Idolator

I love that after Travis did that horrible "Baby One More Time" cover, half the covers on the internet were attributed to them. Blech.

man I miss Audiogalaxy and it's incorrectly labeled glory

The answer's likely in this list somewhere...

http://www.coversproject.com/search?q=trouble

I looked there first, but nothing matched. Then I checked Allmusic for every song named "Trouble" with a writer credit for either Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam. No matches.

Dunno why this person wants to go to so much trouble (ha!), though. It's a pretty flat, lifeless cover of the song in the first place.

i really thought i had it when i found that "crossing jordan" soundtrack. alas, the sample on AMG didn't match.

My downloaded from Kazaa version credits it to Coldplay, but it sounds more like Travis. They get credited for doing a lot of covers because they actually did a lot of covers.

(by "no matches," I mean no results I found seemed to match this particular recording)

It's gotta be one of those nobody British bands such as mid-late 90's also-rans Longpigs or Mansun.

I AM surprised this is so stumping, thought two seconds would play and be "Oh, Kula Shaker..."

This would have been a good time to post "Wild World" as done by Maxi Priest. Wait, there is no real good time for that.

I don't think it's British at all. It's probably some Nashville performer's demo or something.

It's a really awful cover, either way.

@brasstax: it gives them something to post on a slow news day.

Isn't this actually Phish covering "Gin and Juice"?

^Wins

This song is like an itch on your upper back in the spot that you can barely reach. I was hoping one of you guys could be my back scratcher tool thing.

I came up with John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but I can't verify a match with another online sample. He is a self-admitted Cat fan and does similar covers on YouTube...

sounds like World Party
http://www.worldparty.net/worldparty.html
Karl Walinger

Publicity stunt for an unknown band. Hope they get better than this cover.

Hello Everyone,

I've sent a number of comments concerning the Cat Steven's mystery. The artist is Elliot Smith. This version of "Trouble" can be found on "The Thumbsucker" sounstrack.

Yeah...definitely sounds like Wallinger/World Party. But I'm having trouble finding any sort of confirmation anywhere on the internets.

Definitely NOT the Elliott Smith version...sheesh. You even listen the MP3, dude/ette?

No it's NOT Elliot Smith. I just LISTENED to Elliot Smith's version of Trouble on the Thumbsucker soundtrack and it's not even the same at all. Don't go around posting definitives when you are wrong. You'll start sounding like Redstate.

Like most of these mystery mp3s, this one appears to have been recorded live at a radio station. So you want somebody that was touring in the late '90s or very early '00s. Longpigs actually isn't a bad guess; go listen to "On and On," and the voices sound similar. I forwarded this to a buddy, who guessed Marcy Playground, and that's somewhat of a possibility, too.
It's definitely not Travis, and I don't think it's Elliott Smith. Doesn't sound like him, anyway. So which AAA acts from a decade ago were really into Cat Stevens?

yeah, this doesn't sound like elliott smith at all.

also, @Faster: i'm pretty sure this isn't a stunt--the commenter who sent it is a longtime reader who i trust. (i'm actually waiting a few days to post the "mr. bungle" cover of "baby one more time" that i've had since napster 0.9)

I'm a huge Elliot Smith fan, this is NOT Elliot Smith. "Brambleman" didn't listen to Thumbsucker soundtrack. A sample of Elliot's version of Trouble can be easily heard on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Thumbsucker-Polyphonic-Spree/dp/B000...

My guess is that it's Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers. It really sounds like his voice.

Sorry 'bout that, I heard the "unmastered" version and it sounded closer.

Any John Fresciante (RHCP) fans? He's an admitted Cat Stevens junkie and it sounds in his solo style to me... I'm just not that familiar with his voice.