cover #47: people are people

song: people are people
cover: a perfect circle
original: depeche mode

comments: i've been looking for a new song to apply the "shitty cover" tag to for a while now. i just never thought it would be a cover by a perfect circle that would satisfy the itch. jesus, this blows.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
if, for some twisted and psychotic reason, you would actually like to spend money on the cover version of "people are people", you're in luck.
depeche mode - people are people
a perfect circle - people are people

lyrics: people are people
so why should it be
you and i should get along so awfully
people are people
so why should it be
you and i should get along so awfully

so we're different colours
and we're different creeds
and different people
have different needs
it's obvious you hate me
though i've done nothing wrong
i've never ever met you
so what could i have done

i can't understand
what makes a man
hate another man
help me understand

people are people
so why should it be
you and i should get along so awfully
people are people
so why should it be
you and i should get along so awfully

help me understand
help me understand

now you're punching
and you're kicking
and you're shouting at me
i'm relying on your common decency
so far it hasn't surfaced
but i'm sure it exists
it just takes a while to travel
from your head to your fists

i can't understand
what makes a man
hate another man
help me understand

people are people
so why should it be
you and i should get along so awfully
people are people
so why should it be
you and i should get along so awfully

i can't understand
what makes a man
hate another man
help me understand
i can't understand
what makes a man
hate another man
help me understand
i can't understand
what makes a man
hate another man
help me understand
i can't understand
what makes a man
hate another man
help me understand
i can't understand
what makes a man
hate another man
help me understand

cover #46: ordinary world

song: ordinary world
cover: aurora
original: duran duran

comments: oh house music. will you never win?



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
duran duran - ordinary world
aurora - ordinary world

lyrics: came in from a rainy thursday
on the avenue
thought i heard you talking softly
i turned on the lights, the tv
and the radio
still i can't escape the ghost of you

what has happened to it all?
crazy, some are saying
where is the life that i recognize?
gone away

but i won't cry for yesterday
there's an ordinary world
somehow i have to find
and as i try to make my way
to the ordinary world
i will learn to survive

passion or coincidence
once prompted you to say
"pride will tear us both apart"
well now pride's gone out the window
cross the rooftops, run away
left me in the vacuum of my heart

what is happening to me?
crazy, some'd say
where is my friend when i need you most?
gone away

but i won't cry for yesterday
there's an ordinary world
somehow i have to find
and as i try to make my way
to the ordinary world
i will learn to survive

papers in the roadside
tell of suffering and greed
here today, forgot tomorrow
here besides the news
of holy war and holy need
ours is just a little sorrowed talk

and i don't cry for yesterday
there's an ordinary world
somehow i have to find
and as i try to make my way
to the ordinary world
i will learn to survive

every one
is my world
i will learn to survive
any one
is my world
i will learn to survive
any one
is my world
every one
is my world

cover #45: while my guitar gently weeps

song: while my guitar gently weeps
cover: spineshank
original: the beatles

comments: even if he was still alive, i could never marry peter steele. because i don't like the beatles.

yeah, i'll let that absorb for a second.

but seriously, i just... don't. i appreciate their contribution to the music world, and the artists they've influenced, and blah blah blah, but i just don't like the beatles themselves. covers of their songs, though... i can get behind those.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
the beatles - while my guitar gently weeps
spineshank - while my guitar gently weeps

lyrics: i look at you all
see the love there that's sleeping
while my guitar gently weeps
i look at the floor
and i see it needs sweeping
still my guitar gently weeps

i don't know why nobody told you
how to unfold your love
i don't know how someone controlled you
they bought and sold you

i look at the world
and i notice it's turning
while my guitar gently weeps
with every mistake
we must surely be learning
still my guitar gently weeps

i don't know how you were diverted
you were perverted too
i don't know how you were inverted
no one alerted you

i look at you all
see the love there that's sleeping
while my guitar gently weeps
look at you all
still my guitar gently weeps

cover #44: immigrant song

song: immigrant song
cover: trent reznor, atticus ross, and karen oh
original: led zeppelin

comments: i'm going to go ahead and state right now that there's really no irony to speak of here. the original is awesome, and the cover more so. the end.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
led zeppelin - immigrant song
trent reznor and atticus ross with karen oh - immigrant song

lyrics: we come from the land of the ice and snow
from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
the hammer of the gods
will drive our ships to new lands
to fight the horde
singing and crying
valhalla, i am coming

on we sweep with
threshing oar
our only goal
will be the western shore

we come from the land of the ice and snow
from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow
how soft, your fields so green
can whisper tales of gore
of how we calmed
the tides of war
we are your overlords

on we sweep with
threshing oar
our only goal
will be the western shore

so now you'd better stop
and rebuild all your ruins
for peace and trust
can win the day
despite of all your losing

cover #43: cinnamon girl

song: cinnamon girl
cover: type o negative
original: neil young

comments: #1: i don't like neil young. #2: WHY DID YOU LEAVE US PETER STEELE?! WHYYYYY



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
neil young - cinnamon girl
type o negative - cinnamon girl

lyrics: i wanna live with a cinnamon girl
i could be happy the rest of my life
with a cinnamon girl

a dreamer of pictures
i run in the night
you see us together
chasing the moonlight
my cinnamon girl

ten silver saxes
a bass with a bow
the drummer relaxes
and waits between shows
for his cinnamon girl

a dreamer of pictures
i run in the night
you see us together
chasing the moonlight
my cinnamon girl

pa sent me money now
i'm gonna make it somehow
i need another chance
you see, your baby loves to dance
yeah, yeah, yeah

cover #42: let's go all the way

song: let's go all the way
cover: insane clown posse
original: sly fox

comments: this is where i tell you that i used to actively listen to insane clown posse, that i actually paid money to attend a concert, and half-heartedly searched locally for two-liters of faygo.

we all have memories we'd rather forget.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
sly fox - let's go all the way
insane clown posse - let's go all the way

BONUS: video.


SUPER BONUS: the original video. for the love of god, if you're only going to watch one of the videos here, make it this one.


lyrics: sitting with the thinker
trying to work it out
it's a traffic jam of the brain
makes you wanna scream and shout
presidential party
no one wants to dance
looking for a new star
to put you in a trance

let's go all the way
let's go all the way
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
let's go all the way

working in a factory
eight days a week
try to make dollar
damn what a beat
cartoon capers
happen in reality
rich man poor man
living in fantasy

let's go all the way
let's go all the way
ah, ah, ah
let's go all the way

living in new york
looks like an apple core
asphalt jungle
got to be a man of war
california dreamers
sleeping in the sand
the hollywood squares are
living in disney land

let's go all the way
let's go all the way
let's go all the way
let's go all the way
we need heaven on earth today
we can make a better way
let's go all the way
go all the way
yeah, let's go all the way

cover #41: lay lady lay

song: lay lady lay
cover: ministry
original: bob dylan

comments: on the surface, this cover seems deserving of a "shitty cover" tag: screamy sing-talk vocals, weird background noises... and yet, somehow, it works--and definitely removes itself from the original.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
bob dylan - lay lady lay
ministry - lay lady lay

lyrics: lay lady lay
lay across my big brass bed
lay lady lay
lay across my big brass bed
whatever colors you have in your mind
i’ll show them to you and you’ll see them shine

lay lady lay
lay across my big brass bed
stay lady stay
stay with your man awhile
until the break of day
let me see you make him smile

his clothes are dirty
but his hands are clean
and you’re the best thing that he’s ever seen
stay lady stay
stay with your man awhile

why wait any longer for the world to begin
you can have your cake and eat it too
why wait any longer for the one you love
when he’s standing in front of you

lay lady lay
lay across my big brass bed
stay lady stay
stay while the night is still ahead

i long to see you in the morning light
i long to reach for you in the night
stay lady stay
stay while the night is still ahead

cover #40: space dog

song: space dog
cover: dragon style
original: tori amos

comments: even at the height of my tori amos obsession, "space dog" was never a favorite of mine. i like the neon-sandpaper quality of dragon style's cover much better.



first song is cover, second is original.

where can you get it?
tori amos - space dog
dragon style - space dog

lyrics: way to go
mr. microphone
show us all
what you don't know
centuries
secret societies
he's our commander still
space dog

so sure
we were on something
your feet are finally on the ground, he said
so sure
we were on something
your feet are just on the ground, girl

rain and snow
our engines have
been receiving your
eager call
there's colonel
dirtyfishydishcloth
he'll distract her good
don't worry so

and to the one you thought was on your side
she can't understand, she truly believes the lie

lemon pie
he's coming through
our commander still
space dog
lines secure
space dog

deck the halls
i'm young again
i'm you again
racing turtles
the grapefruit is winning
seems i keep getting this story
twisted, so where's neil when you need him
deck the halls
it's you again, it's you again
somewhere, someone must know the ending
is she still
pissing in the river now
heard she'd gone
moved into a trailer park

so sure
we were on something
your feet
are finally on the ground, he said
so sure
we were on something
your feet
are just on the ground, girl
so sure
we were on something
your feet
are finally on the ground, he said
so sure
we were on something
your feet
are just on the ground, girl