Great Cover Versions

[killer b]

human league - you've lost that loving feeling.

 

[Annierak]

Nouvelle Vague - In a manner of speaking

 

[bi0boy]

Soft Cell's cover of Tainted Love

 

[ViolentPanda]

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust, better than the original IMHO..

As is their version of Eno's "Third Uncle".

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

All the Nirvana covers on their Unplugged. Their version of "Turnaround" by Devo (on Incesticide) is quite cool too.

I also think the Pixies cover of "head On" is better than the JAMC original.

 

[ouchmonkey]

As is their version of Eno's "Third Uncle".

Now you're being silly

I also think the Pixies cover of "head On" is better than the JAMC original.

this is true though

 

[killer b]

the bauhaus cover of ziggy stardust is rubbish.

 

[unusual_solid]

johnny cash cover of the nine inch nails hurt.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Cowboy Junkies - Powderfinger
Pixies - Head On
Ramones - Baby I Love You
Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors - Winnebago Warrior
Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues

 

[ViolentPanda]

Now you're being silly

My criteria for a good cover version is something that adds to the original rather than slavishly copying it. IMHO Bauhaus' version of "Third Uncle" does exactly that.

 

[ViolentPanda]

the bauhaus cover of ziggy stardust is rubbish.

Or, just possibly, your taste is.

 

[Annierak]

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Specials - Message to you Rudy
Janis Joplin - Summertime
Bette Midler - Stay with me
White Stripes - Jolene

 

[ouchmonkey]

My criteria for a good cover version is something that adds to the original rather than slavishly copying it. IMHO Bauhaus' version of "Third Uncle" does exactly that.

that's fair enough but you said it was better. I don't think it is myself, although I like it. It doesn't add a great deal either if we're honest about it, it's a bit faster, a bit muddier sounding, meh.

 

[killer b]

johnny cash cover of the nine inch nails hurt.

Johnny Cash - Hurt

the invocation of 'hurt' is godwins law for covers threads. you'll all have to leave now, the thread is finished.

 

[Annierak]

Patti Smith - Gloria
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
Sid Vicious - My way

 

[killer b]

Or, just possibly, your taste is.

why? i like bauhaus, but they just do nothing with that cover. it's pointless...

 

[skyscraper101]

Some of my faves...

G.U.N - Word Up
Jimmy Somerville - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Faith No More - Easy
Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Reel Big Fish - Take On Me
Sinead O Conner - Nothing Compares 2 U
Guns N Roses - Mama Kin
Erasure - Take A Chance On Me
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans - I'll be Missing You (or Every Breath You Take)
Afghan Whigs - Superstition
Senser - Channel Zero

 

[Annierak]

Grace Jones - warm leatherette
Slits - I heard it through the grapevine
Siouxsie & Banshees - Dear prudence

 

[snackhead]

Black Steel - Tricky
Wichita Lineman - Dennis Brown
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Sunshine of your Love -Ella Fitzgerald
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - White Stripes
Respect - Aretha Franklin

 

[django]

I quite like all the covers on the spaghetti incident.

Nashville Pussy do a pretty good cover of the Tatts 'Nice Boys'.

 

[unusual_solid]

the invocation of 'hurt' is godwins law for covers threads. you'll all have to leave now, the thread is finished.

ohs noes but i posted it first its an obvious choice as being sung brilliantly by the late johnny cash. also liked his version of personal jesus.

 

[Orangesanlemons]

Nouvelle Vague - In a manner of speaking

Seconded.

Dance With Me is a vast improvement on the Lords of the New Church original too - they found a great song lurking in a pile of dodgy 80s bombast.

 

[quimcunx]

Billy Stewart's version of Summertime.

 

[Annierak]

The Clash - I fought the law
David Bowie - See Emily play
Belly - It's not unusual

 

[Annierak]

Seconded.

Dance With Me is a vast improvement on the Lords of the New Church original too - they found a great song lurking in a pile of dodgy 80s bombast.

Yeh love their version of 'Dance with me' too, prefer Lords of the new church original though

 

[Annierak]

Yeh love their version of 'Dance with me' too, prefer Lords of the new church original though

Having said that i haven't heard the original for years so maybe it won't sound as great nowadays

 

[felixthecat]

Favourites? Off the top of my head......

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Afghan Whigs - If I Only Had a Heart
White Stripes - Jolene
Mark Lanegan - Carry Home
The Slits - Heard it Thru the Grapevine
Blondie - Denis
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Carter USM's version of Rent works surprisingly well.

 

[Orangesanlemons]

Having said that i haven't heard the original for years so maybe it won't sound as great nowadays

 

[ViolentPanda]

why? i like bauhaus, but they just do nothing with that cover. it's pointless...

They do plenty; decent drumming rather than Trevor Boulder's jazzy noodlings, more feeling to the lyrics, and a great sense of drama that ain't present in Bowie's original.