Really Fucking Good Cover Versions.

[MissingPerson]

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The Noisettes covering The Killers' 'When You Were Young', and doing it rather well.

[fiyahhh!]

Original:

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Really Fucking Good Cover Version:

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[sonofhal]

Get Well Soon do Born Slippy.

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[shakermaker113]

aaah I almost made this thread the other day! I love covers.

white lies covering love lockdown:

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[Tylerdurden31]

if I could find a video or mp3 online, I'd say Juno - High Noon (DJ Shadow)

found it

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[sbessiso]

aaah I almost made this thread the other day! I love covers.

white lies covering love lockdown:

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Ahhh I stumbled upon this the other day and was totally blown away! I love this band and cant wait to see them at Lolla. His voice is so crisp

Also

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[canexplain]

utube took these down but:

With a Little Help from Your friends .... Joe Cocker

and of course:

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds .... William Shatner :)


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[shakermaker113]

manic street preachers covering umbrella:

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there used to be a video of them rehearsing that, but it looks like it got taken down.

[Tylerdurden31]

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[canexplain]

oh i just thought

not fade away ..... stones vs dead

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[Pixiessp]

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[MissingPerson]

Holy shit, I just remembered You Are The Blood is a cover, which right here and now /thread for me. But it's sort of cheating if the original isn't that widely known, right?

[PlayaDelWes]

M.Ward - Let's Dance

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[TommyboyUNM]

This isn't the whole song, but it's good enough to get a nice feel. I almost posted the version they actually did with the artist in Dallas last year, but that wouldn't 100% be a cover.

My Morning Jacket - Tyrone (Erykah Badu cover)

Song starts 1:00 in.


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[Mr.Nipples]

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[BlackSwan]

Obligatory Radiohead & Elbow post:

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[seandlr]

Bjork and pj harvey covering satisfaction by the stones. That's a really fucking good cover.
Elliot smith cover harvest moon by neil young

[BlackSwan]

Awww, Guy Garvey won't even say bad things about Amy Winehouse. Such a gentlemen.

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[MissingPerson]

I'm still convinced Guy Garvey is secretly the affably meek alter-ego of some sort of superhero.

Also, well done team on getting this far without Johnny Cash's Hurt or One.

[bmack86]

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Because Grizzly Bear can even make JoJo sound good.

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The Minutemen covering the Urinals, Ain't Talkin' Bout Love by Van Halen and Hey Lawdy by Steppenwolf

[bug on your lip]

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[BlackSwan]

I'm still convinced Guy Garvey is secretly the affably meek alter-ego of some sort of superhero.


If he is, then I hope he is the one to save me if I am ever in trouble. I'm sure he won't have time for a drink, but I will still ask.

[marooko]

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[TommyboyUNM]

Also, well done team on getting this far without Johnny Cash's Hurt or One.


I was thinking the exact same thing. I actually don't like Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt." I don't care what it means or what he was feeling at the time, I just simply don't like how it sounds. He sounds too much like a quivering old man for my liking. That opinion seems to be blasphemous among music fans.

[boarderwoozel3]

Easily my favorite covers:

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[leo01g]

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[sydaud]

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Covering a great Dylan song gets you halfway there, for starters. This is one that I think is actually better than the original and is one of my all-time favorite covers.

[luckyface]

There was no actual video so I am posting the song attached to a WTC tribute video.

Failure - Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode Cover)

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And a live version since embedding is disabled on the above:

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[amyzzz]

I like the Hurt cover because it sounds pathetic which is a perfect emotion for the song.

[Alchemy]

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This is kind of a bad cover version:

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[AlecEiffel]

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Two covers at one time! Also, I can't believe this is the best video of the Soft Cell version I could find.

[AlecEiffel]

Another synth pop band covering two songs at once.

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[Cdubby]

Really Fucking Good

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[wmgaretjax]

Nadja - Needle in the Hay

http://www.sendspace.com/file/m5tpu9

[greghead]

oh i just thought

not fade away ..... stones vs dead

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Buddy Holly's original is still far superior to both the Stones and the Dead.


My favorite cover: Leon Russell and Joe Cocker doing Dylan's "Girl From the North Country" on Mad Dogs & Englishmen

(sorry, no youtube videos)

[TomAz]

the Bobby Fuller Four did not do the "original" I Fought The Law.


also, sydaud wins the thread.


here are my measly contributions

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[chairmenmeow47]

i can't view all the videos :(

almost every beatle cover i like more than the originals:

i call your name - mama's and the papa's
across the universe - fiona apple
she's leaving home - tori amos
try with a little help from my friends - joe cocker
he said, she said - the black keys
all you need is love - echo & the bunnymen

some others i love:

iron man - the cardigans
champagne supernova country style - ben folds five
sally's song - fiona apple

i'll add more later...

[greghead]

^Didn't Sonny Curtis & the Crickets do it first? (In response to TomAZ's "I Fought the Law" comment)

[TomAz]

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[TomAz]

^Didn't Sonny Curtis & the Crickets do it first? (In response to TomAZ's "I Fought the Law" comment)

yes

[amyzzz]

That pet shop boys cover makes me want to stab my eyes out.

[miscorrections]

Nadja - Needle in the Hay

http://www.sendspace.com/file/m5tpu9

Whoa whoa whoa AWESOME.

[wmgaretjax]

Whoa whoa whoa AWESOME.

there is a great cover of Only Shallow on that album as well.

[SoulDischarge]

Holy shit, I just remembered You Are The Blood is a cover, which right here and now /thread for me. But it's sort of cheating if the original isn't that widely known, right?

Although it should be because the Castanets are fucking fantastic.


Original: The Seeds - No Escape
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Cover: Cabaret Voltaire - No Escape
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[MissingPerson]

I think we can all agree that Colin Farrell's semi-spoof cover of I Fought The Law is the definitive one.

[TomAz]

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[miscorrections]

there is a great cover of Only Shallow on that album as well.

Downloading now. I only have Thaumogenesis but I should probably pick up everything else because I love it.

[bmack86]

I'm listening to the Nadja album and Needle in the Hay is the definite highlight.

[wmgaretjax]

Aidan Baker is the man. His album with Tim Hecker is fucking bliss on vinyl.

[herro kitty]

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Very awesome music video.

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Very awesome cover!

[AlecEiffel]

That pet shop boys cover makes me want to stab my eyes out.

True, it is pretty terrible and I know it goes against the point of the thread, but I just thought I'd include it for its synth-pop-two-covers-at-onceness.

[zenidogx]

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[TallGuyCM]

Absolutely hands down the best cover I have ever heard by a long shot! :

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[miscorrections]

Aidan Baker is the man. His album with Tim Hecker is fucking bliss on vinyl.

Fantasma Parastasie? I've got it but I never got around to listening. I'll be sure to.

[bmack86]

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[PJandBompton]

Pearl Jam has a bunch...i'll look some up later...

As well, Coachella Boards' favorite DMB does a KICKASS All Along the Watchtower

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

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[SoulDischarge]

Original
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Cover
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[TallGuyCM]

As well, Coachella Boards' favorite DMB does a KICKASS All Along the Watchtower

Agreed.

[SoulDischarge]

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[bleep]

2 for 1
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[MissingPerson]

That Ted Leo one cracks me up every time.

[Boourns]

Cat Power - Satisfaction
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Cat Power - Wild is the Wind:
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Actually, fuck it, just get The Covers Record. Lots of other great covers have been released here and there, too.

[Boourns]

Bat for Lashes - A Forest
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[Still-ill]

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This one had like 2,000 views when a friend first showed it to me a couple months ago... now? nearly 600,000

[disgustipated]

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[thewildcat]

The Strokes ft. Eddie Vedder & Josh H - Mercy Mercy Me

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[beavington]

Also

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I think the Geraldine Fibbers do a much better version of "Jolene"

other of my favorite cover songs are L7 doing "Hangin On The Telephone" by Blondie

and i love this guys cover of "Hey Ya" (which is a song I normalyl do not like)

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[karma_guy]

that's obadiah parker
def check out his other stuff
love the guy
plus he's from my state, AZ

[Tylerdurden31]

one of my absolute favorites
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covered by The Dismemberment Plan
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Dismemberment+Plan/_/Crush

[beavington]

Oh and I absolutely must add "Superstar" as done by Sonic Youth. The Carpenters version can kill me on its own, but SY's is way too fucking haunting and great. as on the liner notes "not produced, just played"

[stinkbutt]

Just had to share my disgust with everyone

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Fall Out Boy covering "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

[MissingPerson]

Nobody has ever covered that well. I've mentioned it before, but Arcade Fire and U2 fucking slaughtered it.

EDIT:

For the record, I still like Fallout Boy's cover of Beat It.

[LooseAtTheZoo]

Here are some of my favorite covers.

The Faces - I Know I'm Losing You
Original by The Temptations
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Talking Heads - Take Me To The River
Original by Al Green
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Rodrigo y Gabriela - Stairway to Heaven
Original by Led Zeppelin
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Jimi Hendrix - Like A Rolling Stone
Original by Bob Dylan (duh)
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Saul Williams - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Original by U2
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[amyzzz]

How far do I have to scroll back to find out what cover you're talking about, MP?

[stinkbutt]

on a better note this is my favorite cover ever

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[LooseAtTheZoo]

Even more of my favorite covers!

Dave Matthews Band - All Along the Watchtower
Original by Bob Dylan (duh)

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Sly and the Family Stone - Que Sera Sera
Original by Doris Day

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The Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Original by Roberta Flack
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And one for MissingPerson:

Arcade Fire - Five Years
Original by David Bowie
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[MissingPerson]

How far do I have to scroll back to find out what cover you're talking about, MP?

Previous post, Love Will Tear Us Apart

It's a horrible trainwreck beginning to end, but to be fair, I hold Bono mainly responsible. Arcade Fire are just shamefully culpable enablers.

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[bmack86]

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[TheWatcher]

I love cover songs. A few of my favorites:

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Basically, anything Patti Smith covers sounds good.

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Marilyn Manson covers are also usually entertaining.

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Love punk covers of songs I hate... the cover actually sounds good. :thu

[MissingPerson]

I love Manson's covers too, generally, but his Tained Love was really lazy.

[AlecEiffel]

Previous post, Love Will Tear Us Apart

It's a horrible trainwreck beginning to end, but to be fair, I hold Bono mainly responsible. Arcade Fire are just shamefully culpable enablers.

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It's the fact that he's trying to do an impression that makes it extra terrible. He should have just sun git like Bono.

Edit - oh Christ. I hadn't listened to this whole thing before I made my reply. This is just bad.

[TheWatcher]

I love Manson's covers too, generally, but his Tained Love was really lazy.

Did you like Golden Years, Sweet Dreams are made of this, or This is Halloween?

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The Nightmare before Christmas cover song CDs are pretty good. It sounds like all the musicians were having fun.

[MissingPerson]

Sweet Dreams particularly, yes.

[SoulDischarge]

Nobody has ever covered that well. I've mentioned it before, but Arcade Fire and U2 fucking slaughtered it.

EDIT:

For the record, I still like Fallout Boy's cover of Beat It.

Swans' version isn't too bad. Gira's voice is a natural fit.

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[TheWatcher]

The Sweet Dreams cover by Manson was one of the first songs by Manson that got my attention.

[SoulDischarge]

Sonic Youth covering Madonna.

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[Boourns]

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Damnit, why couldn't Grizzly Bear open for Radiohead instead of Liars at most of the American shows.

[MissingPerson]

It's the fact that he's trying to do an impression that makes it extra terrible. He should have just sun git like Bono.

Edit - oh Christ. I hadn't listened to this whole thing before I made my reply. This is just bad.

There was a slightly better video of it floating around that was a little more forgiving, but yes, it's awful.

Five Years notwithstanding (athankyou Gonsh), I don't think Arcade Fire cover other bands well. There's always like four or five people surplus to the song's requirements, and they always sound like they rushed it. They do a fantastic cover of Poupée Du Cire, but I will buy Malcolm a frozen lemonade for every non-European who's ever heard of it. I love their versions of Maps and Naive Melody, but neither approach the originals. The only song they ever covered that I did and do still prefer to listen to than the original is Age of Consent.

Works both ways though, they're a tough band to cover too. Foo Fighters took great pride in making a horrible arse of Keep The Car Running and Norah Jones (!?) boring'ed the hell out of Ocean of Noise.

The only band to ever cover them with awesome success was Calexico, who's Ocean of Noise is gorgeous, misremembered nonsensical lyrics and all.

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[justinaqui]

Bjork - You Only Live Twice
http://hypem.com/#/track/682254/bjork+-+You+Only+Live+Twice

[rskapcat]

iron man - the cardigans


:pulse :pulse :pulse

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Tori Amos covering Joni Mitchell's "Case of You":

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Bat for Lashes covering The Boss' "I'm On Fire":

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Petra Haden covering, well, you'll figure it out:

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Oh, and Elbow covering Destiny's Child:

http://rathergood.com/independent_woman

(I actually have a t-shirt with these kitties on it. Yeah, I'm a dork.)

[AlecEiffel]

I was really let down by Arcade Fire's cover of "Still Ill", it seemed like Win just didn't really have the voice which was both surprising and disappointing.

[MissingPerson]

I was really let down by Arcade Fire's cover of "Still Ill", it seemed like Win just didn't really have the voice which was both surprising and disappointing.

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I saw them play it in London. By then the rest of the band had it down tight - Richard was really fucking on - but yeah, Win's voice was falling apart and he just couldn't do it justice. Which is doubly unfortunate, given that he's the big Smiths fan in the family in the first place.

They were mainly covering it for the benefit of Manchester, far as I know, but they give the distinct impression that they just don't quite invest as much in other people's songs as they do their own.

So I'll just offer Age of Consent, which I think they do beautifully.

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And Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son, which I enjoy greatly, but is surely wasted on you damned colonials who didn't grow up aware of it.

Original:

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And then I shall step politely aside, sorry thread.

[MissingPerson]

Oh my God, not only did we not go with Johnny Cash, we didn't go Jeff Buckley either!?!?!!?!

EDIT:

I didn't mean to kill the thread, I really didn't.

I'm so very sorry, little thread. I brought you into the world, only to throttle you in your prime.

[amyzzz]

YES to Cardigans doing "Iron Man"

Also nKvzo2GAqVA

[rskapcat]

Currently listening to some fantastic Tori Amos covers: Father Figure, Total Eclipse Of the Heart, Like A Prayer, Don't Look Back In Anger...

[SoulDischarge]

I see your Cardigans and I raise you a Big Black.

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And I've posted this in the Default Thread, but it's probably my favorite Sabbath cover I've heard. It's just off enough.

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[Boourns]

Currently listening to some fantastic Tori Amos covers: Father Figure, Total Eclipse Of the Heart, Like A Prayer, Don't Look Back In Anger...

She also covered Common People.

[Pixiessp]

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Two covers at one time! Also, I can't believe this is the best video of the Soft Cell version I could find.

I think this is possibily the best cover of a song. Ever.

[BlackSwan]

Oh, and Elbow covering Destiny's Child:

http://rathergood.com/independent_woman

(I actually have a t-shirt with these kitties on it. Yeah, I'm a dork.)

Embedded version:

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[Pixiessp]

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[esy191]

Better than the original, IMO:
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Wish they played the whole song:
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[buddy]

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[stinkbutt]

Wish they played the whole song:
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they have before it's even on an album I think

[MissingPerson]

Swans' version isn't too bad. Gira's voice is a natural fit.

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I just listened to this, and you're right, it is damn good.

[rskapcat]

I'm sure New Order purists hate this cover, but I've always loved it:

Frente - "Bizarre Love Triangle"

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Funny enough, this is one of my go-to karaoke songs. It's super-short, so I don't have to be on stage for long. ;)

[stinkbutt]

I just listened to this, and you're right, it is damn good.

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this one is good too

[TallGuyCM]

I've always thought Sublime did the Dead justice on "Scarlet Begonias".

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Tool covering Led Zeppelin
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David Bowie cover Jacques Brel
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Smashing Pumpkins covering Depeche Mode
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James Iha covering The Cure
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[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Jose Gonzalez cover songs

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[Still-ill]

Those Elephants in the Teardrop vid remind me of Babar.

[MissingPerson]

I can't believe this song came from that one...

Cover:
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Original:
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[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

^
WTF!

[Still-ill]

:lool

[Hawkings]

^
ton of good ones, the Cure and Zepplin covers. Anyway the Richard Cheese doing 'Closer' is great, and Jimmy Hendrix 'All Along the Watchtower' I always thought was the original.

Specials:
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here's a Pulp song covered by Shatner:
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[Hawkings]

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Never knew that was a cover, and the other link with Song to the Siren is great

[MarkO]

Orig by Glenn Campbell, this one by REM. There is a great, imo, Johnny Cash version too.

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[shakermaker113]

I just heard santogold's "guns of brooklyn". awesome.

free mp3:

http://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/7/17/freeload-santogold-diplo-guns-of-brooklyn-doc-and-jon-hill-dub

[fober]

The original live performance version.

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... NO REST

[TallGuyCM]

The original live performance version.

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... NO REST

YES. Awesome cover. Tom Morello came out and played this song with Bruce when I saw Springsteen a few days before Coachella, it was incredible.

[MissingPerson]

I don't think you'll ever top the original:

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But all the same, I like Tunstall's version a lot.

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[Cheddar's Cousin]

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[blackhearts08]

Two of my favorite covers have to be Muse's take on Frankie Valli 's "Can't Take My Eyes off You" and Franz Ferdinand's take on Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For." Brilliant (in my opinion)!

I also do like a few other covers that FF has done as well, like The Beatles' "It Won't Be Long" (if you don't mind them putting their own spin) and Britney's "Womanizer". Kaiser Chiefs have a pretty good rendition of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" as well.

[Ardentbiscuit]

I can't get this cover out of my head...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfORU_DKp0w

If for some reason the You Tube thing isn't working..

Click the link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfORU_DKp0w

Feist / Contantines - Islands in the Stream

[MissingPerson]

Florence and the Machine's album is disappointing overall, but the lady belts it out, for sure.

Cover of Candi Staton's You've Got The Love.

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[tubescape]

not sure if this necessarily qualifies as "really f*cking good," but when I saw them perform a cover of the Eurythmics 'Here Comes the Rain Again' it was a cover that stuck with me. I think I saw them perform the song either at the Glass House in 2003 or at the El Rey in 2001. Couldn't find a setlist for either, but I will guess it was the El Rey show. Here's a version from a show at Emo's on Nov. 10, 2001....

http://www.archive.org/details/dcfc2001-11-10.dsbd.flac16

(click on the song to play)

[MissingPerson]

This probably won't last long on youtube, but...

Arcade Fire's short, sweet, and slightly knowing partial cover of Cyndi Lauper's Money Changes Everything.

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Full original:

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[JewFace]

This dreadful song was a number 1 hit all across Europe in 1977:

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And, this, is how you turn a ridiculous disco confection by a Spanish flamenco/disco group into pure sex (warning: contains severe theramin abuse):

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[MissingPerson]

The original was perfect, dammit.

[JewFace]

Nonsense.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I really like Information Society's version of "Are Friends Electric?"
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and general off the wall versions of songs I always enjoy

Evergreen terrace - "Maniac"
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Pig - "head Like a Hole"
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[SoulDischarge]

Evergreen terrace

Fuck you for bringing this band and their world of shitty fucking covers to my attention.

[mattpach]

Crazy In Love
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[bobert]

I looked for this thread when that Thom Yorke "All For the Best" cover was released and couldn't find it. Looked likes no one has posted yet so here goes:

http://stereogum.com/archives/new-thom-yorke---all-for-the-best-stereogum-premie_079431.html

A pretty gorgeous track, imo. Here's the original:

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[Aurgasm]

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awesome



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now I'm way partial to Tortoise, they are my favorite band ever, but I believe they (along with B'P'B) did an excellent job on this one.

I'd have to say I even like this better than Springsteen's original.. i can already hear the nays of the naysayers

[ttsmasher]

Def not better than the original, but they played it with their own style;

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[Still-ill]

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[Stefinitely Maybe]

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[hendrixfan143]

I see your Cardigans and I raise you a Big Black.

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Hell yeah, Songs About Fucking. I love that song

[M Sparks]

I really like Information Society's version of "Are Friends Electric?"

That whole album is really fantastic. Well, 6 or 7 songs are.


Pig - "head Like a Hole"

I love Pig, but the correct answer was DEVO'S Head Like A Hole. (But there's no vid anywhere.)

[M Sparks]

I'm sure this was probably on the NIN thread but I don't read it...

Warm Leatherette-Trent Reznor/Peter Murphy

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Which reminds me

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Finally, there used to be a website called "The Art Of The Mixtape" where they had a challenge to make a 90 min daisy chain of covers. That is, you start with a cover, then the next song is by the artist that was covered in the last song and so on...the last song would be a cover of a song by the first artist. I was never able to get very far.

[ElBlueblazer]

steel drum cover of Transmission by Joy Division
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[Pat24]

I'll jump on that JD covers bandwagon

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[bmack86]

Finally, there used to be a website called "The Art Of The Mixtape" where they had a challenge to make a 90 min daisy chain of covers. That is, you start with a cover, then the next song is by the artist that was covered in the last song and so on...the last song would be a cover of a song by the first artist. I was never able to get very far.

I tried to do this for quite awhile. I can't get beyond 5 songs. Damn people covering archaic songs that don't really have modern covers, thus dooming me to the 60s.

[Pat24]

Here's another one I was quite surprised to hear done well.

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[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

i think these are pretty much "love it or hate it" but they make me smile

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[SoulDischarge]

Well, we have failed as a message board. We almost got to 6 pages without mentioning this:

The Raincoats - Lola
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[MarkO]

Shadow Percussion Project

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Building Steam with a Grain of Salt

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[prim8king]

Hey everyone this is my 1st post on the Coachella Message Board and it was really cool meeting some of you at Prodigy in San Francisco @ The Warfield a little while ago (thx 4 the intro Ryan)! I would like to start off by sharing this awesome cover version of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" as originally performed by The Beatles, covered by IO Echo (http://www.myspace.com/ioecho). I met Joanna after the show (they opened for La Roux (http://www.myspace.com/larouxuk) btw...) and she gave me a copy of her ep. It is delicious and digests well. Excellent for chilling, entertaining company or getting out of control. Your choice :)

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[MissingPerson]

Pretty much all of the proper studio versions on Youtube have embedding disabled, so live will have to do.

Original, by Hot Chip:

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Cover version, by Grizzly Bear:

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(Nod to sonofhal)

[Chaplipman]

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I forgot about this song. Here's a better version where Jack White was still good at doing what he does:

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Also, here's a cover that Kyuss did of Black Sabbath's "Into the Void."

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[Suffacated]

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[Bonovan]

CAKE

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GLORIA GAYNOR

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[KickerConspiracy]

Crazy In Love
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THIS. So full of win. Unexpectedly awesome.

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One of my favorite recent covers of a 2010 Coachella artist.

Original by the Specials

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[tessalasset]

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[PJandBompton]

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flat out amazing.

[Gribbz]

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This one is better.

[LooseAtTheZoo]

What a coincidence, if you don't mind me butting in...

http://flavorwire.com/66224/is-hallelujah-a-musical-meme

Intro is a bit pedantic, but I really like the rest of it.

EDIT: The blog post compares different Hallelujah covers

[Mr. Fuzz]

mudhoney "halloween"
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original by sonic youth
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[Double A]

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[flowbee]

So there's tons of Beatles covers but for some reason I love this version of And I Love Her by Sky Machine

http://www.lala.com/#song/937030249061230978

[Double A]

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and my favorite by The XX...
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[MuseRadio]

The best cover song ever...and dare I say better than the original...Tool "No Quarter"

[Double A]

Original...
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At first listen, I couldn't really dig on this, but after a few... I love it. Animal Collective is amazing.
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[ecapataz]

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This is so good!

[ecapataz]

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[Boourns]

In case anyone didn't already know, Tom Jones covered Portishead and Talking Heads.
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[daxton]

An amazing cover of T-Rex's Cosmic Dancer. This guy is just amazing.

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[Jgomesart]

Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton - Come to Daddy (Aphex Twin)

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Seu Jorge - Life on Mars (David Bowie)

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Faith No More - This Guy's in Love with You (Burt Bacharach)

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[FoxeyLady]

Brilliant version of Don't Fear The Reaper:
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[bmack86]

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Joanna Newsom covering a traditional scottish song. She does a badass version of Little Wing by Hendrix as well, but I can't find any youtubes.

[Bonovan]

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Covering a great Dylan song gets you halfway there, for starters. This is one that I think is actually better than the original and is one of my all-time favorite covers.

Two other covers of Dylan's "It's All Over Now Baby Blue," each great in different ways:

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

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LINK WRAY

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[Bonovan]

Blood Sweat & Tears cover Lady Day's "God Bless the Child"

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[Bonovan]

BECAUSE THE NIGHT

Springsteen (co-author)

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Patti Smith (co-author)

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10,000 Maniacs

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Rhythms Del Mundo feat. KT Tunstall

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[GaragePoet]

utube took these down but:

With a Little Help from Your friends .... Joe Cocker

and of course:

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds .... William Shatner :)


cr****

no vids, but this reminded me of the Beatles "Under Cover" compilation that i made a little while back... i think all tracks are available for d/l from amazon.com, but here's the tracklisting....

1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (live) - Jimi Hendrix
2. "With A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker
3. "Eleanor Rigby" - Ray Charles
4. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John
5. "I Am The Walrus" - Bono
6. "Magical Mystery Tour" - Cheap Trick
7. "Across The Universe" - Fiona Apple
8. "And I Love Her" - Harry Connick, Jr.
9. "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" - Eddie Vedder
10. "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" - The Breeders
11. "Helter Skelter" - Pat Benatar
12. "Revolution" - Stone Temple Pilots
13. "Taxman" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
14. "We Can Work It Out" - Stevie Wonder
15. "Can't Buy Me Love" - Ella Fitzgerald
16. "Here Comes The Sun" - Peter Tosh
17. "Yesterday" - Marvin Gaye
18. "In My Life" - Johnny Cash
19. "Come Together" - Michael Jackson
20. "Run For Your Life" - Cowboy Junkies
21. "Tomorrow Never Knows" - Phil Collins

[SydChaplin25]

Foo Fighters cover Gary Numan
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[Monklish]

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[TomAz]

BECAUSE THE NIGHT

Springsteen (co-author)


Patti Smith (co-author)

Rhythms Del Mundo feat. KT Tunstall



This is interesting. Things come full circle.

Springsteen wrote BTN while working on Darkness on the Edge of Town. He was working it up in the studio with the E Street band as a sort of Latin dance number, but decided he couldn't make it work. Patti Smith was in the studio next door working on Easter, and Springsteen gave her the song (or Smith stole it, there are conflicting stories). Smith rewrote some of the lyrics and the Patti Smith Group worked up the rock arrangement that made the song famous. Springsteen has always used Smith's arrangement when he plays the song live.

And now here's Tunstall's Latin(ish) cover.

[bmack86]

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[daxton]

I don't understand what's so great about Ted Leo

[SoulDischarge]

Man, I really don't like "Since U Been Gone" in any way, shape or form.

Here's one of my favorite Beatles covers not mentioned above.

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[bmack86]

Ted it sincere and writes good music and has good taste and is generally an awesome guy.

[juloxx]

Song originally preformed by Cypress Hill

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[daxton]

Ted it sincere and writes good music and has good taste and is generally an awesome guy.

Yeah, I know some guys who sorta know him and they say the same. I guess he's just not my cup of tea...sounds really poppy and whiney to me...but to each his own, I guess.

[stinkbutt]

Am I wrong in thinking no one can ever do Tom Waits justice? Every cover I've ever heard of one of his songs always seems to suck

[bmack86]

You're wrong, but barely. The Wire convinced me that at least the band in the 1st season can do a pretty kickass cover of a Tom Waits song.

[Still-ill]

I heard a version "No One Knows I'm Gone" that was very slow and extremely noisy. There was some cool white noise in the back of the mix like trains releasing steam and other staticky refuse. It was pretty cool, but vastly different than the original. I agree though, considering how many people cover him, it's amazing no one has done a good faithful rendition of one of his songs.

[Bonovan]

This is interesting. Things come full circle.

Springsteen wrote BTN while working on Darkness on the Edge of Town. He was working it up in the studio with the E Street band as a sort of Latin dance number, but decided he couldn't make it work. Patti Smith was in the studio next door working on Easter, and Springsteen gave her the song (or Smith stole it, there are conflicting stories). Smith rewrote some of the lyrics and the Patti Smith Group worked up the rock arrangement that made the song famous. Springsteen has always used Smith's arrangement when he plays the song live.

And now here's Tunstall's Latin(ish) cover.

Very cool - I didn't know that Bruce wanted BTN to be a Latin dance number. The RDM/KTT version works.

Thanks T-AZ.

[shakermaker113]

did a complete version of cat power's cover of space oddity ever surface? I think the word at the time was that she needed to wait a year before making it available or something...

[GaragePoet]

Man, I really don't like "Since U Been Gone" in any way, shape or form.

Here's one of my favorite Beatles covers not mentioned above.

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siouxsie & the banshees also did a cover of "dear prudence"

[Boourns]

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[Aurgasm]

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[Whiskers]

Am I wrong in thinking no one can ever do Tom Waits justice? Every cover I've ever heard of one of his songs always seems to suck

I actually think this is a great cover.

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[hawkingvsreeve]

Josh. You're killing me here. Just pick one and stick with it.

[Whiskers]

Shit. Logged in with the wrong one. That was a mistake.

[GrossMagic]

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And my favorite, but more of a remix of Billie's cover.

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[Mr.Nipples]

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[TomAz]

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[TomAz]

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[CellarOwl]

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This guy's videos are amazing. He has like 60 of them.

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[DeadWing]

Steven Wilson Cover III of the Cure's "A forest" amazinggghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkZNrCru7X8

[DeadWing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkZNrCru7X8

[TomAz]

type (yt) .. except use brackets "[" "]" instead of parentheses

then the string of characters from the URL that come AFTER the equals sign, e.g. mkZNrCru7X8

then (/yt) but with brackets

and the video will embed.


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[Bonovan]

Metallica - Turn the Page (Cover)

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Bob Seger - Turn the Page (Original)

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[bmack86]

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The original was by the Troggs. And, the Condo Fucks are Yo La Tengo.

[xstopemailingmex]

Desert Sessions covering "Eccentric Man" by The Groundhogs

A Perfect Circle covering "The Nurse Who Loved Me" by Failure

Living End covering "I've Just Seen A Face" by the Beatles

[thewindowliquor]

Cover:

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Original:

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[Bonovan]

The Ataris - Boys of Summer

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Don Henley - Boys of Summer

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[Bonovan]

Tainted Love - Original - Gloria Jones - 1964

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Tainted Love - Soft Cell - 1981

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Tainted Love - The Living End - 1998

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Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson - 2001 (My Favorite Cover)

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[thewindowliquor]

the ataris suck.

[cknaz]

Love this Rolling Stones cover of the Robert Johnson song "Love in Vain"

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!videos=-AL4dAomHz8&v=nmVW94UWgBg

The version that's on Get Yer Ya Ya's Out is my favorite, but I couldn't find it after a quick youtube search, but this version is pretty good also.

[SoulDischarge]

Also:
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And I heard this on the AE broadcast the other day:
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[GeezrRckr]

i'm surprised this one isn't in here yet. mmj "rocket man"
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props on the thread, mp.

[Bonovan]

props on the thread, mp.

Ditto

[HAMMERHEAD]

Stevie Ray Vaughn playing "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix. this is the best cover/one of the best guitar tracks ever produced.

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really can't put into words how buttfuckingly good this cover is. for an instrumental track, its just drenched in emotion and tinged with the sadness that accompanies the thought of two wonderful musicians that left this earth much sooner than they deserved.




and i guess while we're on the subject, the Hendrix cover of "All Along the Watchtower" pretty much shits on most other covers as well.

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when the original songwriter starts playing their own song like your cover version, i think its safe to say you win at music.

[TBrown33]

Cover of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends":
http://buzzbands.la/2010/03/12/vanaprasta-covers-lcd-soundsystem-for-charity/

[cknaz]

shake your hips

[patriotsftbll786]

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[MissingPerson]

Original.

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Cover.

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[JoshTheBoyd]

Am I wrong in thinking no one can ever do Tom Waits justice? Every cover I've ever heard of one of his songs always seems to suck

check out we versus the shark's version of "dirt in the ground"

http://quoteunquoterecords.com/qur017/003.mp3

[el_ornelas]

Crazy In Love
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omg that's amazing. i really, really like this cover

[mickflyy]

I already posted this somewhere else but I really like it.

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[Gribbz]

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:pulse

[MissingPerson]

Holy fuck.

I don't think she brings a whole bunch to it, but by gum, it's nice to listen to.

[Cheddar's Cousin]

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[Ardentbiscuit]

Just thinking about these songs recently...


http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=yM5kCRrZ2ZE

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=mmbQEQltOwM

[Thief of Fire]

They call it the 'worst' cover, but I love it

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[Abe Lincoln]

I had to watch that one in 480p.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

this "let It be" is AMAZING

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

i posted it on Facebook and this was a brilliant response from a friend of mine

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[Ardentbiscuit]

Polly Scattergood's cover of "New York, New York" from the Crysis 2 trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHLEbuj5x6Q

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Fuck. That trailer was awesome.

[thestripe]

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[thestripe]

Also, this thread is awesome.

[Gribbz]

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[Mr. Fuzz]

Bob Dylan cover by the Dead Weather
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[york707]

bumble bees and apple pies.

[LooseAtTheZoo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJi6maTueSc

Not letting me embed, for some reason... Hmmm

[Astrid]

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this is where its at folks.

[donkey sex]

not really partial to covers for reasons I won't bother to go into, but do think Boy George's 'Starman' is prolly my favorite for reasons I won't bother to go into.

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Shall I go out tonight? Comb the street of Main Street fer action. Hmmph? Hmm. Three gins in that's prolly where we are goin,

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[ShyGuy75]

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[Sleepingrock]

How many alarms?? FIVE!!

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[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

A friend just posted this one facebook. Weee!

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[cradlerobber]

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[lickety_spit]

"bernie ow da house"

[Mr. Fuzz]

Two of my favs
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[york707]

South San Gabriel - "All Night Long"
http://store.centro-matic.com/product/centro-matic-south-san-gabriel-eyas-ep

[sonofhal]

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Is Bjork crying at the end?