Author Topic: Great cover versions (Read 209500 times)

citoyen · « **Reply #1025 on:** 03 November, 2021, 10:48:50 am »

Quote from: fd3 on 08 October, 2021, 06:44:12 pm

^ A recommendation I will follow up on.

If you haven't already, try Here Come The Warm Jets as well - proof that Eno does great pop songs too, not just the ambient stuff!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1026 on:** 03 November, 2021, 08:03:10 pm »

A cover of Motorhead's Ace of Spades by... well just listen and find out.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1424093032094126081

TimC · « **Reply #1027 on:** 04 November, 2021, 10:00:08 am »

Awesome!

pcolbeck · « **Reply #1028 on:** 06 January, 2022, 12:59:49 pm »

The great Sabine Hossenfelder gives us her take on REM (and Coronavirus).

https://youtu.be/VrzzhxdJ1cE

fd3 · « **Reply #1029 on:** 22 January, 2022, 01:53:47 pm »

Through the Looking Glass by S&tB. All of it.

Ham · « **Reply #1030 on:** 31 January, 2022, 06:44:40 pm »

Now it has to be questionable whether classic blues numbers can qualify for cover versions, but I would recommend Samantha Fish's I Put A Spell On You if you are that way inclined, it is notable for being more understated than is often the case from a blues guitarist.

While I was there I made the mistake of reading below the line, what is it with some men?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1031 on:** 31 January, 2022, 07:15:16 pm »

Certainly her attire in that vid is a tad more understated than is sometimes the case.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #1032 on:** 31 January, 2022, 09:16:11 pm »

Cake - I will survive

https://youtu.be/f9rCUQjmkxU

mattc · « **Reply #1033 on:** 06 February, 2022, 10:28:21 am »

Quote from: pcolbeck on 31 January, 2022, 09:16:11 pm

Cake - I will survive

https://youtu.be/f9rCUQjmkxU

What - this hasn't been nominated before?? That's a crime!

Thankyou p. This should be in any top 5. (and they're an under-rated band - I got sucked in by the brilliantly strange The Distance, and Fashion Nugget is on my greatest albums list.)

citoyen · « **Reply #1034 on:** 09 February, 2022, 09:28:31 am »

This is not new but I don’t think I’ve heard it before it was on the radio this morning - lovely soulful cover of No Diggity by Chet Faker:

https://youtu.be/HIfFA8-RaHQ

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1035 on:** 09 February, 2022, 09:39:50 am »

Quote from: mattc on 06 February, 2022, 10:28:21 am

Quote from: pcolbeck on 31 January, 2022, 09:16:11 pm
Cake - I will survive

https://youtu.be/f9rCUQjmkxU
What - this hasn't been nominated before?? That's a crime!

Thankyou p. This should be in any top 5. (and they're an under-rated band - I got sucked in by the brilliantly strange The Distance, and Fashion Nugget is on my greatest albums list.)

The brass makes it.

nicknack · « **Reply #1036 on:** 09 February, 2022, 09:44:45 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 09 February, 2022, 09:39:50 am

Quote from: mattc on 06 February, 2022, 10:28:21 am
Quote from: pcolbeck on 31 January, 2022, 09:16:11 pm
Cake - I will survive

https://youtu.be/f9rCUQjmkxU
What - this hasn't been nominated before?? That's a crime!

Thankyou p. This should be in any top 5. (and they're an under-rated band - I got sucked in by the brilliantly strange The Distance, and Fashion Nugget is on my greatest albums list.)
The brass makes it.

Ha! Of course. About 10 years ago (hmm... probably more than that actually) I got roped in by a guitarist friend of mine to play the trumpet part on The Distance. I must have mentioned that I owned one. I seem to think it went alright.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1037 on:** 09 February, 2022, 07:06:01 pm »

And Jolene.

Well, not actually...

citoyen · « **Reply #1038 on:** 09 February, 2022, 10:11:39 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 09 February, 2022, 07:06:01 pm

And Jolene.

Well, not actually...

The way that started, I thought it actually was going to be a cover.

You know what, though - we could fill a whole thread with great covers of that Jolene. And then another thread with terrible covers of Jolene.

I'm sure we've had the White Stripes version in this thread before.

This is one of my favourites, by Olivia Neutron Bomb (who knew it was a disco number?):
https://youtu.be/K9ynEaf2s3I

Then there's the Scottish electropop take from Strawberry Switchblade:
https://youtu.be/KFNYWzF02B4

But can anything beat the sheer overblown goth pomp of Sisters of Mercy?
https://youtu.be/Xo9Kmvxbvcc

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1039 on:** 10 February, 2022, 08:38:52 am »

Going back for a second to I Will Survive, it's a song whose lyrics work really well as spoken poetry. If you have the delivery for it, which of course I have – in private. (Don't we all?)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1040 on:** 10 February, 2022, 08:48:11 am »

Quote from: citoyen on 09 February, 2022, 10:11:39 pm

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 09 February, 2022, 07:06:01 pm
And Jolene.

Well, not actually...

The way that started, I thought it actually was going to be a cover.

I expect they intended that. Instead of being a cover, it seems to pull in well known lines from a variety of disparate sources.

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You know what, though - we could fill a whole thread with great covers of that Jolene. And then another thread with terrible covers of Jolene.

I'm sure we've had the White Stripes version in this thread before.

This is one of my favourites, by Olivia Neutron Bomb (who knew it was a disco number?):
https://youtu.be/K9ynEaf2s3I

Disco is an attitude. Any song can be disco. I'm not hugely impressed by that one musically but zoinks! the way she hits those extended high notes! I've never paid any attention to her before but she's clearly a hell of a singer.

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Then there's the Scottish electropop take from Strawberry Switchblade:
https://youtu.be/KFNYWzF02B4

But can anything beat the sheer overblown goth pomp of Sisters of Mercy?
https://youtu.be/Xo9Kmvxbvcc

Gonna check these out in time.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1041 on:** 11 February, 2022, 08:36:16 pm »

And still on Cake, it was clever of Steed and Peel to do a precover of Short Skirt, Long Jacket.
https://youtu.be/idtYckLIZnI

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #1042 on:** 13 February, 2022, 02:22:54 pm »

Not necessarily great but certainly unexpected, Youtube just threw me this cover of Led Zep: https://youtu.be/2_ZT8FJZtGw?t=255

Legs · « **Reply #1043 on:** 22 February, 2022, 10:30:24 am »

Two songs I learnt yesterday are covers:

Bette Davis Eyes - original honky-tonk version by Jackie DeShannon

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - original guitar-laden punky version by Robert Hazard

Legs · « **Reply #1044 on:** 23 February, 2022, 07:20:56 pm »

Bit of Foghat...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziiDkT165zI

perpetual dan · « **Reply #1045 on:** 24 February, 2022, 09:14:58 am »

Like a Hurricaine, by Neil Young has been covered by various people. Bryan Ferry has sharper suits, obviously, but his version doesn't really grab me. This is probably because the first version I knew was by The Mission - 80s goth being something I never quite grew out of. There's also this version, which suffers from 90s gig-quality sound, but benefits from a goth in a bright pink shirt and the energy turned up a bit.

fd3 · « **Reply #1046 on:** 24 February, 2022, 11:42:35 pm »

For Neil Young covers, I prefer Bowie.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #1047 on:** 25 February, 2022, 12:15:43 pm »

Interesting charity version of When The Levee Breaks, it even features John Paul Jones

https://youtu.be/LH0-WXUFY2k

pcolbeck · « **Reply #1048 on:** 14 March, 2022, 07:56:41 pm »

Sophie Hunger - La Chanson d'Helene

It features Eric Cantana!

https://youtu.be/pXy-2-mObGo

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #1049 on:** 22 March, 2022, 07:57:49 pm »

The nostalgia-fest that was TOTP's "1992 Biggest Hits" the other day reminded me of how good the Manic Street Preachers' version of Suicide is Painless was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR97IpIqo5w