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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Jul 19, 2008 10:52:50 GMT
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Jul 19, 2008 10:57:27 GMT
The Slits covering "I heard it through the grapevine"
Sonic youth's "get into the groove" by madonna
(sorry i just can't be arsed with youtube)
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 19, 2008 11:23:45 GMT
The worst is Jamie Redknapps wife doing Stuck in the Middle.
But you asked for the best so Big Country doing Honky Tonk Woman takes some beating IMHO.
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Jul 19, 2008 11:23:53 GMT
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Post by SegaMegaDave on Jul 19, 2008 11:31:39 GMT
Gomez's cover of the Beatles "It's Getting Better"
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Post by Mr Wheeze on Jul 19, 2008 13:24:47 GMT
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Post by ben88 on Jul 19, 2008 13:37:09 GMT
Frank Turner doing Postal Services's
"the district sleeps alone"
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Post by Brick-Top on Jul 19, 2008 14:05:17 GMT
Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower'  |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jul 19, 2008 14:13:29 GMT
No contest Jukebox..
The Fall - Lost In Music
;D
Also quite liked Marilyn Mansons version of Blue Monday
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jul 19, 2008 14:14:47 GMT
And 'Cradle of Filths' version of 'Like A Virgin'  |
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Jul 19, 2008 14:23:53 GMT
No contest Jukebox.. The Fall - Lost In Music ;D Also quite liked Marilyn Mansons version of Blue Monday Wizzard, As you would expect given my Username, very much with you in your first one. Don't know the second. Or the third. |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jul 19, 2008 14:28:15 GMT
There are so many cover versions to choose from Jukebox... Most esoteric cover versions? ;D 1 The Wedding Presents version of The Falls cover of Lost in Music  |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jul 19, 2008 14:32:44 GMT
One of my favourite records of all time is The Wedding Presents- My Favourite Dress...and their version of The Falls version of Lost in Music..at 'Peelacres' is absolutely amazing..with all those jangly guitars at the end....
"Lost in music...caught in a trap...no turning back...I'm lost in music....jangle.jangle.jangle.jangle
Wonderful and frightening ;D
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Post by stokiematt on Jul 19, 2008 16:35:58 GMT
one of my favourate songs atm
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Post by serpico on Jul 19, 2008 17:29:22 GMT
Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower' The most obvious choice ever, but it has to be said, it's a colossal cover version  , ... dare i say it, better than the original  . couple more- Jeff Buckley covering Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah also did a great cover of the smith's 'i know it's over', if by the 6th minute of this song you are not in tears then you're made of stone  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2008 17:29:48 GMT
Pet Shop Boys-always on my mind
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Jul 19, 2008 18:14:34 GMT
Carrying on the Dylan theme:- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Death is not the end, off the Murder Ballads album (guest appearances by Shane McGowan, Kylie & PJ Harvery) - uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VJwE86PrckwRobyn Hitchcock's cover of Trying to get the Heaven before they close the door off his 2004 album Spooked rather good too. |
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Post by Zippy Moon Dust on Jul 20, 2008 0:12:39 GMT
RBJ - I picked up the full CD with pull out etc of Murder Ballads from that grumpy bloke on NuL Tuesday market for £2  As much as I like Nick Cave, Johnny Cash's version of The Mercy Seat is quite haunting |
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Post by Zippy Moon Dust on Jul 20, 2008 0:23:41 GMT
If you like The Cramps, pretty much everything from "Songs That The Cramps Taught Us" especially "I Can't Hardly Stand It" by Charlie Feathers and "She Said" - Hasil Adkins
I don't know if I prefer "Psychotic Reaction" by Count Five or The Cramps
Easy All Stars. Their dub covers of Dark (Dub) Side Of The Moon and Radiodread are good. Electioneering is my fave but nothing decent on Youtube.
Airbag
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Post by paula_m on Jul 20, 2008 0:48:58 GMT
from this
to this
but I do like both
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Jul 20, 2008 8:05:10 GMT
from this to this but I do like both I always thought that this was the original - uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rAj9YJg8lN8 - so you've taught me something. Better cover, I think, than UB40's. |
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Jul 22, 2008 8:33:27 GMT
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Post by robdog on Jul 22, 2008 8:58:36 GMT
The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Jul 22, 2008 9:02:57 GMT
Grizzly Bear's cover of "he hit me" on their Friends EP is pretty good as well. My damned computer has some sort of problem buffering video, so can't really listen to any of this stuff |
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Post by Jug Bank Stokie on Jul 22, 2008 11:20:52 GMT
Embrace's version of How Come by d12
Kid Harpoon's version of 'First We'll Take Manhattan..' by Leonard Cohen
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Post by thischarmingman on Jul 22, 2008 11:25:44 GMT
Oasis cover of Neil Youngs Hey hey My My is a good one,
The High Llamas are shite as was there cover of Frankly mr Shankly
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Jul 22, 2008 13:43:02 GMT
Oasis cover of Neil Youngs Hey hey My My is a good one, The High Llamas are shite as was there cover of Frankly mr Shankly At least with the High Llamas' cover of Frankly Mr. Shankly, like it or not (I don't particularly like it, nor hate it), it is different from the original. Better that than slavish copying?  |
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Post by domjon on Jul 22, 2008 14:06:26 GMT
Spacemen 3' did some nifty covers. 'can't find "Rollercoaster" on youtube but "Mary Ann" still sounds ace.
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Post by skip on Jul 23, 2008 12:03:01 GMT
Joey Ramone - Wonderful World
Dream Academy - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Devotchka - Last Beat Of My Heart [Siouxsie & The Banshees]
Laibach - Sympathy For The Devil
The Residents - Satisfaction
Revolting Cocks - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
The Fall - Walk Like A Man
Emilie Simon - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Jarvis - Paranoid
The Cramps - Do The Clam
The Holy Spitfires - Ring Ring
The Wolfmen - Do The Ostrich
Venetian Snares - Black Sabbath
Sonic Youth - Superstar
The Fucks - Mad World
Big Black - The Model
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, ... dare i say it, better than the original 
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