TOP 5 COVER VERSIONS of ANYONE!

This is off the top of my head so I am sure I missed some!

1. "Nobody does it better" Radiohead
2. "Ruby, dont take Your Love to Town" The Killers
3. "Detroit Rock City" The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
4. "Head on" Pixies
5. "The Passenger" Siouxie and the Banshees

The Stranglers - Walk On By The Doors - Back Door Man Neil Young - Horse With No Name (Everyone thinks its his) Jeff Buckley - Hellelujah Them fellas who did the Tears For Fears "Mad World" a few years back.

"atmosphere"by The Pink Mountains tops ( the velvet playing JD material) absolutely hilarious "fearless"(pink Floyd) by Low "come up and see me/Make me smile" by The Weddies "All u need is love" by THe Bunnymen ( with a psychedelic meddley to end the song) "wish u were here" by ??? i don't remember !but Radiohead leadsinger is making backing vocals on this number...Merde, c'est quoi le nom déjà ?

JEAN NOEL BOUET wrote: "atmosphere"by The Pink Mountains tops ( the velvet playing JD material) absolutely hilarious "fearless"(pink Floyd) by Low "come up and see me/Make me smile" by The Weddies "All u need is love" by THe Bunnymen ( with a psychedelic meddley to end the song) "wish u were here" by ??? i don't remember !but Radiohead leadsinger is making backing vocals on this number...Merde, c'est quoi le nom déjà ?

I have Towering Above The Rest by Radiohead and it said they performed Wish You Were Here with a band called Sparklehorse.

Um Ray of Light was by a couple of folky hippies from London in the early Seventies. They tried to sue Madonna, but settled for a cash settlement.

Mylo is basically Dr Beat by Miami Sound Machine, which he later re-released featuring Miami Sound Machine.

Step on was a cover of a song called 'He's Gonna Step on you Again', which was a minor hit in the mid-seventies for a South African chap called John Kongas (I think!).

Just to add a couple more:

Dinosaur Junior's cover of 'Just Like Heaven'

the Jose Gonzalez tune currently in the charts, which is a cover of an obscure Scandinavian band from a couple of years back.

World of Twist - 'She's Like a Rainbow'

and last but definitely not least: Joey Ramones cover of 'What a Wonderful World'.

Didnt you like my performance in Boogie Nights?

It's not all squeal, piggy, squeal you know

Mylo's "Drop the Pressure" reminds me ... I forgot to add:

"Pressure Drop" - Toots and the Maytals via The Clash

"Let's Stick Together" - Wilbert Harrison via Bryan Ferry "Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks via David Bowie "Days" - The Kinks via Elvis Costello "Eight Miles High" - The Byrds via Husker Du "Tower of Song" - Leonard Cohen via Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "As Tears Go By" - Rolling Stones via Marianne Faithful ('87 version)

Damn I love me some covers.

Gnu Odor wrote: Mylo's "Drop the Pressure" reminds me ... I forgot to add:

"Tower of Song" - Leonard Cohen via Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Ever hear the 30-minute version? Had it when I had Audiogalaxy, but I deleted the wrong files, so I don't have it no more............

JonnyMac wrote: The Stranglers - Walk On By Jeff Buckley - Hellelujah Them fellas who did the Tears For Fears "Mad World" a few years back.

i forgot about these three. great tunes. the latter was done for the film donnie darko, i believe.

also: phil collins' against all odds as done by the postal service.

Red House Painters: All Mixed Up (the cars) Ben Folds & Jarvis Cocker: Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre) Sun Kil Moon: Ocean Breathes Salty (Modest Mouse) Shinehead: Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) Lali Puna: 40 Days (Slowdive)

thrashingtiger wrote:

Ben Folds & Jarvis Cocker: Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre)

Oh yeah,

"Boyz n the Hood" - NWA via Dynamite Hack

The Cure's "Love Cats" by Tricky. Depeche Mode's "Shake the Disease" by Hooverphonic Troup's "Route 66" by Depeche Mode The Rolling Stones' "Mother's Little Helper" by Arno

All The Young Dudes - Ozzy

Pictures of Matchstick Men - Ozzy and Type O Negative

Burt Reynolds wrote: Um Ray of Light was by a couple of folky hippies from London in the early Seventies. They tried to sue Madonna, but settled for a cash settlement.

Mylo is basically Dr Beat by Miami Sound Machine, which he later re-released featuring Miami Sound Machine.

Step on was a cover of a song called 'He's Gonna Step on you Again', which was a minor hit in the mid-seventies for a South African chap called John Kongas (I think!).

Just to add a couple more:

Dinosaur Junior's cover of 'Just Like Heaven'

the Jose Gonzalez tune currently in the charts, which is a cover of an obscure Scandinavian band from a couple of years back.

World of Twist - 'She's Like a Rainbow'

and last but definitely not least: Joey Ramones cover of 'What a Wonderful World'.

Didnt you like my performance in Boogie Nights?

It's not all squeal, piggy, squeal you know

I'm aware of Mylo being heavily inspired by Miami Sound Machine, but I'd say he sampled them rather than covered them on Drop The Pressure. Dr Pressure, however, is close to being a cover - I'd call it a mash-up though.

Never heard of John Kongas or those folky hippies from London. Thanks for the info.

As for that José Gonzales, I'd say that at least in Sweden he's much more obscure than his fellow countrymen The Knife whose song Heartbeats he is ripping off on that Sony ad. I think I much prefer the electro sound of the original. Looking forward to The Knife's new album.

Sorry to say I wasn't that impressed with Boogie Nights. Nothing beats the duelling banjos and squeal piggy squeal.

Christopher Owens wrote:

Pictures of Matchstick Men - Ozzy and Type O Negative

i like camper van beethoven's version, myself.

If you have to have one Marilyn Manson track in your playlist, make it the cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell On You."

If.

Gnu Odor wrote: If you have to have one Marilyn Manson track in your playlist, make it the cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell On You."

If.

I'd go for Tainted Love.

1. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
2. Song to the siren - This Mortal Coil
3. Psycho - Elvis Costello
4. Port of Amsterdam - David Bowie
5. L.O.V.E love - Orange Juice

Buffalo Tom's cover of the Jam's 'Going Underground'.

Agree with Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah and Johnny Cash's Hurt.

Since I've had a few whiskeys I'll chuck in Suede's version of The Pretenders' Brass in Pocket also...

JonnyMac wrote: The Stranglers - Walk On By The Doors - Back Door Man Neil Young - Horse With No Name (Everyone thinks its his) Jeff Buckley - Hellelujah Them fellas who did the Tears For Fears "Mad World" a few years back.

cant believe it took til you for someone to mention hallelujah! anyone listed the clash i fought the law yet?

it was gary jules that did mad world by the way

I'd happily list "Hallelujah," but it'd be John Cale's cover version. (He also did a kooky cover of "Heartbreak Hotel.")

I missed one for my list!

The Fall - Lost in Music (we'er caught in a trap)

the Chiefs of Relief used to play Cameos ' Word up ' when they were Big Audio Dynamites support on an early tour , I swear that's where Gun got the idea from , the Chiefs version was clean , Matt Ashman put some fookin charge into it .