Great cover versions
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lostboysaint wrote:
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Is the correct answer.0 -
I quite like the version by Paul Anka, myself:SecretSam wrote:Oh, and "Wonderwall" by Ryan Adams was even reckoned to be better by Noel Gallagher himself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCI27zi30nc0 -
Vent wrote:Future heads Hounds of love
Oh no, that was NOT a great cover IMO - Kate Bush's version is way better, that, for me, is really some way below the original.
Heard a recent cover of the Daft Punk/Pharrell Williams Get Lucky - done by Halestorm - not bad !
Very different to the above (Halestorm are a Metal band) is Richard Thompson doing Britney's Oops I did it again.
A personal fave - Volbeat's cover of I only Wanna be With You (Dusty Springfield / The Tourists), also Faith No More - Easy, a GREAT cover.0 -
I think special mention should be made of Willie Dixon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_so ... llie_Dixon
As well as prolific writing, he won a law suit against LedZep regarding Whole Lotta Love.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Lotta_Love0 -
Does this thread fall into this category, as a cover version.
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Ballysmate wrote:Does this thread fall into this category, as a cover version.
viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12887200&p=17958737&hilit=cover+version#p17958737
Ah, you beat me to it - I think the original was the best though
I'd agree on Jeff Buckley 'Hallelujah' and the Gary Jules version of 'Mad World' although with the latter I reckon Tears For Fears were being slightly ironic with the words being sung to such an up tempo tune.
I would add Bon Jovi's version of 'It's My Life' on the This Left Feels Right album over their own original0 -
That is a great one, I actually owned it for about 10 years before realising it's a cover.thegreatdivide wrote:St Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
It also took me a remarkably long time to discover a bunch of Nirvana songs are covers - Molly's lips & Love Buzz are both great.
Also:
Flaming Lips - Can't get you out of my head
Slayer - Ina gadda de vida0 -
Laibach - Life is Life0
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I love some of the songs named here - Johnny Cash, Hurt; St Etienne, Only Love Can Break Your Heart - but I love the originals as much as the cover, partly because they are so different.
Pretty much any cover of a Cohen or Dylan song sounds better to me than the original!
Some great covers of frankly diabolical originals!
The Clash, Police on My Back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_HtgGOIfE&feature=kp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5aF_rdX9Q&feature=kp
Sinead O'Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0&feature=kp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBc7-v5exY
To add an alternative dimension what about great originals which have been overshadowed by the cover:
World Party's, She's the One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewlheWKWvFY
Gloria Jones, Tainted Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U0 -
Vienna - Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer, found on a covers album put out by the NME in the early 90s. Comedy genius.
David Watts - The Jam
It must be Love - Madness
Pretty much anything that Johnny Cash covered on the American series of albums.0 -
Couple of Gary Moore ones came to mind - Shape of Things (Yardbirds) and Friday on My Mind (Easybeats)0
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The Fall - Lost in Music.
Genius.0 -
Two Springsteen covers
Blinded by the light- mannfred Mann
Because the night- patti smith0 -
Hey Joe by Hendrix.
The origins of the song are somewhat shrouded, but Jimi's remains the definitive version.0 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=868Daj-ys40
...and it gave Britney Spears the idea to become a schoolgi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fT9BHpImIrl
but this is my favourite coverjc0 -
Creedence Clearwater Revival cover of I Heard It Through The Grapevine - awesome.Ecrasez l’infame0
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Placebo --Running Up That Hill
do like the original version as well
Emma Russak The Killing Moon,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5iKWGk ... -p4xc9PFbQ0 -
Jamie Cullum - Frontin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxe_8JS-nUM
Taken by Trees - Sweet Child of mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r50fFRCtknc
Pure beautiful cover.
Guns N Roses - Live and Let Die http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9vAItORgE
A great song, but Axl's vocal demeanour really adds something to it.
Pink - Bohemian Rhapsody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLfW_XMwBGk
This is a poor recording but a great show by Pink.0 -
Devo-Are You Experienced
Blondie-Hanging On The Telephone
Throwing Muses-Cry Baby Cry0 -
Carter USM - This is how it feels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQYSzng6uw0
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Ballysmate wrote:Hey Joe by Hendrix.
The origins of the song are somewhat shrouded, but Jimi's remains the definitive version.
I agree. Willy DeVille, though, brought a special menace to the tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XIMx6ULepIInfinite diversity, infinte variations0 -
Occasionally someone posts Jeff Buckley's cover of Led Zeppelin's "Night Flight" on youtube. It's the guitar and vocals only version from the Grace sessions. Quite astonishing.Infinite diversity, infinte variations0
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Joe Cocker, “With A Little Help From My Friends” (The Beatles)The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Until The End Of The World by Patti Smith originally by U2,sung as if from the bottom of a bottle
saw Patti play a small acoustic gig in Scarborough a few years back,absolutely fantastic night0 -
I love Disturbed's version of Sound of Silence. I wouldn't say it's better than the original but it's very different and I reckon it counts as a great cover version.0
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Different drum - the Lemonheads
Winter long - Pixies0 -
Portishead's cover of ABBA's S.O.S,beth's voice as haunting as ever
This is their tribute to the late Jo Cox0 -
Loretta Damage wrote:Vienna - Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer, found on a covers album put out by the NME in the early 90s. Comedy genius.
Def Leppard did a great cover of "Please Release Me" credited to Stumpus Maximus and the Good Ole Boys as a "Hysteria" era B side. I used to turn up the volume and weep tears of laughter when I listened to it.0 -
