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

[Guinness Boy]

 

[Stato]

Good Shout on Different Drum. I like Mike Nesmith's version, but the Lemonheads' is different class. Same with The Pogues and Eric Bogle:



Three more:

 

[drew]

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

The Stranglers - Walk on By.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUH2jxpVXqg

 

[u'vebeenamexed]

Uncle beat me to it by a minute !

 

[carlzeiss]

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[WATFORD zero]

 

[boik]

Maybe not spank, but much more fun!

 

[Mowgli37]

My oh my, we're on page three and no one has mentioned either of these:

 

[Trufflehound]

Maybe not spank, but much more fun!

You could probably apply the same description to this:

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[Uncle Spielberg]

Uncle beat me to it by a minute !

Incredible it took 3 pages really.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Doesn't spank it but takes it in a slightly different direction.
The Rip by Portishead covered by Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood.

 

[Scunner]

http://youtu.be/8yfZakDSIQ8

Way over Yonder - played by god, and Marillion

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

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[Scunner]

Here's another:

http://youtu.be/3Fa-bDiDzdA

 

[Kumquat]

Devo - Satisfaction



Red House Painters - Silly Love Songs (all 11 minutes!)

Saw Kozelek from RHP in Hove recently. On fine form. Personally his cover version of the Dayglo Abortions' "I Killed Mommy" is my favourite. Takes a nasty punk metal song and somehow transforms into something beautiful despite the subject. Reminiscent of Therapy?s cover version of Husker Du's Diane.

 

[Kumquat]

Current favourite is Placebo's cover of Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill. And a bit of an odd one this, but Deacon Blue did a magnificent cover of Julian Cope's Trampolene.

 

[fleet]

Beautiful South doing S Club's Don't Stop Moving.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=beautiful+south+don't+stop+moving+&sm=1

 

[Doc Lynam]

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[Icy Gull]

The Who did it and so did this band. For a while they held the title "loudest band in the world", not bad for three piece.