Boardsies Greatest Cover Song - Live Thread

Kolido

R1/Match 37

Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Vs

Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know

R1/Match 38

Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Vs

The Pixies - In Heaven

R1/Match 39

Kula Shaker - Hush

Vs

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light

R1/Match 40

No Doubt - It's My Life

Vs

Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men

Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie Vs Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know
Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness Vs The Pixies - In Heaven
Kula Shaker - Hush Vs Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
No Doubt - It's My Life Vs Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men

quickbeam

Blinded by the Light - good shout for a good cover.

PsychoPete

Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know
Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Kula Shaker - Hush
No Doubt - It's My Life

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know

Kolido wrote:

Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Kolido wrote:

No Doubt - It's My Life

Votes above.


ANYTHING BUT WINEHOUSE

Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know
Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men

cnocbui

Kate Bush - Rocket Man

Cocteau Twins (This Mortal Coil) - Song To the Siren

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know ; can't stand Amy Winehouse, so Lily Allen it is

Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness ; meh

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light ; tough call, love both of these

No Doubt - It's My Life ; love this one, pretty sure it's one of my nominees

cnocbui

Curve - I Feel Love (Donna Summer)

Curve - Overground (Siouxsie & the Banshees)

Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light

No Doubt - It's My Life

decmeister

sinead o connor was the orininal i though
prince never released a recording until 2018

Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Kula Shaker - Hush
No Doubt - It's My Life

Irish Aris

Match 37: Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - One of the few Amy Winehouse songs I like
Match 38: Pixies - not fussed by either of them, just that in general I like Pixies more
Match 39: Kula Shaker (I was listening to it constantly when it came out)
Match 40: No Doubt (completely forgotten about it, an excellent cover of a great song)

Irish Aris

decmeister wrote: »

sinead o connor was the orininal i though
prince never released a recording until 2018

The original was released by a group called The Family back in 1985.
The Family were one of the many bands that Prince tried to manage in the early to mid 80s.
The first time a Prince version was released was in 1993 as part of the Greatest Hits collection. There Prince performed it as a kind of a duet with Rosie Gaines, one of the members of The New Power Generation

El Gato De Negocios

Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie Vs Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know
Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness Vs The Pixies - In Heaven
Kula Shaker - Hush Vs Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
No Doubt - It's My Life Vs Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men[/quote]

Valerie
Blinded by the light

Abstain from the rest

Gru

Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know - because i like it.
No Doubt - It's My Life - Because it's my preference.

Zaph

Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie. Nowhere near as good as the original, but it's decent enough.

Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness. Ah crap, I love the Pixies, but have to go with my nomination.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light. Great song and a great cover.

Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men. I nearly nominated a Manics cover of a CVB song, but it wasn't a single so I left it out. So to make up for it I'm going for this.

phatkev

Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie - Cant go wrong with a bit of Winehouse, and its a lovely pop song
The Pixies - In Heaven
Kula Shaker - Hush - hadn't heard either of these but Hush is really growing on me
No Doubt - It's My Life

Declan A Walsh

I missed the votes on the latest set of four matches. They are all settled now.

Therefore, (if my calculations are right!), it's great to see my nomination get through: Blinded by the Light.

ShaneU

Kolido wrote: »

Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie Vs Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know

Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness Vs The Pixies - In Heaven

Kula Shaker - Hush Vs Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light

No Doubt - It's My Life Vs Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men

My votes in bold

Kolido

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody 5- 6 The Specials - A Message to You, Rudy
Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - Valerie 6- 5 Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know
Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness 6- 1 The Pixies - In Heaven
Kula Shaker - Hush 4- 6 Mannfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
No Doubt - It's My Life 6- 1 Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men

Kolido

R1/Match 41

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special

Vs

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing

R1/Match 42

Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Vs

The Sundays - Wild Horses

R1/Match 43

David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye

Vs

Neil Diamond - Both sides now

R1/Match 44

Poolside - Harvest Moon

Vs

Saxon - Ride Like The Wind

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special Vs Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing
Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Vs The Sundays - Wild Horses
David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye Vs Neil Diamond - Both sides now
Poolside - Harvest Moon Vs Saxon - Ride Like The Wind

Gru

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special
Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye
Saxon - Ride Like The Wind

Declan A Walsh

My votes in bold:

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special Vs Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing - Not familiar with these songs and would take a while to get used to them, having given them a quick listen: abstain.

Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Vs The Sundays - Wild Horses - Elton does an amazing rearrangement of The Beatles tune, plus it's my nomination!

David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye Vs Neil Diamond - Both sides now -
Another fantastic rearrangement. David makes it sound like one of his own compositions.

Poolside - Harvest Moon Vs Saxon - Ride Like The Wind - Another of my nominations and one cracker of a guitar-driven cover of a Christopher Cross classic.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Sundays - Wild Horses as it's one of my nominations.

Abstain on the others for the time being anyway.

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

My votes in bold:

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special Vs Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing - Not familiar with these songs and would take a while to get used to them, having given them a quick listen: abstain.

Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Vs The Sundays - Wild Horses - Elton does an amazing rearrangement of The Beatles tune, plus it's my nomination!

David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye Vs Neil Diamond - Both sides now -
Another fantastic rearrangement. David makes it sound like one of his own compositions.

Poolside - Harvest Moon Vs Saxon - Ride Like The Wind - Another of my nominations and one cracker of a guitar-driven cover of a Christopher Cross classic.

Okay, I gave the first two a bit more of a listen. The Creedence song is a bit bland, but the Stevie Ray Vaughan tune has great blues guitar playing. So:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special Vs Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special

Kolido wrote:

The Sundays - Wild Horses

Votes here. I remember that poolside mix of Harvest Moon from a Walrus and it's as bad now as it was then!

Ectoplasm

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special
Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye
Poolside - Harvest Moon

General preferences but absolutely LOVE that Harvest Moon cover.

Ectoplasm

Necro wrote: »

I remember that poolside mix of Harvest Moon from a Walrus and it's as bad now as it was then!

Just sit there in your wrongness being wrong :P

Zaph

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special. Love a bit of Creedence I do.

Pass on the rest, either I don't like the song, the artist or both in each case.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special

The Sundays - Wild Horses

David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye
Never knew this was a cover

Saxon - Ride Like The Wind

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special
Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Neil Diamond - Both sides now
Poolside - Harvest Moon

Rikand

Poolside - Harvest Moon :: One of my nominations. Unreal cover version

Rikand

Also, thanks to all the people who voted for Glen Hansard and Cake - 2 of my nominations that didnt make the grade - standard fare for boards.ie song contests and me lol

cnocbui

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends

phatkev

Rikand wrote: »

Also, thanks to all the people who voted for Glen Hansard and Cake - 2 of my nominations that didnt make the grade - standard fare for boards.ie song contests and me lol

Love a bit of Cake every now and again, it got my vote!

Kolido

cnocbui wrote: »

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends

Feel free to vote in the match ups, that song may or may not appear later

the purple tin

Creedence or SRV is a toughie, both great tunes.
I'll go with SRVs Little Wing, he's one of the few guitarists who can really do a Hendrix tune justice.

Neil Diamond: Both Sides Now.

Pass on the others

Kolido

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special 6- 1 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing
Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 4 3 The Sundays - Wild Horses
David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye 4 1 Neil Diamond - Both sides now
Poolside - Harvest Moon 3 3 Saxon - Ride Like The Wind

Lets move on and see if these resolve later.

y0ssar1an22

feck, I missed all this yesterday. Kolido, let me know of its too late and/or too much hassle for yourself for me to put in all my votes.

Kolido

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

feck, I missed all this yesterday. Kolido, let me know of its too late and/or too much hassle for yourself for me to put in all my votes.

Hey Yoss, sorry you missed the beginning. Matches 1 to 41 are all resolved, plenty of competition left though.

Kolido

R1/Match 45

Bay City Rollers - I Only Want to be with You

Vs

Bruce Springstein - Because The Night

R1/Match 46

Seether - Careless whisper

Vs

Guided by Voices - Hold on Hope

R1/Match 47

Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange

Vs

Joan Baez - Donna, Donna

R1/Match 48

Rage Against The Machine - Maggie's Farm

Vs

Muse - Feeling Good

Bay City Rollers - I Only Want to be with You Vs Bruce Springstien - Because The Night
Seether - Careless whisper Vs Guided by Voices - Hold on Hope
Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange Vs Joan Baez - Donna, Donna
Rage Against The Machine - Maggie's Farm Vs Muse - Feeling Good

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Bruce Springstein - Because The Night

Kolido wrote:

Seether - Careless whisper

My votes.

Ectoplasm

Wow. First match where I don't reallt know any of the covers.

quickbeam

People Are Strange. Love The Doors. Love Echo and the Bunnymen. Love the song.

Declan A Walsh

bubblypop wrote: »

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special

The Sundays - Wild Horses

David Gray - Say Hello Wave goodbye
Never knew this was a cover

Saxon - Ride Like The Wind

Originally a hit single by Soft Cell.

Bay City Rollers - I Only Want to be with You
Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Muse - Feeling Good

Declan A Walsh

i'm passing on this lot for various reasons.

Ectoplasm

Ectoplasm wrote: »

Wow. First match where I don't reallt know any of the covers.

Ah I spoke too soon. Right based on listening I'm going for:

Bruce Springstien - Because The Night
Seether - Careless whisper
Joan Baez - Donna, Donna
Rage Against The Machine - Maggie's Farm

Ectoplasm

quickbeam wrote: »

People Are Strange. Love The Doors. Love Echo and the Bunnymen. Love the song.

Me too, except for the last bit. Think it's a horrible cover...too cleaned up or something

y0ssar1an22

42: Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
43: Neil Diamond - Both sides now
44: Saxon - Ride Like The Wind
45: Bruce Springstein - Because The Night
46: Seether - Careless whisper
47: Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange
48: Rage Against The Machine - Maggie's Farm