Melvins cover songs strategy

[amazonAMAZON]

In the Lord of the Flies thread someone brought up that the band tend to cover the hits (sorry I forget who, feel free to credit if you recall.)

This prompted me to wondering... Have they ever covered another band's B-Sides, deep cut, or rarity? "Leech" is one of the only exceptions I can think of, and it sounds more like the tune was gifted rather than covered. "With Yo Heart" was a comp track that wasn't its own single when the Melvins did it.


Here's a few big/hit songs I know
"Spoon Man" lead single
"Jerkin Krokus" double A side single / album track
"Lexicon Devil" leadoff track from EP of same name
"My War" leadoff track from album of same name
"Black Sabbath" & "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" leadoff tracks from albums of same name
"Get Around" Beach Boys hit
"Everybody's Talkin" had been a hit twice already I think.
"Teen Spirit" obviously
"Rambling Man" & "Okie from Muskogee" hits of course
"Blockbuster" leadoff track from the debut EP



God there's so many covers! Haven't even thought through Sausages or Singles 1-12

[vince furnier]

https://youtu.be/KoApny_rmnI

[Oscar]

Let Me Roll It was the B-side to Jet and might be a slightly deeper cut considering what else is on Band On The Run but you're right, I can't think of anything too obscure off the top of my head.

Gun Club - Promise Me maybe? Sex Beat being the closest to a hit on that record.

[GrimReaper]

Let Me Roll It was the B-side to Jet and might be a slightly deeper cut considering what else is on Band On The Run but you're right, I can't think of anything too obscure off the top of my head.

Gun Club - Promise Me maybe? Sex Beat being the closest to a hit on that record.

Promise Me is the first song that came to my mind too.

Was In Every Dream Home a Heartache a big RM hit? Only really familiar with their album covers. 

I was pleasantly surprised to hear In Every Dream Home a Heartache in the Mindhunter series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0GMd-rOTuQ

[Mount Ambulance]

Let Me Roll It was the B-side to Jet and might be a slightly deeper cut considering what else is on Band On The Run but you're right, I can't think of anything too obscure off the top of my head.

Gun Club - Promise Me maybe? Sex Beat being the closest to a hit on that record.

Promise Me is the first song that came to my mind too.

Was In Every Dream Home a Heartache a big RM hit? Only really familiar with their album covers. 

I was pleasantly surprised to hear In Every Dream Home a Heartache in the Mindhunter series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0GMd-rOTuQ

I don't think Dream Home was a "hit" in any way. Fan favorite I might guess. I'd think it'd go down as a deeper cut all things considered.

They use Dream Home for a scene in the movie Wonderland (Val Kilmer, Kate Boswoth) too. Good flick, check it out.

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I can't think of anything too obscure off the top of head

Outside of a few tracks (Teen Spirit, Black Betty, My Generation, Everybody's Talking and the Sabbath and Beach Boys parody), i don't think i have been familiar with ANY of the covers they have done. So each one to me ends up being a "Melvins" owned tune in a sense.

[Nizamark]

is there a definitive list of every single cover song melvins have done? i would peruse the shit out of that

[the bloat]

That would be interesting! And lengthy

[WGB]

Let Me Roll It was the B-side to Jet and might be a slightly deeper cut considering what else is on Band On The Run but you're right, I can't think of anything too obscure off the top of my head.

Gun Club - Promise Me maybe? Sex Beat being the closest to a hit on that record.

Promise Me is the first song that came to my mind too.

Was In Every Dream Home a Heartache a big RM hit? Only really familiar with their album covers. 

I was pleasantly surprised to hear In Every Dream Home a Heartache in the Mindhunter series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0GMd-rOTuQ

Tomahawk covered that Roxy Music song on their first UK tour, so I wonder if that was an influence on the thought process behind it.

[Nizamark]

the best tomahawk covers were george jones' 'just one more' and the the bad brains combo 'pay to cum'+'how low can a punk get' on the 2013 tour

[GrimReaper]

http://themelvins.net/wiki/index.php/Songs_Melvins_Have_Covered

Here's the list of covers.


Melvins covered the Ramones at a Bash. Forget which song. Might be Pinhead.

[the bloat]

That’s an extensive list! Yet it still seems to be missing a lot. Melvins pretty much average 2 covers per proper album now, so times that by like, a million. Factor in all the singles, one offs, live shows, could there be as many covers as originals?

[Oscar]

Melvins covered the Ramones at a Bash. Forget which song. Might be Pinhead.

That's right, it was Pinhead. And we can't forget Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World - perhaps the biggest curveball of them all.

And yeah, they've always had a way of making songs entirely their own, often eclipsing the original.
Station to Station might be a fan favourite but it worked perfectly on Sausages. However, I just can't help but imagine what a TVC15 cover would have sounded like 

[vince furnier]

they covered White Punks On Dope by the Tubes. just praise Jeebus they didn't choose to cover the Tubes biggest (s)hit. 

[Nizamark]

yeah melvins covered 'pinhead' at the troubadour in LA in 2010. t'was glorious