Daragh Advanced Member Posts:666  
| 8/1/2005 4:42 PM |
|
|
Ok, in response to the "soundalike" thread, what are the best covers?
My favourite would definitely be Hendrix's version of "All Along The Watchtower" and Ten Years After's version of "Woodstock"
can't think of any more recent ones off the top of my head.
|
|
|
|
Una Veteran Member Posts:1721
| 8/1/2005 4:44 PM |
|
|
http://youaintnopicasso.blogspot.com/2005/07/now-thats-what-i-call-indie-covers.html
|
|
|
|
UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 8/1/2005 4:59 PM |
|
|
My favourite covers are probably:
Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine
Jeff Buckley - Ye Jo Halka Halka Saroor Hai
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Futureheads - Hounds of Love
Nirvana - the covers on Unplugged
Nirvana - Love Buzz
Hole - He Hit Me (and it felt like a kiss)
Fugees - Killing Me Softly
The Beat - Tears of a Clown
Van Halen - California Girls
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Girls Aloud - Jump
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
Radiohead - Nobody Does It Better
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
White Stripes - I Just Dont Know What To Do With Myself
The Clash - I Fought The Law
Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Suzane Cox - After the Goldrush
|
|
|
|
indiecater New Member Posts:55
| 8/1/2005 5:00 PM |
|
|
5 recent favs would have to be:
Magnet & Gemma Hayes - Lay Lady Lay
Johnny Cash - Hurt
William Shatner - Common People
Grandaddy - Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland (well the ads are only round the corner after all!!!)
Brakes - Jackson (& Sometimes Always)
|
|
|
|
DaraghAdvanced Member Posts:666
| 8/1/2005 5:05 PM |
|
|
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - fo sho!
the johnny cash cover is great too, but to be honest i really dont like the scissor sisters one. at all.
|
|
|
|
strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 8/1/2005 9:32 PM |
|
|
I already posted my top 30 back in February
http://www.cluas.com/discussion/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4183
Here's another 15 that I didn't mention
Bill Cosby: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
Nico: These Days (Jackson Browne)
Franz Ferdinand: Get Up And Use Me (The Fire Engines)
Peggy Lee: Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding)
Merry Clayton: Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones)
Speedometer: Work It Out (Beyonce)
Queens Of The Stone Age: Everybody's Gonna Be Happy (The Kinks)
Whomadewho: Satisfaction (Benni Benassi)
Uminski: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Daft Punk)
This Kid Named Miles: Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash)
Peaches: Gaybar (Electric 6)
The Blendcrafters: Imagine (John Lennon)
James Brown & The Dee Felice Trio: Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
Buddy Rich: The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher)
Iron & Wine: Such Great Heights (The Postal Service)
|
|
|
|
strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 8/1/2005 9:36 PM |
|
quote:
Originally posted by Daragh
to be honest i really dont like the scissor sisters one. at all.
I've gone off it a bit myself but that could just be over exposure. It still beats the sh*t out of the original though. |
|
|
|
BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 8/1/2005 11:50 PM |
|
quote:
Originally posted by Una
My favourite covers are probably:
Girls Aloud - Jump
Whew, someone else likes it too, I'm not a total freak then... |
|
|
|
vortexsurferNew Member Posts:8
| 8/2/2005 12:02 AM |
|
|
Golden Smog "Cowboy Song"
|
|
|
|
PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 8/2/2005 8:58 AM |
|
|
Calexico "Alone Again Or"
Jerry Lee Lewis "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
Nina Simone "Here Comes The Sun"
This Mortal Coil "Song To The Siren"
Beth Orton/Terry Callier "Dolphins"
Joss Stone "Fell In Love With A Boy"
4 Hero "Les Fleur"
Nu Yorican Soul "I Am The Black Gold of the Sun"
Talking Heads "Take Me To The River"
Johnny Cash "I See A Darkness"
Jimmy Scott "Someone To Watch Over Me"
Wilco "Be Not So Fearful"
Emmylou Harris "Sweet Old World"
Blind Boys of Alabama "LAst Time"
|
|
|
|
strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 8/2/2005 1:34 PM |
|
quote:
Originally posted by Pilchard
4 Hero "Les Fleur"
Nu Yorican Soul "I Am The Black Gold of the Sun"
I don't supoose you're a fan of Minnie Ripperton by any chance? |
|
|
|
PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 8/2/2005 2:36 PM |
|
quote:
Originally posted by stroller
quote:
Originally posted by Pilchard
4 Hero "Les Fleur"
Nu Yorican Soul "I Am The Black Gold of the Sun"
I don't supoose you're a fan of Minnie Ripperton by any chance?
;-)
i was looking down thru my itunes to jog my memory for that list. big fan of Rotary Connection too |
|
|
|
UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 8/2/2005 3:17 PM |
|
|
if James Blunt wasn't at the top of the charts, a lot of people would be raving about him and moaning that he wasn't successful.
KT Tunstall's performance on Jools Holland was absolutely brilliant.
Zat is all I have to say on this matter, which is basically about preference, not quality.
|
|
|
|
PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 8/2/2005 3:37 PM |
|
quote:
Originally posted by Una
if James Blunt wasn't at the top of the charts, a lot of people would be raving about him and moaning that he wasn't successful.
KT Tunstall's performance on Jools Holland was absolutely brilliant.
Zat is all I have to say on this matter, which is basically about preference, not quality.
wrong thread methinks una. |
|
|
|
UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 8/2/2005 6:49 PM |
|
|
More great Jeff Buckley covers:
The way young lovers do
If you see her say hello
Dink's Song
|
|
|
|
strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 8/2/2005 9:47 PM |
|
quote:
Originally posted by Unicron
More great Jeff Buckley covers:
The way young lovers do
If you see her say hello
Dink's Song
Don't forget Strange Fruit, Madame George and The Boy With The Thorn in His Side. Back in the glory days of Napster my brother managed to fill a full CD with bootlegs of Buckley doing covers in. Sin-E |
|
|
|
off the post Basic Member Posts:284
| 8/3/2005 1:17 PM |
|
|
I like Bowie's version of Waterloo Sunset although some people I know may not agree.
|
|
|
|
UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 8/3/2005 1:51 PM |
|
quote:
Originally posted by stroller
Don't forget Strange Fruit, Madame George and The Boy With The Thorn in His Side. Back in the glory days of Napster my brother managed to fill a full CD with bootlegs of Buckley doing covers in. Sin-E
Didn't really like his The Boy With The Thorn in His Side that much. |
|
|
|
| 8/8/2005 10:37 PM |
|
|
Smashing Pumpkins cover of Thin Lizzy's 'Dancing In the Moonlight' is really cool.
Also Will Oldham's cover of 'Big Balls' by AC/DC is great, he sings it so earnestly in his typical style its absolutely hilarious!
|
|
|
|