I'm very interested in hearing Gene Loves Jezebel's version of Ask. And I still haven't heard HSIN by TATU. I hate Bow Wow Wow!

Tributes to The Smiths and Morrissey should be nonexistent.You know these idiots are just going to butcher everything.

Great Artwork!

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - Orlanddissey & Unwoman

It couldn't be! Could it?

I've seen "I Started Something..." performed live twice by Bow Wow Wow and it does sound great. In fact it was one of my least favorite tracks but Annabella, Leroy and co. do more than justice to it.

Please help me.

Where is Skinny Puppy's cover of "Asleep"???

There is absolutely no one on this comp that I'm looking forward to hear. The Autumns....maybe.

One can hope the cover bands aren't doing their impressions and that they have actually put some original thought into it (and no, I don't mean changing the lyrics to Spanish).

Quite a back catalogue eh?

The only Smiths cover of any worth is the Supergrass version of Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others.

and stop them!

when i first read "bow wow wow" i thought it was lil bow wow...

imagine?

... aaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnddddd, if things were slightly different, say, The Smiths coming up afterwards any of the artists recording their tunes...

The question is...

Of any of these artists, which one would The Smiths record a cover from in the spirit of a tribute, as artists admiring other artists?

Hmmmmmmmmm??????

http://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Smiths-Stop-You-Thin k/dp/B000LRZ0K2

this charming band SUCKS.

Jose, youre awesome.

-David is my HERO!

most of the times these tribute cds are sh*t

performed by a considerably better band

The best Smiths cover has to be 'Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"by the fantastic Muse, check it out if you haven't already....
Yes, this particular covers cd looks well ropey, but it's more money for the lads....some deserving it more than others!

Yes, these usually hurt. But there's usually one or two great ideas in all the crap. Case in point from prior albums:

"I Know It's Over" - Trash Can Sinatras
"Frankly, Mr. Shankly" - Cursive
"The Queen Is Dead" - Boo Radleys

Even Supergrass's version of "Some Girls" is okay, and a little different. I know that's not a desirable ratio between good and bad, but there WILL be at least one song on this album worth searching for.

i, for one, think it's awesome. i took quick listens on the amazon site and thought it was pretty cool. yes, even the tiffany song! i love hearing different versions of the songs that saved my life. as much as i abhor "tribute bands" i grudgingly admit that the SATH and TCB did bang up jobs on their contributions to this record. personally, the gene loves jezebel track stands out if only for the fond memories of dancing my spindly little legs to the bone back in the 80's to d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-deeeee-siiirrrrrreeee.

I'm gonna steer well clear of this. I still wake up screaming at nights thinking of Placebo's version of 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'. Possibly the worst cover version of all time.

sign here!

X

...are we talking Christian Death/Rozz Williams Eva O.???!!!
Oh.
My.
Gawd!

And the cover art is terrible.. nobody can do cover art like moz does.. why bother. errr...
not impressed -at all. ~

Okay, Stop! please, Stop. ~

how could leave off The Mr.T Experience's cover of "What Difference Does It Make?"

Dr. Frank is a super genius.

I hate t.A.T.u's version of How soon is now. They smash the song into little picies by singing it. My God, they can't even sing. It just sounds horrible. Johnny Marr didn't liked it either but Moz did for some reason. Why Morrissey why???

http://pop-rock.com/breve.php3?id_breve=1407

Everyone was too afraid to have the greatest Smiths coverband on earth on it....
"We Will Rock Your Girlfriend Into A Coma" by Cover Me Badd's Blasphemous Guitars
http://singleclick.com/gallery/d/103229-1/Girlfrie nd+in+a+Coma.mp3 [singleclick.com]
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceqXGeg_hAc [youtube.com]
(GF in a Coma as part of our Xmas medley)

Why would any one bother? How depressing xxx

You can listen to samples on amazon - doesn't sound too good a comp to me - only 2 or 3 decent-ish covers on it.

Reading about this is making me pine even more for that 'The Smiths Is Dead' tribute album that I've never been able to get hold of.

I've always liked Tatu's version of HSIN though there's an argument to be made that other than being a slightly poppier version sung by girls, it's not that radically different. And I'm almost certain that when Moz does HSIN live, Boz (or Jesse) uses the same method of getting that guitar sound that Tatu did on their version.

Speaking of Moz's band apeing cover versions, when they did Bigmouth Strikes Again, the arrangemnt sounded suspiciously similar to the way Placebo did it. Except of course, the band have Moz singing it whilst Placebo have some whiney man-girl on vocals.

You could probably bring out a four disk boxed set of all the Smiths/Moz covers that there's been. Admittedly one disc would consist entirely of versions of How Soon Is Now but there you go.

There's some half decent covers out there, here's my list:

Billy Bragg: Never Had No-one Ever (far, far, FAR better than the original. Bragg sings whilst Moz just moans & it's got a nice brass arrangement)
Reel Big Fish: We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (Moz in a ska-lite style, contains the line 'and if they're No Doubt, that makes it even worse' tee hee. The album contains a good version of Talkin Bout A Revolution too but sadly little else of note)
Snake River Conspiracy: How Soon Is Now (Moz-metal)
Supergrass: Some Girls Are Bigger (Moz-in a garage)
Muse: Please Please Please (pretty anthemic in a way that Muse are good at. But if you listen carefully, right at the end, you can hear the point where Matt Bellamy totally disappears into his own arse, never to return)

wow, Brian finally made this one
he only talked about it for like a decade...

Just because there is a monochrome picture of a 50's looking man doesn't mean that it should pass as a "Smiths" cover! it's Ugly!

The finest smiths cover I've ever heard, check it out on the rough trade electronic 01 comp cd from a few years back

Schneider TM vs. KPT.Michi.Gan The Light 3000

That sure is some shitty looking cover. Piss weak.

the Terrible Tatu cover and then Tiffany?
No thanks, let's stik to The Smths is Dead cover CD. Love the artwork though.

'Tiffany'? Tiff-an-ffy?? Tiff-what the fuck-e?.

Are you sure?.