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Cover Versions that Beat the Originals

Brian Damage

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Are there are any covers that piss from a great height over the originals? What do you all think? I'll start with these (no idea how to post the videos, sorry):

 

Gary Jules: Mad World.

 

This Mortal Coil: Song To The Siren.

 

Jeff Buckley: Hallelujah.

 

Ciccone Youth: Into The Groove(y)

 

Revoltng Cocks: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

 

New Seekers: Anthem (One Day In Every Week).

 

Any more???

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Tony Moanero
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Nah.

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What about artists who cover their own songs.   Always found it strange that Kate Bush re-recorded Wuthering Heights for her best of. Probably her most famous song.  She wanted to do it to g

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Don't know if it's better than the original but nobody is topping the Yes cover of it.     Just as an aside, the tour manager/erstwhile drummer of First Aid Kit once drove me

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Only recently heard that Get Into The Groove. Isn't it Sonic Youth? Bizarre but great.

 

[YOUTUBE]bng3agUOYiI[/YOUTUBE]

 

Though I do like Dylan's, I have to concede this is better. It makes me want to drive up the M1 in a battered Jag swigging from a bottle of gin.

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Only recently heard that Get Into The Groove. Isn't it Sonic Youth? Bizarre but great.

 

[YOUTUBE]bng3agUOYiI[/YOUTUBE]

 

Though I do like Dylan's, I have to concede this is better. It makes me want to drive up the M1 in a battered Jag swigging from a bottle of gin.

 

Hendrix version of like a rolling stone stands up to Dylans aswell,not suprising as Jimi thought he was excellent.

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Having recently discovered The Czars, I am currently a big fan of this Abba cover:

[YOUTUBE]H50xv5Rp_yE[/YOUTUBE]

 

They also do a cover of Song To The Siren which I think is better than This Mortal Coil's, but I don't think either is better than Tim Buckley's (acoustic) version.

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Nothing pisses from a great height on Cohen.

 

Yeah, "Piss from a great height over" is putting it a little strong for many of these shouts I think. If we're talking songs which were pretty average/rubbish originals but made excellent covers then

, a plodding sax-based effort by The Only Ones, somehow became a real thing of beauty:

 

[YOUTUBE]j7-2sxiaQuw[/YOUTUBE]

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