Favourite covers?

Sammy Jennings

Perhaps one of you has already posted a thread like this, but on the off-chance you haven't . . .

ALICE IN CHAINS (Don't Fear) the Reaper (Original: Blue Oyster Cult)
JEFF BUCKLEY Corpus Christi Carol (Benjamin Britten)
THE BYRDS All I Really Want to Do (Bob Dylan)
LEONARD COHEN The Partisan (French revolutionary song)
DEAD KENNEDYS Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley - I think)
DIVINE COMEDY I've Been to a Marvellous Party (Noel Coward)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Hey Joe (traditional)
OASIS I Am the Walrus (The Beatles)
R. E. M. Dream (All I Want to Do) (Everly Brothers)
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE The Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen)

. . . I would post more, but an angry administrative lady is about to turf me out of my computer suite. Sorry!

Karlusss

Devendra Banhart - Support Our Troops
Wedding Present - Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile)
Death Cab For Cutie - This Charming Man
Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe

radiospan

Amusement Park on Fire - You Made Me Realise (My Bloody Valentine)
The White Stripes - Good To Me (Brendan Benson)

johnny_ultimate

The Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson
Green Day - My Generation
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Ben Folds - B***hes ain't s**t (my personal favourite ) / In Between Days

And oddest cover : Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit. Not sure if I like it or not Just think its a clever cover.

Icaras

Jimmy hendrix - all along the watchtower...
travis done a good version of hit me baby one more time - a bit strange though

RobertFoster

Sonic Youth - Superstar (The Carpenters)
Ninvana - The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)

Redegg

pixies - winterlong
chilis - search and destroy

melekalikimaka

mary lou lord - jump (van halen)
nina something or other cant member her second name - straight outta compton
living end - tainted love
L7 - 3 days(willy Nelson)
scarling - creep(radiohead)
jack off jill - love song(the cure)

Creamy Goodness

The White Stripes - Good To Me (Brendan Benson)

he played a rocking gig in vicar street on thursday, where can i hear this cover?

anyways my favourite covers would be.

weezer - worry rock (green day)
biffy clyro - you can go your own way (fleetwood mac)
ben folds - say yes (elliot smith)
ash - only in dreams (weezer)
daniel brummel - devotion (weezer)

Smurfpiss

ash doing a cover of only in dreams? gives me goosebumps!
my top list..in no particular order cause im lazy..

elbow - independent woman (destiny's child)
richard cheese - creep (radiohead)
cake - I will survive (can't remember her name right now)
nadasurf- where is my mind? (pixies)
the breeders - happiness is a warm gun (beatles)
johnny cash - hurt (nine inch nails)
pixies - winterlong (neil young)

loads more. thats my bit for now.

weemcd

Johnny Cash - One, Rusty Cage, Personal Jesus

eljono

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide
Metallica - Tuesday's Gone
KoRn - One
A Perfect Circle - Imagine
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

John

Am I the only person who thinks that Nirvana murdered The Man Who Sold The World?

Best cover ever is Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love.

elephamt king

Johnny Cash-Hurt (NIN)
ZWAN-Nobody 'cept You (Bob Dylan)
Smashing Pumpkins-Soul Power(James Brown)
Djalizwan(well Billy Corgan)-Number of the beast(acoustic)(Iron Maiden)

and Frank Black doe a cover of The Holiday Song with a trumpet and (i think) a synth tuba/trombone

there are some real gems on placebos covers album(second disc sleeping with ghosts special edition)
and i really want to hear bowies cover of cactus by the Pixies

DerekD Goldfish

Am I the only person who thinks that Nirvana murdered The Man Who Sold The World?

No your not their cover was muck
my favorite covers include
Slint- Cortez the Killer (Neil Young)
Fatima Mansions- 30th century boy (Scott Walker)
Manic's - Suicide is painless (theme from mash)

nlgbbbblth

This Mortal Coil do the best cover versions ever

- Another Day (Roy Harper)
- Mr Somewhere (The Apartments)
- With Tomorrow (Gene Clark)
- Strength Of Strings (Gene Clark)
- Holocaust (Big Star)
- Kangaroo (Big Star)
- I Am The Cosmos (Chris Bell)
- You And Your Sister (Chris Bell)
- Carolyn's Song (Rain Parade)
- I Want To Live (Gary Ogan & Bill Lamb)
- Alone (On Piano) (Colin Newman)
- Not Me (Colin Newman)
- Drugs (Talking Heads)
- Song To The Siren (Tim Buckley)
- Morning Glory (Tim Buckley)
- I Must Have Been Blind (Tim Buckley)
- The Jeweller (Pearls Before Swine)
- I Come And Stand At Every Door (The Byrds)
- 'Til I Gain Control Again (Emmylou Harris)
- Nature's Way (Spirit)
- My Father (Judy Collins)
- Fire Brothers (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
- Come Here My Love (Van Morrison)
- Late Night (Syd Barrett)
- 16 Days (Modern English)
- Gathering Dust (Modern English)
- Tarantula (Colourbox)
- Fond Affections (Rema Rema)
- Several Times (Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook)

Ciaran*

elephamt king wrote:

Djalizwan(well Billy Corgan)-Number of the beast(acoustic)(Iron Maiden)

It was Matt Sweeny or the other guy playing it though.

HarryHoudini

John2 wrote:

Am I the only person who thinks that Nirvana murdered The Man Who Sold The World?

Best cover ever is Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love.

Yes.....yes you are.

elephamt king

Ciaran* wrote:

It was Matt Sweeny or the other guy playing it though.

Thought so, i think it might have been Pajo with him, cos you can hear him singing on some of the other exclusives in the film,

ctrl-alt-delete

madonna - american pie - is a load of sh*te just thought id say that,

some of my fav covers would be:

razorlight - hey ya,
coldplay - songbird,
stereophonics(do a load of excellent covers) - but my fav would be their version of the eagles 'the last resort'

Ilac

Billy Corgan - To Love Somebody (The Bee Gees)

This song received mixed responses. I think it's great.

Nimrod's Son

Hendrix - All Along The Watch Tower (Dylan)
Pixies - I Can't Forget (Cohen)
Cash - Hurt (NIN)/Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Buckley - Hallelujah

There's more but my brain's gone blank.

elephamt king: I've just heard Bowie's cover of Cactus. It's ****ing kick-ass!

redmosquito

Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)

Ilac

Pearl Jam - Rockin' in the Free World (Young)

Photi

Delgados - Mr Blue Sky (ELO)

redmosquito

Ilac wrote:

Pearl Jam - Rockin' in the Free World (Young)

Best version would have to be from Zurich 18/6/92 or else the one on Paddy's Day in '95 in Melbourne with Dave Grohl on drums (its the one on the Green Habit Compilation).

Ilac

redmosquito wrote:

Best version would have to be from Zurich 18/6/92 or else the one on Paddy's Day in '95 in Melbourne with Dave Grohl on drums (its the one on the Green Habit Compilation).

Both of which can also be heard on the Pearl Jam Live site.

Deadly. Redmosquito, I'm impressed by your dedication to Pearl Jam Your namesake is another class song.

Pitseleh

Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying (Trad.)
Elliott Smith - Because (Lennon/McCartney)
Muddy Waters - Close To You (Dixon wrote it, not sure if he performed it though)
Dream Theater - In The Flesh? (Waters, but not Muddy)

Creamy Goodness

ohh i forgot to add

biffy clyro - take me out (franz ferdinand) they piss all over the orignal and make it like 100 times better.

Sweetness!

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Jimmy Eat World - Last Christmas
Jimmy Eat World - Firestarter
Muse - House Of The Rising Sun
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
There's loads more I'll post when I'm not so tired!

The Free Man

im sure i posted these on some other thread like this before but:
RATM - Maggie's Farm (Dylan)
Cake - I will survive (gloria gaynor)
feeder - can't stand losing you (police)
CCR - I heard it THrough the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)
plus lots mentioned already

eoinf

Peter Framptons cover of jumping jack flash,
& Grand Funk Railroads gimme shelter,
both originals by the much over rated Rolling Stones.

dearheart

I heard it through the grapevine - The Slits
The Light 3000 - Schneider TM

bottlerocket

Suede - Brass in Pocket
Spiritualized - Oh Happy Day
Pony Club - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat
Sinead O'Connor - The Foggy Dew/ Oro Se Do Bhaithe Bhaile
The Dubliner - Springhill Mine Disaster

John

dearheart wrote:

The Light 3000 - Schneider TM

I forgot about this one. It's ****ing deadly. Fair play to Schneider TM for making it sound like their own (to anyone who doesn't know it's a cover of The Smiths' "There is a light that never goes out")

Jimi-Spandex

John2 wrote:

Am I the only person who thinks that Nirvana murdered The Man Who Sold The World?

Best cover ever is Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love.

I agree with you there, horrible version of that song.

White Stripes - Jolene

redmosquito

Ilac wrote:

Both of which can also be heard on the Pearl Jam Live site.

Deadly. Redmosquito, I'm impressed by your dedication to Pearl Jam Your namesake is another class song.

Pretty much the only band i'd listen to daily, best band ever IMO, nothing beats collecting their boot CDs and DVDs.
Red Mosquito is savage, definately in my top 20 PJ songs.

On topic!:
PJ do a quality Baba O'Riley,
Also Ed's solo version of Tom Petty's "I wont back down" is excellent.
I could list so many others because 99% of the songs they cover are top notch!

Ilac

Ah, Pearl Jam.... When I discovered how good they were I couldn't believe I'd wasted so much time listening to Radiohead. I still like Radiohead, of course...

Speaking of Radiohead, their cover of "Nobody Does it Better" is class.

MrJoeSoap

Jeff Buckley:

* I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan)
* Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen / John Cale)
* Je n'en connais pas le fin (Edith Piaf)
* Yeh Jo Halkka Saroor Hai (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
* Dinks Song (Traditional)
* Satisfied Mind (Porter Wagoner)

Each one performed live and absolutely engrossing and mind-blowing. What a voice, what a guitarist, what a loss.

dalk

would aggree with

This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren

...Liz Fraser sings it jaw droppingly beautifully...

tywy

Duke Special - Every You Every Me (Placebo)
Nada Surf - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)
Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan - Be My Husband (Nina Simone)

Nimrod's Son

Whoops, can't believe I forgot the Dan Band.

lordgoat

Nina Gordon - Straight outta compton (NWA) (for the person who couldn't remember her name)
Jimi - all along the watchtower (dylan)
Elliott smith - 13 (big star)
Pearl Jam - Rockin' in the Free World (Young)

there's probably more...

melekalikimaka

gordon thats it...

Goosewad

the best cover i've ever heard is jamie lawson's one of "blame it on the boogie" (michael jackson). he makes it sound like the most beautiful, heart-wrenching song i've ever heard. i heard it on the radio a few times and then it was a happy accident that i saw him perform it and it was great. i only wish i could buy it or download it on the internet somewhere. if anyone knows how to get their hands on it-please post a reply! cheers...

John

There's an article about covers in the latest issue of The Wire. It's a bit pretentious though but what do expect from The Wire?

Ro: maaan!

Goosewad wrote:

the best cover i've ever heard is jamie lawson's one of "blame it on the boogie" (michael jackson). he makes it sound like the most beautiful, heart-wrenching song i've ever heard. i heard it on the radio a few times and then it was a happy accident that i saw him perform it and it was great. i only wish i could buy it or download it on the internet somewhere. if anyone knows how to get their hands on it-please post a reply! cheers...

Heh. Yea. Friend of mine asked him to put it as a b side on his next single, but he said he couldn't afford to pay the royalties for it or something, so he can only play it live. Bring a recording device to one of his gigs is your best bet. Though he doesn't play it too often...

nlgbbbblth

John2 wrote:

There's an article about covers in the latest issue of The Wire. It's a bit pretentious though but what do expect from The Wire?

It's a good article. I like the magazine but sometimes it needs to lighten up. Is quite difficult to buy in rural Ireland.

John

nlgbbbblth wrote:

It's a good article. I like the magazine but sometimes it needs to lighten up. Is quite difficult to buy in rural Ireland.

I agree with you totally. The interviews are normally top notch but the features are very hit and miss. Sometimes they are inspired and other times they suck the life out of what they are writing about. This covers article was somewhere in the middle. I remember a couple of months ago they did a feature on humour in song and totally missed out on the humour.

Rhyme

Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
...and any of Ben Folds covers, particularly 'Get your hands off my woman, motherf*cker'