best cover version in history (4 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

Anytime Jon Brion and Fiona Apple cover something

 

[Corey]

Fiaona apple could cover me anytime. Or vice-versa, depending on whether she's into it or not.

Creedence's 'heard it through the grape vine'; 'Over the rainbow' by that auld one who sang 'we'll meet again' back in the old war days; Vera somthing. Lynn? Drake? Duckworth? I dont know.

And i quite like that cover of 'I put a spell on You' sang by somecrowd i dont know that features on the Tennants voodoo ad.

 

[the departed]

16hp-bad moon rising...
they make it their own.

 

[ernesto]

Creedence's 'heard it through the grape vine'

absofuckinglutely. that's excellent.
also, Beck's version of 'everyone's gotta learn sometime' on the Eternal Sunshine..... soundtrack. sweet.

 

[Raudi Raus Schinkel]

paul young's wherever i lay my hat

 

[Raudi Raus Schinkel]

the pixies version of leonard cohen's "i can't forget"

 

[worthit]

did anyone say Whip It by Face to Face

 

[Dktr. Faustus]

killdozer - cinnamon girl
the residents - satisfaction

the whole Spitballs album:

[SIZE=+1] I Can Only Give You Everything/Gino Is A Coward/Over And Over/Bad Moon Rising/Life's Too Short/Let Her Dance/I Want Her So Bad/Telstar//Way Over There/Chapel Of Love/Knock On Wood/Just Like Me/Boris The Spider/Feel Too Good/Batman [/SIZE]

 

[east hastings]

Dinosaur jr. - Just Like Heaven

 

[Nate Champion]

Have to concur with Buckrake - Killdozer's version of 'I am, I said'.
The Residents' Satisfaction (thanks Nglbbbth!), but not as conducive to dancing as Devo's one.

Low's covers of 'Carnival Queen' (Jandek) and 'I started a joke'.

Karate's versions of 'Strange fruit' & 'A new Jerusalem'

The Band's version of The ab-fab theme song that was written by Dylan, but possibly originally done by them anyway.

never knew 'just got paid' was a cover. that's the winner.

Will Oldham and Tortoise doing 'thunder road' (the Boss) and 'it's expected I'm gone' (Minutemen)

Slint's cover of 'Cortez the Killer' from a 1990 bootleg. Heartbreaking. "Cortezzz - What a killer"

 

[Tubby Tucker]

My favourite cover of all time is Spanky Wilson's version of Sunshine Of Your Love. My favourite cover at the moment is the Apples version of Killing In The Name Of - www.myspace.com/theapplesmusic

 

[Corey]

Ray Charles: Old Man River, Elenor Rigby, Yesterday and Livin for the City.

 

[Deleted member 3435]

Has anyone said Sebadoh: Pink Moon?

I love that.

 

[Raudi Raus Schinkel]

I changed my mind, It's the Cocteau Twins version of Dear Prudence

 

[sweetoblivion]

Low's covers of 'Carnival Queen' (Jandek) and 'I started a joke'.

oooh yes!
Now It's Overhead's version of The Book of Love by Magnetic Fields

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

robert wyatt singing "at last i am free" is amazing and also his version of "memories of you" is deadly too. nico's version of "my funny valentine" is excellent.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

paul young's wherever i lay my hat

love of the common people was a cover too, wasnt it?

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. is that a priest playing the drums?

 

[Nate Champion]

Lou Barlow's accoustic cover of Cold As Ice (Foreigner) which was on some free cd with Select magazine about a decade ago.

 

[magicbastarder]

this is brilliant.

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