Sorry if there is a similar topic on the forum, haven't found it anyway so I thought I'd start one...
What are your favourite covers ever ?
Maybe we could even start a thread with a list of covers for those, like me, interested in hearing different versions of their favourites...
My pick :
Nina Simone "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (The Animals)
The Slits "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye)
Cat Power "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones)
Johnny Cash "The Mercy Seat" (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
Sonic Youth "Ça Plane Pour Moi" (Plastic Bertrand)
Scott Walker "Lady Came From Baltimore" (Tim Hardin)
Beck "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometimes" (The Korgis)
Boney M "No Woman No Cry" (Bob Marley)
Harry Nilsson "Everybody's Talkin' " (Fred Neil)
Kevin Rowlands "Concrete & Clay" (Unit 4+2)
Karen Dalton "Little Bit Of Rain" (Fred Neil)
not necessarily favorites... but all worth a listen, especially if you've heard one and not the other (especially the Stiff Little Fingers track).
Nirvana- "The Man Who Sold the World"- David Bowie
Nirvana- "Plateau" and "Lake of Fire"- Meat Puppets
Sex Pistols-"No Fun"- The Stooges
The Breeders- "Happiness is a Warm Gun"- Beatles
PJ Harvey- "Highway 61 revisited"- Bob Dylan
Stiff Little Fingers-"Johnny Was"- Bob Marley
Rollins Band-"Ex-Lion Tamer"-Wire
Minor Threat-"12XU"- Wire
X-"Soul Kitchen"-The Doors
Rage Against the Machine-"Kick Out the Jams"- MC5
(RATM's RAGE album is full of other covers)
White Stripes-"I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself"- Tommy Hunt
Patti Smith-"Gloria"-Van Morrison
I suppose of these... I actually like Nirvana's, Breeders, Patti Smith's, and Stiff Little Fingers' covers better than the original artist. My Favorites would be "Man Who Sold the World," "Johnny Was," and "Gloria."
All Along The Watchtower-Bob Dylan (1967)-Jimi Hendrix (1968)
Backdoor Man-Howlin' Wolf (1960)-Doors (1970)
Blinded By The Light-Bruce Springsteen (1973)-Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1976)
Cat Scratch Fever-Ted Nugent (1977)-Pantera (2003)
Come Dancing-Kinks (1983)-Matchbox 20 (2007)
Crossroads-Robert Johnson (1936)-Cream (1968)
Hallelujah-Leonard Cohen (1985)-Jeff Buckley (1994)
Hound Dog-Big Mama Thornton (1953)-Elvis Presley (1956)
Hurt-Nine Inch Nails (1994)-Johnny Cash (2003)
Knockin' On Heavens Door-Bob Dylan (1973)-Guns N' Roses (1991)
Light My Fire-Doors (1967)-Jose Feliciano (1968)
Mr. Tambourine Man-Bob Dylan (1964)-The Byrds (1965)
Nothing Compares to U-Prince (1984)-Sinead O'Connor (1990)
Proud Mary-Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)-Ike & Tina Turner (1971)
Respect-Otis Redding (1965)-Aretha Franklin (1967)
Statesboro Blues-Blind Willie McTell (1928)-Allman Brothers Band (1971)
With A Little Help From My Friends-Beatles (1967)-Joe Cocker (1969)
You Really Got Me-Kinks (1964)-Van Halen (1978)
You Shook Me-Muddy Waters (1962)-Led Zeppelin (1969) _________________ Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by RFNAPLES Bubbling Under The Top 100 Greatest Mus...y RFNAPLES
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) - Catherine Wheel (1996)
Spirit of Radio - Rush (1980) - Catherine Wheel (1996)
Are 'Friends' Electric - Gary Numan/Tubeway Army (1979) - An Pierlé (1997)
We Have a Technical - Gary Numan/Tubeway Army (1979) - Matt Sharp and Damon Albarn (1997)
Poetry and Power - Gary Numan (1983) - Gravity Kills (1997)
We Are Glass - Gary Numan (1980) - EMF (1997)
Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters (1972) - American Music Club (1994)
Superstar - Delaney, Bonnie & Friends (1969) - The Carpenters (1971) - Sonic Youth (1994)
For All We Know - Larry Meredith (1970) - The Carpenters (1971) - Bettie Serveert (1994)
Hurting Each Other - Jimmy Clanton (1965) - The Carpenters (1971) - Johnette Napolitano w/Marc Moreland (1994)
Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters (1973) - Redd Kross (1994)
Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters (1971) - Cracker (1994)
Let Me Be the One - The Carpenters (1971) - Matthew Sweet (1994)
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters (1970) - Grant Lee Buffalo (1994)
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths (1984) - Rob Dickinson (2009) _________________ <(: @ >
Flame Trees - Cold Chisel --> Sarah Blasko
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor --> Cake
Lullaby - The Cure --> Editors
Missing - Everything But The Girl --> Expatriate
Teardrop - Massive Attack --> Elbow
Tainted Love - Softcell --> The Living End
Feeling Good - Nina Simone --> Muse
Glory Box - Portishead --> Powderfinger
Worst Cover: Fascination Street - The Cure ---> Metronomy
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