After a few jars tonight it got me thinking, what is the best cover?
my vote...
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Thread: Greatest Covers
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12-09-2013 09:08 PM #1
Greatest Covers
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12-09-2013 09:10 PM #2
All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix/Dylan
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12-09-2013 09:19 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hendrix had a few legendary covers, All along the watchtower was one and up there with that was Hey Joe!
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12-09-2013 10:47 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-09-2013 01:46 AM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Think there's two kinds of covers.
With the likes of Soft Cell it was really only Northern fans who knew the Gloria Jones original, and Almond and Ball took something good, made it great and more accessible, or beyond great really because of the extent to which it still stands out today.
On the other hand there's the taking of something well-known and doing something different with it - not listened to Radio 1 Live Lounge for years (do they still even do it?) but they exemplified the indie/guitar act doing the pop/dance track and vice versa, best-illustrated early on by the otherwise-dreary Travis showing why Britney's "...Baby One More Time" was a fantastically-written pop song when it was stripped down to its basics.
But when it comes down to it, would have to agree with the shout for "All Along The Watchtower", one of the genuine all-time greats, but then the original songwriter also penned "Mr Tambourine Man" and "My Back Pages" which were made into classics by the Byrds........
"Hounds of Love" is a personal favourite too, and just reinforces how good Kate Bush was and how talented the Futureheads are/were.
To introduce one that's not been mentioned, Tricky "Black Steel" was a ****ing classic that was a cover of a ****ing classic
Or Sinead O'Connor covering PrinceThere's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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13-09-2013 06:05 AM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-09-2013 06:10 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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13-09-2013 06:19 AM #12
Step On by Happy Mondays. Also Arab Straps version of Whole Again by Atomic Kitten- similar to Travis version of Britney Spears tune mentioned above, but with more comedy value. The Bluetones also did a good version of call the shots by girls aloud.
Last edited by Mr White; 13-09-2013 at 06:22 AM.
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13-09-2013 06:41 AM #13
SAHB. Next. They did a few covers but this one is quite simply superb.
Every gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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13-09-2013 10:24 AM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
http://youtu.be/9R-vfScMKM0
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13-09-2013 10:50 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-09-2013 12:12 PM #20
The two that spring to mind have already been mentioned. Lennon's Stand By Me & Johnny Cash's Hurt. Both excellent. Think Johnny Cash just shades it for me though. The Jams David Watts is not quite in that league for me but still a class shout. The Strypes version of Got Love If You Want It is another one worth a mention.
Going to go off on a tangent here but at wickerman festival this year I witnessed The Tyneside Steel Band covering David Gueta (I think?) Titanium. By far the most interesting and unique cover I have ever heard.
EDIT - As far as live cover versions go Ocean Colour Scene do an utterly magical version of The Beatles Day Tripper which I felt needed a mention here.Last edited by deeks01; 13-09-2013 at 12:22 PM.
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13-09-2013 12:29 PM #21
Idlewilds cover of Teenage Fanclub's Everything Flows, Dinosaur Jrs cover of Just Like Heaven and King Creosote covering Nothing Compares 2 U are all ace.
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13-09-2013 01:42 PM #22
Also this Chuck Woods Cover.
Last edited by kdhibees1; 13-09-2013 at 01:44 PM.
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13-09-2013 04:02 PM #23
Love Vigilantes by Iron and Wine. Not a big new order fan and prefer this to the original. He does a few good covers actually-Such Great Heights by Postal Service too. Reckon Ryan Adams version of Wonderwall beats liams whining vocals on the original also.
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13-09-2013 05:18 PM #26
Cannae believe that nobody has mentioned Celine Dion's version of the ACDC classic You Shook Me All Night Long....... It's absolutely breathtaking ;)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1niTEkP-6eo
*an extra special mention must be made of the 'interpretation'(murdering) of my favourite guitar solo.Last edited by brianmc; 13-09-2013 at 05:23 PM.
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13-09-2013 05:26 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
TheRuptineer 2 weeks ago
does she know how a guitar works?
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13-09-2013 05:40 PM #28This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Oasis had a few good covers - Cum On Feel the Noize, Heroes and of course I Am the Walrus which started the whole thing.
Personally love some of the Beatles early covers too.
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13-09-2013 06:56 PM #29
The clash's version of the Bobby Fuller fours I fought the law is a great example of a cover being better known and better performed than the original, also love the Nirvana cover of the man who sold the world on the MTV unplugged record
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13-09-2013 07:30 PM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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