Covers
Cole has recorded and performed a number of songs by Marc Bolan: "Children of the Revolution", "The Slider", "Mystic Lady" and "Romany Soup". Cole has also covered "I'm Not Willing" by Moby Grape; "Famous Blue Raincoat", "Tower of Song" and "Chelsea Hotel" by Leonard Cohen; "People Ain't No Good" by Nick Cave; "Vicious" by Lou Reed; "I Don't Believe You", "She Belongs to Me", "You're a Big Girl Now", "I Threw it All Away" ", "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Black session live) and "Most of the Time" by Bob Dylan; "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" by The Beatles; "Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks; "Human" by The Human League (with Stephin Merritt's 6ths); "Believe" by Cher (done as a lark); "Glory" by Television; "If I Were a Carpenter", "Lady Came From Baltimore", and "Reason To Believe" by Tim Hardin;, "Pocket Calculator" by Kraftwerk; "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" by Burt Bacharach; "These Days" by Jackson Browne (not to be confused with Cole's own song "These Days" on Mainstream); "Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" by AC/DC; "Please Don't Tell Me How This Story Ends" by Kris Kristofferson; and "Chinese Translation" by M. Ward. His versions often differ significantly in arrangement to the originals.
Cole's "Rattlesnakes" has been covered by Tori Amos, while Sandie Shaw has recorded a version of "(Are You) Ready to Be Heartbroken?".
In 2006, Scottish band Camera Obscura released the song "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" as an answer song to Cole's 1984 hit "(Are You) Ready to Be Heartbroken?".
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