Page 8 of 10

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:27 pm
by The Dark Knight
Strawb wrote:Fall at you feet. James blunt please don't sing this.

Now that would be destroying a great song!

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:44 am
by Strawb
The Dark Knight wrote:
Strawb wrote:Fall at you feet. James blunt please don't sing this.

Now that would be destroying a great song!


I am sorry for posting this. Warning if you last the whole song you have done better than me.

now Neil Finn singing it. I know which one I prefer.

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:02 pm
by RustyCage
Tim Freedman - You Weren't In Love With Me


Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:27 pm
by brod
Nirvana - Son of a Gun
better than The Vaselines original

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:03 pm
by The Dark Knight
I think Eddie Vedder did a great job and was successful with the Beatles- 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away'

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:43 am
by The Ash Man
http://stereogum.com/971372/bradford-co ... gate/news/

Atlas Sound did a 1 hour cover of My Sharona a gig!!

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:47 pm
by gadj1976
My ipod is set to random but tonight on the bike on the way home I was treated to these, all in a row;

Not saying they're better but I do like them as well as the original.

I Started A Joke (Bee Gees Cover) by Faith No More



Jackson 5 covering the Smokey Robinson written My Girl



I will Survive (Alicia Bridges) covered by Cake


Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:47 pm
by Leaping Lindner
gadj1976 wrote:
I will Survive (Alicia Bridges) covered by Cake



Gloria Gaynor not Alicia Bridges, but yeah, agreed.

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:57 pm
by gadj1976
Leaping Lindner wrote:Gloria Gaynor not Alicia Bridges, but yeah, agreed.


ecch, yeh sorry my memory isn't as good as it used to be.

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:11 am
by JK
Not sure how I found it, but whilst random Youtubing, didn't mind this


Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:09 am
by lutz
Surprised this aint in here yet...

http://youtu.be/lhMsgVq8EQ0

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:45 pm
by Squids


pretty good

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:08 pm
by goyouroosters
Apologies if already mentioned, but i always thought Yothu Yindi did justice to "Jailbreak"

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:12 pm
by goyouroosters
and also Tricky did a good job of Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the hour of Chaos" - especially the "Been Caught Steeling"/Maxinquaye edit...

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:40 am
by RustyCage
Jealous Guy - Roxy Music


Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:54 am
by OnSong
Squids wrote:

pretty good

That album has some belters on there. My favourite:


Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:11 pm
by Failed Creation
I think this stands up to XTC's original version:


Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:35 pm
by Failed Creation
Here's The Devin Townsend Project covering an old(ish) Devin Townsend song. It's the tits, seriously.


Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:48 pm
by bundy
stairway to heaven by zepp
and done by Heart who do i great job.Look it up on utube kennedy centre honours.

Re: Cover Hits for better or worse

PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:12 pm
by Magpiespower
For worse...