best cover versions... ever! [volume ad nauseam]

[Skate]

For me, nothing beats Elbow's cover of the Destiny's Child song, "Independant Woman".

I also heard Tura Satana (later Manhole) cover Nirvana's "Negative Creep" live

A few other favourites are:

the Cardigans - "Iron Man" (Black Sabbath)

the Levellers - "Dirty Old Town" (the Spinners?)

Metallica - "Breadfan" (Budgie)

 

[twistedAM]

31 posts into the thread and no one has mentioned

THE GOURDS - GIN & JUICE

the stakes have now risen...beat that one

 

[ViolentPanda]

this mortal coil 'siren song'

You'll be meaning "Song to the Siren" then?

 

[chriswill]

The manics "out of time" is good along with their cover of bright eyes.

 

[shoddysolutions]

Frank Sidebottom - 'Radio Gaga', 'Timperley Sunset' etc

Splodgenessabounds - 'Yarmouth Five-O'

Nick Cave - 'The Singer'

Age Of Chance - 'Kiss'

 

[weepiper]

I believe Dirty Old Town is a Ewan McColl song.

the Levellers - "Dirty Old Town" (the Spinners?)

For me it's got to be the Sensitive New Age Cowpersons doing a bluegrass version of the Bee Gees 'Stayin' Alive' complete with banjo solo.....

 

[Wolfie]

Nick Cave doing In The Ghetto

Vanilla Fudge's version of Some Velvet Morning is good too Iam, but then it's a great song

Urge Overkill's version of You'll be a Woman Soon

 

[Termite Man]

Third Uncle - Bauhaus

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardus
is also fucking good

 

[Iam]

Vanilla Fudge's version of Some Velvet Morning is good too Iam, but then it's a great song

Yeah, I ummed and aaaahed about including it, cos my fave's still probably the Lee & Nancy version, but in the end I thought... "they won't know that"

 

[DaveCinzano]

just remembered, the 2k (klf)/acid brass rendering of a guy called gerald's 'voodoo ray' always gets them rocking in klub krs

 

[Silva]

At the top of my head*, Visage' take on In the year 2525.






* the only cover on my playlist

 

[chilango]

"Anarchiia" (Anarchy in the UK in Ukrainian) The Ukrainians

"3 AM Eternal" Extreme Noise Terror

"I think We're Alone Now" Snuff

"Straight Edge" NoFx

"Close to Me" The Getup Kids

"Don't Cry for me Argentina" Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

"The Smurfs" Wat Tyler

"Just like Heaven" The Cure/Goldfinger/Dinosaur Jr.

some brass band also did a beautiful version of "1000 stars burst open" by the Pale Saints...

...and obscurely (except for for French people maybe) an enite album of solo accordion cover by Loic da Silva of La Ruda Salska tunes...tranquille!

 

[Mab]

definately has to be Sonic Youth doing Madonna's get into the groove

Ah; this has been on my mind lately. I think my old bf. used to have a tape called "Cicone Youth" sp."Che-ko-nee" by Sonic Youth. Anyone?

Em, Billy Bragg doing Woody Guthrie's "I wake up in a dry bed with a Dry Head".

 

[Chorlton]

Barbed Wire Love - The Unknown

the SLF song? i'd like to hear that.

Happy Mondays - Step On

P (gibby haines and johnny depps criminally ignored band) - Dancing Queen

Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was

Big Black - The Model

The Pogues - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

 

[poului]

il87jhi8u-

There's a rather superb bluegrass cover of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for" on the "Pickin' On" Series.


I like the Sex Pistols' cover of "No Fun"


And let's not forget the Heptones' masterul cover of "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da"

 

[Roadkill]

Loads of the covers on The Basement Tapes that Bob Dylan and the Band did in '67 are excellent, such as Four Strong Winds, Teenage Prayer, Joshua's Gone Barbados etc - all old country and American folk songs, but beautifully done.

The Byrds - My Back Pages (Most of their Dylan covers were dire, but that's an exception)

Joan Baez - Farewell Angelina and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Er, can't think of any more now but I'm sure I shall...

 

[Siouxsie]

You're so vain - Faster pussycat

Living for the city - Gillan

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

St Etienne- Only love can break your heart

One of my favourite songs ever (and it just seems better than the Neil Young version, dunno why)

The Clash- Armegideon Time (although they did loads of great covers)
Snow Patrol - Crazy In Love

more later

 

[R.I.C.O.]

...

Madness - It Must Be Love

 

[dlx1]

Animals by the orb

or was it just LX

 

[Kaka Tim]

Balls - I was gonner say the clash's armegedion time.

Nina Simone - I shall be released, mr bojangles, wild is the wind.

whoever did that hillbilly version of 'ace of spades'.

 

[holden]

Marianne Faithfull " Working class hero"
Nico " Heroes"
Robert Wyatt " Shipbuilding"
Patti Smith " Gloria"
and not forgetting Rolf Harris' " Stairway to Heavan".
I heard he also did an amusing version of " I touch myself", but I haven't heard it.

 

[ewok]

I have two great CD's of an excellent Elvis impersonator doing cover including
song to the siren
come as you are and
love will tear us apart

really great stuff

 

[BassJunkie]

St Etienne- Only love can break your heart

Because the original is a wonderful recording as well.

Ain't that the truth - both comments,

how 'bout Nirvana - Here She Comes Now

or

Dinosaur Jr - Lotta Love

or

Sonic Youth - Computer Age

Funny

 

[Firky]

Radiohead - Nobody does it Better
Thom Yorke & Beck - After the Goldrush

(spot a pattern)

and loads more but am too drunk to go into it.... will return soon, prpmise

 

[Firky]

The Clash- Armegideon Time (although they did loads of great covers)

Fuckingbeauutifful init

 

[BassJunkie]

Drunk too!

Spiritualized - Happy day - oh the irony

 

[BassJunkie]

The Gourds - Gin and Juice - fooking genius

 

[Firky]

Drunk too!

Spiritualized - Happy day - oh the irony

Shit.... Spiritualized

You cnut. Now I gotta play Ladies and Gentleman We're Floating in Space


*rummages*

I GOTTA HEAR IT!!

 

[BassJunkie]

Not very often you'll hear me say this - but dig that packaging!