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

[gazingdown]

I’m no a big fan of the Bee Gees but like this cover, they clearly had fun doing it.

https://youtu.be/gUfsgwQm6Jk

Also, rather like their cover of Africa too…

https://youtu.be/zQ6yr_gDbFc

Check out their YouTube channels too, loads of Beatles and others there.

 

[herecomesaregular]

Dunno if New Order are known for their lyrics but this cover really highlights the beautiful lyrics and storytelling in this song.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Loving the sick junk sleaze of this version of KB song

 

[pearl]

Stolen from the other thread

thanks to [MENTION=13230]Psychobilly freakout[/MENTION]

https://youtu.be/gJ_g6SRNd80

 

[Insel affe]

Stolen from the other thread

thanks to [MENTION=13230]Psychobilly freakout[/MENTION]

https://youtu.be/gJ_g6SRNd80

Pscyhobilly goes....

Errr Michael Jackson......

NOoooooo

https://youtu.be/lhEM_5zhblo

 

[Hugo Rune]

Prince’s original version of Nothing Compares 2U was smashed out the park by Sinead O’Conner but this version is equally poignant, especially when you consider who the young woman may be singing about.

https://youtu.be/vXTdQ0Wi3UA

 

[Insel affe]

https://youtu.be/Dqvx3d_fkc8

 

[Wozza]

Stolen from the other thread

thanks to [MENTION=13230]Psychobilly freakout[/MENTION]

https://youtu.be/gJ_g6SRNd80

An emphatic 'no'.

 

[pearl]

An emphatic 'no'.

 

[wuntbedruv]

https://youtu.be/i_aYli_1iqs

Check out the whole DSOTM Album by them, who would think the floyd would sound great in DUB

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Surprising?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0EzWaOsvu0

 

[Stato]

Surprising?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0EzWaOsvu0

I hadn't heard that, but I'm not surprised that he did it. Billy is a long time Smiths fan. He also covered 'Jeane', the B Side to 'This Charming Man'. At a live show I saw a few years back he told an anecdote about spending New Year's Eve at Morrissey's place. The Smiths were involved in Red Wedge and he was there with a load of other RW artists. I also remember him talking in a TV discussion about how Mozza's arch sense of humour is often misinterpreted at miserableness. He's also worked with Johnny Marr, who plays on 'Greetings to the new Brunette' and is responsible for the beautiful guitar underneath Bragg's rework of 'Walk Away Renee'. It's not exactly a cover, because he adds new words to the tune, but worth posting as it has one of the finest last lines in any teen love song ever.

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

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[pearl]

https://youtu.be/QpxA_ZxGX_M

 

[rippleman]

https://youtu.be/n7HaO28FH0s

 

[Norman Potting]

Not sure about spanking the original but just heard the Greta Van Fleet (Michigan based hard/heavy rock band) cover of the quintessentially British folk ballad "Meet On The Ledge" by Fairport Convention. Perhaps we should have an "unexpected cover versions" thread?

 

[Pevenseagull]

test (it does though)

 

[Pevenseagull]

while I'm thinking about it

 

[Insel affe]

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Apologies if this has already been posted but this is the definitive version of the Bob Seger song - what a band, what a front man, what a live album!