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The League Of Extraordinary Tracks 5: COVER VERSIONS Results
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— 15 July 2023 Tom

Thanks as ever to everyone who voted in this, and especially to the nominators! Three weeks to go – 2008 is up tomorrow, Week 7 will be FOUR LETTER WORDS (that’s the length of the song title, not just swears) and then it’s the Season 1 finale with everyone picking a track from 2023.

So, cover versions! A pretty clear ranking this week with the eventual winner performing well right from the very beginning.

Bronze medal goes to Brazil’s Wanderlea, covering The Seeds’ garage rock classic “Pushin’ Too Hard” as “Vou Lhe Contar”. Swedish duo Sara Isaksson & Rebecka Tornqvist take silver for their reinterpretation of Steely Dan’s “Gaucho”. But the 12 points goes to Job, and his nomination DANA GAVANSKI with her 2020 version of King Crimson’s “I Talk To The Wind” – Job moves into 2nd place with this and cuts actualeesimpson’s lead to, er, only 16 points. It’s not over yet!

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Job   16 months ago

I almost nominated Irreversible Entanglements' fantastic 18-minute Sun Ra cover "Nuclear War" from a few months ago (which you should still totally listen to), but now I'm glad I didn't. Dana […]

Modern Qualifier 51 – 21st COVERS 20th
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— 26 May 2023 Tom

The first of two groups based on themes voted for by participants, with tracks drawn from your suggestions. This one is 21st Century covers of 20th Century songs.

  1. A cover of The Smiths’ “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”. Released as a single in 2000.
  2. A cover of Nirvana’s “In Bloom”. From the 2016 LP A Sailor’s Guide To Earth.
  3. A cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”. Released as a single in 2019.
  4. A cover of DJ DMD’s “25 Lighters” from the 2012 LP La Futura.
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Jeff Worrell   18 months ago

The Sturgill cover is… a bit disturbing? I voted ZZ Top, the only other track I didn’t know before.

ajjr82   18 months ago

It's a fine cover, and obviously a fine original, but "Space Oddity" is absolutely on the list of songs I've reached my fill of over the course of my life.

wmterhaar   18 months ago

Party hiphop from the southeast does not travel well over the Atlantic Ocean, so you are certainly not in a minority here in not knowing who DJ DMB is. I even believe '25 Lighters' was mainly just a […]

wmterhaar   18 months ago

Gotsta nominate 'Gotsta Get Paid' again for 'Late Work'!

Modern Qualifier 52 – THE INTERNET
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— 26 May 2023 Tom

This is the second of two groups on a theme picked by participants and with tracks drawn from your suggestions.

  1. From the soundtrack to the comedian’s 2021 film Inside.
  2. From the Houston rapper’s 2005 LP The People’s Champ.
  3. From the cyber-pop artist’s 2019 debut full LP Serotonin II.
  4. A 2017 standalone single from the UK dance-pop group.
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ajjr82   18 months ago

Paul Wall is such a charming time capsule of the Old Internet.

vinnycrackers   18 months ago

TIL the husband has never heard of Bo Burnham. It went from : Weird Al walked so this guy could run to This is a Wes Anderson movie as a song. To a full day of research. Thanks?

machotrouts   18 months ago

I assumed 'Welcome to the Internet' was about 20 years old until I got to the "boomer groomer zoomer" bit. It sounds like it was written to play over a Flash animation on Newgrounds. […]

koganbot   18 months ago

Voted for Burnham but kinda hoping it loses so I won't have to listen to it again. But he did hold the floor better than Marina Diamandis, my second choice - though I always like hearing Marina's […]

Modern Qualifier 53 – Made Out Of Babies, Hidden Masters, MICH, Trips And Falls
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— 26 May 2023 Tom
  1. From the Brooklyn sludge rockers’ 2008 set The Ruiner. Nominated by Martijn tH.
  2. Taken from the Glaswegian psychedelicists’ 2013 LP Of This And Other Worlds. Also nominated by Martijn tH! (Sorry)
  3. From the Dutch band’s 2022 LP Nuts – nominated by Job De W.
  4. From the Montreal band’s 2012 LP He Was Such A Quiet Boy. Nominated by Matt.
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wmterhaar   18 months ago

It's one of those albums not a lot of people know about (it nothing being on Spotify doesn't help), but everybody who does, thinks highly of it.

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup ?   18 months ago

[FYI, Tom, I still regularly (always?) have the option of voting again some time after my first vote. I haven't logged out at any point.]

Pop-o-matic   18 months ago

Easy vote and GB longlisting for Mich, but this is a great group!

Job   18 months ago

I can recommend the whole album! The album art is done by Piet Parra, who co-founded the band as a guitarist and songwriter. He never plays live with the band, only on the records. He's more famous […]

Modern Qualifier 54! – Bent Knee, Oceanic, Bettie Serveert, Ava Rook
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— 26 May 2023 Tom
  1. From the Boston art-rockers’ 2019 LP You Know What They Mean. Nominated by stabilimentum.
  2. From the Dutch producer’s 2023 LP Choral Feeling. Not to be confused with the “Insanity” hitmakers! Nominated by Job De W.
  3. From the Dutch indie rockers’ 2003 LP Log 22. Nominated by Leo B.
  4. Solo cut from one half of Black Dresses from her 2023 EP Rookie’s Bustle. A Bracket Balancer.
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koganbot   18 months ago

She's yr typical savage snarling dream popper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-LxaEiJcGk

Jeff Worrell   18 months ago

A nice group to end with. Bettie S playing things very safe, but the others have all got something. The grandiose Bent Knee song was the one I went back to - a few nods to 70s rock here, which is […]

Ed Still   18 months ago

The fourth of four great groups today. Oceanic, Bent Knee and Ada all hit me in different sensory zones, went for Ada in a photo-finish.

TheHarderLine   18 months ago

I was expecting to be the first to nominate Bettie Serveert! I don’t think we have polled them before. Thank you. I love them, both old and new albums. I saw them live in 2010 - one of the best […]

Modern Qualifier 46 – CURATED by Kat S!
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— 25 May 2023 Tom

Our headliner is also today’s only CURATED GROUP by FT’s own Kat Stevens! I don’t know if there’s a theme or simply a unity of vibe, great stuff nonetheless.

  1. Single from the dream-poppers’ 2009 debut Eyelid Movies.
  2. Single from the Norwegian songwriter’s 2015 breakthrough Ten Love Songs.
  3. From the San Francisco based songwriter’s 2010 debut LP Ring.
  4. From the art-pop composer’s 2013 LP Loud City Song.
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thee temple ov platonick youth   18 months ago

what a fantastic group, i played the hell out of the Glasser album when it came out but have to admit i'd completely forgotten about them! a genuinely agonizing choice, but made slightly less so […]

Jeff Worrell   18 months ago

Good group. Already knew/own Susanne. Holter is reliably interesting but Glasser is the more immediate song so gave it my vote.

komodomymanor   18 months ago

Really like this group, thanks Kat S. Julia Holter gets the vote but it's tight.

ajjr82   18 months ago

That Glasser album was one of my favourites of 2010. "Mirrorage" isn't a particular favourite of mine from it (I like both "Apply" and "Home" more), but I'm happy to throw her my support.

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