Greatest Cover version of all time

It must be the sublime LWTUA by Paul Young, superb stuff :)

Don't be a twat, it's Walk On By - The Stranglers

Stay where you are Mike, we're sending someone round now, you'll be able to spot them by the butterfly nets. BTW, what size straitja.....errrmm shirt do you take?

"Shout" by Disturbed.

Even Tears for Fears themselves were impressed.

I don't think it's quite the greatest in music history, but here's some of my favourite music covers.

It's Alright- Pet Shop Boys All Day and All of the Night- The Stranglers Tainted Love- Soft Cell

Dunno if these are the greatest covers, but I even made a mix of all covers...

1. Higher Ground-Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. Absolutely Sweet Marie-Jason & The Scorchers
3. Hurt-Johnny Cash
4. Black Diamond-The Replacements
5. Toys in The Attic-REM
6. 8 Miles High-Husker Du
7. Little Wing-Stevie Ray Vaughan
8. All Along The Watchtower-Hendrix
9. Train Kept a Rollin-Aerosmith
10. California Dreamin-Eddie Hazel
11. Redemption Song-Joe Strummer
12. Here I am-UB40
13. Let Down-Easy Star All Stars & Toots Hibbert
14. Sweet Jane-Cowboy Junkies
15. Party Train-Love Tractor
16. Raspberry Beret-Hindu Love Gods (Warren Zevon & others)
17. There is a Light That Never Goes Out-Neil Finn & Johnny Marr

and "Strutter" by The Donnas. They look HOT in KISS makeup...

She's Always In My Hair - D'Angelo

Theres fucking loads. But today i'm gonna go with 'Always On My Mind' by Willie Nelson.

It was surely the time I COVERED Mike's face with spunk while THE CURE played in the background.

No?

Solitude wrote: Don't be a twat, it's Walk On By - The Stranglers

i am with you with that one .the deep bass suits it well.the now stranglers guitar bloke does the break bit well live. take a walk in the trees ask rocket mick

here's one thats better then the original

who do you think you are-saint etienne i love that st ett record as much as anything,anywhere.its delicous, but heard it was from a group in the 70's made it first. where they called candlewick green?

i still adore it so fucking much ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: Yer all fucking wrong!

The best cover EVER is Only Love Can Break Your Heart by St. Etienne...

I should just lock this thread now...

okey dokey....maybe...just maybe, it's actually All Along The Watchtower from Jimi and his crew...it's miles better than the original...

no its jeff its ' who do you think you are ' st ettianne

starting to thing staint ett do many cover versions

Ermmm, I'll go along with Only Love etc by St Etienne, always thought controversially that Madonna's 'Ray of Light' is an ace cover, having heard the hippy shit original.

JD did a good cover of this by Nolan Porter:

Boing Boing Baggies Baggies wrote: It must be the sublime LWTUA by Paul Young, superb stuff :)

It must be the sublime LWTUA by The Cure

"JUST GO FOR A STROLL IN THE TREES"........

banshee wrote:

Solitude wrote: Don't be a twat, it's Walk On By - The Stranglers

i am with you with that one .the deep bass suits it well.the now stranglers guitar bloke does the break bit well live. take a walk in the trees ask rocket mick

See MY other POST

Yeah I'm biased towards SAINT ETIENNE.Their covers of Neil Young "Only Love Will Break Your Heart" and Candlewick Green's "Who Do You THink.."

But then there's always PSB's "Always On My Mind" or THIS MORTAL COIL's "Song TO THe Siren"

But alas my favourite is BIS - LWTUA!!

Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb

Actually, my top 5 covers of all time...

1] "Hurt" - Johnny Cash 2] "Always on My Mind" - Pet Shop Boys 3] "Where Is My Mind?" - Placebo 4] "Mr. Disco" - Tomihira 5] "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - The Cure

LCD Soundsystem- No Love Lost.

Takes a crap song and makes it brilliant one.

Dodjem wrote: Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb

I forgot about that one!!

Got to say once you've heard FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD's Born To Run, Bruce Windscreen's version sounds a little twee.

Also C Bentley's covers of EGG and ICB And SEROTONIN's No Love Lost

Now i'm serious:

Dead Souls - Nine Inch Nails You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Eddie Vedder Can't Take My Eyes off You - Muse All Along the Watchtower - Dave Matthews Band A Night Like This - Billy Corgan Hurt - Johnny Cash Disorder - Los Planetas The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana Purple Haze - The Cure Blue Monday - Orgy No Love Lost - LCD Soundsystem Stripped - Rammstein

Andrès wrote: Now i'm serious:

Blue Monday - Orgy

WHAT?

MONTY wrote:

Dodjem wrote: Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb

I forgot about that one!!

Got to say once you've heard FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD's Born To Run, Bruce Windscreen's version sounds a little twee.

Also C Bentley's covers of EGG and ICB And SEROTONIN's No Love Lost

icb? what!! that cant happen surely

BonoShed wrote: 6. 8 Miles High-Husker Du 7. Little Wing-Stevie Ray Vaughan 8. All Along The Watchtower-Hendrix

18. There is a Light That Never Goes Out-Neil Finn & Johnny Marr

Good choices but no dice XTC's All along the watchtower

beats them all.

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Andrès wrote: Now i'm serious:

Blue Monday - Orgy

WHAT?

i like it...not too much, but i do

The following are the best of the bunch, at this moment in time, imho...

Shock Me (Kiss) - Red House Painters When Doves Cry (Prince) - Damien Rice Everyday is Like Sunday (Morrissey) - 10,000 Maniacs This Charming Man (The Smiths) - Stars Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits) - The Killers Bitches Ain't Shit (NWA) - Ben Folds Cracklin' Rosie (Neil Diamond) - Shane MacGowan White Light/White Heat (VU) - Revenge Atmosphere (JD) - Peter Murphy, NIN and TV on Radio Mad World (Tears for Fears) - Gary Jules Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) - Catherine Wheel Naive Melody (Talking Heads) - Arcade Fire Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush) - Placebo

You are talking to someone with an mp3 folder with close to 1000 covers.....

i go with these

i fought the law - the clash superman - rem hallelujah - jeff buckley song to the siren - this mortal coil common people - william shatner superstar - sonic youth such great heights - iron & wine

i've got a real soft spot for beck's version of 'everybody's gotta learn sometime'...

ooh and Mark Ronson's Stop Me

Tin Tin Out "Here's Where The Story Ends"

Do any of you remember Rage - Run To You?

An euphoric, trancey cover of the 1985 Bryan Adams classic?

But yes, Christopher Bentley's covers of Everything's Gone Green and ICB do deserve their place on this thread too.

In fact, the best and worst cover version of all time is Alex's version of S Club 7's "Dont Stop Movin" which does exist in recorded format somewhere in the Dukinfield Vault.

Also, gordies version of a Roy Orbison song was particularly awesome.

blondie - the tide is high madness - it must be love the specials - a message to you, rudy morrissey - moon river jose gonzalez - hand on your heart pixies - winterlong

Swans - love will tear us apart

Got to be Song to the Siren by This Mortal Coil.

mmmm,,, these have already been mentioned though they are soooo superior to the original and surpass the artists own writing in places.

stranglers ,, walk on by,, given away as a freebie to an album , yea the 70,s

hendrix , all along the watchtower,great bass by dylans granny, and my fave,, johnyy cash ,hurt,, when the man comes around ,

said the joker to the thief

Empress Touch wrote: Do any of you remember Rage - Run To You?

An euphoric, trancey cover of the 1985 Bryan Adams classic?

But yes, Christopher Bentley's covers of Everything's Gone Green and ICB do deserve their place on this thread too.

I remember it as a really bad commercial house meets soft rock effort similar to East Side Beat's cover of "Ride Like The Wind" from the same era.

A good cover version from back then was Secret Life's version of Stevie Wonder's "Always". Pure gospel heaven.

adding winterlong & everyone's got to learn sometimes to mine

primal scream "slip inside this house" teenage fanclub "like a virgin" sueno latino "sueno latino" (e2-e4) belle and sebastian played the theme tune to the snooker when they did Preston Guild Hall. does this count?

"I Fought The Law" Dead Kennedys

Hanson doing Radioheads (p)optimistic has got to be up there with the best of them.

Solitude wrote: Don't be a twat, it's Walk On By - The Stranglers

Don't be a twat, it's Walk On By - by The Stranglers.

Polly Jean's version of When will I see you again?

Might be a bit controversial... But i just love this. It's a great cover.

i love it too. nice choice, burty boy.

This too.. Fantastic live.. not so good on record.

I Fought the Law- The Clash and The Dead Kennedys