Boardsies Greatest Cover Song - Live Thread

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll
Johnny Cash - Hurt

I never get bored of Joan Jetts I love rock n roll.

As I said already Johnny Cash singing hurt makes me feel all the emotions but mostly the sad ones but in a good way.

Irish Aris

I will pass on the first one because I have nominated both.

On the second I will go with No Doubt, because I love the original from Talk Talk more than the original from NIN.

PsychoPete

Mr Cash, fantastic cover

Soft cell, prefer it to Joan Jett

Bonzo Delaney

Soft cell - Tainted love. Good old 80s synth, cant beat it.
Johnny Cash - Hurt. The lyrics just suit Johnny's voice

the purple tin

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [still sounds great]
Johnny Cash - Hurt [I have no doubt that Hurt is the better song :pac:]

rainbowtrout

Soft Cell
Johnny Cash


Love both of these covers. Didn't nominate any songs for this competition but both of these would have been on the list.

Gru

Soft Cell - Tainted Love - i do love this song,
No Doubt - It's My Life - i prefer this to Mr. J Cash....

Kolido

Soft Cell - Tainted Love [1982] 6 5 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [1982]
Johnny Cash - Hurt [2002] 7 2 No Doubt - It's My Life [2003]

Joan jett
Just to make a comp

Irish Aris

Kolido wrote: »

Soft Cell - Tainted Love [1982] 6 5 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [1982]
Johnny Cash - Hurt [2002] 7 2 No Doubt - It's My Life [2003]

Since I haven't voted on the first one, I will give my vote to the amazing Joan Jett to make it again next vote for the win!!

Edit: bubblypop beat me to it so mine became the winning vote hahaha!!

Kolido

Soft Cell - Tainted Love [1982] 6 7 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [1982]
Johnny Cash - Hurt [2002] 7 2 No Doubt - It's My Life [2003]

Kolido

Semi finals

First to 8 votes
Please give a reason for your vote.

Tracklist

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll
Johnny Cash - Hurt

Kolido

SF/Match 1

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower [1968]
...Originally recorded by Bob Dylan [1968]

This was Hendrix’s highest charted US single, reaching number 20, it charted at number 5 in the UK.

Vs

Johnny Cash - Hurt [2002]
...Originally recorded by Nine Inch Nails [1995]

The promo video for Cash’s version was named the best video of all time by NME

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Vs Johnny Cash - Hurt

Declan A Walsh

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Vs Johnny Cash - Hurt

This is another tough one to decide, but I will go for Johnny Cash. He makes it sound very personal and his fragile-sounding voice fits well with the arrangement. The gentle guitar and piano is nice.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Johnny Cash - Hurt ; the better of the two songs here and a worthy finalist

Zaph

Johnny Cash - Hurt. Not a lover of the song, but he really makes it his own.

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Johnny Cash - Hurt [2002] ...Originally recorded by Nine Inch Nails [1995]

Cash. This might be the poor buggers only chance to get to a final with a cover as his music seems criminally under rated by some here.

Also it's just a fantastic cover.

Irish Aris

Also voting for Johnny Cash. A fantastic version that suits him so well, a lesson for all younger musicians.

PsychoPete

Johnny Cash for the raw emotion he puts into it

Johnny Cash - Hurt still for the emotion!

Collie D

Jimi Hendrix just to keep the tie alive a little longer.

phatkev

All along the watchtower for me, he made a classic even better imo. Also I seem to be in a minority here but I'm just not that interested in Cash's version of Hurt

Bonzo Delaney

Ah it's like your two favourite teams getting to a semi final.
Have to go for
Jimi Hendrix the guitar work is otherworldly for its time

Nunu

Cash - Hurt.

Listening to that version always stops my world in its tracks.

rainbowtrout

Johnny Cash. I would like to see this in the final, it's a great cover.

the purple tin

The Man in Black.

As Trent Reznor said 'when Johnny Cash covers your song, it's not your song anymore'.

lassykk

Hurt for me. Prefer the original but this is a good cover and as previously stated I don't like hendrix

Gru

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower - just to play underdog as i like them both equally...

JP Liz V1

Johnny Cash - Hurt
I find his voice is haunting with pain singing it, stays with you long after, totally memorable

littlevillage

Johnny Cash - Hurt

All along the watchtower is a better song...outright...but Its debateable whether Jimi's version is superior to Dylans original... So as a cover exercise Johnny Cash (and producer Rick Rubin) have recorded a version thats far superior to the NIN original...hence it gets my vote

Well, it's fairly emphatic but one more vote for Johnny Cash, Hurt.
It's better then the original, best thing that can be said about a cover.

Kolido

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 3 8 Johnny Cash - Hurt

Kolido

SF/Match 2

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World [1993]
...Originally recorded by David Bowie [1970]

This song was ranked at number 20 in the ‘20 best Nirvana songs as picked by the stars’ article in a 1998 edition of Kerrang magazine

Vs

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [1982]
...Originally recorded by Arrows [1975]

Joan originally recorded this song in 1979 as a B-side with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols. She re-recorded it in 1981 with The Blackheart reaching the US no.1 and staying there for 7 weeks.

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World Vs Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll

Zaph

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll. The Nirvana song is great and I'd have voted for it ahead of either in the first semi, but have to stick with my nomination.

Irish Aris

Joan Jett from me.

The last of my nominations. An excellent song that I never get bored to listen to, even when I don't listen to rock music in general!!

the purple tin

I will stick with Joan Jett. Good 80's rock number.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Two of my own nominations here, so tough enough decision, but I've been backing one as a potential overall winner throughout, so my vote will go to...

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Irish Aris

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Two of my own nominations here, so tough enough decision, but I've been backing one as a potential overall winner throughout, so my vote will go to...

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

ah, come on LeVar, you should give Joan Jett one more chance!!!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Irish Aris wrote: »

ah, come on LeVar, you should give Joan Jett one more chance!!!

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World [1993] ...Originally recorded by David Bowie [1970]

Better song by far and would be a deserving winner.

Bonzo Delaney

Nirvana- the man who sold the world,
Always felt "I love rock n roll" was a bit cheesy

Collie D

Nirvana for me - last of my nominations standing after Jimi had his ass kicked by Johnny.

Declan A Walsh

Nirvana -The Man Who Sold the World: Great cover version because of Kurt's vocals, his guitar work and the music from the rest of the band. Nice laid-back interpretation. Anyway, I can't stand the other song!

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Just shades it by making it slightly more their own version, then Joan Jett

lassykk

Nirvana - Definitely the best track left and the other track is really cheesy

Declan A Walsh

I think I can see who the finalists are going to be - certainly at the moment! I will have to give this some thought!

I love both these songs so I wasn't going to vote. But then I decided to listen to both and see which one I'm vibing more with today. And based on that alone which is pretty weak reasoning tbf..

Joan Jett

JP Liz V1

I'm not really a fan of either but Kurt's vocals on that track are good so Nirvana it is

Kolido

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World 8 4 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll

Kolido

Before we get to the final, here are some honourable mentions that didn’t quite make the contest.

Kylie Minogue - Tears on my Pillow

Mr. Big - Wild World

Big Mountain - Baby, I Love Your Way

Take That - Could It Be Magic

Cher - I Found Someone

The Saw Doctors - About You Now