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Best Cover Versions

Here’s a counterpart to Flood’s other thread. What are your favorite cover songs?

Here’s some of mine…

Megadeth-Problems (Sex Pistols)-I think they actually pulled this one off a lot better than their “other” Pistols cover 😎

Dee Snider-Go To Hell (Alice Cooper)

Fear Factory-School (Nirvana)-thoroughly amusing 😀

Monster Magnet-Into The Void (Black Sabbath)-flat out rocks

Megadeth-These Boots (Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood)-if you haven’t heard it, go find it. You will laugh. A lot. 😀

Hey Kabir, does this one count as a cover? Metallica-The Four Horsemen 😉

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By: Flood - 24th March 2004 at 21:25

Hmm, just heard the Flying Lizards version of the Beatles Money – better, in my opinion!

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By: Nermal - 22nd March 2004 at 15:11

Tee hee. Another one exposed!:D:D:D:D – Nermal

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By: Ashley - 22nd March 2004 at 13:29

~Dives for cover under the desk~ :p

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By: Nermal - 22nd March 2004 at 10:03

Originally posted by Ashley
I have a guilty confession to make…I actually rather like Shane Ritchie’s version of Wham’s I’m Your Man… 😮

There goes your cool…;) – Nermal

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By: Ashley - 22nd March 2004 at 08:56

I have a guilty confession to make…I actually rather like Shane Ritchie’s version of Wham’s I’m Your Man… 😮

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By: Ashley - 22nd March 2004 at 08:55

Two more…Chris Farlowe’s version of Out Of Time, penned and recorded originally by the Rolling Stones, and Joe Cocker’s version of The Beatles With A Little Help From My Friends 🙂

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By: Ashley - 22nd March 2004 at 08:53

Originally posted by kev35
Has to be ‘let’s twist again’ by Pinky and Perky.

Are you there Ashley?

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~GLARE~ :p (No empty yoghurt pot yet, but just wait till lunchtime! ;))

One of my favourite covers has to be Speedway’s rocked up version of Christina Aguilera’s Genie In A Bottle…one to listen to whilst belting down the M11 at illegal speeds 😀

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By: neal h - 21st March 2004 at 19:30

Originally posted by Snapper
Like Walk on by – Stranglers

I saw the Stranglers a couple of weeks ago, Fantastic. I’ve seen them about a dozen times and the last one is the only time I’ve heard them do walk on by.

the new album is good too, a return to form.

How about SLF doing Running Bear/ White Christmas.

😀

A band called “My Life Story” did a cover of Duchess by the Stranglers.

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By: Flood - 21st March 2004 at 18:13

Wonderwall by Mike Flowers Pops – a whole lot more fun that that dirge by Oasis…

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By: Ren Frew - 21st March 2004 at 16:40

Originally posted by Yngwie J.
Das Model the way Rammstein does it ( it was originally written and performed by Kraftwerk ). Rammsteins version of Stripped ( Depeche Mode ) is pretty cool as well.

That reminds me, a little known UK band called Warm Jets did a blinding version of The Model a few years ago. They were touted as the next bright young things to emerge from the a*se end of the “Brit Pop” era, sadly they didn’t go very far.

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By: Yngwie J. - 21st March 2004 at 15:41

Das Model the way Rammstein does it ( it was originally written and performed by Kraftwerk ). Rammsteins version of Stripped ( Depeche Mode ) is pretty cool as well.

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By: tigercat - 21st March 2004 at 15:08

Bohemian Rhapsody and Stairway to Heaven by ROLF HARRIS

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By: Charlie Echo - 21st March 2004 at 07:55

Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Wachtower 🙂

Metallica – Whiskey in the Jar 🙂

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By: KabirT - 21st March 2004 at 00:44

best covers ever…

Guns n Roses – Knockin On Heavens Door (Bob Dylan)
Guns n Roses – Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones)
Velvet Revolver – Angie (Rolling Stones)
Metallica – Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
Metallica – Sabra Cadabra (Black Sabbath)
Johnny Cash – Hurt

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By: Flood - 20th March 2004 at 22:02

Originally posted by Ren Frew
What about Johnny Cash doing Nine Inch Nails “Hurt” ? Also Tori Amos doing the Boomtown Rats “Don’t Like Mondays” In fact there’s hardly a bad track on that Tori Amos covers album.

Totally agree – on the Johnny Cash cover of ‘Hurt’ (so different, so prophetic) and the whole Tori Amos album.

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By: dcfly - 20th March 2004 at 19:55

Originally posted by SteveYoung

Rod Stewart’s “First Cut Is The Deepest” – covered by Sheryl Crow

This was itself a cover version, a Cat Stevens song, it was originally done by PP Arnold back in 1967.

“Mrs. Robinson” by the Lemonheads is a good cover, also “Handbags and gladrags” another Rod Stewart “cover,” orignally done by Chris Farlow in 1966.

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By: duxfordhawk - 20th March 2004 at 13:54

Originally posted by Ren Frew
What about Johnny Cash doing Nine Inch Nails “Hurt” ? Also Tori Amos doing the Boomtown Rats “Don’t Like Mondays” In fact there’s hardly a bad track on that Tori Amos covers album.

I like Johnny Cash’s version of Highway Patrolman originally done by Bruce Springsteen on his Nebraska album.When he covered songs he put his mark on them and made them his.

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By: Ren Frew - 20th March 2004 at 13:38

What about Johnny Cash doing Nine Inch Nails “Hurt” ? Also Tori Amos doing the Boomtown Rats “Don’t Like Mondays” In fact there’s hardly a bad track on that Tori Amos covers album.

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By: Arthur - 20th March 2004 at 12:23

Stand By Your Man in the Blues Brother’s version is brilliant, the rest of the music from that film is perfectly boring.

Other ones:

Guantanamera – Die Toten Hosen
I fought the law – The Clash
Wonderful World – Nick Cave & Shane McGowan
Hang on to your ego – Frank Black
La Bamba – both Los Lobos’ and Rancid are better than Richie Valens’ one IMHO.
Drinking and driving – Dropkick Murphies (the one from the Business sounded authentically drunk, but DM’s is more militant).

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By: kev35 - 20th March 2004 at 10:51

Has to be ‘let’s twist again’ by Pinky and Perky.

Are you there Ashley?

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