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THE SMITHS // COVERED Here, you will find a collection of new and old covers spanning the last couple of decades. I was compelled to put this together as a challenge mostly because I have found it so difficult over the years to find covers of Smiths songs that held up to a mediocre at best standard. That being said, I’ve pieced together a 20 track compilation. It could have been slightly more, but I did my best to limit myself to zero duplicate songs (I caved on “Last Night I Dreamt…” and used two, sue me - the original is my favorite song of all time). Are there some covers that I missed - sure. Most of those were instances of choosing who I felt covered a particular track the best. So without further ado, here are classic songs by The Smiths as re-interpreted by artists over the years. Playlist (click the band name for more info on the band): stars - THIS CHARMING MAN spoon - PANIC the morning benders - I WON’T SHARE YOU doug martsch (of Built to Spill) - BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN vanilla swingers - HAND IN GLOVE j. mascis - THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE sharon van etten - LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME cursive - FRANKLY, MR. SHANKLY supergrass - SOME GIRLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS love spit love - HOW SOON IS NOW owen - GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA radiohead - THE HEADMASTER RITUAL dum dum girls - THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT at the drive-in - THE NIGHT HAS OPENED MY EYES colin meloy (of The Decemberists) - ASK the twilight sad - HALF A PERSON she & him - PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT low - LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME jeff buckley - I KNOW IT’S OVER xiu xiu - ASLEEP (download) The Smiths // Covered ( MF | MU ) (stream) Entire Mix @ 8tracks (follow PerfectMidnightWorld for more musicrelated posts like this) Please support the artists that you find and enjoy. Buy their music, merchandise and tickets to see their shows. Supporting them is the only purpose in doing this blog. Contrary to the opinions of some, music blogs are a great way to discover new music, but there will only be so much new music to go around if these artists can’t afford to support themselves through their art and commerce. Only use these mixtapes as a guide to find something to throw your (financial and emotional) support behind.

THE SMITHS // COVERED

Here, you will find a collection of new and old covers spanning the last couple of decades. I was compelled to put this together as a challenge mostly because I have found it so difficult over the years to find covers of Smiths songs that held up to a mediocre at best standard. That being said, I’ve pieced together a 20 track compilation. It could have been slightly more, but I did my best to limit myself to zero duplicate songs (I caved on “Last Night I Dreamt…” and used two, sue me - the original is my favorite song of all time). Are there some covers that I missed - sure. Most of those were instances of choosing who I felt covered a particular track the best.

So without further ado, here are classic songs by The Smiths as re-interpreted by artists over the years.

Playlist (click the band name for more info on the band):

  1. stars - THIS CHARMING MAN
  2. spoon - PANIC
  3. the morning benders - I WON’T SHARE YOU
  4. doug martsch (of Built to Spill) - BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN
  5. vanilla swingers - HAND IN GLOVE
  6. j. mascis - THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
  7. sharon van etten - LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME
  8. cursive - FRANKLY, MR. SHANKLY
  9. supergrass - SOME GIRLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS
  10. love spit love - HOW SOON IS NOW
  11. owen - GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA
  12. radiohead - THE HEADMASTER RITUAL
  13. dum dum girls - THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
  14. at the drive-in - THE NIGHT HAS OPENED MY EYES
  15. colin meloy (of The Decemberists) - ASK
  16. the twilight sad - HALF A PERSON
  17. she & him - PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
  18. low - LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME
  19. jeff buckley - I KNOW IT’S OVER
  20. xiu xiu - ASLEEP

(download) The Smiths // Covered ( MF | MU )

(stream) Entire Mix @ 8tracks

(follow PerfectMidnightWorld for more musicrelated posts like this)

Please support the artists that you find and enjoy. Buy their music, merchandise and tickets to see their shows. Supporting them is the only purpose in doing this blog. Contrary to the opinions of some, music blogs are a great way to discover new music, but there will only be so much new music to go around if these artists can’t afford to support themselves through their art and commerce. Only use these mixtapes as a guide to find something to throw your (financial and emotional) support behind.

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