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

[pearl]

Written by John Prine, covered by Viagra Boys with Amy (amyl) Taylor ....

 

[pearl]

So much better than Arsecroft

 

[Wozza]

Not quite a 'spank' but a v v nice synth version of this...

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[smillie's garden]

I was half listening to the latest album by Jack White's missus whilst pottering around, and the familiarity of this was driving me mad. "Duh" when I looked at my phone. Lyrics mostly wash over me I suppose.

 

[Pevenseagull]

loads of people have done it

I honestly prefer this to Dusty's 2 versions

 

[Pevenseagull]

it sounds like a Lou Barlow song

 

[Pevenseagull]

magnificent

David McComb sings Leonard Cohen

 

[pearl]

magnificent

David McComb sings Leonard Cohen

That whole album looks good

 

[Pevenseagull]

That whole album looks good

It's a belter

 

[Pevenseagull]

That whole album looks good

There's even one of those 33 1/3 books about it (and tribute albums in general)

33 1/3 Book on Tribute Albums and Leonard Cohen by Cover Me's Founder

Ray Padgett's new book on 'I'm Your Fan' and the history of the tribute album comes out September 3. Exclusive mixtape for Cover Me readers.

www.covermesongs.com

A good read.

 

[METALMICKY]

Not a spanking of the original by Maiden but an excellent acoustic reworking

 

[Stato]

That whole album looks good

It was the only place that you could get the studio version of John Cale's Hallelujah cover. I hadn't heard it until my kids got into repeated watchings of a Shrek DVD. (Which also contains Butterfly Boucher's lovely cover of 'Changes' with Bowie). On buying the soundtrack album, I was annoyed to find a version that wasn't as good as the one in the film. They had got Rufus Wainwright to record it as they didn't have the rights to Cale's. I hunted for Cale's version and came across this compilation and was pleased to see that I wasn't going to buying it for just one song. Among others Robert Forster, Pete Astor, Lloyd Cole, Stephen Duffy, Cathal Coughlan, Nick Cave, Ian McCulloch, Pixies and That Petrol Emotion are all on it. I knew nothing of Cohen before buying this, other than Neil the Hippy referencing him in 'The Young Ones'. The album eventually led me to buying a few of his albums too.

 

[pearl]

There's even one of those 33 1/3 books about it (and tribute albums in general)

33 1/3 Book on Tribute Albums and Leonard Cohen by Cover Me's Founder

Ray Padgett's new book on 'I'm Your Fan' and the history of the tribute album comes out September 3. Exclusive mixtape for Cover Me readers.

www.covermesongs.com

A good read.

Oh I love those books, have several ..... Transforma, Suicide, Horses, Loveless and Spider land

 

[pearl]

Blue Aeroplanes .... boy in the bubble

 

[pearl]

The original Nirvana .... A psychedelic poppy version on Lithium

 

[herecomesaregular]

Obviously, the original ain't bad. Still instantly recognisable, but with it's own twist and slowed down. Better than the original imo:

 

[Is it PotG?]

I think I've done this before but Roberta's finest moment Shirley.


Amazing

 

[Pevenseagull]

 

[Pevenseagull]

The original Nirvana .... A psychedelic poppy version on Lithium

No doubt we have had this already

But I don't know how to check