The best cover versions thread

[Bit on the shaggies]

The Hunt - Sepultura
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Machine Head. This is just so good, it blows Maiden's original into tiny, tiny bits that you can't even see anymore, never mind hear. About as good as metal gets if you ask me.

 

[So Long Architect]

The Hunt - Sepultura
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Machine Head. This is just so good, it blows Maiden's original into tiny, tiny bits that you can't even see anymore, never mind hear. About as good as metal gets if you ask me.

Just listened to it/watched it - and no, it doesn't. Some slightly more growly vocals and a bit more thrashy guitar, but ultimately not that much different. Still a top version of a top song though.

 

[nimrod]

a few more

jigsaw puzzle - flesh for lulu (cover of stones. vg version)
some velvet morning (lee hazlewood/nancy sinatra) is a great song and the version by Rowland s howard (birthday party) and Lydia lunch has a certain out of tune brilliance, though I doubt everyone would agree.
I keep coming back - afghan whigs. originally performed by tyrone davis, but dulli hitting all the notes not necessarily in the right order adds an extra and painful vulnerability.

 

[lemonjelly]

Nine Inch Nails version of (you're so) physical off the broken EP is immense.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

Just listened to it/watched it - and no, it doesn't. Some slightly more growly vocals and a bit more thrashy guitar, but ultimately not that much different. Still a top version of a top song though.

Proper vocals I think you mean... #BruceSingsLikeAGirl

 

[So Long Architect]

Proper vocals I think you mean... #BruceSingsLikeAGirl

Yeah, that's true. But halfway through your man on this one starts doing the voice I do when I'm pretending my dog's talking.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

Can your dog sing better than Bruce as well?

 

[So Long Architect]

Can your dog sing better than Bruce as well?

Yes, especially on Number of the Beast.

 

[Paul]

Alice Cooper Hello Hooray

 

[Sniffer]

St Etienne - Only love can break your heart
Oasis - Cum on feel the noize

 

[So Long Architect]

St Etienne - Only love can break your heart

Good shout. Love that version.

 

[leedswolf]

Tainted Love Soft Cell

 

[So Long Architect]

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U
Nico - These Days

 

[nimrod]

ziggy stardust - bauhaus
the day before you came - blancmange
i fought the law - the clash
do it - rollins band

 

[Langers]

The Doors - Alabama Song
Moby - Run On
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Show of Hands - Dakota
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Superstition
Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Something In The Air
Civil Wars - Billie Jean
Richard Thompson - Oops! I Did It Again
Katie Melua - Wonderful Life
Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit
John Mayer - Free Fallin'
The Beatles - Money

 

[machin05]

John Lewis have been responsible for a couple of good'uns - Fyfe Dangerfield's cover of Only A Woman is beautiful. As is Tom Odell's cover of Real Love, which the remaining Beatles did a horrible job of remastering.

How about this for a bit of a wildcard:

 

[machin05]

Another rough and ready cover: Hi-Standard - California Dreaming

 

[machin05]

Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright - Careless Whisper (that harmony in the middle 8, amazing!!)

 

[machin05]

Oh, and how could I forget Gomez's cover of Getting Better

 

[So Long Architect]

Halloween - Mudhoney
Touch Me I'm Sick - Sonic Youth