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Favourite covers?

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    #32
    eoinf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭eoinf


    Peter Framptons cover of jumping jack flash,
    & Grand Funk Railroads gimme shelter,
    both originals by the much over rated Rolling Stones.


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    #33
    dearheart
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    I heard it through the grapevine - The Slits
    The Light 3000 - Schneider TM


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    #34
    bottlerocket
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    Suede - Brass in Pocket
    Spiritualized - Oh Happy Day
    Pony Club - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
    Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat
    Sinead O'Connor - The Foggy Dew/ Oro Se Do Bhaithe Bhaile
    The Dubliner - Springhill Mine Disaster


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    #35
    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    dearheart wrote:
    The Light 3000 - Schneider TM

    I forgot about this one. It's ****ing deadly. Fair play to Schneider TM for making it sound like their own (to anyone who doesn't know it's a cover of The Smiths' "There is a light that never goes out")


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    #36
    Jimi-Spandex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭Jimi-Spandex


    John2 wrote:
    Am I the only person who thinks that Nirvana murdered The Man Who Sold The World?

    Best cover ever is Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love.


    I agree with you there, horrible version of that song.


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    #37
    Landyn Juicy Misfortune
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    White Stripes - Jolene


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    #38
    redmosquito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 464 ✭✭redmosquito


    Ilac wrote:
    Both of which can also be heard on the Pearl Jam Live site.

    Deadly. Redmosquito, I'm impressed by your dedication to Pearl Jam :) Your namesake is another class song.

    Pretty much the only band i'd listen to daily, best band ever IMO, nothing beats collecting their boot CDs and DVDs.
    Red Mosquito is savage, definately in my top 20 PJ songs.

    On topic!:
    PJ do a quality Baba O'Riley,
    Also Ed's solo version of Tom Petty's "I wont back down" is excellent.
    I could list so many others because 99% of the songs they cover are top notch!


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    #39
    Ilac
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Ilac


    Ah, Pearl Jam.... When I discovered how good they were I couldn't believe I'd wasted so much time listening to Radiohead. I still like Radiohead, of course...

    Speaking of Radiohead, their cover of "Nobody Does it Better" is class.


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    #40
    MrJoeSoap
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    Jeff Buckley:

    * I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan)
    * Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen / John Cale)
    * Je n'en connais pas le fin (Edith Piaf)
    * Yeh Jo Halkka Saroor Hai (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
    * Dinks Song (Traditional)
    * Satisfied Mind (Porter Wagoner)

    Each one performed live and absolutely engrossing and mind-blowing. What a voice, what a guitarist, what a loss.


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    #41
    dalk
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    would aggree with

    This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren

    ...Liz Fraser sings it jaw droppingly beautifully...


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    #42
    tywy
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    Duke Special - Every You Every Me (Placebo)
    Nada Surf - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)
    Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan - Be My Husband (Nina Simone)


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    #43
    Nimrod's Son
    Closed Accounts Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Nimrod's Son


    Whoops, can't believe I forgot the Dan Band. :D


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    #44
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    Nina Gordon - Straight outta compton (NWA) (for the person who couldn't remember her name)
    Jimi - all along the watchtower (dylan)
    Elliott smith - 13 (big star)
    Pearl Jam - Rockin' in the Free World (Young)

    there's probably more...


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    #45
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    gordon thats it...


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    #46
    Goosewad
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    the best cover i've ever heard is jamie lawson's one of "blame it on the boogie" (michael jackson). he makes it sound like the most beautiful, heart-wrenching song i've ever heard. i heard it on the radio a few times and then it was a happy accident that i saw him perform it and it was great. i only wish i could buy it or download it on the internet somewhere. if anyone knows how to get their hands on it-please post a reply! cheers...


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    #47
    John
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    There's an article about covers in the latest issue of The Wire. It's a bit pretentious though but what do expect from The Wire?


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    #48
    Ro: maaan!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,592 ✭✭✭Ro: maaan!


    Goosewad wrote:
    the best cover i've ever heard is jamie lawson's one of "blame it on the boogie" (michael jackson). he makes it sound like the most beautiful, heart-wrenching song i've ever heard. i heard it on the radio a few times and then it was a happy accident that i saw him perform it and it was great. i only wish i could buy it or download it on the internet somewhere. if anyone knows how to get their hands on it-please post a reply! cheers...
    Heh. Yea. Friend of mine asked him to put it as a b side on his next single, but he said he couldn't afford to pay the royalties for it or something, so he can only play it live. Bring a recording device to one of his gigs is your best bet. Though he doesn't play it too often...


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    #49
    nlgbbbblth
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    John2 wrote:
    There's an article about covers in the latest issue of The Wire. It's a bit pretentious though but what do expect from The Wire?

    It's a good article. I like the magazine but sometimes it needs to lighten up. Is quite difficult to buy in rural Ireland.


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    #50
    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    nlgbbbblth wrote:
    It's a good article. I like the magazine but sometimes it needs to lighten up. Is quite difficult to buy in rural Ireland.

    I agree with you totally. The interviews are normally top notch but the features are very hit and miss. Sometimes they are inspired and other times they suck the life out of what they are writing about. This covers article was somewhere in the middle. I remember a couple of months ago they did a feature on humour in song and totally missed out on the humour.


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    #51
    Rhyme
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rhyme


    Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
    ...and any of Ben Folds covers, particularly 'Get your hands off my woman, motherf*cker'


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    #52
    daveymack
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    Check out their covers of "I'm not like everybody else" by the Kinks,
    Dinosaur Jnr's version of "Just like Heaven"
    Cowboy Junkies version of "Sweet Jane" by the Velvets
    The Black Keys version of the Beatles "She said she said"

    And many many more....


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    #53
    johnny_ultimate
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    Rhyme wrote:
    ...and any of Ben Folds covers, particularly 'Get your hands off my woman, motherf*cker'

    :D
    That, and Twin Falls, B*tches and In Between Days (which, to be honest, i prefer over the original)


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    #54
    SprostonGreen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops keep falling on my head.


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    #55
    mada999
    Registered Users Posts: 7,093 ✭✭✭mada999


    there's some deadly covers out there...

    one that sticks out is

    Johnny cash's version of I hung my head (Bowie)
    and of course buckley's version of halaluja (sp?) cohen


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    #56
    Anton17
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭Anton17


    Nada Surf - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

    Where do i get my hand on this? I love there cover of where is my mind


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    #57
    redmosquito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 464 ✭✭redmosquito


    Pearl Jam - I've Got a Feeling (Beatles)


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    #58
    Man on mir
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    Ramones - needles and pins
    Jeff Buckley - Just like a woman (bob Dylan)
    Bellx1 - Good Fortune (PJ Harvey)
    Jeff Buckley - The boy with the thorn in his side (the Smiths)
    Gemma Hayes - Lay Lady lay (bob Dylan)
    Duke Special - Love will tear us apart (joy Division)
    BellX1 - Heartlands (U2)


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    #59
    Creamy Goodness
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    H's between vowels Since you've been gone (kelly clarkson)


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    #60
    lordgoat
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    Kate Bush - Sexual Healing - in fairness i've only heard the lat minute of this but so it could be crap but i love kate so...


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    #61
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    Johhny Cash - Hurt
    Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
    Tool - No Quarter
    David Bowie - See emily play


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