My Bloody Valentine - Map Ref. 41N 93W

[MUNDOALTERNATlVO]

love

[marzilyas]

great band, great song, interesting cover, but nowhere near as great as the original. thanks for uploading,...I always wanted to hear this rare track

[pyonpyom0002313]

[up] thank u !!!

[indieclock]

wow. i'm so happy to discover this ! thanks for uploading it ! Wire & MBV are easily two of my top 5 fave bands.

[Ramtinch]

a very good cover. i still prefer wire's version though...

[AsmodelSoljah]

I like this versh better than Wire's. They make Wire sound like Ride! I'm sorry to all the Wire and Ride fans, as I am one of both, and 154 is definitely ace, as is Going Blank Again, but I prefer My Bloody Valentine easily.

[loop66]

Heard this when it came out on KXLU, in Los Angeles. Bought it on the trib comp (which has got some good ones on it.) Big time favorite. Thanks for posting!!!!

[TallFastLoud]

The rare cover that improves upon the original. Though Wire has them beat as far as pure inventiveness (MBV is basically a great pop group with a few neat production tricks) but Butcher/Shields have vocals better suited to this than Newman's, shall we say, whine. Of course, that whine pushes a number of Wire songs into the greatness category. Great bands both

[circletyrant]

@TallFastLoud That production tricks thing about mbv is just a myth because when they came out no one knew how the fuck they were getting those sounds. So everyone said "well it must all be tricks in the the studio!" because they couldn't wrap their heads around it.

[kangiwiyaka]

Now this is how you do a cover!

[rifkijohngm]

I totally thought my CD was warped, also-- they gave me another copy at Virgin Megastorez that sounded the same, so I shut up and just listened (for the past 20-odd years).., their unique sound slowly grows on you =)

[sizone]

@rifkijohngm check out Loveless. In top 5 albums of the 90s (pitchfork put it at #1 for a while... then a dispite ensued... or was it trouser press... vs OK computer)

[quikfixx]

jezzus

[PAULLONDEN]

Interesting cover , loses some of the subtlety of the original though.

That 'meatball' setting reminds me of my cheap little distortion pedal,set to crude maximum overdrive.

[Boudosaved]

When I first bought Loveless in the 90s I thought my CD was warped. Little did I know...

[pulykamell]

@Boudosaved Ha! Me, too! First time I heard Loveless (via *cough* Napster *cough*), I thought I had gotten a bad rip from a warbling cassette. Only then I bought the CD, and it was the same. :) Nevertheless, it turned out to become one of my two favorite albums of all time (Pet Sounds being the other). Now, this cover is signature MBV, but I'm not sold on it. It's a bit too emotionally detached and even throughout. I prefer Wire's version which has a bit more character and heart in it.

[66trucker]

They have a Meatball on eBay for a mere $1200 ;)

[darthsketch]

thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

for fuck sakes

[elementz1986]

My God this is good. Those MBV vocals make anything sound like a dream.

[sizone]

similar guitar sound to Roxy Music's Ladytron: watch?v=zVeEBMJt8vs#t=3m40s

[KozmoJ68]

wow, thanx for the heads up! any one want to sell theirs?

[birdyyyful]

mbv rocked this cover!!!!!!!!!!!!

[garageland1982]

Wire by my musical Love, what else....? My God, this is excellent. 

[clayguy33]

never knew they did this!!!!

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

The only way I can participate in Earth Science class with all that nonsense mapping is with this blasting out of my ear phones.

[aroo1]

beautiful song... inspiration.

check out this other cover, this time of The Pastels song "Cycle"

[neccowaif9]

I'd always hoped someone would cover this. Not too impressed with the wall of guitar and ultra extruded vocals.

[enossified]

Love it! Excuse my ignorance, but what's the Meatball treating? The guitars?

[niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick]

@enossified yeah, the vowel-y wobbling sound on one of the guitars is the meatball. you can see his settings for it on those pics of his current live setup, his pedal has the markings on it.

[curiosofsigns]

rubbish! oh no sorry. It's great. It must have been the lines of longitude and latitude interrupting my train of thought or something.

[RHutton2710]

@curiosofsigns: or an eardrum buzz.

[Eisonhawk]

thank you Vinnie Blesi!

[ingotglyph]

WHEN THE HELL DID THIS COME OUT?

Well done, though I prefer the original. This one's a bit too monochromatic.

ALL THE SAME, THANKS FOR POSTING!

[WrathofVishnu]

@ingotglyph It came out in 1996 on Whore: A Tribute to Wire. This is one of the best cover songs ever, just as excellent as the original.

[ThEOnlyMistake123]

I like this version better than the original. His voice sounds more friendly and makes me feel safe. He doesn't make me feel threatened or violated like Colin Newman does.

[greatestxgift]

@ThEOnlyMistake123 I imagine you curled up in the fetal position crying in a closet when you listen to Wire.

[Fugeeu]

MBV is the perfect band to cover this song. Awesome.

[marr21]

Οh thanks for postong, two of my most favourite bands in one !

[piterski]

brillant

[Howsoonisnow2009]

Epic cover, well done niiiiick

[niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick]

i wish i could take credit for it, but it's not my cover, it's done by the band My Bloody Valentine. it's relatively hard to find song so i just uploaded it here.

[Mash1996]

i became addicted to this song.. my gawd..

brilliant

i wonder why it is kept in the shadow..

if mbv from all the bands in the world decided to do a cover from wire its because wire is a MUST on the history of rock. thats my opinion

[ashbyismorethanrad]

thanks niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

[ashbyismorethanrad]

an awesome cover of an awesome song off a brilliant album- could anyone tell me what my bloody valentine album i could find this on?? thanks so much

[niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick]

MBV never released this on an album, it was recorded after Loveless, but you can find the track on "Whore: A Tribute to Wire", which is a compilation of a load of bands covering Wire songs :)

[JigokuKitty]

ZOMG! What a brilliant cover.

Thankyouthankyouthankyou so much for posting!!!

[parnissia]

holy shit, i've been looking and looking for this song, and what are the odds that i'd check back today and you have uploaded it 24 hours ago!?! <3