top five cover versions

[markE]

can't remember if we did this already but what are your top five cover version (studio only)


all or nothing - dogs d'amour
hurt - johnny cash
rocking all over the world - status quo
word up - gun
cats in the cradle - ugly kid joe

[Sarc]

Soul Asylum - Sexual Healing by Marvin Gay
Eldritch - My SHarona by The Knack
The Get Up Kids - Regret by New Order (i think, not sure on that one)
Cracker - White Riot by the Clash (has to be hear to be believed)
Perfect* - Crocodile Rock by Elton John

Tommy Stinson from the replacements first solo band after the 'Mats split up.

[DangerousBeans]

Route 66(Get yer Kicks on)-The Cramps
The Devil Went Down to Georgia-Levellers
Bankrobber-Chumbawamba(they do it Acapella as well...sounds amazing)
Bodies-The Almighty
My Way-Sex Pistols

[SteveP]

Everything on the two albums by The King, Gravelands and Return To Splendor

And they all have a twist, they're all covers of songs by singers or band members who are dead (for the uninitiated out there)

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=641467- Gravelands

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=93;-1;-1;-1&sku=260420- Return to Splendor

[spoon_of_grimbo]

Death On Wednesday - Panic (Smiths Cover - and i'm not even a Smiths fan!)
SikTh - Tupelo (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Cover)
Dillinger Escape Plan - Jesus Christ Pose (Soundgarden Cover)
Faith No More - War Pigs (Black Sabbath Cover - Patton's vocals beat Ozzy's!!!)
Hot Water Music - Radio (Alkaline Trio Cover)
Mad Caddies - S.O.S. (Abba Cover)

i know that's six, but i really couldn't eliminate one!

[spoon_of_grimbo]

oh fuck, and Mastodon's cover of Thin Lizzy's Emerald!!!

I hate picking favourites!!!

[Ross]

Live with Me (Massive Attack) - The Twilight Singers
Pump it up (Elvis Costello) - The Wildies
Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) - Chilli Peppers
Most covers Hendrix has done, but particularly All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)
Where did you sleep last night (Leadbelly) - Nirvana

[wildsam6o]

hmmmm

hendrix - all along the watchtower
nirvana - man who sold the world (know it was live but it was studio----ish)
reel big fish - take on me
misfits - donna (cover of a paul anka song)
The Wildhearts - Understanding Jane

[lob]

Woo, nice question, Mark (not nice questionmark as it came out first)

David Bowie - Sorrow
Terry Reid - Superlungs (my super girl)
Toots and the Maytals - Take me home country roads
Jason and the Scorchers - Drugstore truck driving man
Silver ginger Five - To love somebody

[my3dtvtan]

Reuben - Feel Good Inc. (Gorrilaz) You've never lived till you've herd Jamie rapping!

Dog Fashion Disco - Greese (John Travolta)

Ginger - Hocus Pocus (Focus) The one off Great White Monkey with Jon cracks me up every time the falseto comes in

In Flames - Land Of Confusion (Genesis) Hmmm In Flames release this incredible version and no one bats an eye lid and then 5 monthes later Disturbed rip them off by doing it in exactly the same way and it becomes a hit for them grrrrr.

Satyricon - I Got Errection (Turbonegro)

Oh my that was painful! Just five! Im not even a tenth of the way through my list!

Ps.
Ten Masked Men - Blue (Eifel 65) The ultimate cover band!
Therapy? - Gimmie Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) (Abba)
Therapy? - Isolation (Joy Division)

I know, I know

[tex]

NIN - Dead Souls
Primal Scream - Slip Insde This House
Manic Street Preachers - It's so Easy (never recorded but live it is awesome, better than G'n'R) although Pennyroyal Tea also comes close

Prolly need to agree with you guys on FNM's Warpigs and Hendrix's ...Watchtower for the other 2. Maybe Cash doing Hurt as well

Also, the Nirvana Unplugged stuff gets an honourable mention.

Plus, The Scream doing What Goes On on the Riot City Blues tour should get mentioned too!

[Sarc]

I'm sure he said studio versons only not live.

[Yayhoo]

Great post. Lots to choose from but I'll go for:

Jeff Buckley "Lost Highway"
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Call Me The Breeze"
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "Right Place, Wrong Time"
The Georgia Satellites "The Race Is On"
Ozzy Osbourne & Type O Negative "Pictures Of Matchstick Men"

Oh...and everything that Me First And The Gimme Gimmes have done!

[spoon_of_grimbo]

Jeff Buckley "Lost Highway"

where's that from?

[Sarc]

It was the bside to So Real the other track fro a fourteen minute version of Kagaroo which i think was Big Star originally, you can get it on the Grace Eps boxset