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Paul Kelly in 2007 | Credit: Don Arnold/FilmMagic

triple j’s Like A Version in 2007

2007 was a big year for triple j’s Like A Version. Beasts of Bourbon took on David Bowie, Jamie T covered Rancid, and both Hot Chip and Peter Bjorn and John had a crack at Paul Simon. Find every Like A Version broadcast in 2007 below.

If you’re looking for the complete archive, including every Like A Version from 2004-2023, you can find that here.

2007

  • Bit By Bats – ‘Orinoco Flow’ (Enya cover) – Listen
  • Broken Social Scene – ‘Kennel District’ (Pavement cover) – Listen
  • Kasabian – ‘Somebody to Love’ (Jefferson Airplane cover) – Listen
  • David McCormack & The Polaroids – ‘Spring Rain’ (The Go-Betweens cover) – Listen
  • Expatriate – ‘MLK’ (U2 cover) – Listen
  • Émilie Simon – ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ (The Stooges cover) – Listen
  • Mattafix – ‘Boulevard Of Broken Dreams’ (Green Day cover) – Listen
  • Old Man River – ‘Marilyn’ (Dan Bern cover) – Listen
  • Rise Against – ‘Mother’ (Danzig cover) – Listen
  • Shout Out Louds – ‘Streams of Whiskey’ (The Pogues cover) – Listen
  • Paul Kelly – ‘Rehab’ (Amy Winehouse cover) – Listen
  • The Mess Hall – ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’ (John Prine cover) – Listen
  • The Bamboos – ‘Everybody Here Wants You’ (Jeff Buckley cover) – Listen
  • Ben Kweller – ‘God Only Knows’ (The Beach Boys cover) – Listen
  • British India – ‘Boy From School’ (Hot Chip cover) – Listen
  • Ben Lee – ‘Thrash Unreal’ (Against Me! cover) – Listen
  • Beasts Of Bourbon – ‘Sorrow’ (David Bowie cover) – Listen
  • After The Fall – ‘Only the Good Die Young’ (Billy Joel cover) – Listen
  • Clare Bowditch, Tim Rogers & Gotye – ‘No Man’s Land’ (Eric Bogle cover) – Listen
  • Crowded House – ‘Everybody’s Talkin” (Fred Neil cover) – Listen
  • Dinosaur Jr. – ‘Change of Heart’ (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover) – Listen
  • C.W. Stoneking – ‘Seven Nation Army’ (The White Stripes cover) – Listen
  • Tilly And The Wall – ‘Kiss Off’ (Violent Femmes cover) – Listen
  • Something For Kate – ‘Rock the Casbah’ (The Clash cover) – Listen
  • The Veils – ‘State Trooper’ (Bruce Springsteen cover) – Listen
  • The Cops – ‘A Horse With No Name’ (America cover) – Listen
  • The Panics – ‘Wide Open Road’ (The Triffids cover) – Listen
  • Sparta – ‘Precious’ (Depeche Mode cover) – Listen
  • Plan B – ‘Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before’ (The Smiths cover) – Listen
  • Saosin – ‘Time After Time’ (Cyndi Lauper cover) – Listen
  • Little Barrie – ‘White Light/White Heat’ (The Velvet Underground cover) – Listen
  • Lou Rhodes – ‘Satellite’ (Elliott Smith cover) – Listen
  • Nouvelle Vague – ‘Human Fly’ (The Cramps cover)
  • Katalyst – ‘Hang Me Up to Dry’ (Cold War Kids cover) – Listen
  • Jamie T – ‘Hoover Street’ (Rancid cover) – Listen
  • Fionn Regan – ‘Getting Better’ (The Beatles cover) – Listen
  • Dappled Cities – ‘More Than A Woman’ (Bee Gees cover) – Listen
  • Hot Chip – ‘Graceland’ (Paul Simon cover) – Listen
  • Regina Spektor – ‘Real Love’ (John Lennon cover) – Listen
  • Cut Off Your Hands – ‘Is By Bus’ (Gaslight Radio cover) – Listen
  • Radical Son – ‘The Dead Heart’ (Midnight Oil cover) – Listen
  • Snowman – ‘Strange Fruit’ (Billie Holiday cover) – Listen
  • Yo La Tengo – ‘Beautiful World’ (DEVO cover) – Listen
  • Foreign Heights – ‘If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)’ (Nas ft. Lauryn Hill cover) – Listen
  • Peter Bjorn and John – ‘Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard’ (Paul Simon cover) – Listen
  • Silversun Pickups – ‘Shadowplay’ (Joy Division cover) – Listen
  • Nouvelle Vague – ‘Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)’ (Buzzcocks cover) – Listen
  • Dallas Crane – ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ (Kylie Minogue cover) – Listen

Further Reading

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