Boardsies Greatest Cover Song - Live Thread

Well, it's fairly emphatic but one more vote for Johnny Cash, Hurt.
It's better then the original, best thing that can be said about a cover.

Kolido

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 3 8 Johnny Cash - Hurt

Kolido

SF/Match 2

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World [1993]
...Originally recorded by David Bowie [1970]

This song was ranked at number 20 in the ‘20 best Nirvana songs as picked by the stars’ article in a 1998 edition of Kerrang magazine

Vs

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [1982]
...Originally recorded by Arrows [1975]

Joan originally recorded this song in 1979 as a B-side with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols. She re-recorded it in 1981 with The Blackheart reaching the US no.1 and staying there for 7 weeks.

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World Vs Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll

Zaph

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll. The Nirvana song is great and I'd have voted for it ahead of either in the first semi, but have to stick with my nomination.

Irish Aris

Joan Jett from me.

The last of my nominations. An excellent song that I never get bored to listen to, even when I don't listen to rock music in general!!

the purple tin

I will stick with Joan Jett. Good 80's rock number.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Two of my own nominations here, so tough enough decision, but I've been backing one as a potential overall winner throughout, so my vote will go to...

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Irish Aris

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Two of my own nominations here, so tough enough decision, but I've been backing one as a potential overall winner throughout, so my vote will go to...

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

ah, come on LeVar, you should give Joan Jett one more chance!!!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Irish Aris wrote: »

ah, come on LeVar, you should give Joan Jett one more chance!!!

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World [1993] ...Originally recorded by David Bowie [1970]

Better song by far and would be a deserving winner.

Bonzo Delaney

Nirvana- the man who sold the world,
Always felt "I love rock n roll" was a bit cheesy

Collie D

Nirvana for me - last of my nominations standing after Jimi had his ass kicked by Johnny.

Declan A Walsh

Nirvana -The Man Who Sold the World: Great cover version because of Kurt's vocals, his guitar work and the music from the rest of the band. Nice laid-back interpretation. Anyway, I can't stand the other song!

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Just shades it by making it slightly more their own version, then Joan Jett

lassykk

Nirvana - Definitely the best track left and the other track is really cheesy

Declan A Walsh

I think I can see who the finalists are going to be - certainly at the moment! I will have to give this some thought!

I love both these songs so I wasn't going to vote. But then I decided to listen to both and see which one I'm vibing more with today. And based on that alone which is pretty weak reasoning tbf..

Joan Jett

JP Liz V1

I'm not really a fan of either but Kurt's vocals on that track are good so Nirvana it is

Kolido

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World 8 4 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll

Kolido

Before we get to the final, here are some honourable mentions that didn’t quite make the contest.

Kylie Minogue - Tears on my Pillow

Mr. Big - Wild World

Big Mountain - Baby, I Love Your Way

Take That - Could It Be Magic

Cher - I Found Someone

The Saw Doctors - About You Now

Sultan of Bling

Nirvana for me.

I think the cover version is better than the original which is some feat as the original was brilliant.

bcklschaps

Best Cover version I have ever heard is David Bowies version of The Merseys - Sorrow..


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

Kolido

Welcome to the Final

Votes will be open until 8PM
Please give a reason for your vote.

One of these songs received 5 noms and the other 6, no song in the contest received more than 6 noms.

Kolido

Final

Johnny Cash - Hurt

…Route to final
6 -5 The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
6 -5 Placebo - Running Up That Hill
6 -3 The Clash - I Fought The Law
7 -4 Muse - Feeling Good
7 -2 No Doubt - It's My Life
8 -3 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower


Vs

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

…Route to final
6 -0 The Stranglers - Walk on By
6 -1 The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
6 -2 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
7 -2 Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends
7 -0 Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
8 -4 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll

lassykk

I like the original version of Hurt more than Cash's version but it doesn't hold a candle to Nirvana's song. I think this would be a worth winner and has always been a favourite song of mine

Collie D

Vote for Nirvana. Both are worthy finalists but the fact that this is one of my nominations makes the decision easier for me - I've just seen that Cash has knocked out three of mine on the way to the final including one in the first round that I thought would go a lot further so the kiss of death may have already been given.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

It's a superb song, and the superior one here. Nothing against Hurt, but The Man Who Sold The World and Nirvana's performance of it is just iconic.

Necro

As painful as it is for me to vote against Cash I have to plump for Nirvana here.

Better song all round imo.

Also my nomination so YAY

Gru

Nirvana The man who sold the world - as it was also one of my nominations! :cool:

Irish Aris

A vote for Johnny Cash from me.

I am not a fan of country music at all and he was never on my radar. After I watched the biopic film (a great performance by Joaquin Phoenix btw), I searched him a bit more. As a Depeche Mode fan I was aware of the Personal Jesus cover he did, and then I discovered the whole American IV: The Man Comes Around album and started to liking him.