Cover Versions

[emmelinemay]

There are few truly excellent cover versions. They're probably rarer than really good sequels.

But here are a few that I think are bordering on genius, and possibly actually better than the originals.

Elvis Costello covering Christina Aguilera's 'Beautiful'

Snake River Conspiracy covering The Cure's 'Lovesong'¹

Queen Adreena covering Dolly Parton's 'Jolene'

The Futureheads covering Kate Bush's 'Hounds of Love'

Apologies for the you tube links, but I can't give you links to MP3s for the following reasons:

a - I don't know how

b - I only own the last one linked to there

c - that's technically illegal, right?

If anyone can rectify this by sending me directions on how to legally obtain MP3s of the first 3, that'd be awesome. I've only ever heard 2 and 3 in clubs, and I only heard the Elvis Costello one about 5 minutes ago for the first time.

Do you have any favorite cover versions?² Or any contenders for the *worst* cover of all time?

[1] - SRC's cover of how soon is now is also pretty awesome
[2] - and can you link to somewhere I could listen to it?.

Comments

[spoox.livejournal.com]

The guns of Brixton by Nouvelle Vague is most excellent.

[publicansdecoy.livejournal.com]

Magazine - Goldfinger

-x-

[a1exxandra.livejournal.com]

I put mine here:
http://mrs-slink.livejournal.com/531230.html

2 of them are the same as yours though!

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I ♥ Dolly Parton too, but that cover just punches you in the face and runs away while you sob on the floor.

I've not heard the Divinyls cover, I have the original (I remember singing it with school friends on sports day when it came out!). Would love to hear the cover!

[lara-not-croft.livejournal.com]

My favourite two covers are:

1. P!nk covering Me & Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin (orig. Kris Kristoffersen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Xw-ihiHSI
(there are soo many recordings of this cover but I just went for the first one I found)

2. The Atari's covering Boys of Summer by Don Henley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIfiQePVbqU

[lara-not-croft.livejournal.com]

Oh, and pretty much anything by Richard Cheese .. but not sure if that counts as a 'cover' as such.

Richard Cheese cover of Closer by Nine Inch Nails - genius
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BavqDspO3k8

[icecoldinalex.livejournal.com]

Radiohead covering Nobody Does it Better (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kHe-iwAI9BE)

Suede covering Brass in Pocket (http://youtube.com/watch?v=AxbtqJ6Sn8Y)

both classic.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

That cover of Boys Of Summer is made of WIN!!!

[lara-not-croft.livejournal.com]

I know! It rocks, right :)

[icecoldinalex.livejournal.com]

Oh man, and Sinead O'Connor's version of nothing compares 2 U (http://youtube.com/watch?v=JVdfPo00OxM) of course!

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

Richard Cheese is a genre all of his own!

I like his version of Disturbed's Get Down With The Sickness - brilliant.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

That's a seminal cover version that one! I think one sign of a truly awesome cover is when you forget that it's a cover in the first place...

[lara-not-croft.livejournal.com]

Beyond awesome. It's rumoured that he's coming over to tour this year! I've got my friend, who works at Ticketmaster, on red alert for if he does :p

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

That would be AWESOME. Let me know!!!

[mattydesade.livejournal.com]

The Power by H-Blox
Wicked Game by HIM
Feeling Fine by Muse
Jolene by Sisters of Mercy (obv. a good one to cover)
Billie Jean by Chris Cornell
Hurt by Johnny Cash


There's some good (and some bad) on here too.
http://www.gomusic.ru/album.aspx?id=56955
http://www.gomusic.ru/album.aspx?id=56956

Teenage Dirtbag by Girls Aloud is better than you could have hoped for but Lullaby by Editors surprisingly doesn't quite cut it.

Can you guess I'm a bit of a fan and collector of covers? :-)

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I love cover versions!! That Muse cover is AMAZING, I love it. Anything Girls Aloud do is fine my me too, I ♥ Girls Aloud :)

[icecoldinalex.livejournal.com]

big time - see also The Bangles cover of Hazy Shade of Winter.

[nils.livejournal.com]

Like Soft Cell's Tainted Love, then... ;-)

[lara-not-croft.livejournal.com]

Will do. I've said I want 6 tickets (to cover the hoards I know'll want to come) so should have one spare for ya! I so hope it's true.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

oh god...Terry Christian...Dani Behr...it's all coming back to me with a horrible technicolor set...

Looking back, I guess The Word was no more irritating than T4 is nowadays. ..

Great covers, those. I actually think I remember Suede doing that! Hadn't heard the Radiohead one before, good stuff.

[lara-not-croft.livejournal.com]

Forgot about Disturbed's cover of Land of Confusion. I like that a lot too :) Much better than their cover of Shout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW8DRSvEoQ

Amazing vid, too!

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

Mark would kill me if I went without him though, I might have to scrabble for tickets with the masses...

[lara-not-croft.livejournal.com]

I've emailed her and asked her to up it to 8 ;) That way there is one for you and one for Mark x

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

There is nothing about that which is not made of huge, massive and insurmountable WIN.

[a1exxandra.livejournal.com]

I love that Muse version too. Have you heard the Sugababes doing "I bet that you look good on the dancefloor?"