[Music] 10 years of Cover versions that absolutely SPANK the originals .......... over to you

[Not Andy Naylor]

I am a massive Dylan fan but.. especially

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Acker79]

Oh, come on, people. This is NSC. Why does it take until the second page for:

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Whitney's "I will always love you" cover of the Dolly Parton original was better.
Unless you like huge juggs .....

 

[Pevenseagull]

reveals the true beauty of the original in a Cash 'Hurt' kind of way

10 out of 10 for The Wedding Present, 11 out of 10 for the cover

 

[Pevenseagull]

actually, I just listened to The Wedding Present 'Suck' and the cover is not spanking it in any way.

 

[Grombleton]

reveals the true beauty of the original in a Cash 'Hurt' kind of way

10 out of 10 for The Wedding Present, 11 out of 10 for the cover

Great shout. I remember seeing The Twilight Sad supporting Gogol Bordello at The Dome a couple of years back, thought they were great.

My shout is another Kate Bush song. I love her to bits, but this is better:

 

[Acker79]

Also

Respect - Aretha Franklin (original by otis redding)
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart (original by Tom Waits)
Don't Turn Around - I Prefer the Ace of Base version, but also like the Aswad version (originally by Tina Turner)
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor (originally by Prince)
I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett (originally by the Arrows)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper (originally by Robert Hazard)
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack (originally by Lori Leibman)
Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (originally by Jackie DeShannon)
Tainted Love - Soft Cell (originally by Gloria Jones)
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (originally b Ednaswap)
When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss and Union Station (originally by Kevin Macdonald)
It's Hard To Kiss the Lips at night that chew your ass out all day long - Cherry Bomb Pickers (originally by Gentleman Jim)

 

[Norman Potting]

This

 

[Pevenseagull]

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Husker Du .............

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Hope this works - Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends.

Much though I love the Beatles, but this is very, very different to the original.

PS - not the clip I intended, but it is pretty true to the original.

 

[Gwylan]

|All along the watchtower is the obvious one but there's also

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[Pevenseagull]

 

[Ceej]

http://youtu.be/zriKO7hXsTc

Elvis Costello - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

 

[Acker79]

I also liked Joe Cocker's version of The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City", the Tom Jones version of 'You Can Leave Your Hat On'.

The film Across the Universe is a beatle musical that covers a lot of their songs and I like most of the versions, not sure I'd say they spanked them.
'Over and Done with' in Sunhine on Leith is a really good version of the Proclaimers song.

 

[seagully]

Oh, come on, people. This is NSC. Why does it take until the second page for:

I was waiting for this one to crop up! A fantastic cover, Reznor himself admitted that the song 'no longer belongs to him'.

However, when NIN close their live set with Hurt it is usually stunning.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Gareth Gates and the Kumars - Spirit in the Sky.

William Shatner - Rocket Man

Stewie Griffin - Everything I do (I do it for you)

 

[Pevenseagull]

http://youtu.be/zriKO7hXsTc

Elvis Costello - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Oh yes

 

[Gwylan]

And this ... love this

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[Eggmundo]

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Incredible.

 

[Trufflehound]

Lemonheads - Different Drum

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