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oh and I nearly forgot......

Mike Flowers Pops - Venus In Furs (lol - an 'easy listening' spoof)

and: Vanessa Paradis - Waiting for my man *lol*
(although the guitar arrangement by Lenny Kravitz is groovy!)

Jane´s Addiction - Rock´n´Roll
Blind Melon - Candy Says
Nina Hagen - Sunday Morning
$10,000 Gold Chain - Oh! Sweet Nuthin' ( a Pearl Jam side project)
Porno For Pyros - Satellite of Love
U2 - Satellite Of Love
REM - Afterhours
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - All Tomorrow´s Parties
REM - Femme Fatale
Propaganda - Femme Fatale
Roky Erikson - Heroin
Luna - Ride Into The Sun (RECOMMENDED!)
Susanna Hoffs (ex Bangles) - I´ll Be Your Mirror
Tori Amos - New Age
Alejandro Escovedo - Pale Blue Eyes
Madrugada - Venus In Furs
The Screaming Trees - What Goes on
Yo La Tengo - I´m Set Free
dEUS - Guess I´m Falling In Love (they played this song live last month as the opener for their show)
Rollins Band - I´m Gonna Move Right In
REM - There She Goes Again
Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl) - Femme Fatale
Siouxie And The Banshees - Venus In Furs
Brian Ferry - What Goes On
Belle & Sebastian -What Goes On
Beck - I´m Set Free
Beck - Sunday Morning
Built To Spill - What Goes On
Cat Power - I Found A Reason
Big Star - Femme Fatale
Crowded House - Pale Blue Eyes
Mazzy Star - Heroin

jimjim wrote:The Bangles - Manic Monday/Waiting... (not sure if this is available but they performed it on the BBC last year)

Yeah, I remember that! It was on TOTP2. My jaw dropped to the floor when the ladies segued from a brilliant guitary version of MM into Waiting for the Man. It was awesome (even if it was the David Bowie arrangement).

Coupla points lost blues:

1. Technically any version of 'Satellite Of Love' by Lou Reed, solo star, could only questionably be called a VU cover. The lyrics on the VU version from April 1970 are drastically different. And besides the artists at the time who covered the song probably weren't aware the VU had done it in the first place and thought they were covering Lou's glam version.
2. Henry Rollins cover of 'Move Right In'...is it with lyrics? If so, are they the original ones or made up by Henry as even I can't make out the La Cave live version?

jimjim wrote:Coupla points lost blues:

1. Technically any version of 'Satellite Of Love' by Lou Reed, solo star, could only questionably be called a VU cover. The lyrics on the VU version from April 1970 are drastically different. And besides the artists at the time who covered the song probably weren't aware the VU had done it in the first place and thought they were covering Lou's glam version.
2. Henry Rollins cover of 'Move Right In'...is it with lyrics? If so, are they the original ones or made up by Henry as even I can't make out the La Cave live version?

re1: you´re right!
re2: as far as I remember it has lyrics. But the CD is in the cellar and I haven´t heard it for a long long time. Maybe you can try to D*L* it somewhere?! You know what I mean, just for scientific purposes! 8)

jimjim wrote:oh and I nearly forgot......

Mike Flowers Pops - Venus In Furs (lol - an 'easy listening' spoof)

Wasn't that actually a whole medley of VU songs with ATM and some others in it as well? It was pretty funny actually!

Could this be them?:


Well she's straight and look like a lot of fun
The bar's open I'm gonna go have a drink with everyone
Walking downtown skies can't get any greater
Haven't got no money and I haven't got a prayer
I'm gonna move right in (x3)
After we hang a little we're gonna have a little fun
Gonna go shoot and kill and go knife everyone
The bar looks like haven gonna have myself a drink
Hey man don't you know I fell right in to the swing
I'm Gonna move right in (x3) Yeah
Gonna go uptown so I can get myself straight
Gonna go see my mama see if I got myself a date
Time is runnin' out I'm comin' right down to the wire
Gotta go do something to get myself higher
I'm gonna move right in (x3) Hey

(C) Lou Reed, 1968

and another polish group, "milosc", recorded jazzy version of venus in furs with lester bowie on trumpet. incredible stuff.

and another polish group, "milosc", recorded jazzy version of venus in furs with lester bowie on trumpet.

Grab it fast, it's a copyrighted material.