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Best Cover Version?

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    #32
    slipss
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    a few of my favourites would probably be

    Johhny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails?)

    The Fugees - No Woman, No Cry (Bob Marley)

    Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Bowie)

    Redstarr - Don't Fear The Reaper (BOC)


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    #33
    billy the squid
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    99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger, as featured in the Not Another Teen Movie Movie.

    Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender

    REM - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    Kirsty MaColl - Days

    Luke Kelly - (same song) Days

    and just for giggles give De Dannan's versions of Hey Jude and Bohemian Rapsody a listen


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    #34
    antod
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    placebo running up that hill


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    #35
    melekalikimaka
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    No Doubt - Dj's (Sublime Cover)
    The Hippos - So Lonely (Police Cover)
    Living End - Tainted Love (Soft cell)
    Squatweiler - Call Me (Blondie Cover)
    Lunachicks - Passenger (Iggy Pop Cover)
    Peace Brothers - Frozen (Madonna Cover)


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    #36
    JC 2K3
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    Civilian_Target wrote:
    Primus - Master of Puppets (Metallica)
    Heh, agreed, slap bass ftw!
    Pigman II wrote:
    Best Cover: Smashing Pumpkins - Dancing in the Moonlight.

    Pumpkins were right up there with Johnny Cash for taking someone elses song and making it their own imho.
    This is my favourite cover of all time. Brilliance....


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    #37
    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    kinaldo wrote:
    some of my favourite cover versions (in no particular order)...
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    Madonna - American Pie
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    :eek: she murdered that song!!


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    #38
    kinaldo
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    Call_me_al wrote:
    :eek: she murdered that song!!
    What can I say, I really loved Madonna back then.


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    #39
    Nightwish
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    I have a pretty sizable collection of cover versions. I dont know if I could pick an outright favourite because there are so many brilliant ones, but I've just listened to Umbra et Imago's cover of Rock Me Amadeus, which never fails to bring a smile to my face.


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    #40
    deedee lepoopoo
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    John wrote:
    My personal favourites include two versions of "Tainted Love". The first, the one everyone knows and loves, is Soft Cell's. The other is a completely different take on the song by Coil

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    I prefer the original version of 'tainted love' - the northern soul version.

    The Flying Lizards - Money ( excellent cover).

    Nouvelle Vague- 'Just can't get enough'


    I have to say the Scissor Sisters 'comfortably numb' is a good cover.

    It is shameful to say but phil collins 'you can't hurry love' isn't bad at all.


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    #41
    pbsuxok1znja4r
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    Alexisonfire - Charlie Sheen Vs Henry Rollins
    Thrice - Eleanor Rigby
    Probably one or two songs from Metallica's Garage Inc. album.
    Seu Jorge - Life On Mars
    ...All great :)


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    #42
    garred
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    Jeff Buckley - Halleluia
    U2 - Helter Skelter
    Beatles - Twist and Shout
    Nirvana - Man who sold..
    Oasis - I am the Walrus
    Radiohead - Noboby does it better
    Mariah Carey - Without you


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    #43
    Timans
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    Pearl Jam - Rockin' in the Free World


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    #44
    adox
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    I`m really liking Ray LaMontagnes version of Gnarls Barkelys "Crazy" at the moment.


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    #45
    John
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    deedee lepoopoo wrote:
    I prefer the original version of 'tainted love' - the northern soul version.

    Yeah but as covers go, Soft Cell definitely claimed that song as their own (not that Gloria Jones isn't any good)


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    #46
    Shatanash
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    Starsailor : "Jealous guy"...Awesome!!!:)


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    #47
    Anam
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    Gary Jules - Mad World.


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    #48
    BaZmO*
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    There's loads that I love (too many to mention), but there's one doing the rounds at the moment that's fantastic. It's Mat Weddle of Obadiah Parker (whoever they are???) doing a cover of OutCast's "Hey Ya"


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    #49
    oRlyYaRly
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    Mariah Carey - Against All Odds

    Not the one with Westlife in it. :eek:


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    #50
    Sonnenblumen
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    Johnny Cash-Hurt
    KD Laing-Hallelujah
    Brian Ferry-Jealous Guy
    David Bowie-Lets spend the night together
    Cowboy Junkies-Blue Moon
    Nirvana-The man who sold the world


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    #51
    Morf
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    at the gates - captor of sin(slayer)


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    #52
    OTliddy
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    For me it's Jimi Hendrix-All along the Watchtower


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    #53
    Sean Kerr
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    Came across an album with quite a few covers on it called Americelt Union by Ron Lindsay - loads of covers but his version of 60's Roy Orbison classic Only The Lonely is amazing - so different from the original and so good.

    As a contemp fan I also love Alison Krauss version of I Will by the Beatles


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    Bard
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    Did a top ten cover versions of all time on my radio show once. It reads as follows:
    10. Nina Simone - Mr. Bojangles
    (originally by Jerry Jeff Walker)

    09. Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
    (originally by Pink Floyd)

    08. The Beatles - Twist And Shout
    (originally by the Isley Brothers)

    07. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
    (originally by Bob Dylan)

    06. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
    (originally by Gloria Jones)

    05. Aretha Franklin - Respect
    (originally by Otis Redding)

    04. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
    (originally by Leonard Cohen)

    03. Sid Vicious - My Way
    (previously by Frank Sinatra, originally by Paul Anka)

    02. Pet Shop Boys - You Were Always On My Mind
    (previously by Elvis Presly, originally by Brenda Lee)

    01. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
    (originally by Bob Dylan)

    Not a bad list... I don't remember where we got it from though, or whether we just made it up ourselves...


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    #55
    loyatemu
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    i like covers that completely reconstruct the original song - why bother doing a straight cover if you're unlikely to match the original.

    Devo - "(I can't get no) Satisfaction"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvcuaJy9OwI

    The Flying Lizards - "Money"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRkztckzkU

    and anything on Nick Cave's amazing "Kicking against the Pricks" album.


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    #56
    skitzroche
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    The best has to be Hendrix - 'All along the Watchtower' and Bruce Springsteen - 'Chimes of Freedom', both originally by Bob Dylan.

    Other good ones are:

    Johnny Cash - 'Hurt'
    Bob Dylan - 'The House of the Risin' Sun'


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    #57
    Black NG-60-90
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    My favs would be:
    Ash - The Boys Are Back in Town
    Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
    Johnny Cash - Hurt
    AFI - Halloween
    Lemonheads - Ms Robinson
    Metallica - Am I Evil?


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