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Old 03-30-2009, 06:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default What's Your Favourite Cover Version?

With the recent cover version of "Run" by Leona Lewis knocking spots off the original by Snow Patrol, some others came to mind-

Depeche Mode- Personal Jesus- Marilyn Manson
Hall And Oates- I Can't Go For That/ Sunrise- Simply Red
Barry Ryan- Eloise- The Damned
Cameo- Word Up- Korn
Dobie Gray- The In Crowd- Bryan Ferry

So What's Your Favourite?
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Old 03-30-2009, 10:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
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One that's standing out ATM is Sonic Youth's cover of the Carpenter's song, Superstar.
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Old 03-30-2009, 10:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Patti Smith's cover of Gloria is the only cover I've ever loved.
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Old 04-02-2009, 09:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Its hard to choose cause they're so many cool covers I've come across..

Chilren of Bodom doing Somebody Put Something In My Drink (Ramones)

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Pennywise covering Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)

...are a couple that I've heard and really liked lately.
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Old 04-04-2009, 09:29 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Trickys version of Public Enemy's Black Steel is still the standard that other cover versions should aspire too. If you are going to cover a song then put your own spin on it and thats exactly what he did.
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Old 04-04-2009, 09:42 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I'd like to throw out Nirvana covering "The Man who Sold The World", even though it's a cliche.
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Old 04-04-2009, 09:44 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Here's five that spring to mind;

The Fall - I'm Going To Spain
Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
The Pogues - The Recruiting Sergeant/Rocky Road To Dublin/Galway Races
Rolling Stones - Stop Breaking Down
Captain Beefheart - Diddy Wah Diddy
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No one has mentioned Between the Buried and Me's cover album. The entire album is pretty good, but there are a few mentionable songs from The Anatomy of:. They do a little bit of everything. My favorites are between their versions of Queen's "Bicycle Race" and Pink Floyd's "Us and Them".
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Old 04-04-2009, 10:15 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I didn't mention BTBAM because they are awful
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I didn't mention BTBAM because they are awful
We'll, once again, you leave me to resort to this lame one-liner:

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