Brandon has been working on making a "cover's" song list for a while. I can only take credit for a few contributions, but this was all him. I know I am somewhat biased, but in my humble opinion, the list is superb. Have I ever mentioned how much I love this man??? This is going to be an on-going list since we just add stuff as we think of it. There are a million other songs I am sure we've left out.
1. A Quick One, While He’s Away – Green Day (Who)
2. Across the Universe – Rufus Wainwright (Beatles)
3. Against All Odds – the Postal Service (Phil Collins)
4. And I ran – Love is All (Flock of Seagulls)
5. Ballad of Big Nothing- The Foxymorons (Elliott Smith)
6. Be My Baby – We Are Scientists (Ronnettes)
7. Beautiful – The Zutons (Christina Aguilera)
8. Billie Jean – Chris Cornell (Michael Jackson)
9. Blackbird- Elliott Smith (The Beatles)
10. Bohemian Rhapsody – Flaming Lips (Queen)
11. California Dreamin – Jose Feliciano (Mamas and the Papas)
12. China Girl – Iggy Pop (David Bowie)
13. Close to Me – Why? (The Cure)
14. Crazy – Of Montreal (Gnarls Barkley)
15. Crazy – Raconteurs (Gnarls Barkley)
16. Darling Nikki – Foo Fighters (Prince)
17. Dear Prudence – Siouxsie and the Banshees (The Beatles)
18. Desolation Row – My Chemical Romance (Bob Dylan)
19. Do the Strand – Scissor Sisters (Roxy Music )
20. Don’t Walk Away Renee – Ida (Left Banke)
21. Dreams – Yo La Tengo (Fleetwood Mac)
22. Drive Me Wild – Foo Fighters (Vanity 6)
23. Fade into You – Run Run Run (Mazzie Star)
24. Faith – The Boy Least Likely to Succeed (George Michael)
25. Fantasy – Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy (Mariah Carey)
26. Feeling Good – Muse/My Brightest Diamond (Nine Simone)
27. Folsom Prison Blues – Dead Heart Bloom (Johnny Cash)
28. Golddigger – Automatic (Kanye West)
29. Gone Daddy Gone – Gnarls Barkley (Violent Femmes)
30. Guitar Man – Cake (Bread)
31. Hard to Handle – Black Crows (Otis Redding)
32. Heroes – TV on the Radio (David Bowie)
33. Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stevie Wonder
34. How Deep is Your Love – The Bird and the Bee (Bee Gees)
35. Hurt – Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)
36. I should Have known Better – She and Him (Beatles)
37. I Will Survive – Cake (Gloria Gaynor)
38. I’d Rather Go Blind – Chicken Shack (Etta James)
39. Im Beginning to See the Light – Of Montreal (Velvet Underground)
40. In the Air Tonight – Takka Takka (Phil Collins)
41. Inside and Out – Feist (Bee Gees)
42. Jolene – the White Stripes (Dolly Parton)
43. Keep the Car Running – Foo (Arcade Fire)
44. King of Pain – Alanis Morrisette (The Police)
45. Knives Out – Flaming Lips (Radiohead)
46. Last Kiss – Pearl Jam (Wayne Cochran & the CC Riders)
47. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – Beck (Bob Dylan)
48. Let’s Dance – The Futureheads (David Bowie)
49. Man Who Sold the World – Nirvana (David Bowie)
50. Mother and Child – the Morning Benders (Paul Simon)
51. No Cars Go – Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy (Arcade Fire)
52. Nobody Does It Better – Radiohead (Carly Simon)
53. Nobody Does it better- Aimee Mann (Carly Simon)
54. One is the loneliest number- (Aimee Mann)
55. Orange Crush – Editors (REM)
56. Over the Rainbow – Ingrid Michaelson (Judy Garland)
57. Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash (Depeche Mode)
58. Rainbow Connection - Willie Nelson (Kermit the Frog)
59. Running to Stand Still – Elbow (U2)
60. Satisfaction – Cat Power (Rolling Stones)
61. Sea of Love – Cat Power/Iggy Pop (Del Shannon)
62. Search and Destroy – Peaches (The Stooges)
63. Sound and Vision – Sea and Cake (David Bowie)
64. Stairway to Heaven – Dolly Parton (Led Zeppelin)
65. Stairway to Heaven – Rodrigo y Gabriela (Led Zeppelin)
66. Sunday Bloody Sunday – Saul Williams (U2)
67. Superstar – Sonic Youth (Carpenters)
68. The Power of Love – Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy (Celine Dion)
69. The Same old Song – Iron & Wine (Temptations)
70. Toxic – Metronomy (Britney Spears)
71. Toxic – Yael Naim (Britney Spears)
72. Tropical Iceland – Of Montreal (Fiery Furnaces)
73. Under Pressure – Xiu Xiu/My Chemical Romance (Queen/David Bowie)
74. Use Me – Holly Golightly (Bill Withers)
75. Waiting for Superman – Iron & Wine (Flaming Lips)
76. Working Class Hero – Green Day (John Lennon)
77. You Belong to Me – The Like (Elvis Costello)
P.S. The image I used in this post was taken from this really cool
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great list! can i request the compilation be mailed to me?
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