Best Version

Henry Irving

Shamelessly stolen fron BBC London

Which version is better IYHO?

Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart or Stereophonics

All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix

My Girl - Temptations or Otis Redding

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley or Leonard Cohen

Take Me To The River - Talking Heads or Al Green

Summertime Blues - The Who or Eddie Cochran

And add one of your own to keep it going.

F-Blocker

'phonics
Hendrix
Temptations
Buckley
Talking Heads
Eddie Cochran

American Pie - Don Mcclean or Madonna (Don Mcclean)

Salad

1. Rod
2. Jimi
3. Otis
4. Jeff
5. Heads
6. Eddie

7. Jump - Van Halen or Aztec Camera
8. Victoria - Kinks or The Fall
9. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young or St Etienne
10. New England - Billy Bragg or Kirsty McCall

Henry Irving

Rod
Jimi
Otis
Len
Al
Eddie
Don
Aztec Camera
Kinks
Hard one but Neil
Billy

ThreadKiller

Stereophonics
Jimi Hendrix
Temptations
Jeff Buckley
Talking Heads
Eddie Cochran
Don Mcclean
Van Halen
The Fall
St Etienne
Kirsty McCall

our lips are sealed - the go-go's or fun boy three (fun boy three)
it must be love - labi siffre or madness (madness)
tainted love - soft cell or marilyn manson (soft cell)

Henry Irving

Mistrollingin is going to tell you off for not saying Tainted Love - Gloria Jones

Fun Boy Three

Labi Siffre (in the Madness video BTW)

Soft Cell

randy andy

phonics
Hendrix
Temptations
Buckley
Talking Heads
Eddie Cochran
Van Halen
Kinks
St Etienne
Billy

11. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails or Johny Cash

addick1965

Handbags and Gladrags - Stereophonics

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

My Girl - Temptations

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Take Me To The River - Talking Heads

Summertime Blues - The Who

American Pie-Neither i HATE that song

Jump-Van Halen

Victoria-The Fall

Only Love...-Neil Young

New England -Kirsty Mcoll

Our lips are sealed- The Go Go's

It Must be love- Madness

Tainted love -soft cell

3am eternal KLF or Extreme Noise Terror

Salad

7. Aztec
8. Fall
9. Neil
10. Billy
11. Cash
12. Soft Cell

stonemuse

Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart

All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan

My Girl - Temptations

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Take Me To The River - Al Green

Summertime Blues - The Who

American Pie - Don Mclean

Jump-Aztec Camera

Victoria-The Kinks

Only Love...-Neil Young

New England -Kirsty Mcoll

Our lips are sealed- The Go Go's

It Must be love- Madness

Tainted love -soft cell

3am eternal KLF



Something Else - Eddie Cochran or Sid Vicious

mistrollingin

Henry, I'm going to tell you off, Handbags originally recorded by the great Chris Farlowe.
And spot on re Tainted Love.

Dark End of the Street - James carr or Roy Hamilton

LargeAddick

don't recognise any so far but how about :

I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly or Orville ?

CHG

Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

My Girl - Otis Redding

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Take Me To The River - Al Green

Summertime Blues - The Who

Algarveaddick

Handbags and Gladrags - Sterophonics

All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix

My Girl - Temptations

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Take Me To The River - Al Green

Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran

American Pie - Don Mclean

Jump-Aztec Camera

Victoria-The Fall

Only Love...-Neil Young

New England - Love both versions

Our lips are sealed- The Go Go's

It Must be love- Madness

Tainted love - Marilyn Manson

3am eternal KLF

Something Else - Eddie Cochran



Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode, Johnny Cash or Marilyn Manson (again sitting on the fence - love all three versions)

96 Tears - ? and the Mysterions or Stranglers (? and the Mysterions... just.)

stonemuse

Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash ... but it's a close one

96 Tears - Stranglers

Henry Irving

Wrist slapping taken Mistrollin'. Apologies : - )

And I'm going to get another one for saying Dark End of the Street - Aretha or Ry Cooder

Something else - Eddie

Personal Jesus - Cash

96 Tears - Eddie and Hot Rods (live at the Marquee) surely? : - )

stonemuse

Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan or The Byrds

stonemuse

96 Tears - Eddie and Hot Rods (live at the Marquee) surely? : - )

Doohh, of course ... fully agreed.

Algarveaddick

[cite]Posted By: stonemuse[/cite]Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan or The Byrds

Byrds

Henry Irving

[cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: stonemuse[/cite]Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan or The Byrds

Byrds

First rule of cover versions - The non-Dylan version is (nearly) always better.
*waits for Nadou and Nigel W to explode*

Algarveaddick

[cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: stonemuse[/cite]Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan or The Byrds

Byrds

First rule of cover versions - The non-Dylan version is (nearly) always better.
*waits for Nadou and Nigel W to explode*

Agreed

F-Blocker

I've missed a few, but am going to add a new one:

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush or Marilyn Manson (Marilyn Manson wins - 51/49)

stonemuse

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

stonemuse

Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees or The Beatles

Oakster

Let's Dance.

Chris Montez

vs.

The Ramones

stonemuse

[cite]Posted By: Oakster[/cite]Let's Dance.

Chris Montez

vs.

The Ramones

Ramones ... by far

stoneroses19

Hounds of Love - Kate Bush or The Futureheads

mistrollingin

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke or Otis Redding
It's Growing - Temptations or The Contours
A Love Like Yours - Martha/Vandellas or Ike and Tina Turner

stonemuse

Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

stonemuse

A Change Is Gonna Come - Otis Redding
It's Growing - Temptations
A Love Like Yours - Martha/Vandellas

mistrollingin

Please Stay - Drifters or Zoot Money
Respect - Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin
If I Were A Carpenter - Tim Hardin or The Four Tops