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Boardsies Greatest Cover Song - Live Thread

Kolido

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Welcome to the live thread to find the best cover song as chosen by you.

128 is the number of entries

6 is the most nominations any song got

4 is the most number of songs by the same artist

....and only 1 winner!

Please note:

Everyone can vote
Please give a reason for your vote, however it will not be compulsory until the round of last 16
Any other info I will post when needed.

Best of luck to all the songs and I hope everyone has fun.

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Zaph

No Doubt - It's My Life. Revenge for Taking Heads

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll. My last nomination still in play.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

No Doubt - It's My Life ; really tough choice as both are my nominations, which also means I'll be happy no matter which gets through, but It's My Life has always been a favourite of mine

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll ; one of my nominees and the song I prefer here

[Deleted User]

Johnny Cash - Hurt because it makes me feel really sad and sometimes I like that.

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal because the original was my favourite song when I was a kid and they managed to do their own version that was really good but different enough to not step on the toes of the original.

Guns 'N' Roses - Live and Let Die .. this was a difficult choice. Love both these covers but I'll give my vote to gnr because I just love them.

Collie D

5. Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal Vs No Doubt - It's My Life - Think this is my first time voting for this. Prefer it to the other one, interesting take on it.

6. Guns 'N' Roses - Live and Let Die Vs Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - My nomination.

Gru

No Doubt - It's My Life
Guns 'N' Roses - Live and Let Die

No doubt i'm a GNR fan! <---- My reasons for voting for these! :pac:

Bonzo Delaney

Alien ant Farm
Guns n roses

the purple tin

No Doubt - It's My Life [not really a fan of Michael Jackson]
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [if this one doesn't get your toes a tappin then Jack, you already dead]

[Deleted User]

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Better than the original

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll
Love G&R but this Joan jett is just a classic

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal [2001] ...Originally recorded by Michael Jackson [1988]

Kolido wrote:

Guns 'N' Roses - Live and Let Die [1991] ...Originally recorded by Wings [1973]

Votes above. Better songs in both cases in spite of the spiteful revenge votes against Alien Ant Farm :P

Declan A Walsh

Necro wrote: »

Votes above. Better songs in both cases in spite of the spiteful revenge votes against Alien Ant Farm :P

That's a good point. It knocked out Talking Heads' Take Me to The River - my nomination! How dare it!

Kolido

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Alien ant Farm
Guns n roses

Please give a reason for your votes to count. Anything will do

[Deleted User]

No Doubt - It's My Life
The better song and the better cover.

Joan Jett - I Love Rock n Roll
Great rendition of this song (far superior to Britney's effort) and I'm not the biggest fan of Axl Rose's voice (he had a phenomenal range for sure, but technical ability doesn't always mean 'pleasing to listen to'!)

Declan A Walsh

Kolido wrote: »

Please give a reason for your votes to count. Anything will do

At this stage, it could be crucial!

Kolido

Johnny Cash - Hurt [2002] 7- 4 Muse - Feeling Good [2001]

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal 4 -7 No Doubt - It's My Life [2003]
Guns 'N' Roses - Live and Let Die 5 6 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [1982]

Kolido

R4/Match 7

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night [1993]
...Originally recorded by Lead Belly [1950s]

Vs

Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange [1987]
...Originally recorded by The Doors [1967]

R4/Match 8

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

Vs

Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends [1968]
...Originally recorded by The Beatles [1967]

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night Vs Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World Vs Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange ; love both and usually I'd nearly always opt for Nirvana, but just love this version of People Are Strange

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World ; tough call but sticking with my own nomination here

Declan A Walsh

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night Vs Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange - Wonderfully folky feel plus I don't like Ian McCoullogh's delivery of the other song!

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World Vs Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends - Tough one, but my gut tells me to go with this wonderful semi-acoustic cover.

Collie D

7. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night Vs Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange
8. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World Vs Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends

Two very tough match-ups. Voting for Nirvana in the final match as I nominated this one. And Echo & The Bunnymen just get the nod in the other match for a bit of variety.

Irish Aris

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night Vs Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World Vs Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends

The first one I like both but don't want to vote Nirvana twice.
The second Nirvana is just class - plus I don't like Joe Cocker that much

Necro

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night Vs Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World Vs Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends

Irish Aris might not vote Nirvana twice but I sure will! Love both songs.

Zaph

Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange. Tough call this, but marginally prefer this one.

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World. The better interpretation of the song in question imo.

the purple tin

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night [this is getting difficult now, Nirvana because I nearly wore this album out over the years]
Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends [Amazing voice. He would have been much bigger only for mental health problems]

[Deleted User]

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night prefer the doors original people are strange

Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends
Can't have 2 unplugged nirvana songs. Prefer their original stuff

Gru

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

because Nirvana for the final!

rainbowtrout

Joan Jett in the other match to decide it. Prefer it to GNR

rainbowtrout

Nirvana in the first match. Don't think EATB did an awful lot to make People are Strange their own.
Joe Cocker - Because he did make this his own.

paddythere

Nirvana- The Man who sold the world: because hearing it on mtv is possibly my earliest memory in life and even at 3 years I was mesmerized by it.

Rikand

According to boards.ie there hasnt been a decent cover version in 17 years at least. That's an awful indictment on the music industry

Now that Gemma has gone to the big Cover Version Heaven in the sky and with it my last hope, I cna reveal, the version I submitted was actually this one.

Probably wouldnt have done as well

Kolido

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal 4 7 No Doubt - It's My Life [2003]
Guns 'N' Roses - Live and Let Die 5 7 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll [1982]
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night [1993] 6 4 Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange [1987]
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World [1993] 7 1 Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends

Almost at the quarter finals, do we really need 2 Nirvana songs there

quickbeam

People Are Strange - like it. Not a fan of Nirvana, there, I said it.