Bands that cover Sonic Youth
 

Signed or unsigned, member here or not. Know of any?

I got this cd a while ago, but I didn't find anything that blew me away.

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/...onic+Youth.htm

scissor shock - skip tracer

As far as that cd goes, racebannon did an excellent cover of death valley 69 but none of the other covers particularly impressed me. Also see their great cover of "electricity". They're not that good of a band, and their singer specifically annoys me (and somehow I've seen them live 4 times for whatever fucked up reason) but they do damn good covers.

Seek out William Hooker's version of "Becuz". Absolute godhead.

Camper Van Beethoven's country version of "I Love Her All of the Time" is a classic.

Wixel's cdr of Sonic Youth covers is really cool mostly ambient versions of stuff. "Shadow of a Doubt" is actually still pretty rocking though, and may be my favorite of them.

Let´s not forget the wonderful "Halloween" by Mudoney

cat power covering psychic hearts was pretty cool

Can you please upload it?

^ what he said.

we did two board tribute albums.

The string quartet tribute album was nice.

wow. I'd love to hear it.

than your man...guitarist from Blur did cover of one SY song. can't remember which one now.

also Beck did something, didn't he? then Flaming lips did Unmade Bed, maybe one more.

who else?

oh yeah, we forgot cover from Young@Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqust1z-cg

Console (Martin Gretschmann from The Notwist) - Starpower (on the album Mono)

Hits Are For Squares is cover versions

No it's not...

1. Cat Power's cover of "Schizophrenia" is great.
2. Beck supposedly covered "The Diamond Sea" acoustically at some shows.
3. The String Quartet Tribute is quite nice.
4. What was William Hooker's "Becuz" on????????

the go! team did Bull in the Heather which was ok

Ladies Who Lunch (one of Lucious Jackson + one of The Breeders) did a 7" called Kims We Love, which included a cover of Bull In The Heather

Where was this from?

william hookers cover of becuz is on his the distance between us album. and there's actually 2 different version of becuz on there, dimension 1 and dimension 2. damn good cd over all as well. and that go team cover of bull in the heather is awesome.

remember our sonic youth gossip tribute a few years ago? that was rockin'

Where the goodness is this from?

The Blur guy, if it's who I'm thinking of, did Eliminator Jr. Beck I think has done Diamond Sea in some form or another. At Lollapalooza or something.

EDIT: Graham Coxon - Eliminator Jr.

hmmm I gotta look that up.

The Flaming Lips cover Death Valley 69

Um. No it isn't, all songs sung/written by SY.

Irish singer-songwriter David Kitt did a cover version of Teen Age Riot.(Teenage Riot)

Have you got it? Can you upload it? I'm still trying to get it myself. I played it (both versions) several times on the radio in Olympia years ago, and all I have is old cassettes of those radio shows. I'd love to have an mp3 as much as everyone else (at least until I can afford the record, which I've wanted for years).

II & III

Oddly if you google Camper Van Beethoven + "I Love Her All of the Time" you just get this thread!

kay thanks for the info

The lack of mention of these is a crime in certain states:

Mike Watt - Tough Gnarl
Rapeman - Kim Gordon's Panties

http://sygossiptribute.blogspot.com/...first-try.html

so cool... such a long time ago, it's time to do more!!!

I have it somewhere... unless someone beats me to it I'll dig it out and rip/upload it somewhere in the next few days.

On topic, I don't think I've ever heard a SY cover that I really enjoyed.

was this a cover? ( I Never got the Rapeman album!)

It wasn't a cover, but it contained elements of Schizophrenia, mainly lyrical.

I never knew that> I should get that record.

Yeah that Rapeman record is a very good slice of punk rock. Basically Big Black with live drums... but still very enjoyable!

yes

just got paid is fucking a great cover of zz top on that rapeman too