to originally be by a band called kc and the sunshine band?! yeah, mind = blown.

though, upon further reflection, i think the term "boogie man" might have been used differently by kc and the sunshine band...



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
kc and the sunshine band - i'm your boogie man
white zombie - i'm your boogie man

lyrics: i'm your boogie man
that's what i am
i'm here to do
whatever i can
be it early mornin'
late afternoon
or at midnight
it's never too soon

to wanna please you
to wanna please you
to wanna do it all, all for you
i wanna be your, be your lover boy
i wanna be the one you love most of all

i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
turn me on
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
do what you want
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
turn me on
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
do what you want

i'm your boogie man
that's what i am
i'm here to do
whatever i can
be it early mornin'
late afternoon
or at midnight
it's never too soon

to wanna take you
to wanna hold you
i wanna give me all, all to you
and i want you to completely understand
just where i'm at
and where i am

i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
turn me on
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
do what you want
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
turn me on
i'm your boogie man, i'm your boogie man
do what you want

i'm your boogie man
that's what i am
i'm here to do
whatever i can
be it early mornin'
late afternoon
or at midnight
it's never too soon

i wanna be with you
i wanna be with you
yeah we'll be together
you and me
i wanna see you
get near you
i wanna love you
from sundown, sunup

i'm your boogie man
that's what i am
i'm here to do
whatever i can
be it early mornin'
late afternoon
or at midnight
it's never too soon

to wanna please you
to wanna hold you
to wanna do it all, all for you
i wanna be you be your lover boy
i wanna be the one
you love most of all

i'm your boogie man
i'm your boogie man
i'm your boogie man
i'm your boogie man

cover #26: where is my mind

song: where is my mind
cover: maxence cyrin
original: pixies

comments: this cover has gotten pretty popular since i first found it embedded in an erotic photography blog, of all places; and by pretty popular, i mean that i heard it on college radio the other day. yeah, suuuuper popular.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
pixies - where is my mind
maxence cyrin - where is my mind

lyrics: with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah
your head will collapse
but there's nothing in it
and you'll ask yourself

where is my mind?
where is my mind?
where is my mind?

way out in the water
see it swimming

i was swimming in the caribbean
animals were hiding behind the rocks
except the little fish
but they told me, he swears
trying to talk to me, coy koi

where is my mind?
where is my mind?
where is my mind?

way out in the water
see it swimming

with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah
your head will collapse
if there's nothing in it
and you'll ask yourself

where is my mind?
where is my mind?
where is my mind?

way out in the water
see it swimming

with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah

hurray!

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