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O/T The 50 Best cover Versions of all time.

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Oct 28, 2014.

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  1. Polly13

    Polly13 Well-Known Member

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    Don't like punk thing. Never have. Always thought it was a phoney load of shoite :)

    As for EoD - no real strong feelings about it, tbh.
     
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  2. Hesfords heros

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    [video=youtube_share;vpfojnOayEc]http://youtu.be/vpfojnOayEc[/video]
     
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  3. Hesfords heros

    Hesfords heros Member

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    [video=youtube_share;Fd3zNZMnBfc]http://youtu.be/Fd3zNZMnBfc[/video]
     
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  4. Hesfords heros

    Hesfords heros Member

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    On reflection...the original was better....Wasnt the Beatles Hamburg stuff all covers?...thus shooting them to fame?
     
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  5. where's les mutrie now

    where's les mutrie now Well-Known Member

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    Totally agree on that. I'll chuck a couple of other covers. The Damned -'White Rabbit and Devo - Satisfaction. I think it was once said that the best covers are distinctly different from the originals and those two certainly are.
     
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  6. Leon T Trout AFC

    Leon T Trout AFC Well-Known Member

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    God knows what my favourite cover is or what’s ‘the best of all time’ – how can such a thing be declared anyway?

    This is great though:

    [video=youtube;cDsrIPKeY-w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDsrIPKeY-w[/video]
     
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  7. where's les mutrie now

    where's les mutrie now Well-Known Member

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    Actually now I've got thinking here"s an alternative 10 :-
    Blondie - Denis orig. Randy & The Rainbows
    Nico - The End
    Lemonheads - Different Drum wrote by Mike Nesmith earlier version Some Poneys
    Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding orig. E.Costello
    Manic Street Preachers - Suicide is Painless (Theme from M.A.S.H.)
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - In the Ghetto
    Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night orig trad 1870s 'In the Pines' USA & Leadbelly
    Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally orig. Mack Rice
    Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet orig. Tony Bennet
    Magazine - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) orig. Sly &The Family Stone
     
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  8. Hesfords heros

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    [video=youtube_share;Gp6Wc9IQ1w0]http://youtu.be/Gp6Wc9IQ1w0[/video]
     
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  9. Quill

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    Hendrix doing Johnny B Goode is still the ultimate for me.


    [video=youtube;G6OedBFkxWU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6OedBFkxWU[/video]
     
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  10. PattyNchips2

    PattyNchips2 Well-Known Member

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    even Leonard Cohen said Buckleys version was better than his original.
     
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  11. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    There's no point in covers that are just copies of the original. My top 3 are all in this top 10, which makes them unnervingly populist:

    1 - Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2U
    2 - Johnny Cash Hurt
    3 - Soft Cell Tainted Love.
     
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  12. TheCasual

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    Totally agree.

    That's why I love Hendrix. He could turn a folky soft acoustic song into a psychodelic rock song without losing the feel of the song.
     
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    This one (from Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory) will have a few of you screaming "Sacrilege!" But I like it...

    [video=youtube;kvSmyb5XLu8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvSmyb5XLu8[/video]
     
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  14. matelot-tiger

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    absolutley, Scissor sisters Uncomfortably numb by the great PINK FLOYD. hated it at first, been avid floyd fan......but it grew on me.
     
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  15. Quill

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    His interpretation of Star Spangled Banner is ridiculously brilliant.
     
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    U2's version of the Beatles ' Helter Skelter' is pretty good.
     
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  17. originallambrettaman

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    Not as good as Siouxsie...

    [video=youtube;szPQCvJ8MPg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szPQCvJ8MPg[/video]
     
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  19. originalminority

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    Heard the Pistols do Substitute and No Fun before I heard the originals.
     
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  20. HorshamTiger2

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    Aren't all Zep songs covers?
     
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