Hisashi Saito, 1981
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I was abouta get mad but where’s the lie
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• Feral Boy Scout
• Deep South Priest With a Terrible Secret
• Lumberjack Druid
• 80s Punk Librarian
• Tropical Detective
• Mushroom Wizard
• High Fashion Diesel Mechanic
• Eldritch Quarterback
• I’m Playing Marty McFly in a Porn Parody of Back to the Future Directed by David Lynch
• 70s NASA Gay
What if the first thing aliens encounter regarding humans is an aerobics video and their diplomats show up to Earth decades late wearing spandex and headbands and blasting 80s pop?
then we poppin the biggest bottles. next question
Masterlist: iconic rock songs (by men) covered by cool(er) women
Nouvelle Vague - Blister In The Sun (The Violent Femmes) (All their songs are 80s covers but this is my favorite. But look up the rest. Seriously.)
The Donnas - Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol)
Cat Power - Paths Of Victory (Bob Dylan)
Stevie Nicks - Free Fallin (Tom Petty)
Patti Smith - My Generation (The Who)
Sleater Kinney - Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater)
Siouxie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence (The Beatles)
The Breeders - Happiness is A Warm Gun (The Beatles)
Fiona Apple - Across The Universe (The Beatles)
Mika Miko - Attitude (The Missfits)
The Butchies - Your Love (The Outfield)
Rasputina - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Tribe 8 - Rise Above (Black Flag) (Not totally sure how the lead singer of Tribe 8 identifies now, lmk if u think i should remove this.)
Corinne Bailey Rae - Since I’ve Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)
Karen O - Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Shonen Knife - I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (The Ramones)
L7 - Suzy Is A Headbanger (The Ramones)
Babes In Toyland - All By Myself (Eric Carmen)
Dresden Dolls - War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
The Raincoats - Lola (The Kinks)
Holly Golightly - Tell Me Now So I Know (The Kinks)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Cibo Matto - About A Girl (Nirvana)
Janelle Monae - Heroes (David Bowie)
Warpaint - Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie)
The Lunachicks - The Passenger (Iggy Pop)
Tegan and Sara - Fool To Cry (The Rolling Stones)
Bjork & PJ Harvey - Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)
St. Vincent - Emotional Rescue (The Rolling Stones)
Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order)
The Raveonettes - I Wanna be Adored (The Stone Roses)
Kristin Hersch - Wave Of Mutilation (The Pixies)
The Runaways - Wild Thing (The Troggs)
Joan Jett - Roadrunner (Jonathan Richman) (she obviously has billions of covers & hers are all more iconic than the originals but i had to include one)
Dessa - I’m Going Down (Bruce Springsteen)
Downtown Boys - Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen)
I thought this pot was going to be insufficient but omfg i was so wrong. this is EXCELLENT.
Hole - Over the edge (The Wipers) prob my fave cover of all times
honestly if you’re under 27 and you listen to 80s music, there is a 99% chance that you’re gay. these are just the statistics