Gos

Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous, a sad story. Here is a cover of a Daniel Johnston song that Linkous did with the Flaming Lips a few years ago.

Go - Daniel Johnston

Go - Sparklehorse, The Flaming...

[A side note, I really love the way this covers record, The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered, is packaged, disc one with the covers and disc two with the originals.]

Moneys

The Flaming Lips—who had the SftD #2 Cover of the '00s—released a full-album cover of Dark Side of the Moon last week. Fun stuff, especially the recreation of the random interview snippets. Like the original, this is best experienced as a whole, probably with headphones on and red-laser drawings overhead, but the cover of "Money" has a clever angle that calls for special attention. Gone are the clinking coins, ripping receipts and cash-register ka-chings, replaced with electronic noises far more appropriate for the financial stresses of 2010.

Money - Pink Floyd

Money [feat. Henry Rollins] - ...

The Lips answer for "How would you cover 'On the Run'?" is worth some extra songs today.

On The Run - Pink Floyd

On The Run [feat. Henry Rollin...

[photo via wikimedia]

Top Covers '00s: #2

One song with two different ideas of love, two different ideas of boundaries.

Borderline - Madonna

Borderline [With Stardeath And...

Tests

"There is obviously a fine line between being inspired and stealing. But if anyone wanted to borrow part of a Flaming Lips song, I don't think I'd bother pursuing it. I've got better things to do." Wayne Coyne, Guardian interview, 6/29/03.

Father And Son - Cat Stevens

Fight Test - The Flaming Lips