War Pigs - Faith No More (Black Sabbath)
Smooth Criminal - Alient Ant Farm (Michael Jackson)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
Drug Me - Sepultura (Dead Kennedys)
How Soon is Now - Quicksand (The Smiths)
Walk On By-The Stranglers (Dionee Warwick) Down In The Park-Foo Fighters (Tubeway Army) Daddy Cool-Placebo (Boney M) Venus In Furs-Hugh Cornwell (Velvet Underground) Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This-Dream Disciples (Eurythmics)
Cornflake Girl - by Tori Amos - Covered by Jawbox
Midnight Cowboy - by John Barry - Covered by Faith No More
Army of Me - by Bjork - Covered by Helmet
Easy - by The Commodores - Covered by Faith No More
Fire - by Jimi Hendrix - Covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Stranglers-All day and all of the Night (The Kinks) Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson- Valerie (The Zutons) Soft Cell-Tainted Love (Gloria Jones) Johnny Cash-One (U2) The Feeling-Take on Me (A-ha) Never Released
I'm listening to my Magic Hollow boxset by The Beau Brummels - one of the best box-set type collections out there.
It reminded me that the BB's released a whole album of covers in 1966 - each song contemporary to that year itself.
A concept that wouldn't likely fly today.
They also released a cover of You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - for me one of the better Beatles covers around. Almost up there with Dillard & Clarks cover of "Don't Let Me Down" - my favourite Fab 4 cover!
All along the watchtower-Hendrix/Dylan
Electrifying(you're the one that i want)-Spoiler/Travolta & Newton-John
Walk on by-Stranglers/Warwick
[cite]Posted By: Clem_Snide[/cite]Continuing the top 5 theme........
Like a Virgin (Madonna) - Teenage Fanclub
Free Again (Big Star) - Teenage Fanclub
Here Comes Your Man (Pixies) - Teenage Fanclub
...TFC do a good line in covers.
Free Falling (Tom Petty) - The Kings of Convenience
Have Love Will Travel (The Sonics) - The Black Keys
and anything TV ad related by Snuff, remember an amazing new year gig at the Venue circa '92 when they covered about 10 TV ads and finished with the Theme from In Sickness & In Health!!!!!. Think they subsequently released them on an EP called Flibbidydibbidydob.
Mad World - Gary Jules / Michael Andrews (Tears For Fears) Only Love Can Break Your Heart - St Etienne (Neil Young) All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan) You really Got Me - Van Halen (The Kinks) Black Magic Woman - Santana (Fleetwood Mac) (or maybe 'She's not there' by the Zombies) Since you've Been Gone - Rainbow (The Barnet Dogs)
oops, over done it!
a 'top 5' revival?
Thought I'd add...... Need your love so bad - Fleetwood Mac (Little Willie John) I love rock and roll - Joan Jett and the blackhearts (Arrow) Desperado - Linda Ronstadt (Eagles) Tougher than the rest - Everything but the girl (Bruce Springsteen) Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies (Velvet Underground)
I like covers which improve on the original or try to do something different with a song.
Without You Nillson .Original Badfinger. It's Not The Spotlight Bobby Blue Bland .Original Gerry Goffin. Reason To Believe Rod Stewart .Original Tim Hardin. If Not For You George Harrison.Original Bob Dylan. Light My Fire Amii Stewart.Original The Doors.
Those interested in covers I recommend this site .
Another alternative is Soulwax/ 2 many djs. They use a lot of original old rock, hip hop, soul tunes and even pop songs and mix them up with their own beats (electronica, but not mad raving music) pretty cool and I have followed them for years. And coincidentally they are Belgian
The first record I ever loved, All The Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople was covered by David Bowie. But as it was Bowie who originally wrote the song, maybe it was MTH who covered it?
Long Tall Sally - The Beatles (Little Richard) even more exciting than the original! No One Knows - The Divine Comedy (Queen of the Stone Age) a live classic from the 2004 orchestral tour Little Fluffy Clouds - Instrumental (The Orb) the dance classic arranged for strings Always on my Mind - Pet Shop Boys (Elvis) Relight my fire - Donna Summer or Take That (Barry Manilow) because the uptempo versions are so much better than the original slow slow version!
Satisfaction Devo / Stones All along the watchtower XTC / Dylan Walk on by The Stranglers / Warwick Delilah SAHB / And the whole of Pin Ups which is an album of covers by Bowie
With a Little Help from my Friends - Joe Cocker (The Beatles) I Walk on Guilded Splinters - Allman Brothers Band (Paul Weller) Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young (Hall and Oates) Baker Street - Foo Fighters (Gerry Rafferty) Say Hello Wave Goodbye - David Gray (Soft Cell)
Hey Joe - Hendrix Roadhouse Blues Live - Quo Crossroads - Clapton Hurt - Cash Johnny B Goode - Hendrix (the best version of this bar none - it takes of like a spaceship maned by a whistling horse)
walk on by - the stranglers - dionne warwick all along the watchtower - jimi hendrix - bob dylan hurt - johnny cash - nine inch nails shipbuilding - elvis costello - robert wyatt dig a pony - st vincent - the beatles
Into The Groove - Ciccone Youth (Sonic Youth) - (Madonna) All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix (Dylan) Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees (Beatles)
Saturday nights all right for fighting - The Who (Elton John)
I forgot that one , it is superb . The Who make it sound like one of their own songs. I love the way Townshend turns it into Take Me To The Pilot halfway through.
It comes from an album of Elton John covers called Two Rooms. Well worth a listen, there is a few on there which could have made my list.
Twist and Shout - The Beatles (Orginally by The Top Notes. Also covered by The Isely Brothers. Could list so many from The Beatles. Till There Was You, Long Tall Sally, Slow Down etc.)
Key to the Highway - Eric Clapton (orginally Charlie Segar)
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (Orginally by David Bowie)
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin (Orginally by Anne Johannsen)
Walk This Way - RUN-DMC/Aerosmith (Originally by Aerosmith)
Just missing out: Oh Lonesome Me - Neil Young, Respect - Aretha Franklin
Out on the western plain. Rory Gallagher ( Huddie Ledbetter) Bankers Blue's : Rory Gallagher ( Big Bill Broonzy) Spoonful: Cream ( Willie Dixon) Crossroads: Cream ( Robert Johnson) Dazed and Confused Led Zep (Jake Holmes)
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Hit Burrito # 1 I'm your toy - DeVotchKa (Original - Flying Burrito Brothers)
The best version IMHO but Cale is a genius for Paris 1919 alone IMHO
Smooth Criminal - Alient Ant Farm (Michael Jackson)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
Drug Me - Sepultura (Dead Kennedys)
How Soon is Now - Quicksand (The Smiths)
Down In The Park-Foo Fighters (Tubeway Army)
Daddy Cool-Placebo (Boney M)
Venus In Furs-Hugh Cornwell (Velvet Underground)
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This-Dream Disciples (Eurythmics)
Midnight Cowboy - by John Barry - Covered by Faith No More
Army of Me - by Bjork - Covered by Helmet
Easy - by The Commodores - Covered by Faith No More
Fire - by Jimi Hendrix - Covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters
Yeh I love that album too.
What you might call quirky?
Not sure about the thumbs up to Enoch Powell in "Graham Greene" though, but maybe we can put it down to poetic licence
Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson- Valerie (The Zutons)
Soft Cell-Tainted Love (Gloria Jones)
Johnny Cash-One (U2)
The Feeling-Take on Me (A-ha) Never Released
It reminded me that the BB's released a whole album of covers in 1966 - each song contemporary to that year itself.
A concept that wouldn't likely fly today.
They also released a cover of You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - for me one of the better Beatles covers around. Almost up there with Dillard & Clarks cover of "Don't Let Me Down" - my favourite Fab 4 cover!
Doug Dillard & Gene Clark countrify The Beatles...
Electrifying(you're the one that i want)-Spoiler/Travolta & Newton-John
Walk on by-Stranglers/Warwick
I used to have a copy of that snuff ep
Thought I'd add......
Need your love so bad - Fleetwood Mac (Little Willie John)
I love rock and roll - Joan Jett and the blackhearts (Arrow)
Desperado - Linda Ronstadt (Eagles)
Tougher than the rest - Everything but the girl (Bruce Springsteen)
Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies (Velvet Underground)
Because the night - Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen
She - Elvis Costello/Charles Aznavour
Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds/Bob Dylan
Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond/Jimmy James and the Vagabonds/UB40
Without You Nillson .Original Badfinger.
It's Not The Spotlight Bobby Blue Bland .Original Gerry Goffin.
Reason To Believe Rod Stewart .Original Tim Hardin.
If Not For You George Harrison.Original Bob Dylan.
Light My Fire Amii Stewart.Original The Doors.
Those interested in covers I recommend this site .
http://www.secondhandsongs.com/
And coincidentally they are Belgian
What is certain is that both have performed it.
Long Tall Sally - The Beatles (Little Richard) even more exciting than the original!
No One Knows - The Divine Comedy (Queen of the Stone Age) a live classic from the 2004 orchestral tour
Little Fluffy Clouds - Instrumental (The Orb) the dance classic arranged for strings
Always on my Mind - Pet Shop Boys (Elvis)
Relight my fire - Donna Summer or Take That (Barry Manilow) because the uptempo versions are so much better than the original slow slow version!
All along the watchtower XTC / Dylan
Walk on by The Stranglers / Warwick
Delilah SAHB /
And the whole of Pin Ups which is an album of covers by Bowie
I Walk on Guilded Splinters - Allman Brothers Band (Paul Weller)
Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young (Hall and Oates)
Baker Street - Foo Fighters (Gerry Rafferty)
Say Hello Wave Goodbye - David Gray (Soft Cell)
Roadhouse Blues Live - Quo
Crossroads - Clapton
Hurt - Cash
Johnny B Goode - Hendrix (the best version of this bar none - it takes of like a spaceship maned by a whistling horse)
all along the watchtower - jimi hendrix - bob dylan
hurt - johnny cash - nine inch nails
shipbuilding - elvis costello - robert wyatt
dig a pony - st vincent - the beatles
All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix (Dylan)
Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees (Beatles)
I forgot that one , it is superb . The Who make it sound like one of their own songs. I love the way Townshend turns it into Take Me To The Pilot halfway through.
It comes from an album of Elton John covers called Two Rooms. Well worth a listen, there is a few on there which could have made my list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Rooms:_Celebrating_the_Songs_of_Elton_John_&_Bernie_Taupin
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Rooms-Celebrating-Bernie-Taupin/dp/B000025SX8
Key to the Highway - Eric Clapton (orginally Charlie Segar)
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (Orginally by David Bowie)
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin (Orginally by Anne Johannsen)
Walk This Way - RUN-DMC/Aerosmith (Originally by Aerosmith)
Just missing out: Oh Lonesome Me - Neil Young, Respect - Aretha Franklin
Bankers Blue's : Rory Gallagher ( Big Bill Broonzy)
Spoonful: Cream ( Willie Dixon)
Crossroads: Cream ( Robert Johnson)
Dazed and Confused Led Zep (Jake Holmes)