best cover version in history (5 Viewers)

[Zeelander]

Tindersticks - Here
Subsonic Legacy - Black Steel

I thought of loads the other day and I've forgetten them all now, bollocks.

Tricky's cover of Black Steel is kickass.

Also, Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower.
Coltrane doing Favourite Things.
Sid Vicious doing My Way... I got this on 7" at a school fair when I was a wee one .|..|

I too had thought of lots more yesterday but have now forgot em

 

[billygannon]

Undercover's version of Baker Street

 

[BC]

Tricky's cover of Black Steel is kickass.

it's great, but definately my least favorite track on maxinquaye (which is such a stunning album).
tricky did an amazing but relalitively unknown track called "Anti Histamine" which is a very heavy and dark version on blondie's "Heart of Glass", intense psychotic stuff.

 

[photon]

it's great, but definately my least favorite track on maxinquaye (which is such a stunning album).
tricky did an amazing but relalitively unknown track called "Anti Histamine" which is a very heavy and dark version on blondie's "Heart of Glass", intense psychotic stuff.

He also did an utterly bizarre, but strangely brilliant, cover of M's "Pop Muzik" on the For Real EP.

The guy obviously loved 1979.

Paul

 

[BC]

He also did an utterly bizarre, but strangely brilliant, cover of M's "Pop Muzik" on the For Real EP.

oh yeah, that also had a b side called "Bombing Bastards" which was better than the whole of that Juxtapose album. such a shame, he went downhill with every album.

 

[u:m]

The Best Cover Version in History is Killdozer doing 'I am, I said' by Neil Diamond. Play it loud, wear just a dressing gown, sing along and tell me I'm wrong.

so did anyone go see killdozer in the baggot? about 11 years ago?
awesome gig.. might even have been the last ever killdozer show..

knockin on heavens door by television is pretty awesome

 

[Stan Bowles]

Has anyone mentioned Drop 19's cover of Mandy yet? Lovely.

 

[spiritualtramp]

Has anyone mentioned Drop 19's cover of Mandy yet? Lovely.

Indeed. Also, their cover version of the Madonna song Angel is about 20 million times better than the original.

 

[nuke terrorist]

i just heard the other day a lethal version of 'cars' (gary numan) by the DAMNED from a 1979 peel session.

 

[shower another shower]

Re: best cover version(s) in history

Devo - Satisfaction.

word

 

[eucrid eucrow]

Devo - Head Like a Hole
Oxes - Everlong

Anyone heard Oxes cover of Kylie's 'Love for the First Time'...odd.

 

[wrafter]

Suede's cover of Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding" on the Help Compilation.

http://128.121.253.170/holdingfolder/mp3/jul03/suede_-_shipbuilding.mp3

 

[hermie]

cat power-'i found a reason'

cap'n jazz-'take on me'
iron and wine-'waiting for superman' and 'peng'
mark kozelek-'dramamine'(from the whelans show coupla weeks ago)

 

[JohnnyRaz]

best cover version

theres too much negativity on thumped;

The Dead Kenedys-Viva Las Vegas
Jimi hendrix-all along the watch tower
ray Charles- elenor rigby
Roberta Flack- angelitos negros
The Bastard Sons of Borris Karloff-Folsom Prison blues
Johnny Cash-I see a darkness

and loads more that my spongiform brain cant think of

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Re: best cover version

stevie wonder - we can work it out
isobel campbell & mark lanegan - ramblin man
waylon jennings - are you ready for the country

 

[Jerry Twig]

Re: best cover version

SHHUUREly this has been done a kazillion times on thumped before?

anyway, this week i am mostly listening to richard cheese's version of 'insane in the brain', which is class.

 

[Stan Bowles]

Re: best cover version

http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=21995&highlight=cover

 

[ratmonkey]

Re: best cover version

Dead Raven Choir black metal version of First We Take Manhattan.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Anal Cunt's version of Staying Alive. Brilliant

 

[Let Loose]

schneider tm remix of the smiths-light 3000