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Soft Cell – Tainted Love

Oct 4, 2011 New Wave, Soul Leave a comment
Posted by Royal Connell

Song:Tainted Love
Cover Artist:Soft Cell
Album (Year):Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981)
Original Artist:Gloria Jones

Sorry, for not posting anything for a while. Between my main computer giving up the ghost and my daughter being born I’ve not been in the position to dedicate time to music so much as I’d like. To make up for that, today I’m posting a song that probably 99% of you believe to be an original.

‘Tainted Love’ is one of those one-hit wonder songs of the early 80′s that was such a huge hit that it has since been sampled extensively, used in commercials, television and movies, and added to almost every 80′s new wave compilation ever made. However, before it was a 1981 career highlight hit for UK synthpop band Soft Cell, it was a buried B-side to a failed 1965 single by soul artist Gloria Jones.

Your mind, It is blown.

Soft Cell – Tainted Love

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Gloria Jones – Tainted Love

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Early Winters – 4th of July

Jul 4, 2011 Alternative Rock, Punk 1 Comment
Posted by Royal Connell

Song: 4th of July Cover Artist: Early Winters Album (Year): 4th of July (2011) Original Artist: X Today’s post was way tougher than it needed to be. Not counting the more traditional patriotic US Independence Day songs, there are plenty of songs about the 4th of July out there. The problem is that nobody has [...]

2Cellos (Sulic & Hauser) – Welcome to the Jungle

Jun 26, 2011 Classical, Rock n' Roll Leave a comment
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Song: Welcome to the Jungle Cover Artist: 2Cellos Album (Year): 2Cellos (Sulic & Hauser) (2011) Original Artist: Guns n Roses My earlier ’2Cellos – Smooth Criminal’ post has been the most popular cover I’ve ever posted, so here’s another cover they’ve done for your listening pleasure, this time of the Guns n Roses classic ‘Welcome [...]

Flobots – Happy Together

Jun 25, 2011 Hip Hip, Rock n' Roll 1 Comment
Posted by Royal Connell

Song: Happy Together Cover Artist: Flobots Album (Year): Rise (single) (2008) Original Artist: The Turtles Originally released by The Turtles in 1967 after several other artists had passed on it. ‘Happy Together’ shot to the top of the charts and became The Turtles only #1 hit. It’s been used in numerous movies and TV shows [...]

Megadeth – Grabbag (Duke Nukem Theme)

Jun 2, 2011 Electronic, Metal 1 Comment
Posted by Royal Connell

Song: Grabbag (Duke Nukem Theme) Cover Artist: Megadeth Album (Year): Duke Nukem: Music To Score By (1999) Original Artist: Lee Jackson Today’s post comes in honor of the upcoming Duke Nukem Forever. It’s been 14 years in the making and has been one of the biggest vaporware jokes in the video game industry. Finally, on [...]

2Cellos – Smooth Criminal

May 24, 2011 Classical, Pop 4 Comments
Posted by Royal Connell

Song: Smooth Criminal Cover Artist: 2Cellos Album (Year): 2Cellos (Sulic & Hauser) (2011) Original Artist: Michael Jackson Forget Alien Ant Farm. This is the greatest cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’ ever! The cello hasn’t been this awesome since Rasputina and Apocalyptica. 2Cellos – Smooth Criminal Smooth Criminal (mp3) on Amazon Smooth Criminal (mp3) on [...]

System of a Down – The Metro

May 12, 2011 Metal, New Wave 2 Comments
Posted by Royal Connell

Song: The Metro Cover Artist: System of a Down Album (Year): Dracula 2000 Soundtrack (2000) Original Artist: Berlin Today you get ‘The Metro’ by 80′s new wave band Berlin. This song epitomises the new wave, synth heavy sound and almost defines the genre all by itself. While System of a Down has gained all sorts [...]

Tom Jones – If I Only Knew

Apr 26, 2011 Hip Hip, Soul Leave a comment
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Song: If I Only Knew Cover Artist: Tom Jones Album (Year): The Lead And How To Swing It (1994) Original Artist: Rise Robots Rise Rise Robots Rise was a little known experimental hip-hop group from the early 90′s that I discovered on a record store promo compilation that included this song. It was catchy as [...]

Tool – No Quarter

Apr 20, 2011 Metal, Rock n' Roll 2 Comments
Posted by Royal Connell

Song: No Quarter Cover Artist: Tool Album (Year): Salival (2000) Original Artist: Led Zeppelin This post is guaranteed to offend a good friend of mine who seems to believe that Led Zeppelin is not allowed to ever be covered. Never mind the fact that Plant and company have covered their share of songs over their [...]

Coal Chamber (w/ Ozzy Osbourne) – Shock The Monkey

Apr 13, 2011 Alternative Rock, Hip Hip 2 Comments
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Song: Shock The Monkey Cover Artist: Coal Chamber (w/ Ozzy Osbourne) Album (Year): Chamber Music (1999) Original Artist: Peter Gabriel Keeping with the theme from the last post, here’s another original song by a Genesis vocalist gone solo. Peter Gabriel recorded this song for his fourth album in 1982 and it became his first US [...]