Cover Version Better Than The Original?

[webmaster]

The Clash - I fought the law

 

[Melton Fox]

Ryan adams.............Wonderwall.
Johnny Cash...................one of many
MMEB.............................Blinded by the light
Smoking Popes ............ Angels Fying To Close To The Ground
Clem Snide ............. Beautiful
HIM .............. Solitary Man

Blimey, you learn something new everyday. I never realised "The Boss" did the original to this

 

[Real Sharapova]

Mentioning Sinatra

Sid Vicious - My Way

Weirdly enough, in an interview with Tenpole Tudor, he claimed he'd done the vocals on that song.

 

[Melton Fox]

Weirdly enough, in an interview with Tenpole Tudor, he claimed he'd done the vocals on that song.

It wouldn't surprise me, Sid Vicious was hardly talented

 

[muzzysgal]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run

 

[Ox Fox]

Spacemen 3 - Transparent Radiation
The Fall - Lost In Music
The Wedding Present - Step Into Christmas
Balanescu Quartet - The Model
Duran Duran - White Lines
Husker Du - Ticket To Ride
Julie London - Fly Me To The Moon
Low - Lord, Can You Hear Me?
Age Of Chance - Kiss
Echo and The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

 

[MKFox]

Duran Duran - White Lines

Fail to see that Ox...:icon_eek:

 

[webmaster]

Spacemen 3 - Transparent Radiation
The Fall - Lost In Music
The Wedding Present - Step Into Christmas
Balanescu Quartet - The Model
Duran Duran - White Lines
Husker Du - Ticket To Ride
Julie London - Fly Me To The Moon
Low - Lord, Can You Hear Me?
Age Of Chance - Kiss
Echo and The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Are you trying to ruin my next quiz round Ox?
Bugger. Better find a few you haven't thought of

 

[Ox Fox]

Fail to see that Ox...:icon_eek:

It's an act of genius that cover given the habits of the DD boys in the 80s, I'm not sure if they are intelligent enough to get the full irony though.

The Grandmaster Flash original is of course an absolute classic but Le Bon takes it to a whole new level, and he takes his 'performance' so seriously and genuinely thinks he has white boy funkiness

In fact the whole Thank You album is a corker on the basis of a band with very very limited talent trying to pay homage to songs of genuine quality.

Well it makes me laugh anyway :icon_roll

 

[Ox Fox]

Are you trying to ruin my next quiz round Ox?
Bugger. Better find a few you haven't thought of

I'm sorry, I have a compilation of soul artists covering classic country songs if it would help with some questions? :icon_conf

 

[webmaster]

I'm sorry, I have a compilation of soul artists covering classic country songs if it would help with some questions? :icon_conf

Got plenty more, just that you selected several that I was planning to use. The first 10 are being uploaded now...

 

[Melton Fox]

Eva Cassidy - Fields Of Gold.

This goes slightly against the theme of the thread as I believe the original is the best. However, this version is amazing, more emotion in this song than any other I can think of. The emotion is hightened, due to the advert with the childrens mothers dying of cancer.

Incredibly emotional song, that needs a mention. Although a direct cover, it is very difficult to compare this song to the original

 

[glyn]

Digging up this old thread, I bought Q magazine today and it's got a CD full of covers on it including:

the famous Sugababes - I bet you look good ....
Flaming Lips - Can't get you out of my head
Magic Numbers- There is a light that never goes out

and new ones such as
Editors - Orange Crush
Nick Cave - DIsco 2000

 

[Melton Fox]

Digging up this old thread, I bought Q magazine today and it's got a CD full over covers on it including:

the famous Sugababes - I bet you look good ....
Flaming Lips - Can't get you out of my head
Magic Numbers- There is a light that never goes out

and new ones such as
Editors - Orange Crush
Nick Cave - DIsco 2000

I need to hear this ASAP, I shall surf.....

 

[glyn]

As I'm feeling generous the rest are

What you waiting for? - Franz Ferdinand (excellent that one)
Venus as a Boy - Corrine Bailey Rae
August and September - Elbow
Some Candy Talking - Richard Hawley
The Sun Always Shine on TV - Delays (oh yes)
The 3 R's (The Magic Number) - Jack Johnson
Wonderwall - Paul Anka (not Mike Flowers Pops!)
Lover, you should've come over - Jamie Cullum
...Baby One More Time - Travis

 

[highland fox]

Radiohead-Nobody Does it Better
Don't know if its been mentioned before

 

[Melton Fox]

Manic Street Preachers - Rock 'n' Roll Music
Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless
Manic Street Preachers - Take The Skinheads Bowling
Manic Street Preachers - Last Christmas
Manic Street Preachers - I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

 

[glyn]

Manic Street Preachers - Rock 'n' Roll Music
Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless
Manic Street Preachers - Take The Skinheads Bowling
Manic Street Preachers - Last Christmas
Manic Street Preachers - I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

And Manics - Train in Vain

 

[glyn]

Radiohead-Nobody Does it Better
Don't know if its been mentioned before

Excellent. Do you know of a source for this one?

Morrissey - That's Entertainment
The White Stripes - I just don't know what to do with myself & Jolene
and there's a brilliant version of The Passenger done by REM on Jools Holland.

 

[highland fox]

Excellent. Do you know of a source for this one?

No,I've only seen it on VH2 or MTV2