Great cover versions of songs

[Icy Gull]

Buddy Holly cover

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[bhaexpress]

Thats nice enough but its nothing on Johnny Cash's cover, in my opinion.

Is the correct answer. I always liked the Lynyrnd Skynyrd version of J. J. Cale's Cocaine (covered by Clapton and ZZ Top amongst others).

The Pointer Sisiters' cover of Fire is another.

 

[El Presidente]

How do you get embed Youtube videos to play on NSC?

One more,

Song to the Siren, This Mortal Coil.


YouTube - This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren

 

[Buzzer]

St Etienne - Only love can break your heart

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[Icy Gull]

El Pres, like this:

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YouTube - This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren

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[El Presidente]

Kangaroo by This Mortal Coil

YouTube - This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo

Holocaust by Placebo

YouTube - holocaust-placebo

both originally by Alex Chilton of Big Star

 

[vegster]

Hounds Of Love The Futureheads

On paper, crap, but christ does it work !

Elton John Pinball wizard

Once heard REM do a live acoustic version of the old U2 song, One, It was bloody awsome

 

[MOG]

Spoonful- Cream (orig Howlin' Wolf)

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[The Auditor]

Thats nice enough but its nothing on Johnny Cash's cover, in my opinion.

My offering for the best would probably be Joe Strummer's version of Bob Marley's Redemption Song.

There is a Cash - Strummer version of Redemption song

YouTube - joe strummer and johnny cash - redemption song

 

[Pat McCrotch]

YouTube - U2 - Everlasting Love

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

The greatest cover version of all time is The Stranglers - Walk On By - 7 minute version , White Vinyl EP. 1978

 

[Barrow Boy]

Kula Shakers version of Hush (Deep Purple) wasn't bad.

Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix

Love don't live here any more - Jimmy Nail (Rose Royce)


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[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Dammit! Beaten to the punch for Hounds Of Love/Futureheads and Gloria/Patti Smith. So I go:

The Clash - Police And Thieves

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Stranglers - Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)

Good shout!

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

my vote goes for 'only love can break your heart' by st etienne

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker - covered by ZZ Top. Boogie-tastic mate!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House

 

[Wienergull]

Wikipedia tells me that it is on "Jericho" from 1993 although I got it on a freebie album of Springsteen covers which I believe was given away with "Uncut".

Ah, cheers, that's the one.

 

[Screaming J]

Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze (original by Seals and Croft)
Erma Franklin (Aretha's Sis) - Light my Fire (the Doors)

 

[steward 433]

Forgot just about the most famous cover version EVER

Originally by Jim Steinman

I give you Meatloaf Bat out of hell

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