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music: 10 of my favorite covers 

1) Reggie Watts and Maktub, "No Quarter"

youtube.com/watch?v=LRsF1fQm3_

(original: Led Zeppelin)

youtube.com/watch?v=Pu94mWlgzM

2) The Church, "Hiroshima Mon Amour"
youtube.com/watch?v=h0bky8HRRg

(original: Ultravox)

youtube.com/watch?v=Q3kQr4lAcs

3) Dinosaur Jr, "Just Live Heaven"

youtube.com/watch?v=FJLOr8S2d2

(original: The Cure)

youtube.com/watch?v=1ASpBpT8bR

4) Juliana Hatfield, "Raisans"

youtube.com/watch?v=q4eYaZehVr

(original: Dinosaur Jr)

youtube.com/watch?v=Ln8XsL6vea

5) Kid 606, "Mr. Wobble's Nightmare"

youtube.com/watch?v=epI6D8NG4V

(original: 4hero, "Mr. Kirk's Nightmare")

youtube.com/watch?v=THCj2AJuNV

6) Information Society feat. Ayria, "Heffalumps and Woozles"

youtube.com/watch?v=SGbZVpgabW

(original: Richard & Robert Sherman)

youtube.com/watch?v=E3RZGZQciX

7) Jonathan Richman, "Egyptian Reggae"

youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyMPToh9Y

(original: Earl Zero, "None Shall Escape the Judgment")

youtube.com/watch?v=Kb3yIXt6kl

8) Stereolab, "One Note Samba/Surfboard"

youtube.com/watch?v=-dtvwwvis8

(originals: Antonio Carlos Jobim, "One Note Samba"; Esquivel, "Surfboard")

youtube.com/watch?v=0rzNLXxo01

youtube.com/watch?v=2NglD0H-cp

9) Luna, "Bonnie and Clyde" (sadly my favorite cut, the "fast version" from Lunafied, is not on the web)

youtube.com/watch?v=t6DQhSGnGs

(original: Serge Gainsbourg)

youtube.com/watch?v=v66HiF91gj

10) Moose, "Everybody's Talkin"

youtube.com/watch?v=g7mSJ508mD

(original: Harry Nilsson)

youtube.com/watch?v=BFKDyVPkon

ok i am an ancient shoegazer relic i admit it

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