Which Artists Would You Have Cover These Songs? Part Two: Achtung Baby

[gareth brown]

Not possible. Acrobat is not 4/4 time.

ho ho ho!

 

[gherman]

1. Zoo Station-Muse
2. Even Better Than the Real Thing-Kasabian
3. One-Coldplay
4. Until the End of the World-The Dead Weather
5. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses-David Gray
6. So Cruel-Keane
7. The Fly-Interpol
8. Mysterious Ways-The Tragically Hip
9. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World-Grant Lee Buffalo
10. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)-Pearl Jam
11. Acrobat-Editors
12. Love is Blindness-Audioslave

 

[dan_smee]

Zs- the living end
Ebttrt- the killers
One - mark knopfler
Uteotw - green day
Wgrywh- the decemberists
So cruel - the fray
The fly - meat loaf
Mw - muse
Tttyaatw - matchbox 20
Ultraviolet - arctic monkeys
Acrobat - Ryan Adams
Lib - athlete

Some wi be unpopular, but I tried to be slightly different

 

[BVS]

Acrobat - Ryan Adams

I would love to hear this... it would be so odd that it just might work.

 

[Dragonfave]

Coldplay, U2, Amy Winehouse, Kate Bush, Pearl Jam, Noel & more - The Daily Hot List - News - QTheMusic.com

After Bono announced that a Achtung Baby covers album is on the way, including Jack White, Depeche Mode and The Killers, Q Editor-In-Chief Paul Rees confirmed on twitter this weekend that you won't have to pay for it. The album is coming free with the next but one issue of Q, available from 25 October.
Rollingstone.com
@paulreesQ

 

[corianderstem]

Yay!

 

[Dragonfave]

From Q Editor, Paul Rees:
Twitter

In office and listening to Patti Smith track from upcoming #QMagazine #U2 CD. Goose bumps.

@kemalbayik Jack White's Love Is Blindness is best track I've heard all year. Gobsmacking. Full details in October.

 

[theu2fly]

Who would you have liked to have see on Achtung Baby covered?

Original tracklist;

Nine Inch Nails - Zoo Station
U2 (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) - Even Better Than The Real Thing
Damien Rice - One
Patti Smith - Until The End Of The World
Garbage - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Depeche Mode - So Cruel
Snow Patrol - Mysterious Ways
The Fray - Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
Gavin Friday - The Fly
The Killers - Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Glasvegas - Acrobat
Jack White - Love Is Blindness

My choice

1. Nine Inch Nails - Zoo Station
2. U2 (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) - Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. The Script - One
4. Pearl Jam - Until The End Of The World
5. Lenny Kravitz - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6. Depeche Mode - So Cruel
7. Snow Patrol - Mysterious Ways
8. OneRepublic - Trying To Throw Your Arms Around the World
9. Gavin Friday - The Fly
10. The Killers - Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
11. Muse - Acrobat
12. Keane - Love Is Blindness

 

[cobl04]

No offence, but I think your list is worse than actual thing. And didn't we have this thread like a fortnight ago?

 

[theedgeu2]

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f189/which-artists-would-you-have-cover-these-songs-part-two-achtung-baby-212200.html

 

[ryancoke71]

No offence, but I think your list is worse than actual thing. And didn't we have this thread like a fortnight ago?

People still use the word fortnight?

 

[Rachel D.]

Did anyone else notice the absence of Coldplay?

 

[corianderstem]

I'm going to start a band called Fortnight.

We will cover Acrobat.

 

[silkensky]

Did anyone else notice the absence of Coldplay?

They've been covering U2 since 2000.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Ax OneRepublic off that list and move The Script to their spot and find an artist who wont do One just like every other artist would and your list exponentially increases. Make a few more adjustments and you're around me.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Did anyone else notice the absence of Coldplay?

Shh don't say that! They might hear you and bitch at you!

Did anyone notice... the absence of... Radiohead?

Did anyone notice... the absence of... Interpol?

KASABIAN?!?

 

[cobl04]

They've been covering U2 since 2000.

Oh very funny. Original, too.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

fuck, i started to make a list but i soon realised i don't like enough people to really make one

but yeah, depeche mode doing zoo station would've been awesome. and yeah add me to the (small) list of people who would've liked to have seen coldplay do u2. maybe a bit too spot on but nearly any song would've been good.

 

[Hollow Island]

Again, I'm going with both living and deceased artists because, hell, this is fantasy, isn't it?

Zoo Station - Muse
Even Better Than The Real Thing - Metric
One - Jeff Buckley
Until The End of the World - The Horrors
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - Slowdive
So Cruel - Red House Painters
The Fly - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Mysterious Ways - Prince
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World - Whiskeytown
Ultraviolet - Broken Social Scene
Acrobat - TV On The Radio
Love Is Blindness - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

That is an awesome list! If that group covered the album it would probably be better than the original. It's a better list that I can come up with.

 

[Hollow Island]

Zoo Station - Primal Scream (XTRMNTR style)
Real Thing - Queens of the Stone Age
One - The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
End of the World - Verve
Wild Horses - M83 w/Zola Jesus
So Cruel - Feist
the Fly - Can
Tryin'... - Sonic Youth
Ultraviolet - My Bloody Valentine
Acrobat - PJ Harvey
Love is Blindness - Spiritualized

 

[Slapnutz]

Edge is a huge Nick Zinner fan so I was hoping Yeah Yeah Yeahs would be in on this. They would have brought some dirty funk to 'Mysterious Ways'. Bat for Lashes covering 'Love is Blindness' would have been cool, too.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Zoo Station - The Bravery
Even Better Than The Real Thing - The Killers
One - Jay-Z & Bryan Adams
Until The End of the World - The Verve
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - Bruce Springsteen & Patti Smith
So Cruel - The Script
The Fly - The Temper Trap
Mysterious Ways - Cut Copy
Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World - Arcade Fire
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) - The Airborne Toxic Event
Acrobat - Simple Minds
Love Is Blindness - Depeche Mode

 

[TheEdge25]

Zoo Station - Coldplay
Even Better Than The Real Thing - My Bloody Valentine
One - The Rolling Stones
Until The End of the World - Pearl Jam
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - Bruce Springsteen
So Cruel - Radiohead
The Fly - Muse
Mysterious Ways - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World - Foster The People
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) - The Killers
Acrobat - TV On The Radio or Simple Minds
Love Is Blindness - The Edge

 

[lazarus]

Christ, now we're going to have pages and pages of these mostly ill-considered picks?

Good call on Nick Cave for Love is Blindness though, LM, even if I doubt he'd go near a U2 cover. I've never heard any comments from one about the other oddly enough; you'd think that considering they're contemporaries and often cover the same thematic ground you'd hear a mention at some point.

 

[lazarus]

Also, Coldplay doing Zoo Station??

They're ready...ready for the Sarin gas.

 

[Rachel D.]

They've been covering U2 since 2000.

Ha, yes, that's true.

Also, to be clear, I don't wish Coldplay was on this covers CD; I just happened to notice that they were missing. I think Chris Martin even said once that Achtung Baby was one of the first albums he ever bought and he really likes it.

I'm excited about The Killers being on there, though. That should be interesting.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Christ, now we're going to have pages and pages of these mostly ill-considered picks?

Say what you'd like but my picks were at the very least not ill-considered.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Say what you'd like but my picks were at the very least not ill-considered.

actually, you picked some of the same people i was going to as well. the only problem is, i couldn't think of anyone else and was left with like half an album.

 

[Chill Mike D]

Zoo Station - Radiohead circa The King of Limbs
Even Better Than The Real Thing - MGMT circa Oracular Spectacular
One - Creedence Clearwater Revival circa Cosmo's Factory
Until The End of the World - The Who circa Who's Next
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - Rolling Stones circa Sticky Fingers just to be silly
So Cruel - Waylon Jennings circa The Ramblin' Man
The Fly - Guns N Roses circa Use Your Illusion, but with Steven Adler instead of Matt Sorum
Mysterious Ways - Brazilian Girls
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World - Peter Bjorn and John
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) - KISS circa Destroyer
Acrobat - REM circa Automatic for the People
Love Is Blindness - Led Zeppelin circa The Song Remains The Same

alternate: I would also like Brian Eno to record a solo version of One without anyone else's input. And I would want him to do the vocals too.

 

[chrissybaby]

Garbage track:

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