Covers!

Lorelli!

I love hearing a cover song especially when they make them better. It can change the song completely for the better or worse or make you hear something you didn't recognize from the original.

My favourite is Urge Overkill's version of Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon. That version is amazing!

I heard this by Vanilla Fudge recently and I love it. You have to listen to it loud. I like the original and the Kim Wilde version but this one just has something that's missing from the other two.

Favourite, unusual or bad covers?

wally79

Superstar - Sonic Youth

Edit: read the question

It’s one of my favourites

B_ecke_r

Elton John and Eminem - Stan

smacl

Gutter Brother's Kiss, because you we don't see nearly enough skiffle bands covering Prince

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJuThcKAclE

smacl

Another favourite that I actually got from this forum, pure genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhGGzFWEuBo

The Princess Bride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9m5GiTkLk8

I love this version, just very different to the original, which is obviously, quite brilliant.

The Princess Bride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCIRSE7t6Do

I love Conor O'Brien's voice anyway, so it's easy for me to like this.

Lorelli!

Mike Flowers version of Wonderwall

Have to play the Oasis version to neutralise that

Birneybau

Cover of Tim Buckley

NIMAN

Always liked The Wallflowers version of Heroes

The Princess Bride

https://twitter.com/TodayFM/status/1072815154935545856?s=19

The Blizzards do their slowed down version of Wild Youth's Can't Move On.
It works !

idnkph

Dave Stewart does a class version of Zombie and creep ( as homeless mustard)

Lorelli!

NIMAN wrote: »

Always liked The Wallflowers version of Heroes

Nirvana made Bowie's Man Who Sold the World their own!

Bowie did a nice cover of Sorrow himself. I don't know the original though.

RobMc59

Aimee Winehouse cover of Valerie by the zutons wasn't bad.This is the original version.
Valerie https://g.co/kgs/RdLG8x

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Great idea for a thread Lorelli!, thank you.

Not everyone realises that Annie Lennox' version is a cover, so here's the original too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSkboTTTmpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEDrISl5z_4

Sabre0001

Think Disturbed's covers of Sounds of Silence and Shout are great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo62kvjLHvY

A band called Brass Against do great covers of songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dr6ZlcR6Fo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zfYO9sZjrE

And Weezer released a cover recently, including a delightful cover of No Scrubs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55UtG-1os_s

The Princess Bride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y1TZXc5DiY

I am on holidays, having a coffee, and this cover comes on.
Had forgotten it.

Noveight

Nice version of Bruce's classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ydSirqY38

ShooterSF

Probably the obvious one but still my favourite cover.

Birneybau

For me, two of the touchstones of alternative music, covered by one of the best purveyors of alternative music.

RobMc59

Noveight wrote: »

Nice version of Bruce's classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ydSirqY38

And here's another of the same song.
https://youtu.be/3PiQzpW-v4g

Vowel Movement

Alien Ant Farm Smooth Criminal :cool:

cruizer101

Postmodern Jukebox do a lot of great covers but this is one of my favourites

Lorelli!

cruizer101 wrote: »

Postmodern Jukebox do a lot of great covers but this is one of my favourites

Yeah I heard a few of those covers and they're not bad. I like that one ^^ though your man 'Puddles' must be sick of dressing up as clown at this stage! In full costume!!

smacl

Well, for covers with clowns in the background, this gets my thumbs up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt6-gBGCJ-4

faceman

I’m a fan of interesting covers.

Covers that IMO are better than the originals:

Johnny Cash “Hurt” (originally NIN)

William Shatner “Common People” (originally Pulp)

Hugo “99 Problems” (Originally Jay Z)

Jenny Owen Young’s “Hot in Herre” (can’t remember original artist)

Honourable mentions to:

Jimmy Eat World “Firestarter” (originally The Prodigy)

Motörhead “Enter Sandman” (originally Metallica)

Easy Star All-Stars “Thriller” (originally he who will not be mentioned)

Sorry on mobile so can’t link to vids

Arghus

Nine Inch Nails cover Adam Ant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jV22UJND7g

Conchir

Heart's version of Stairway to Heaven, the lads themselves even seemed to really enjoy it.

I really like some of Mike Mass stuff, there's some great harmonies in his covers.

Ian OB

Belly did a version of "Are You Experienced" which I came across on a tape called "This Is Fort Apache". Came free with NME a few years ago. (25 if memory serves correct).

I think its outstanding. So will you.

https://youtu.be/hk1nVnpsYAQ

NewbridgeIR

Lorelli! wrote: »

I love hearing a cover song especially when they make them better. It can change the song completely for the better or worse or make you hear something you didn't recognize from the original.

My favourite is Urge Overkill's version of Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon. That version is amazing!

Good, but not as amazing as Cliff Richard's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylWbtQQnRGI

NewbridgeIR

Overplayed as hell but still deadly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A

Robert Hazard's 1979 original is a new wave classic. Female anthem which was written and originally performed by a man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aLNwOxPsjg

Charles Ingles

David Grays cover of soft cells set hello goodbye better than the original

Sorry about that

Kate Bush’s “Hounds of Love”, covered by The Futureheads.

Insect Overlord

I'll have to come back later and post the link, but Placebo did a great cover of "Running Up That Hill".

They also do a decent live performance of Bowie's "Five Years" and the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?"

blackbox

Lorelli! wrote: »

Nirvana made Bowie's Man Who Sold the World their own!

Nirvana's version was so like the original it was hardly worth doing.

I like a cover to bring something new, like Johnny Cash's cover of "One".

kevthegaff

Did no doubt do a cover of poison by alice cooper, though it was good

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NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Overplayed as hell but still deadly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A

Robert Hazard's 1979 original is a new wave classic. Female anthem which was written and originally performed by a man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aLNwOxPsjg

That, I didn't know.
Every day is a school day.

The Princess Bride

I personally prefer this cover to the original by Billy Bragg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzpg5GgQCo

Franz Von Peppercorn

I’m not a huge fan of ABBA as singers, too Euro pop, but I do like them as songwriters. Their own version of their own songs are nearly always worse than cover versions, some of their songs are darker in lyrics than a four piece singing group can do justice too.

Here are two covers of fairly dark songs, the post breakup depression of the female narrator of the Winner Takes it All (by Carla Bruni); and the slightly sinister The Day Before you came (Steve Wilson). There are plenty of covers of the latter than do that song more justice than ABBA them selves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIGdFGtQASg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcj1gOGNrhc

Birneybau

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I'll have to come back later and post the link, but Placebo did a great cover of "Running Up That Hill".

They also do a decent live performance of Bowie's "Five Years" and the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?"

A bit crunchier than the original

bodhrandude

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

I’m not a huge fan of ABBA as singers, too Euro pop, but I do like them as songwriters. Their own version of their own songs are nearly always worse than cover versions, some of their songs are darker in lyrics than a four piece singing group can do justice too.

Here are two covers of fairly dark songs, the post breakup depression of the female narrator of the Winner Takes it All (by Carla Bruni); and the slightly sinister The Day Before you came (Steve Wilson). There are plenty of covers of the latter than do that song more justice than ABBA them selves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIGdFGtQASg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcj1gOGNrhc

I'll add Leather Nun doing Gimme Gimme Gimme.

dasdog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI

Lorelli!

Charles Ingles wrote: »

David Grays cover of soft cells set hello goodbye better than the original

I think his and the original are both very good. Don't think one is better than the other

blackbox wrote: »

Nirvana's version was so like the original it was hardly worth doing.

I like a cover to bring something new, like Johnny Cash's cover of "One".

There wasnt much difference technically but it is more associated with Nirvana. It stands out as their song. Nirvana could do a cover of anything and it would end up with a darker tone to it.

Lorelli!

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

I’m not a huge fan of ABBA as singers, too Euro pop, but I do like them as songwriters. Their own version of their own songs are nearly always worse than cover versions, some of their songs are darker in lyrics than a four piece singing group can do justice too.

Here are two covers of fairly dark songs, the post breakup depression of the female narrator of the Winner Takes it All ]

I use to hate that song but I was having a go at learning piano in my mid twenties and I was learning that song and I loved playing it so I like it ever since then. I like the abba version

twignme

Some great ones on here!!
My favourite of all time is the cover of 'My Way' by the one and only Sid Vicious.
It needs to be loud and please bear with it up to about minute 1:20 when it really kicks in. Memories of my youth!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDyb_alTkMQ

splinter65

Kate bush singing Rocket Man is the best cover of anything ever.
Special mentions for George Micheals Somebody to Love by Queen and also his I Can’t Make You Love me.

henryporter

Found this one accidentally recently - AC/DC Thunderstruck covered by the Steve 'n Seagulls. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

Lorelli!

This is one of my top covers. I love the addition of the whistle. Use to work for this guy and he was very tough to work for but he was a nice man. If he got into an argument with an employee, he would be visibly upset but he'd always walk out whistling like he didnt care. My friend and I use to say that a simple whistle can convey many meanings

Hedgelayer

Tracy Ullman's cover of Kirsty McCools "They don't know" Kim Wilde doe's a good version too.

dball

The Princess Bride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73f6Q_o09Bg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_OjG4fBSB4

I prefer Paul Young's versions to both originals.