A Friend Asks You To Burn Them a CD ....

[DennyK]

... of cover versions of songs, and to put some of your favorites, some obscure gems, and maybe something really unexpected. An average 80 minute CD-R can hold let's say 16-20 songs, what do you put on it? If someone were to ask this of me, this is what they would get in return:


Ring of Fire ~ Social Distortion
Aint That A Shame ~ Cheap Trick
Knockin' On Heaven's Door ~ Guns 'n' Roses
War Pigs ~ Faith No More
I'm Your Boogie Man ~ Rob Zombie
Rock and Roll ~ Heart
Raspberry Beret ~ Hindu Love Gods
You Really Got Me ~ Van Halen
Get It On (Bang A Gong) ~ Power Station
Stop Your Sobbing ~ The Pretenders
Smooth Criminal ~ Alien Ant Farm
Hard To Handle ~ The Black Crowes
Heard It Through The Grapevine ~ CCR
Tainted Love ~ Marilyn Manson
Hurt ~ Johnny Cash
Crimson and Clover ~ Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

[Mormel]

Hmmm...

'Memories Can't Wait', by Living Colour (original by Talking Heads)
'Are You That Somebody?', by Gossip (Aaliyah)
'Never Can Say Goodbye', by The Communards (Jackson 5, popularised by Gloria Gaynor)
'Sign Your Name (live)', by George Michael (Terence Trent d'Arby)
'You Might Need Somebody', by Shola Ama (Randy Crawford)
'Footsteps In The Dark', by Kipper Jones (Isley Brothers)
'Free/Sail On', by Chanté Moore (Deniece Williams/Commodores)
'What's Going On?', by various artists [Artists Against AIDS], (Marvin Gaye)
'Stop Me (If You Think You've Heard This One Before)', by Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather (The Smiths)
'Echo Beach', by Gabriella Cilmi (Martha And The Muffins)
'Désenchantée', by Kate Ryan (Mylène Farmer)
'Yesterday', Ray Charles (The Beatles)
'Venus', Tom Jones (Shocking Blue)
'Sunshine Of Your Love (instrumental, live)' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (The Cream)
'The Man Who Sold The World', by Lulu (David Bowie)
'Toxic', by Stevie Ann (Britney Spears)
'When Doves Cry', by Ginuwine (Prince)
'Wild World', by Mr. Big (Cat Stevens, popularised by Jimmy Cliff)

[T Hedge Coke]

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! that Cigarette - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Sebastian Cabot
Why Don't You Do Right - Lil Green
Killer Joe - Quincy Jones
Somewhere - Tom Waits
Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett
She Talks to Rainbows - Ronnie Spector
Hedwig's Lament/Exquisite Corpse - Yoko Ono & Yo La Tengo
Johnny Quest/Stop the Pigeon - Reverend Horton Heat
Baggs - L7
Nazi Punks F*ck Off - Meg Lee Chin
I've Got the World on a String - Sarah Vaughan
Over the Rainbow - Sun Ra
Let It Bleed - Joan Jett (at this point, we just recognize that Joan Jett is the greatest cover artist in music today)
Tupelo Honey - Blackfoot
Crimson and Clover - Prince
Don't Fence Me In - Clint Eastwood
Louie, Louie - Iggy Pop
Respect - Aretha Franklin

[Wild Card]

Star Wars Imperial March by Metallica
Wild Thing by The Runaways
Substitute by Great White
Dream On by Ronnie James Dio & Yngwie Malmsteen
Gimme Some Lovin' by Olivia Newton-John
Walkin' the Dog by Ratt
Jailhouse Rock by The Jeff Beck Group
Wild Horses by Jewel
These Boots Are Made For Walking by Megadeth
American Woman by Krokus
Only Women Bleed by Lita Ford
I Fought the Law by The Clash
Helter Skelter by Mötley Crüe
Are You Experienced by Devo
20th Century Boy by Girlschool
Highway Star by Dream Theater
Remember Walking in The Sand by Aerosmith
Happy Trails by Van Halen

[Romero]

"Sleepwalkin" by Modest Mouse
"Runaway" by Luis Cardenas
"La Bamba" Los Lobos
"Just Like Heaven" Dinosaur Jr
"No Depression" Uncle Tupelo
"Meet me in the City" Black Keys
"Batman Theme" Link Wray
"Little Girl in Bloom" Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
"Head On" The Pixies
"Blue Flower" Mazzy Star
"Suspicious Minds" Dwight Yoakam
"Summertime Blues" Blue Cheer
"Godzilla" Fu Manchu
"The Green Manalishi" Judas Priest

[Artycool8or]

Before seeing ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
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totally ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
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DennyK's ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
(to my surprise) ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
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Wild-Card's ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
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(not to my surprise) ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
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to dig ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
deeper ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
into ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
my ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯
jukebox. ☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯☯

[dupersuper]

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Paul Anka and Oops, I Did it Again by Richard Thompson would definitely be in there.

[Christopher Cross Is God]

I would tell said friend to stop being such a lousy cheap-ass, and I'd send him an e-mail with links to songs on youtube, and inform him he can easily buy all the songs on mp3 on iTunes, amazon.com, etc....

That said, this would be the list of 31 cover songs for him to peruse (I live in a fictional world where CD-Rs can absorb 31 songs, not 16-20), in no particular order:

The Flaming Lips feat. Amanda Palmer "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Peggy Seeger)
Johnny Cash "Hurt" (NIN)
Depeche Mode "Route 66" (The King Cole Trio)
Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2U" (Prince)
The Echoing Green "Here is the House" (Depeche Mode)
Erasure "SOS" (Abba)
Eurythmics "Winter Wonderland" (Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians????)
Iris "The Picture" (Hubert KaH)
Sneaker Pimps "The Chauffeur" (Duran Duran)
Fgfc820 Feat. Rexx Arkana "The Hanging Garden" (The Cure)
The Killers "Ultra Violet (Light My Way)" (U2)
Lana Del Rey "Blue Velvet" (The Clovers)
Marina and the Diamonds "Perfect Stranger" (Magnetic Man feat. Katy B)
Pet Shop Boys "Always On My Mind" (Brenda Lee)
The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody" (Todd Duncan)
Richard X feat. Kelis "Finest Dreams" (The SOS Band "The Finest")
This Mortal Coil "Song to the Siren" (Tim Buckley)
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine "This is How it Feels" (Inspiral Carpets)
Marilyn Manson "Personal Jesus" (Depeche Mode)
Urge Overkill "Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon" (Neil Diamond)
Rythmus "Balanced" (Depeche Mode "Get the Balance Right")
Skeleton Hands "Same Old Madness" (Ministry)
Skeleton Hands "Something in the Way" (Nirvana)
Tom Jones & The Cardigans "Burning Down the House" (Talking Heads)
U2 "Dancing Barefoot" (Patti Smith Group)
Karen O with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross "Immigrant Song" (Led Zeppelin)
The Bangles "Hazy Shade of Winter" (Simon & Garfunkel)
Brave New World "Shake the Disease" (Depeche Mode)
The Cruxshadows "Happy XMas (War is Over)" (John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band)
!distain "Nights in White Satin" (The Moody Blues)
Mary Griffin "Knock On Wood" (Eddie Floyd)

[Romero]

I would tell said friend to stop being such a lousy cheap-ass, and I'd send him an e-mail with links to songs on youtube, and inform him he can easily buy all the songs on mp3 on iTunes, amazon.com, etc....

Kinda harsh man. LOL!

Although actually I don't think I ever made mix CDs (well, mixTAPES really, because I am old) for friends. I did make them for girls I wanted to impress though, quite a few times. Didn't work out so much!

[Artycool8or]

Although actually I don't think I ever made mix CDs (well, mixTAPES really, because I am old) for friends. I did make them for girls I wanted to impress though, quite a few times. Didn't work out so much!

Really? I'm sure it's not you, so must be the music you selected.
Although, looking at your selections that doesn't make much sense, either.
I mean, who wouldn't fall for such a romantic song like... Godzilla.

[Artycool8or]

When A Blind Man Cries - Axel Rudi Pell (Deep Purle)
Egy Kis Nyugalmat - Neoton Familia (Nicole)
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Trick Or Treat (Cyndi Lauper)
Land Of A Thousand Dances - Ted Nugent (Chris Kenner)
Come Undone - Adrenaline Mob (Duran Duran)
Set Me Free - Vince Neil (Sweet)
Mambo Italiano - Komár (Rosemary Clooney)
Ma Baker - Axxis (Boney M)
Help! - Deep Purple (The Beatles)
Mercedes Benz - T-Spoon (Janis Joplin)
Viva Las Vegas - ZZ Top (Elvis Presley)
Mystery Train - Pat Travers (Little Junior's Blue Flames)
On The Rebound - Uriah Heep (Russ Ballard)
Smoke On The Water - Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Deep Purple)
Az Ördög Elment Georgia-ba - 100 Folk Celsius (The Charlie Daniels Band)

[Beni]

Tricky to fit the covers in!

What A Feeling - Namie Amuro (original by Irene Cara)
Still - Flower
Superstar - Beni (original by the Carpenters)
Fire It Up - Thousand Foot Krutch
Lat 43 Degrees North - a.mia (original by Dreams Come True)
Sayonara - DJ Kaori
Earth Angel - New Edition (original by the Penguins)
Like a G6 - Far East Movement
I Still Believe - Mariah Carey (original by Brenda K Starr)
Mou Nido To... - Beni
You'll Never Walk Alone - Elvis Presley (original by Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Rose - Anna Tsuchiya
Wishing On The Same Star - Namie Amuro (original by Keedy)
Starless Night - Olivia Lufkin
Boys of Summer - The Ataris (original by Don Henley)

[prescribeddrone]

Goon Moon- Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You (Bee Gees)
KMFDM- These Boots Are Made For Walking (Nancy Sinatra)
Dream Theater - Hey You (Pink Floyd)
Marilyn Manson- 5 to 1 (The Doors)
Tool- No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)
David Bowie/Tin Machine- Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
Nine Inch Nails- Dead Souls (Joy Division)
The Doors- The Alabama Song (Kurt Weill)
Joan Jett- Crimson and Clover (Tommy James and the Shondells)
Deadsy- Tom Sawyer (Rush)
Type O Negative- Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
Deftones- No Ordinary Love (Sade)
Rammstein- Stripped (Depeche Mode)
Zeromancer - Send Me an Angel (Real Life)
Queens of the Stone Age- Goin' Out West (Tom Waits)

[Artycool8or]

This might be the best break-up mix-tape:
Francesco Di Giacomo ft./Sam Moore
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Buckwheat Zydeco
Hobo Blues Band
The Golden Cups
Franco Battiato
Roy Buchanan
Wilson Pickett
Johnny Rivers
Axel Rudi Pell
Lick The Tins
Frank Zappa
Willy DeVille
Deep Purple
Paul Gilbert
Fever Tree
Lee Moses
The Byrds
Alvin Lee
Tim Rose
Soft Cell
Saker
Cher

[Chiasm]

Running Up That Hill - Within Temptation (Kate Bush)
Running Up That Hill - Placebo (Kate Bush)
Band on the Run - Foo Fighters (Wings)
Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins (Fleetwood Mac)
A Girl Called Harmony - Chiasm (Attrition)
Purple Haze - The Cure (Jimi Hendrix)
Take a Chance on Me - Erasure (ABBA)
Battle of Evermore - Lovemongers aka Heart (Led Zeppelin)
Careless Whisper - Seether (Wham)
Ticket to Ride - Sonic Youth (Carpenters - yes I know theirs is a cover too but theirs is better than the original)