The Smashing Tunes Thread (Part 1)

farmerinthecity · November 7, 2009, 5:54pm

Radiohead cover The Smiths’ The Headmaster Ritual

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Radiohead - Idioteque

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Labradford - Comfort

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farmerinthecity · November 7, 2009, 6:49pm

Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes

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Sidney · November 7, 2009, 6:54pm

I’ve always heated Simon and Garfunkel. Hated.

farmerinthecity · November 7, 2009, 6:56pm

Shocking given the other bands you like.

farmerinthecity · November 8, 2009, 8:39pm

Two versions of the same song by two different artists. Don’t know which one I like more.

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farmerinthecity · November 8, 2009, 8:51pm

Sometimes you forget just how good of a song this is.

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farmerinthecity · November 8, 2009, 8:57pm

We’ve had Reed’s best so here is Cale’s:

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Sidney · November 8, 2009, 9:30pm

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Watch_The_Break · November 9, 2009, 1:58pm

From before they started to look like a boy band

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Watch_The_Break · November 9, 2009, 2:33pm

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Thrawneen · November 9, 2009, 2:38pm

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Watch_The_Break · November 9, 2009, 2:55pm

The Smiths - Nowhere Fast, What She Said & Headmaster Ritual

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Ever notice how brilliantly Smiths’ songs open?

Still ill - I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving, England is mine, it owes me a living

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Bigmouth Strikes Again - Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said I’d like to smash every tooth in your head

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Thrawneen · November 9, 2009, 2:58pm

There’s a good version of What She Said on Rank, the live album. Starts off with some parts from Rubber Ring.

caoimhaoin · November 9, 2009, 3:52pm

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farmerinthecity · November 9, 2009, 8:09pm

A few from Calexico

Gypsy’s Curse

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Minas de Cobre (for better metal)

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The Ride (Part II)

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The_Puke · November 10, 2009, 12:31am

Shermin mentioning Donal Dineen on another thread reminded me of this tune, he used to play it the whole time before…Super cover of Sexual Healing

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Sledgehammer · November 11, 2009, 8:15pm

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Sledgehammer · November 11, 2009, 10:00pm

Don’t care if it’s been done before

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BenShermin · November 11, 2009, 10:22pm

[quote=“Sledgehammer”]Don’t care if it’s been done before

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I remember getting that played in The Oak one evening, the dancing stopped for five minutes, however an air of appriciation was prevalent on the dancefloor.

Sledgehammer · November 11, 2009, 10:35pm

I’d still be dancing

dancing like a fox