<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><b>Originally published at <a href="http://curious.org/journal/?p=2244">Curious's Journal</a>. You can comment here or <a href="http://curious.org/journal/?p=2244#comments">there</a>.</b></p><p>Muxtape no longer hosts mix tapes so my <a href="http://curious.org/journal/?p=2213">muxtape</a> is no longer available&#8230; so I&#8217;ve replicated the old tape as close as I could within the limits of <a href="http://favtape.com" title="http://favtape.com" target="_blank">favtape.com</a> site.  Have not been able to find Sinead O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s War (Live) on fav tape yet&#8230; also some of tracks are from unedited live coverage and not nessarily as good as tracks I had found for muxtape.<br /> <strong>The &#8220;new&#8221; mix tape can be found at:</strong><br /> <a href="http://favtape.com/curious/Girls+cover+the+boys" title="http://favtape.com/curious/Girls+cover+the+boys" target="_blank">favtape.com/curious/Girls+cover+the+boys</a></p> <p><strong>Here are the details regarding the mix tape:</strong><br /> If you haven&#8217;t caught on all ready, I have a very diverse collection of music and musical interests. So, I had start off with a theme/challange&#8230; the &#8220;Rules&#8221; with this mix:<br /> -Must be a cover<br /> -The cover must be performed by a female<br /> -The song must either be commonly associated with a male singer or written by a male writer.<br /> -The cover must be unique, ie. the song should feel different from the original<br /> -The covers must be unique in style from each other (ie. not all punk or country)<br /> -Covers should not already be popular</p> <p>1. Chromatics - I&#8217;m on Fire:<br /> I discovered this one on muxtape. There are a lot of cover theme muxtapes that have this on their tapes, and for good reason :). Originally written and performed by Bruce Springsteen</p> <p>2. T.A.T.U - How Soon Is Now:<br /> The Russian duo put their unique voices this 80s classic. Written by Morrisey and John Marr. Originally performed by The Smiths</p> <p>3. Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb:<br /> Listen to this cover with an open mind. Sissor Sisters give this song a COMPLETELY different feel. If you let it move you, you will like it! Written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour Originally performed by Pink Floyd.</p> <p>4. Sinead O&#8217;Connor - War (Live): [NOTE: this isn't on the "New" mix tape yet]<br /> This is Sinead singing War at the Bob Dylan tribute concert where the a large number of the audience members tried to boo her off the state because she had ripped a picture of the pope on Saturday Night Live just days before. You can feel the emotion behind her singing this song, and the audience booing/cheering in the background. This doesn&#8217;t seem to fit well on this muxtape, so I may take it out. Written by Alan Cole. Originally performed by Bob Marley</p> <p>5. Tori Amos - Amazing Grace:<br /> Tori put her own spin on this Christian staple. Originally written by John Newton.</p> <p>6. Kate Bush - Rocket Man<br /> This cover may have made it onto the charts at one point, so I&#8217;m not sure if this violates one of my rules or not ;). Composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Originally performed by Elton John</p> <p>7. Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane<br /> Blah blah blah, just check it out ;). Written by Lou Reed. Originally performed by Velvet Underground.</p> <p>8. Blue Man Group - Baba O&#8217;Riley<br /> If you every have a chance to see Blue Man Group&#8217;s MegaStar tour, see it&#8230; this is defiantly something wonderful to experience in person&#8230; (look for youtube videos of this to get an idea of what goes on during the performance). Written by Pete Townshend. Originally performed by The Who.</p> <p>If you still interested in checking out after reading all that&#8230; go to<span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br /> <a href="http://jcurious.muxtape.com</span>&#8221; title=&#8221;http://jcurious.muxtape.com</span>&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;>jcurious.muxtape.com</span></a><br /> <a href="http://favtape.com/curious/Girls+cover+the+boys" title="http://favtape.com/curious/Girls+cover+the+boys" target="_blank">favtape.com/curious/Girls+cover+the+boys</a></p> <p>Click on a song to start. Hopefuly this tape will stay up longer then the other one <img src='http://curious.org/journal/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>