Cover Versions

[chriswoody]

Sticking with the levellers, here's a cover of Abba that they used to do for a laugh.



and a cracking cover of the Clash's English Civil War.

 

[Basil.B]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lywENW0ESUE



View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GZKhuoWJ9ls

 

[MontyVeda]

Is this better than the Public Enemy original? On some days I think it is;


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJTM03UByU

yes it is.

 

[MarkF]

I love "Rose Garden" not sure the Lynn Anderson version has been bettered tbh, even by KD who has the best voice I've ever heard.

I like this as a kid, a pretty much throw away 2:30 mins pop song.



Yo LaTengo's version is hypnotic.

 

[MontyVeda]

Born to Run - by Frankie Goes To Hollywood..?

The Boss doesn't take much beating... the FGTH version is loads better. Their cover of Do You Know The Way To San Jose is also my favourite version of that Bacharach & David classic



Oh... and to me, 'Rose Garden' will always be a Pinky & Perky song... I'll not post a vid though.

 

[raleighnut]

View: https://youtu.be/-bzdrabPpRE

Even manages to tack a bit of Van Morrison on the end.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Given this thread; https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/blizzards-on-their-way-apparently.211344/

How about this gorgeous cover of the Jim Reeves song??

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Just spotted this thread. Without a doubt Guns N Roses have not only done the best ever cover version, they've also done the second best one ever:

 

[Smokin Joe]

Crappy quality, but worth watching right through -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJj2ei6WNQs

 

[User169]

The boy gedge doing the business on the blousey welsh bellower.


View: https://youtu.be/-xVy2ElU9Vg

 

[User169]

The boy gedge through the prism of Japanese punks..


View: https://youtu.be/inDDOOvsNQI

 

[John the Monkey]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR5xGHPUEew

 

[raleighnut]

View: https://youtu.be/7xFCpccgUrk

 

[marknotgeorge]

Here are three cover versions that I think are superior to the originals:
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (vs Michael Jackson)


The Bangles - Haxy Shade of Winter (vs Simon & Garfunkel)


The Muffs - Kids in America (vs Kim Wilde)

 

[ufkacbln]

A rather haunting version of Kashmir:



... and can an artist "cover" their own track