| The Fairy King 16.08.2007 08:09 |
The compilation features one cover from each year of channel's existence, starting with Kaiser Chiefs tackling 'Flowers In The Rain' by The Move, the first song ever played on Radio 1. Other highlights include The Streets playing Elton John's 'Your Song', The Gossip doing George Michael's 'Careless Whisper' and Blackstreet's 'No Diggity' being re-imagined by Klaxons. The full tracklisting is: 1967 - 'Flowers In The Rain' (The Move) covered by Kaiser Chiefs 1968 - 'All Along The Watchtower' (Jimi Hendrix Experience) covered by The Fratellis 1969 - 'Cupid' (Johnny Nash) covered by Amy Winehouse 1970 - 'Lola' (The Kinks) covered by Robbie Williams 1971 - 'Your Song' (Elton John) covered by The Streets 1972 - 'Betcha By Golly Wow' (The Stylistics) covered by Sugababes 1973 - 'You're So Vain' (Carly Simon) covered by The Feeling 1974 - 'Band On The Run' (Wings) covered by Foo Fighters 1975 - 'Love Is The Drug' (Roxy Music) covered by Kylie 1976 - 'Let's Stick Together' (Bryan Ferry) covered by KT Tunstall 1977 - 'Sound & Vision' (David Bowie) covered by Franz Ferdinand 1978 - 'Teenage Kicks' (The Undertones) covered by The Raconteurs 1979 - 'Can't Stand Losing You' (The Police) covered by Mika 1980 - 'Too Much Too Young' (The Specials) covered by Kasabian 1981 - 'Under Pressure' (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane 1982 - 'Town Called Malice' (The Jam) covered by McFly 1983 - 'Come Back And Stay' (Paul Young) covered by James Morrison 1984 - 'Careless Whisper' (George Michael) covered by The Gossip 1985 - 'The Power Of Love' (Huey Lewis & The News) covered by The Pigeon Detectives 1986 - 'Don't Get Me Wrong' (The Pretenders) covered by Lily Allen 1987 - 'You Sexy Thing' (Hot Chocolate) covered by Stereophonics 1988 - 'Fast Car' (Tracy Chapman) covered by Mutya Buena 1989 - 'Lullaby' (The Cure) covered by Editors 1990 - 'Englishman In New York' (Sting) covered by Razorlight 1991 - 'Crazy For You' (Madonna) covered by Groove Armada 1992 - 'It Must Be Love' (Madness) covered by Paolo Nutini 1993 - 'All That She Wants' (Ace Of Base) covered by The Kooks 1994 - 'You're All I Need To Get By' (Mary J Blige) covered by Mark Ronson 1995 - 'Stillness In Time' (Jamiroquai) covered by Calvin Harris 1996 - 'No Diggity' (Blackstreet) covered by Klaxons 1997 - 'Lovefool' (The Cardigans) covered by Just Jack 1998 - 'Ray Of Light' (Madonna) covered by Natasha Bedingfield 1999 - 'Drinking in LA' (Bran Van 3000) covered by The Twang 2000 - 'The Great Beyond' (REM) covered by The Fray 2001 - 'Teenage Dirtbag' (Wheatus) covered by Girls Aloud 2002 - 'Like I Love You' (Justin Timberlake) covered by Maximo Park 2003 - 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun' (The Libertines) covered by The View 2004 - 'Toxic' (Britney Spears) covered by Hard-Fi 2005 - 'Father & Son' (Yusuf Islam & Ronan Keating) covered by The Enemy 2006 - 'Steady, As She Goes' (The Raconteurs) covered by Corinne Bailey Rae from NME |
| thomasquinn 32989 16.08.2007 08:12 |
Robbie Williams covering The Kinks? Time for a bloody murder, I'd say!!! However, THIS sounds good: 'Englishman In New York' (Sting) covered by Razorlight |
| The Fairy King 16.08.2007 08:15 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Robbie Williams covering The Kinks? Time for a bloody murder, I'd say!!! However, THIS sounds good: 'Englishman In New York' (Sting) covered by RazorlightI'm very interested in most artists here...but the choice in hits from each year are a bit odd. 2 Madonna songs? The only Queen song represented is Under Pressure? Which was a duet with Bowie, whose represented earlier on in the collection. No U2? Robbie's version of Kinks should be something interesting. Though he deserves his own tribute here. |
| thomasquinn 32989 16.08.2007 08:18 |
He's a rapist when covering, especially considering the fact that he is not nearly capable of singing a Davies-part. |
| The Fairy King 16.08.2007 08:20 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: He's a rapist when covering, especially considering the fact that he is not nearly capable of singing a Davies-part.Meh, he did Sinatra. That's much more admirable then the Kinks imo. |
| thomasquinn 32989 16.08.2007 08:28 |
<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote:Well, no, it's not. Sinatra was a baritone. Ray Davies a tenor. For nearly every man on this planet, singing baritone is considerably easier than tenor, Robbie definitely included.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: He's a rapist when covering, especially considering the fact that he is not nearly capable of singing a Davies-part.Meh, he did Sinatra. That's much more admirable then the Kinks imo. |
| The Fairy King 16.08.2007 08:32 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote:Not very familiar with The Kinks, so didn't know that the guy is a tenor. Just lets wait and listen what he does before we jump to conclusions. :P<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote:Well, no, it's not. Sinatra was a baritone. Ray Davies a tenor. For nearly every man on this planet, singing baritone is considerably easier than tenor, Robbie definitely included.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: He's a rapist when covering, especially considering the fact that he is not nearly capable of singing a Davies-part.Meh, he did Sinatra. That's much more admirable then the Kinks imo. |
| Leaky Luke 16.08.2007 08:38 |
1981 - 'Under Pressure' (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane Oh God. |
| The Fairy King 16.08.2007 08:39 |
Leaky Luke wrote: 1981 - 'Under Pressure' (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane Oh God.Listen first, judge later Thijs. :P |
| thomasquinn 32989 16.08.2007 08:47 |
Yeah, that's all fine and morally acceptable, but an undeniable "I have a bad feeling about this"-sensation IS creeping up my spine... |
| The Fairy King 16.08.2007 08:53 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: Yeah, that's all fine and morally acceptable, but an undeniable "I have a bad feeling about this"-sensation IS creeping up my spine...Of course some of the 40 tracks are gonna suck. |
| Penetration_Guru 16.08.2007 13:32 |
1991/2 - those tracks aren't from those years, they're both early-mid 80s |
| The Fairy King 16.08.2007 13:49 |
Penetration_Guru wrote: 1991/2 - those tracks aren't from those years, they're both early-mid 80sYeh noticed that too. |
| ***Marial-B*** 16.08.2007 14:34 |
'Toxic' (Britney Spears) The original sucks a lot anyway xD |
| Penetration_Guru 16.08.2007 15:15 |
<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote:It's odd - everything else looks about right.Penetration_Guru wrote: 1991/2 - those tracks aren't from those years, they're both early-mid 80sYeh noticed that too. 1991 - Simply Red, Seal, Enigma, Sting (even Queen - there were better songs in 1981) 1992 - Annie Lennox, Right Said Fred, REM, Prince. |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 16.08.2007 15:24 |
Penetration_Guru wrote:1991-bryan adams? :-[<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote:It's odd - everything else looks about right. 1991 - Simply Red, Seal, Enigma, Sting (even Queen - there were better songs in 1981) 1992 - Annie Lennox, Right Said Fred, REM, Prince.Penetration_Guru wrote: 1991/2 - those tracks aren't from those years, they're both early-mid 80sYeh noticed that too. 1992-mr blobby! :-] |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 16.08.2007 15:31 |
on a serious[ish] note: i hate to think what Mika will do to "cant stand losing you". however im kind of curious to hear franz ferdinand's version of "sound and vision" but robbie should never of been allowed any where near a kinks song,whatever next..a cover of "we are the champions"? |
| ***Marial-B*** 16.08.2007 15:36 |
joxerthepinkmohawkpirate wrote: on a serious[ish] note: i hate to think what Mika will do to "cant stand losing you". however im kind of curious to hear franz ferdinand's version of "sound and vision" but robbie should never of been allowed any where near a kinks song,whatever next..a cover of "we are the champions"?Joxer, don't mess with my Robbie, he's a showman, we have to see what he would do ;) |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 16.08.2007 15:45 |
<font color=#FF66FF>Marial-B wrote:as a big Ray Davies and Kinks fan im a bit shocked by Robbie doing one of my all time fave songs,at least he left waterloo sunset alone..joxerthepinkmohawkpirate wrote: on a serious[ish] note: i hate to think what Mika will do to "cant stand losing you". however im kind of curious to hear franz ferdinand's version of "sound and vision" but robbie should never of been allowed any where near a kinks song,whatever next..a cover of "we are the champions"?Joxer, don't mess with my Robbie, he's a showman, we have to see what he would do ;) but i shall bite my lip until i hear it :-] |
| ***Marial-B*** 16.08.2007 16:15 |
joxerthepinkmohawkpirate wrote:Well... I know what you mean with this. I bought the "Instant Karma" for the refugees at Darfur album. Some made great versions, some made shitty things. I never thought I would say that Avril Lavigne would sing "Imagine" in a sweet way. So we should just wait a bit to see the versions ;)<font color=#FF66FF>Marial-B wrote:as a big Ray Davies and Kinks fan im a bit shocked by Robbie doing one of my all time fave songs,at least he left waterloo sunset alone.. but i shall bite my lip until i hear it :-]joxerthepinkmohawkpirate wrote: on a serious[ish] note: i hate to think what Mika will do to "cant stand losing you". however im kind of curious to hear franz ferdinand's version of "sound and vision" but robbie should never of been allowed any where near a kinks song,whatever next..a cover of "we are the champions"?Joxer, don't mess with my Robbie, he's a showman, we have to see what he would do ;) |
| Leaky Luke 16.08.2007 16:15 |
<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote:That's what they said when My Chemical Romance did Under Pressure.. I wasn't impressed.Leaky Luke wrote: 1981 - 'Under Pressure' (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane Oh God.Listen first, judge later Thijs. :P |
| bitesthedust 25.08.2007 15:07 |
I'd only be interested in it for this track: 1974 - 'Band On The Run' (Wings) covered by Foo Fighters. |
| rachael mae. 25.08.2007 15:11 |
looks good, overall, i must say :) |