Mixtapes: Cover Charge

Somebody Recorded It First

Gretchen Devinsky sent us this wide-ranging mixtape of covers.

Some of the cover versions are pretty obscure (Moog Cookbook doing "More Than A Feeling"?) but some rival the original in fame. Instanbul (Not Constantinople) dates back to 1953!



Cover Charge


by Gretchen Devinsky

Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendez (Jorge Ben)
This Is Not A Love Song - Nouvelle Vague (PIL)
Inside And Out - Feist (earlier recording by The Bee Gees)
Alabama Song - The Doors (B. Brecht & R. Weill)
Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Hungry March Band (PigBag)
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (David Bowie)
Mad World - Gary Jules (Tears For Fears)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)
Cold Cold Heart - Norah Jones (Hank Williams)
I Will Survive - Cake (Gloria Gaynor)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants (J. Kennedy & N. Simon)
More Than A Feeling - Moog Cookbook (Boston)
Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters (Pink Floyd)
Jacky - Marc Almond (Jacque Brel)

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