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I absolutely love this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-lF6j_ByRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-lF6j_ByRo
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Hadn't heard that before Charwell but that is excellent.
A completely different vibe to your choice but my personal favourite is Leona Lewis' version of Hurt. Builds up to a fantastic ending - stunning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGAZDDRlOwM
A completely different vibe to your choice but my personal favourite is Leona Lewis' version of Hurt. Builds up to a fantastic ending - stunning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGAZDDRlOwM
Voodoo Chile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPUZSEFb7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPUZSEFb7E
Two excellent versions of the same song
Richard Cheese - Creep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jjiO4DcGMY
Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Creep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdJFePxeF-M
Here's something else by Scala & Kolacny Brothers - It's wrong, oh so very wrong. Probably for the best that they're Belgian and probably dont quite understand the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ5VNXIiv1c
Richard Cheese - Creep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jjiO4DcGMY
Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Creep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdJFePxeF-M
Here's something else by Scala & Kolacny Brothers - It's wrong, oh so very wrong. Probably for the best that they're Belgian and probably dont quite understand the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ5VNXIiv1c
Dear prudence - Siouxsie and the banshees (September 1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rrTROoZIw
fine video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rrTROoZIw
fine video
Jesus RTB, that Leona Lewis version of Hurt is a worse crime against music than anything Oasis ever did. You're losing it, man!
For me, it has to be a great song to begin with, and the cover should be quite different from the original (so Hurt qualifies as both the NIN and Cash versions are brilliant.)
Any road, I'll nominate the Futureheads excellent cover of Kate Bush's Hounds of Love. Not sure which one I prefer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcMAM9B7yAA
Honourable mention to PJ Harvey's version of Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlAKgtaBSz4
For me, it has to be a great song to begin with, and the cover should be quite different from the original (so Hurt qualifies as both the NIN and Cash versions are brilliant.)
Any road, I'll nominate the Futureheads excellent cover of Kate Bush's Hounds of Love. Not sure which one I prefer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcMAM9B7yAA
Honourable mention to PJ Harvey's version of Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlAKgtaBSz4
Coach's mention of Siouxsie and the Banshees has reminded me of another. From her album of cover versions a wonderful take on Trust in Me, from Jungle Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbytZCT4Cy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbytZCT4Cy4
Talk Talks 'its my life' by No Doubt is pretty good imo.
The Damned and their cover of Eloise
(a hit in 1968 for Barry Ryan)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b31L4P7G5j8
(a hit in 1968 for Barry Ryan)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b31L4P7G5j8
Rockin all over the world-quo
Shining light-annie lennox
Times like these-glen campbell
Shining light-annie lennox
Times like these-glen campbell
The Killers cover of Romeo and Juliet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAy3_WyWEgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAy3_WyWEgQ
Think Glen Campbell did the original of the Jimmy Webb song "Just This One Time," and it sounds kinda bland and nondescript.
Cher did a cover version in the 70s and it's probably the best "power ballad" ever - with an almost perfect arrangement : violins, guitar, piano, organ, voices, bass - the lot. You can see it on Youtube, a clip from the Carol Burnett Show. Can't understand why this song has been forgotten - you'd think Whitney Houston would have had a go at it, or Celine Dion. A brilliant song, but forgotten. It makes no sense.
Cher did a cover version in the 70s and it's probably the best "power ballad" ever - with an almost perfect arrangement : violins, guitar, piano, organ, voices, bass - the lot. You can see it on Youtube, a clip from the Carol Burnett Show. Can't understand why this song has been forgotten - you'd think Whitney Houston would have had a go at it, or Celine Dion. A brilliant song, but forgotten. It makes no sense.
Carter USM - Rent, for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdvpk48RRI8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdvpk48RRI8
All Along The Watchtower- Hendrix
Woodstock -Ian Matthew's Southern Comfort
Black Magic Woman - Carlos Santana
Woodstock -Ian Matthew's Southern Comfort
Black Magic Woman - Carlos Santana
Kate Bush - Rocket Man. Only time you'll see her playing a ukulele as well.
https://youtu.be/rYSCHKmvcIY
https://youtu.be/rYSCHKmvcIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYhE-oOwbQ
Covers but one of the best albums ever,drop a duberry and enter heaven...
Covers but one of the best albums ever,drop a duberry and enter heaven...
Cyndi Lauper cover of Joni Mitchell's Carey (at a tribute concert for Joni)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3auM_WZS8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3auM_WZS8
Kings of leon with robyns cover dancing on my own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ-vU28uPb0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ-vU28uPb0
Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Alone Again Or - The Damned
Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr
Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow
Love Vigilantes - The Oyster Band
Police And Thieves - The Clash
Something Else - The S3x Pistols
Macarthur Park - Donna Summer
The Tra La La Song - The D1ck1es
A few to start with
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Alone Again Or - The Damned
Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr
Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow
Love Vigilantes - The Oyster Band
Police And Thieves - The Clash
Something Else - The S3x Pistols
Macarthur Park - Donna Summer
The Tra La La Song - The D1ck1es
A few to start with
Siouxsie and the Banshees has reminded me of another. From her album of cover versions a wonderful take on Trust in Me, from Jungle Book:
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Mikael - wasn't what i was expecting - a very nice hypnotic listen -
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Mikael - wasn't what i was expecting - a very nice hypnotic listen -
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Roll Over Beethoven - ELO
The Day Before You Came - Blancmange
Roll Over Beethoven - ELO
The Day Before You Came - Blancmange
Better than Elvis version..
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2aha4uEpEQ
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2aha4uEpEQ
I like this Joy Williams cover of Duran Duran's excellent Ordinary World, has touches of Erik Satie about it for me:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h09XFa49lM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h09XFa49lM
Nirvana - In the Pines/Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOZKz_sPM6U
Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdb_3H-28dE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOZKz_sPM6U
Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdb_3H-28dE
And just for fun, the Gypsy Kings' (short) version of Hotel California, featuring the Jesus...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lribEONhqSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lribEONhqSI
Mad World - Gary Jules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Az2BvTcshg
Excellent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Az2BvTcshg
Excellent
Please Mister Postman -The Beatles
Twist And Shout -The Beatles
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
The Only Way Is Up - Yazz
Twist And Shout -The Beatles
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
The Only Way Is Up - Yazz
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Mb1-VS01U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Mb1-VS01U
agree with tobermory that soft cells must be one of the best cover versions, from the same period the communards don't leave me this way is another but the iconic winner for me would be marvin gaye & heard it through the grapevine
The Pet Shop Boys' Always on my Mind is up there with UB40's Can't Help Falling in Love, for crimes against the King. They anger me.
I'll nominate Stevie Wonder, a man with a plethora of brilliant covers to his name - as befits a genius, I suppose. His cover of The Beatles We Can Work It Out, being a particular favourite.
I'll nominate Stevie Wonder, a man with a plethora of brilliant covers to his name - as befits a genius, I suppose. His cover of The Beatles We Can Work It Out, being a particular favourite.
I don't know if it was Gladys Knight and The Pips who did the original 'Grapevine', elise? Although I do know it was before Gaye's version, a lot of those old Motown tracks had had a few artists giving them a crack. But the two versions are very different and both great. It surprises me that the Gladys version gets played so infrequently in comparison.
yes that was the first released version, though not the first recorded, think gayes was at least the 3rd version recorded but the second released
Elvis' Always on my Mind is a cover version, so while I'm not a fan of the Pet Shop Boys, their crime wasn't strictly one of treason!
Marvin Gaye's version of Grapevine WAS recorded before Gladys Knight's, but wasn't released until afterwards.
Marvin Gaye's version of Grapevine WAS recorded before Gladys Knight's, but wasn't released until afterwards.
Gloria Jones cover of Soft Cell's Tainted Love.
Bessie Banks cover of the Moody Blues Go Now.
Arctic Monkeys cover of Tom Jones You look Good on the Dance Floor.
Bessie Banks cover of the Moody Blues Go Now.
Arctic Monkeys cover of Tom Jones You look Good on the Dance Floor.
Is it still sacrilegious to mention Little Rick Astley's cover version of Nat King Cole's 'When I Fall In Love" ?
Yes Alun it certainly is. Say 3 Hail Mary Hopkinses and beg forgiveness!
I am a Non-Conformist and thus say 3 Hail Mary Viscontis.
Slicer • March 23, 2015 3:00 PM GMT
Gloria Jones cover of Soft Cell's Tainted Love.
Soft Cell covered Gloria's version Slicer.
Gloria Jones cover of Soft Cell's Tainted Love.
Soft Cell covered Gloria's version Slicer.
Following on from the OP, would never have put Tom Jones with this lot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWK1F1b5uRg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWK1F1b5uRg
No just my inability to put irony across on a forum Mikael lol.
Heh, sorry Echobelly. Whatever happened to them btw?
Mar 23, 2015 -- 1:37PM, Mikael D'Haguenet wrote:
Heh, sorry Echobelly. Whatever happened to them btw?
Health and legal problems certainly interrupted the success of Echobelly. Sonya and Glenn were doing some accoustic stuff back in 2009.
only love can break your heart- st etienne
my back pages- byrds
year of decision- wah !
my back pages- byrds
year of decision- wah !
In all seriousness here's a cover version that is miles better than the UK Subs original.
Guns and Roses : "Down On The Farm"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aEeii9aR6o
Guns and Roses : "Down On The Farm"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aEeii9aR6o
1) Cowboy Junkies - The Velvets/Lou Reed's 'Sweet Jane'.
2) Jimi Hendrix - Dylan's 'All along the Watchtower'.
3) Happy Mondays - John Kongos' 'Step on'.
4) Soft Cell - Gloria Jones' 'Tainted love'.
5) Jeff Buckley - Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'.
A pleasing list.
2) Jimi Hendrix - Dylan's 'All along the Watchtower'.
3) Happy Mondays - John Kongos' 'Step on'.
4) Soft Cell - Gloria Jones' 'Tainted love'.
5) Jeff Buckley - Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'.
A pleasing list.
2 little known facts:
Gloria Jones cover of Soft Cells Tainted love also sampled Rihannas SOS.
The Byrds My Back Pages was also a cover of Boy Georges My Back Passage with the lyrics slightly changed.
Another gem that unless you are a motown or soul fan you might not know is that What Becomes of the Broken Hearted by Jimmy Ruffian was recorded first by the Isley Brothers as Smile before the lyrics received a makeover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYcDbkH-U4g
I hope this enhances the popular music knowledge of all interested forumites.
Gloria Jones cover of Soft Cells Tainted love also sampled Rihannas SOS.
The Byrds My Back Pages was also a cover of Boy Georges My Back Passage with the lyrics slightly changed.
Another gem that unless you are a motown or soul fan you might not know is that What Becomes of the Broken Hearted by Jimmy Ruffian was recorded first by the Isley Brothers as Smile before the lyrics received a makeover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYcDbkH-U4g
I hope this enhances the popular music knowledge of all interested forumites.
Let me guess, Slicer's version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was covered by Nirvana and then Tori Amos usurped him and made him look like an amateur???
Don't be silly! The Nirvana to whom you refer did not cover Smells Like Teen Spirit, but it did cover its name from the original Nirvana:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcf19K5QFqQ
Allegedly the first single to use phasing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcf19K5QFqQ
Allegedly the first single to use phasing!
if I recall correctly, the Young 'Slicy' Slicer was something of a guitar prodigy, a man who surely had every right to be mentioned in the same stratosphere as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Led Zeppelin's Elaine Page.
In ye old days it seemed to be common to cover each others songs so the most famous one wasn't the original.
An awful lot of Elvis hits were covers.
An awful lot of Elvis hits were covers.
Thanks for the compliments my good friend Alun. Indeed I was quite an "axeman" in my younger days as my work in Saudi will testify to. Indeed it is rumoured that Slash only took his name after he realised that there was already a guitarist called Slicer.
Mr McCann in that case there can't be more than a year or so in it.
Mr McCann in that case there can't be more than a year or so in it.
ps have also been compared to Judy Cornwall of the Stranglers.
To round off my suggestions is the Billingsgate Choir's cover version of the Isley Brother's Put Yourself in My Plaice.
Gotta Serve Somebody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5nEbNLpYQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5nEbNLpYQ
just looked it up and itchycoo park made the charts aug 67
and rainbow chaser may 68
so whats that slicer,oh yeah 8months innit
and rainbow chaser may 68
so whats that slicer,oh yeah 8months innit
Mr McCann, being the mathermatical genius wot I is (my 3 best subjects at school were pure maths and mental arithmetic) I would say that 8 months is less than a year.
I hope this clarifies the matter.
I hope this clarifies the matter.
cher . walking in memphis, might not be better than original but a decent attempt
I was rather hopeing you wouldn't fall that one 
, anyway I agree that rainbow chaser is a fantasic tune and should have done a lot better
, anyway I agree that rainbow chaser is a fantasic tune and should have done a lot better
a few more
Sorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdsedY0foGc
licence to kill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDq-fUrpI8
runaway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSDHKeMKqds
got my mind set on you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGYYDvZnpg
Sorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdsedY0foGc
licence to kill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDq-fUrpI8
runaway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSDHKeMKqds
got my mind set on you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGYYDvZnpg
Axel Rudi Pell - In The Air Tonight
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gllbk7Yl-dY&list=RDlSfc29RuD10&index=11
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gllbk7Yl-dY&list=RDlSfc29RuD10&index=11
Now this really is different.
Rosa de Saron - "Folhas do Chão" com "With or Without You" do U2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqJ_otLZJnc&index=6&list=RDHCS-hVCNdthTI
Rosa de Saron - "Folhas do Chão" com "With or Without You" do U2
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqJ_otLZJnc&index=6&list=RDHCS-hVCNdthTI
Jimi Hendrix - Dylan's All Along the Watchtower
Nirvana - Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World
Chili Peppers - Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground
Nirvana - Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World
Chili Peppers - Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground
Bluegrass version of Rocket Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=forqmom3YuY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=forqmom3YuY
The Happy Mondays did a great version of John Kongos's "He's Gonna Step On You Again" . I don't usually like the band's music but their producers and technicians played a blinder with this one.
"Step On"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0xdLO_bmo
"Step On"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0xdLO_bmo
The Bobby Fuller Four,
i fought the law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI
Covered this way before the clash
i fought the law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI
Covered this way before the clash
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The Happy Mondays did a great version of John Kongos's "He's Gonna Step On You Again" . I don't usually like the band's music but their producers and technicians played a blinder with this one.
"Step On"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0xdLO_bmo
I only found out this was a cover last year when i heard the big Kongo fella
^ I heard it through the grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Dream Academy's cover of The Smiths 'Please, please, please, let me get what I want' is a bit of a gem, as featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, perfectly chosen for that scene in the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubpRcZNJAnE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubpRcZNJAnE
Great White doing Rock 'n Roll. More Led Zeppelin than Led Zeppelin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfJz8TKk5WM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfJz8TKk5WM
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