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

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I love VNVNation, but . . . .you decide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8CzEE4HNLE

Actually no, the original is ****ing stunning. As you were. Ahem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oI8A5V2PyM

even the instrumental version....<sigh>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyoKrPnB7fs

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Here is another pair that I actually can't decide about. I love them both, dearly.

The original is the Modern English version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_V8jeMkRzc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLuozJjHhD0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQEnDu5HBg

 

[studio150]

If you mean spank Bob Dylan, I agree. But nothing compares with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

Don't disagree, the Hendrix version is often voted the best cover of all time.

 

[Surf's Up]

An interesting frenchified version of the Dead Kennedy's classic.....

https://youtu.be/8C49yyVCq-w

 

[Uh_huh_him]

An interesting frenchified version of the Dead Kennedy's classic.....

https://youtu.be/8C49yyVCq-w

hmmm..... a Jazz and Scat abomination of a DK classic?
are you sure you've picked the right cover version thread to post this in?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I bloody love this cover, and it should be the NSC 'theme tune'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLzMdbKGmhc

But does it smash the original? Edit: yes it ****ing does. Smashed to mince.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xs8E9xxREc

Edit also I owe Tracy Pew an apology. Not an armed robber. Maybe I mixed him up with Lew Lewis. Easy mistake to make.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Pew

In 1987 Lewis was given a seven-year jail sentence for armed robbery, after holding up a post office with a fake pistol, stealing £5,000 and trying to escape on a shopping bike.

 

[Icy Gull]

I like both versions but no doubt that Dusty blows the Merseybeats version away, but with a voice like that she starts with a massive advantage!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nyIMp6LiFM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAdTsAKvVTU

 

[Surf's Up]

hmmm..... a Jazz and Scat abomination of a DK classic?
are you sure you've picked the right cover version thread to post this in?

Absolutely, the way she says "fkcu" is worth the entry money alone!

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Absolutely, the way she says "fkcu" is worth the entry money alone!

Didn't realise she's one of the singers with Nouvelle Vague who covered this originally with frenchy jazz stylingings (that I did actually quite like) so I am a massive hypocrite.

Prefer this version.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I bloody love this cover, and it should be the NSC 'theme tune'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLzMdbKGmhc

But does it smash the original? Edit: yes it ****ing does. Smashed to mince.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xs8E9xxREc

Edit also I owe Tracy Pew an apology. Not an armed robber. Maybe I mixed him up with Lew Lewis. Easy mistake to make.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Pew

In 1987 Lewis was given a seven-year jail sentence for armed robbery, after holding up a post office with a fake pistol, stealing £5,000 and trying to escape on a shopping bike.

Thanks for posting - never heard that before.
What a band they were.

 

[Icy Gull]

This is brilliant and so different from the original. Starts off like a Santana song and then we get Eric Burdon’s voice in it’s prime

12 minutes of great live music


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbvJ-bYPh8

Not really a cover version as such but these old men still have it, Bruce, Baker and Harrison all missing but a great tribute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ6c6z0D7qg

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

To be fair I have little time for the Rolling Stones, but this cover is absolutely divine. French female singer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq2zNhhL-l0

Edit, and they didn't stop there!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxb4-dbVvj0

Blimey they were the cover queens!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmF-6z6kMQ

 

[cirC]

I just love Joni Mitchells music but a cover of Free Man In Paris by Neil Diamond spanks it......

https://youtu.be/jQj6h8KpkiQ?t=121

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lim3Cote1gQ


opinions,opinions both good but....................

 

[Ceej]

Mover. Originally Edwin Starr's song

https://youtu.be/YBF0SN88WIo

 

[marlowe]

Just discovered this interesting cover of Jim Croce's Time in a Bottle by Yungblud...

https://youtu.be/EtXz6_cqrng

 

[smudge]

The Chimes. Still haven't found what I'm looking for.

 

[Pevenseagull]

semi cover


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwzQR3bHqu0

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[Stato]

I've got an old Booker T & The MGs album on and was so taken aback by this I've played it again a couple of times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt29X8XSP1c

Definitely creams the Sonny & Cher version.

 

[Pevenseagull]

almost certainly put this up before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkcSd5l9Qg

 

[Is it PotG?]