What other songs should Britney cover for her next album?

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"Fancy" - Bobby Gentry

about a poor mother who pushes her daughter into prostitution to get out of the slums.

best line, "You know I mighta been born just plain white trash / but Fancy was my name."

― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 9 September 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

WALK TEH DINOSAUR

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 9 September 2004 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"Your Woman" - White Town
instant international smash.

― david day (winslow), Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Tara Kemp - "Hold You Tight"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I TOUCHE MYSELF

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Jamie's Crying

― briania (briania), Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Touché Myself" = most genius song title ever!!

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Douche Myself"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sorta Like a Virgin, Sorta Not"

― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Bryan Adams "Cuts Like a Knife" no joke.

― Huk-L, Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

The Stranglers' "Peaches"
fits her speak-sing style and the video would be awesome

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 9 September 2004 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

"Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 9 September 2004 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)

"The End" by the Doors

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 9 September 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

If The Doors, then rather "When The Music's Over"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 9 September 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"Public Image" by PIL

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 9 September 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

a vote for Fancy! That would be brilliant.

I'll say Depeche's 'Blasphemous Rumours', which would make for a fascinating PR circus. 'Personal Jesus' would accomplish the same, perhaps. I'd say 'Master and Servant', but that might be too obvious. Oh fuck, I just want a Britney Does Depeche tribute album now.... 'Judas', 'Fly On The Windscreen', 'A Question of Lust'. hooray!

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahah, this is a beautiful vision you suggest.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG that would be so awesome. Thread over.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"Why'd Ya Do it?" by Marianne Faithful
"I Kill Everything I Fuck" by GG Allin
"Jesus Entering from the Rear" by the Feederz

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

a 25 minute rendition of napalm death's "you suffer".

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

kool thing

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"My Ding-A-Ling"

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Smooth Up In Ya"

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

actually those should be changed to "Your Ding-A-Ling" and "Smooth Up In Me"

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hit 'Em Up"

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"imagine", just to tie in with the madonna thread.

oh, and for the poor children, obviously.

― Darraghmac, Friday, 10 September 2004 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

"Fuck the Pain Away" by Peaches.

Replace the line 'What else in in the teaches of Peaches?' with 'What else is in the gears of Spears?'

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 10 September 2004 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong.

Really. It'd just be minimal buzzing bass and finger-clicks and her singing the words so breathily you can't make out what they are. It totally would work, and it would annoy stupid people.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 10 September 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Push Push in the Bush"

― Thea (Thea), Friday, 10 September 2004 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"Cry Me a River" would be pretty cool

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 10 September 2004 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost Thea thanks for that.

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 10 September 2004 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

She should cover Selfish Cunt's "Britain Is Shit" and change the lyrics slightly.

― dlp9001, Friday, 10 September 2004 02:02 (twenty-one years ago)

to 'britain is shite'?

― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 10 September 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Slayer - Alter of Sacrifice

― Cacaman Flores, Friday, 10 September 2004 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Ladytron - Playgirl

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Friday, 10 September 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

― BAYBEH BAYBEH BAYBEH BAYBEH BAYBEH COME ON LITTLE HONEEEH, Friday, 10 September 2004 04:05 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Hate Myself and Want to Die"

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 10 September 2004 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"golden lights"

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Friday, 10 September 2004 04:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd like to see her perform a track-by-track a capella tribute to Diamanda Galas' Plague Mass completely naked and slathered in pig's blood.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 September 2004 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"Are You Jimmy Ray", by Jimmy Ray
I am so direly serious about this.

― derrick (derrick), Friday, 10 September 2004 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)

even better: "Drinking In LA" by Bran Van 3000

She can change "What the hell am I doing drinking in LA at 26" to however old she is now, 21 or whatever. It'd be great!

― derrick (derrick), Friday, 10 September 2004 05:54 (twenty-one years ago)

AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long", produced by and featuring Lil Jon. This is totally for serious. I can hear it in my mind's-ear right now. It is totally kick-ass.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

1. “Just A Friend” by Biz Markie, with the original music; she’ll have to rap-sing it. Somewhere in there, maybe just before the last verse, drop in Kanye’s rap from that new Brandy single. Why? Just because.

2. “Metal Mickey” by Suede, with every “she” replaced by “I.”

3. “Come As You Are” by Nirvana and/or “Bombs Over Baghdad” by Outkast, with minimal musical backing, sung in a breathless/“just on the edge of climax” style.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i touch myself
sweet sixteen
dont you forget about me

― splooge (thesplooge), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

What other songs should Britney cover for her next album?

Has it been announced what song(s) she's covering already? The wording of the question seems to insinuate this.

― billstevejim, Saturday, 11 September 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sugar Free" - Wa Wa Nee
"Nervous Xians" - My Life With THe THrill Kill Kult
"The Most Wonderful Girl" - Lords Of Acid
"You Suck" - The Yeasty Girls
"I Love You" - Dizzee Rascal
"Puppets" - Depeche Mode
"La La Land" - Green Velvet
"Seductive Barry" - Pulp
"Malaria" - Shriekback
"Sucka Nigga" - A Tribe Called Quest
"Wicked Mathematics" - Nicolette
"Heresy" - Nine Inch Nails
"Don't Blow Your Top" - KMFDM
"Insha Allah" - Nasa
"Luetin" - Underworld
"Toy Soldiers" - Martika
"Monkey" - George Michael
"The War Song" - Culture Club
"Breakout" - Swing Out Sister
"Wishing I Was Lucky" - Wet Wet Wet
"Icon" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Venus Sands" - The Creatures
"Don't Disturb This Groove" - The System
"Jack The Lad" - Pet Shop Boys
"Fire In Cairo" - The Cure
"Oaktree" - The Time
"Burning Inside" - Ministry
"English Faggot" - Foetus
"Fucked" - GOD
"Victory Line" - Limited Warranty
"I Eat Cannibals" - Toto Coelo
"Waiting For The Worms" - Pink Floyd
"By-Tor and the Snow Dog" - Rush
"These Dreams" - Heart

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Saturday, 11 September 2004 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"Miserlou" - Dick Dale
"Father Figure" - George Michael (don't change any lyrics)
"I Wanna Fuck You In The Ass" - Outhere Brothers
"ADIDAS" - Korn
"Stacy's Mom" - Fountains Of Wayne

― billstevejim, Saturday, 11 September 2004 04:41 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Want You" - Savage Garden
"You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morisette

― billstevejim, Saturday, 11 September 2004 04:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Dan, you want a box set?

The End of the World as We Know It seems appropriate.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 September 2004 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"One Step Beyond" - Madness

― billstevejim, Saturday, 11 September 2004 04:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Has it been announced what song(s) she's covering already? The wording of the question seems to insinuate this.

she's remaking bobby brown's "my perogative"

― JaXoN (JasonD), Saturday, 11 September 2004 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

"happiness in slavery"

― Symplistic (shmuel), Saturday, 11 September 2004 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

billstevejim OTM.

― Bimble (bimble), Saturday, 11 September 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

'Teenage Kicks' by The Undertones would make her look good.

― bugsweed, Sunday, 12 September 2004 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Love" by Tom T. Hall

"I love little baby ducks..."

― shookout (shookout), Sunday, 12 September 2004 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

oh man, it's so bad

― JaXoN (JasonD), Monday, 13 September 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes. That's kind of am embarrassment. She should add Anticipating instead. And Born To Make You Happy, in the event of that not taking it onto it.

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Monday, 13 September 2004 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)

She should do "Genie In A Bottle" or "Rock Your Body," which would be sensational, but also kind of puzzling and awkward.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Monday, 13 September 2004 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Ride A White Horse by Laid Back. seriously, it would be wicked.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

esp. w/ a few well-placed Dave Chapelle samples.

― sexyDancer, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll say Depeche's 'Blasphemous Rumours', which /.../

Oh well, she could as well do a Bo Diddley tribute album then.
Whereon the opening track should be, naturally,

"Oops! Bo Diddley",

followed by, say...

"New Bo Diddley"
"I Know Bo Diddley"
"Bo Diddley Is Jesus"
"Bo Diddley Is Crazy"
"Bo Diddley Santa Claus"
"I Like Bo Diddley"
"Bo Diddley's Cat"
"Bo Diddley's Dog"
"Bilbao Bo Diddly"
"Bo Diddley Goes East"
"Bo Diddley On The Planet Of The Apes"
"Bo Diddley 1969"
"Just Like Bo Diddley"
"I Ain't Bo Diddley"
"Pay Bo Diddley"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

She should do a Pat Benatar song!

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)

First Joan Jett, then Pat Benatar, finally QUARTERFLASH!

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)

She didn't even know the difference between Jett and Benatar.

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

No wonder, that! - when she hasn't covered the basics like Bo Diddley, dammit!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

She should start an epic project of covering every song written between 1900 and 2000.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone posted once that she should cover Joy Division's "She's Lost Control."

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 01:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"Berkertex Bribe"

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

"Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight" would be nice. Or a Laura Brannigan medley.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Returning back to JaXoN's link -- uh, that was the stridently suck.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

She sounds like a female Larry Blackmon on that snippet.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I Think you owe Larry an apology for that.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I think she owes me an apology for that.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Touche.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

is it my imagination or did britney cover Parliament's "Red Hot Mama from Louisiana"?

if not, she really should.

― JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 8 October 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"Good Girls Don't"

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

just a gigolo

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"Country Death Song"-Violent Femmes

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"One's on the Way"

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

If she isn't able to write songs herself, then she should have Richard X write and produce an entire album for her. Will certainly mean an improvement to her style.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 8 October 2004 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

"Femme Fatale"

― Laszlo Kovacs (Laszlo Kovacs), Saturday, 9 October 2004 05:11 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

"Icon" - Siouxsie and the Banshees

Imagine if "Mona Lisa" had been this!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

HAHA, I was wondering why i thought she did cover "Red Hot Mamma" and then i found this thread
Britney's cover of Funkadelic's "Red Hot Mama"

fuckhead

― JaXoN (JasonD), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Sister Ray!

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Someone posted once that she should cover Joy Division's "She's Lost Control."

I remember thinking that was the best cover idea I've ever heard, at least from a commercial standpoint. With the Neptunes producing and stuff; it'd be an international hit for sure.

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 08:42 (twenty-one years ago)

A little Betty Davis. "Don't Call Her No Tramp."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 09:17 (twenty-one years ago)

'Frownland' Capt Beefheart. Must be 2 hours since he was mentioned on ILM...

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 10:12 (twenty-one years ago)

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