2008 Best Covers from Shankly

So many good cover versions this year and Shankly is the man to bring them to you. Seven Cds worth of non-original tracks to please your ears at the end of 2008. Enjoy. Covers 01 – Sixties/ Seventies 1. My Brightest Diamond - It's Over (Roy Orbison) 2. Ben Sollee - A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke) 3. Dirty Summer - Then He Kissed Me (The Crystals) 4. Cat Power - Ive Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (Otis Redding) 5. Seal - People Get Ready (The Impressions) 6. Morning Benders - Why Don’t They Let Us Fall In Love (Ronettes) 7. Syd Matters - My Girl (Temptations) 8. PDF Format - God Only Knows 64 (Beach Boys) 9. Phosphorescent - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Righteous Brothers) 10. Morning Benders - Crying (Roy Orbison) 11. Amy Winehouse - Cupid (Sam Cooke) 12. Glitter Twins - Duchess (Scott Walker) 13. Asian Dub Foundation ftg Iggy Pop - No Fun (Stooges) 14. Black Keys - I'm Glad (Captain Beefheart) 15. Susanna ftg. Billy Prince Billy - Without You (Harry Nielsen) 16. Jesse Malin - Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) 17. Morning Benders - Mother And Child Reunion (Paul Simon) 18. Vetiver - The Swimming Song (Loudon Wainwright III) 19. Ivana XL - Nobody Does it Better (Carly Simon) 20. Mathilde Santing - Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 21. Susumu Yokota - Golden Years (Bowie) 22. Kelly Rowland Ftg Travis McCoy - Daylight (Bobby Womack) 23. What Would Jesus Drive - The One That I Want (John Travolta & Olivia Newton John) 24. Au Revoir Simone - Oh! You Pretty Things (Bowie) Covers 02 Eighties/Nineties 1. Saul Williams - Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2) 2. Cazals - To Cut A Long Story Short (Spandau Ballet) 3. Prodigy - Ghost Town (Specials) 4. Young Knives - Stand And Deliver (Xfm Session) (Adam & The Ants) 5. Feeling - Different For Girls (Joe Jackson) 6. Homesick Elephant - Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins) 7. Martha Wainwright - Love Is A Stranger (Eurythmics) 8. Jeremy Warmsley - Temptation (New Order) 9. Mathilde Santing - Ghosts (Japan) 10. Dolly Parton - She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals) 11. Love Is All - I Ran (Flock of Seagulls) 12. Lightspeed Champion - Xanadu (ELO & Olivia Newton John) 13. Robyn - Message In A Bottle (Police) 14. Russian Red - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cindy Lauper) 15. Samamidon - Head over Heels (Tears for Fears) 16. Xiu Xiu - Under Pressure (ft. Michael Gira) (Queen) 17. Laura Cantrell - Love Vigilantes (New Order) 18. Dresden Dolls - Pretty In Pink (Psychedelic Furs) 19. Love is All - So Far Away (Dire Straits) 20. Majestic High - The Cutter (Echo & The Bunnymen) Covers 03 Eighties/Nineties 1. Joe Cocker - Ring Them Bells (Bob Dylan) 2. Rosebuds - Push It (Salt n Peppa) 3. Steven Wilson - Sign O' The Times (Prince) 4. Intelligence - Message of Love (Pretenders) 5. Tom Smith (Editors) - Bonny (Prefab Sprout) 6. Jeppe - Johnny Come Home (FYC) 7. Cheikh Lo - I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For (U2) 8. Susanna - Don't Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty) 9. Scarlett Johansson - Falling Down (Tom Waits) 10. Pockets & the Kazookeylele - The Final Countdown (Europe) 11. James Figurine - Can't Be Sure (Sundays) 12. Takka Takka - In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins) 13. Polar - Take The Skinheads Bowling (Camper Van Beethoven) 14. Cat Power - Ye Auld Triangle (The Pogues) 15. Lambchop - Beyond Belief (Elvis Costello) 16. CSS - Cannonball (Breeders) 17. Moby - Creep (Studio Brussel Version) (Radiohead) 18. Morning Benders - Lovefool (Cardigans) 19. Vieux Farka Toure - Bullet The Blue Sky (U2) 20. Besnard Lakes - The Beautiful Ones (Live Prince at CBC Radio 3) Covers 04 – Nineties / 2K 1. Devendra Barnhart - Dont Look Back In Anger (Oasis) 2. Get Well Soon - Born Slippy (Nuxx) (Underworld) 3. Vampire Weekend - Exit Music (Radiohead) 4. Bell - Its Oh So Quiet (Bjork) 5. Cat Power - Breathless (Nick Cave) 6. Calico Horse - Idioteque (Radiohead) 7. John Mayer - Kid A (Radiohead) 8. Headless Heroes - To You (I Am Kloot) 9. Adele - Last Nite (Strokes) 10. Gutter Twins - Deep Hit Of Morning Sun (Primal Scream) 11. Yael Naim - Toxic (Britney) 12. Bikini - 1234 (Feist) 13. Kooks - Young Folks (Peter Bjorn and John) 14. R.E.M. - Munich (Editors Live Lounge) 15. Infadels - Steady As She Goes (Raconteurs) 16. Gabriella Cilmi - Cry Me A River (Justin Timberlake) 17. Gutter Twins - Down The Line (Jose Gonzales) 18. Taku Iwasaki - Soul Eater (So Scandalous) (Mis-Teeq) 19. Zutons - Beautiful (Christina Aguilera) 20. Lightspeed Champion - Back To Black (Amy Winehouse) Covers 05 – Nineties / 2K 1. Elbow - Back To Black (Live Lounge Amy Winehouse) 2. Mobius Band - Baby We'll Be Fine (National) 3. Florence And The Machine - Hospital Beds (Cold War Kids) 4. CSS - Knife (Grizzly Bear) 5. Of Montreal - Jimmy (M.I.A.) 6. Bell - Videotape The Eraser (Live on Fair Game) (Radiohead Thom Yorke) 7. Wombats - Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis) 8. Editors - Acceptable In The 80s (Calvin Harris) 9. Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend) 10. Futureheads - With Every Heartbeat (Robyn) 11. Little Ones - Everything Is Average Nowadays (Kaiser Chiefs) 12. Mae Shi - See U Again (Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana) 13. Kooks - Violet Hill (Coldplay) 14. Kooks - Kids (MGMT) (Triple J Radio) 15. First Aid Kit - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Fleet Foxes) 16. Guillemots - Black & Gold (Sam Sparro) 17. Dizzee Rascal - That's Not My Name (Ting Tings) 18. Friendly Fires - I'm Good I'm Gone (Lykee Lee) 19. McFly - I Kissed A Girl (Katy Perry) 20. Lily Allen - Womanizer (Britney) 21. Ruby Isle - Foam Hands (Destroyer) 22. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring - White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes) Covers 06 - Alternative 1. Cut Off Your Hands - Shark Attack (Split Ends) 2. Lovvers - No Fun (Sex Pistols) 3. Twighlight Sad - Twenty Four Hours (Joy Division) 4. Polar - Outdoor Miner (Wire) 5. Feeder - Public Image (PIL) 6. Los Campesinos - In Accordance To Natural Law (Bikini Kill) 7. Seabear - Teenage Kicks (The Undertones) 8. Cut Off Your Hands - The Witch (The Sonics) 9. DulceSky - Unfamiliar (Ride) 10. British Sea Power - Tug Boat (Galaxie 500) 11. No Age - Its Oh So Quiet (Bjork) 12. Liars - Army Of Me (Bjork) 13. Frightened Rabbit - Set You Free (N-Trance) 14. Ruby Suns - Palmitos Park (El Guincho) 15. Adem - Tears Are In Your Eyes (Yo La Tengo) 16. National - Without Permission (Caroline Martin) 17. Marissa Nadler - Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed) (Bright Eyes) 18. Thing - Life On Mars (Bowie) 19. Cut Off Your Hands - I Dont Mind (The Buzzcocks) 20. Los Campesinos - Yr Boyfriend (Casiotone For The Painfully Alone) 21. Spiritualized - True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston) 22. Headless Heroes - Just Like Honey (Jesus and Mary Chain) 23. Hellsongs - Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden) Covers 07 – A Cure for The Beatles 1. Smithereens - I'll Get You (Beatles) 2. B For Bang - Helter Skelter (Beatles) 3. Lau - Dear Prudence (Beatles) 4. A Girl Called Eddy - Julia (Beatles) 5. Beep Seals - All You Need Is Love (Beatles) 6. Dawn Kinnard And Ron Sexsmith With The Suppliers - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (Beatles) 7. Joan As Policewoman (Ftg. Violet) - I Will (Beatles) 8. Liz Green - Back In The U.S.S.R. (Beatles) 9. B For Bang - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Beatles) 10. Vashti Bunyan And Max Richter - Martha My Dear (Beatles) 11. WHY - Close To Me (Cure) 12. Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven (Cure) 13. Submarines - Boys Dont Cry (Cure) 14. Je Ne Sais Quoi - The Figurehead (Cure) 15. Devics - Catch (Cure) 16. Kitty Karlyle - In Between Days (Cure) 17. Rosebuds - The Walk (Cure) 18. Bat For Lashes - A Forest (Cure) 19. Lewis & Clarke - Disintegration (Cure) 20. Wedding Present - High (Cure) (Plus Dala - Lovesong)

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Oneye (2009-02-07)

Quite Frankly Mr Shankly this list was brilliant.
For 2008 you probably should have a quick listen to "And then there was timo" for some fab covers of Sugababes - About you now and Radiohead - Creep (among others)
Keep up the good work.
I have discovered many bands through your lists, and moved on to by their records as well.

alecsputnik (2009-05-29)

thanks a lot shankly, looks to be a great list! can't wait to listen!

 RosaMannen (2009-09-29)

Wow!! What an awesome compilation!