what new wave song to cover for a doom band?

[Beta Cloud]

or

cunts.

[kirky]

Ashes to Ashes
Turning Japanese

[Pissy]

Cameo - Word Up

[jibberish]

the valley girl soundtrack, take your pick:


A Million Miles Away  -  The Plimsouls

Johnny, Are You Queer?  -  Josie Cotton

Eyes Of A Stranger  -  Payolas

Angst In My Pants  -  Sparks

Who Can It Be Now?  -  Men At Work

Everywhere At Once  -  The Plimsouls

I La La La Love You  -  Pat Travers' Black Pearl

He Could Be The One  -  Josie Cotton

Love My Way  -  Psychedelic Furs

Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)  -  The Flirts

The Fanatic  -  Felony

She Talks In Stereo  -  Gary Myrick & The Figures

Oldest Story In The World  -  The Plimsouls

School Is In  -  Josie Cotton

I Melt With You  -  Modern English

Girls Like Me  -  Bonnie Hayes With The Wild Combo

Eaten By The Monster Of Love  -  Sparks

Mickey  -  Toni Basil

Zero Hour (Original Version)  -  The Plimsouls

He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'  -  Bananarama

In The Name Of Love  -  Thompson Twins

The Earthquake Song  -  Little Girls

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me  -  Culture Club

Cool Places  -  Sparks & Jane Wiedlin

Town Called Malice  -  The Jam

I Eat Cannibals  -  Total Coelo

Time To Win  -  Gary Myrick & The Figures

Voo Doo  -  Rachel Sweet

Marina Men  -  Valley Girls

Pocket Pool  -  Killer Pussy

Shelly's Boyfriend  -  Bonnie Hayes With The Wild Combo

Electric Avenue  -  Eddy Grant

[Danny G]

Wall of Voodoo "Mexican Radio"


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[Danny G]

Not exactly new wave, but Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over" is a great song.


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[Lumpy]

Something off the first Psychedelic Furs album (Sister Europe maybe).

Whores. are covering "Jumping Someone Else's Train" by the Cure.

What about something by the Stranglers like "Tank", "Nice & Sleazy" or "In the Shadows"

[jibberish]

"I wish I had Joshhomme's girl"

[TannisRoot]

Sex Dwarf by Soft Cell

[Lumpy]

Did anybody say "Cities in Dust" by Siouxie and the Banshees yet?

[TannisRoot]

Speaking of Siouxsie and the Banshees, a song I've always wanted to hear a doom band cover is "Night Shift":

[zachoff]

"I wish I had Joshhomme's girl"

That's actually true. 

[Lumpy]

The 2nd album by the Cure "17 Seconds" is already pretty doomy - probably some good picks there.

[jibberish]

-a whole billy idol album at half speed..and an octave lower

I guess that would turn into a double album heh.

-blondie songs using a wicked witch voice

-quarter speed rockabilly.  call it "glacialbilly"

haha..quarter speed polka.  call it "fucked up"

.........zydeadco......

blackgrass

ok that's gone far enough off track...

[black]

Not New Wave, but pretty fucking Doom.

[johnny problem]

Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy

[zachoff]

Jesus & Mary Chain would probably work pretty well.  Not a big enough fan to say which song, but they're fairly droney as-is.

[lftwng4]

Country Death Song by the Violent Femmes, although I doubt it could be improved upon.

[jibberish]

ok, I found a good way to sample some of these songs to see what they would sound like all sludged up down.

1) find the karaoke video and copy the audio (using newest audacity and the hawt WASABI audio driver in windows
2) put the track into reaper and use the straight slowdown that also drops the frequency and cut it to 50%
3) run that live take feature and generate a new 1/2 speed audio track to play with

it seems like it is all about the beat once it gets slowed beyond the original feel of the song.

auto-sub-octave bass is always a nice bonus heh. and damn do drums get godzilla sounding.. maybe this is a new heavy music trick:
record drums at 2x tempo, then slow that track down to re-match original tempo and the drums get huge

[jibberish]

Not New Wave, but pretty fucking Doom.

that's pretty crazy. there are some chunks in there that are extra crazy

... Ah may have to borry on some o them sounds , uhhh yup

[Widget]

I did the B-52's "Lava". Heavy, but not doom, but I could see it slowed down and done all doomy AF. In fact, when I have some time, I'll check out what my version sounds like all slowed down.

[kirky]

Our Lips Are Sealed.

[Widget]

Our Lips Are Sealed.

Yes, good one.

[Danny G]

Again not exactly new wave or from the new wave era, but "Fade To Dust" by Mazzy Star would be not only be absolutely crushingly heavy played in DooM style, but would probably also move the crowd to tears in a good way.

I want to marry Hope Sandoval and would not mind dying to that song at all.

Edit: Jesus Christ. I am covered in goose flesh just thinking about that song.


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[black]

Ehhh.

Always like the music but was never a fan of her.
Saw M.S. and she was an annoying and threw an unnecessary fit at sound-check, then refused to play with ANY lights on. Just two silly candles.



No thanks.