Great Cover Versions

[Lardyboy]

Eight Miles High - Husker Du

Got it on coloured 7" vinyl somewhere, I'll have to dig it out now!

It might be a 12" IIRC.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Delilah by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band is completely stunning.

SAHB doing "Next" by, er, whoever wrote it, is also good.
Seu Jorge doing acoustic versions of David Bowie's songs in Portugese is worth a listen too.

 

[Lardyboy]

Aretha's "Respect" is one of the best IMO, as is Otis' "Try A Little Tenderness"

 

[alecstilleyedye]

bauhaus gave ziggy stardust some gusto too.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

snot her

Whoops! I did just cut 'n' grab without listening.
Seems they've removed the "Janis versions"
Must be some copyright thang goin' on?

 

[papercorn2000]

Nine Inch Nails - 'Get Down, Make Love'

View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bTdqxa1op4o


Never heard it before this.

Inspired!

 

[Rhythm Thief]

yes, very good. Just bought it on itunes.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The other thing I've bought is AC/DC covers by some woman with a squeaky voice and a cheap keyboard, and no sense of timing whatever. Absolutely hilarious.:?:

 

[Haitch]

How can Alex H not have been a total superstar? What bloody justice is there in the world?

... the Ivor Cuttler of glamrock.


To come back on topic, David Bowie's Pin Ups album had excellent covers of:

"Rosalyn"
"Here Comes the Night"
"I Wish You Would"
"See Emily Play"
"Everything's Alright"
"I Can't Explain" (
"Friday on My Mind"
"Sorrow"
"Don't Bring Me Down"
"Shapes of Things"
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone"

 

[nickb]

Nirvana's cover of Leadbelly's 'Where did you sleep last night' from the MTV Unplugged album rips my guts out every time I hear it.

Thin Lizzy's 'Whiskey in the jar' ought to get a mention and seeing how Jaques Brel stuff keeps coming up - Scott Walker's 'Jackie' does it for me too.

 

[TheDoctor]

Senor Coconuts album of Kraftwerk covers, in a Latin American stylee.

I particularly love the car that won't start at the beginning of Autobahn. :?:

 

[alecstilleyedye]

the sundays' verions of wild horses (the stones) ain't too bad.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Traditional Japanese orchestra do Smoke On the Water Yangtze.

It builds and builds like a giant Tsunami.

 

[craigwend]

Nirvana's cover of Leadbelly's 'Where did you sleep last night' from the MTV Unplugged album rips my guts out every time I hear it.

MarK lanegan's version of 'Where did you sleep last night' from 1990 (had some blokes called Kurt Cobain on guitar and Krist Novoselic on bass as his back up band) probably inspired someone three years later, I did like the Nirvana version, not quite as good though

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

You can listen to a cover version I played in my sig link below....personally I think it's way better than the origional which was by some loser band from the 70's