Songs you would like to hear Morrissey cover??

[hatfull]

Home by Depeche Mode would be great.

 

[Alcoholic Afternoons]

Fast As You - Dwight Yoakam

It's got a rockabilly feel that would have fit in on the Kill Uncle tour.

I think a cover of Streets of Bakersfield would be interesting. "You don't know me but you don't like me; say you care less how I feel; but how many of you who sit and judge me; ever walked the Streets of Bakersfield."

The Sundays "I Kicked A Boy" would be good. I'll have to think about this some more. There are so many possibilities.

 

[Mel_Torment]

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth - Sparks

That would be fab, but Depeche Mode (Martin Gore, even though he's my fave lad from DM) have already sullied it for me.

As for "The Streets of Bakersfield" I thought it would have been much more amusing to see him at Buck Owen's Crystal Palace -- and then he could've done "The Streets of Bakersfield" cover in tribute! Naw, that's too obvious and cheesy, innit?

Moz has chosen some great covers; that is he takes songs which in original form, I wouldn't listen to for 5 seconds, and makes them absolutely treasureable -- often these are songs by the NY Dolls.

But I always dreamed of Moz singing "Tous les garcons et les filles" by Francoise Hardy. However, I don't think he'd be up to doing the lyrics in French, and they don't sound that good translated in English, at least my translation doesn't fit the established meter quite right.

 

[Mel_Torment]

Nice viddy of Francoise Hardy singing Tour les garcons...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4sL3wsYSY

Here are the original lyrics to Tous les garcons...

tous les garcons et les filles de mon âge
se promènent dans la rue deux par deux
tous les garcons et les filles de mon âge
savent bien ce que c'est d'etre heureux

et les yeux dans les yeux et la main dans la main
ils s'en vont amoureux sans peur du lendemain
oui mais moi, je vais seule par les rues, l'âme en peine
oui mais moi, je vais seule, car personne ne m'aime

mes jours comme mes nuits
sont en tous points pareils
sans joies et pleins d'ennuis
personne ne murmure "je t'aime" à mon oreille

tous les garcons et les filles de mon âge
font ensemble des projets d'avenir
tous les garcons et les filles de mon âge
savent très bien ce qu'aimer veut dire

et les yeux dans les yeux et la main dans la main
ils s'en vont amoureux sans peur du lendemain
oui mais moi, je vais seule par les rues, l'âme en peine
oui mais moi, je vais seule, car personne ne m'aime

mes jours comme mes nuits
sont en tous points pareils
sans joies et pleins d'ennuis
oh! quand donc pour moi brillera le soleil?

comme les garcons et les filles de mon âge
connaîtrais-je bientot ce qu'est l'amour?
comme les garcons et les filles de mon âge
je me demande quand viendra le jour

où les yeux dans ses yeux et la main dans sa main
j'aurai le coeur heureux sans peur du lendemain
le jour où je n'aurai plus du tout l'âme en peine
le jour où moi aussi j'aurai quelqu'un qui m'aime

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In English:

walk in the street two by two
all boys and girls of my age
know well what it is to be happy

gazing deeply into one another’s eyes, they walk hand in hand
in love without fear of tomorrow
yes but me, I go alone in streets, my heart in sorrow
yes but me, I am alone, because nobody loves me

my days like my nights
are similar in all points
without joys and full of dissatisfaction
nobody murmurs “I love you” in my ear

all boys and girls of my age
make plans for the future together
all boys and girls of my age
know very well about wanting to express desire.

gazing deeply into one another’s eyes, they walk hand in hand
in love without fear of tomorrow
yes but me, I go alone in streets, my heart in sorrow
yes but me, I am alone, because nobody loves me

my days like my nights
are similar in all points
without joys and full of dissatisfaction
oh! when thus for me will the sun be shining?

like the boys and the girls of my age
I would like to know soon, what is love?
like the boys and the girls of my age
I ask myself when will the day come

where I gaze into my lover’s eyes and walk hand in hand,
I have a happy heart without fear of tomorrow
the day when I will not have a heart in sorrow any more
the day when I, too, will have somebody who loves me

 

[Mel_Torment]

Annie Lenox, of the Eurhythmics, did a fast-paced rock version of Tous les garcons, but it was kept in French.

 

[absolute terror]

Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
Manic Street Preachers- Loves Sweet Exile
The Replacements- Bastards of Young
T.Rex- Ballrooms of Mars
The Church- Reptile
The Jam- Going Underground
Joy Division- she's Lost Control
Billy Bragg- Wishing The Days away
Television - Venus
The Waterboys- Red Army Blues
Wilco- Far, Far Away

 

[Morrissey2007]

i would love it if morrissey covered i still remember by bloc party, really suits his voice

 

[Shaw]

The Fall - Wings

 

[moz'art girl]

"Light my fire" .The doors.
By the way, could Moz do the falsetto at the end of "Living a boy's adventure tale" by a-ha (as it has been suggested...) I am not sure...

 

[vegan-soldier]

He should cover...."I'm a little teapot....." That would be some funny stuff....

 

[Anaesthesine]

Cole Porter was funny, sweet, and extremely sharp- those songs have a lot of sad wry humor and sharp little digs and twists that are just beautiful. Just like Moz.

You read my mind. Cole Porter was just phenomenal, so sophisticated and complex. I love his recording of "What is This Thing Called Love," it's so haunting, and terribly sad. I'd LOVE to hear Morrissey cover that.