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Gloria Jones

Soft Cell
Are you waiting for someone to post this one?
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The Gates of Babylon- Rainbow

And it's not an exact cover, but hey:

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Stonemaybe wrote:
dANdeLION wrote:Tainted Love:

Gloria Jones

Soft Cell
Are you waiting for someone to post this one?
God, no. There's no way in hell I'd post anything by that douche bag.
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a fate I don't deserve.

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Eight Miles High

theByrds

HuskerDu
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I noticed that no one is actually voting. :?
Menolly wrote:
dANdeLION wrote:South Side Of The Sky:

Spock's Beard
Now that was different, but quite good in its own way.

I had not heard much Spock's Beard. Thanks for posting that, dAN.
That was awesome! Spock's Beard is amazing. I like the take on the vocals, but I miss Bruford and Squire.

Winner: Yes.

You Really Got Me

The Kinks
Van Halen

Winner: Van Halen by about a million miles.

Crossroads

Robert Johnson
Cream
Rush

Winner: Rush.
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manic depression

hendrix

ThrowingMuses

happiness is a warm gun

beatles

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Blinded by the Light
Bruce
Manfred Mann
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon

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If we are voting...
Fist and Faith wrote:Blinded by the Light
Bruce
Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann by a galaxy.
I classify Bruce with Dylan. Fantastic song writers. Just don't ask me to listen to them perform their own stuff, please.
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I know this thread is for best covers, but I just have to share that they play a truly awful version of Father and Son at my work, and it makes me sad. :(
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The World Turned Upside Down (or The Diggers' Song)

original by Leon Rosselson (can't find a recorded version)

Billy Bragg's's version

and Chumbawumba's

and The Oysterband's

Billy wins.
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Gold Dust Woman

fleetwood mac

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Duran Duran

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Nobody Does It Better


Carly

Radiohead

always loved the song, have always loved Carly and love radiohead as well so i have a hard time saying which i love better. love them both but i love thom yorke for covering the song!!
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It's unfair but I don't care

Wild Thing

The Troggs

Hendrix

Sam Kinison
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The Boys Of Summer

Don Henley

the Ataris

Codeseven

the Hooters
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Cambo wrote:I know this thread is for best covers, but I just have to share that they play a truly awful version of Father and Son at my work, and it makes me sad. :(
Who does? I'm a huge Cat fan!
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Exnihilo2 wrote:It's unfair but I don't care

Wild Thing

The Troggs

Hendrix

Sam Kinison
Van Halen

A live version with Sammy. Both Sam and Ed jam at the end.
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I don't have a link, but here's one of my favorites:

Planet Caravan by

Black Sabbath
Pantara

I can't decide which version is better.
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Cheval wrote:I don't have a link, but here's one of my favorites:

Planet Caravan by

Black Sabbath
Pantara

I can't decide which version is better.
Sabbath

Pantera

and on that thought...

the story behind Planet Caravan

listening to Ozzy singing quietly without any effects is stunning in an odd way.
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dANdeLION wrote:
Stonemaybe wrote:
dANdeLION wrote:Tainted Love:

Gloria Jones

Soft Cell
Are you waiting for someone to post this one?
God, no. There's no way in hell I'd post anything by that douche bag.
But you did forget this one! Coil - Tainted Love It shows the heartbreak of how people with aids were treated- discarded even- at the time. And look how young they were there! Even a young Marc Almond makes an appearance.

For some of my favourite covers, there are:
Original
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Cover
Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter

Original
Kim Wilde - Cambodia
Cover
Apoptygma berzerk - Cambodia

Original
willow's song
Cover
Nature and Organisation - Wicker man song
Monsters, they eat
Your kind of meat
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
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ok - first song i am biased. one time i saw Watt, julie was at a table - i was in front of Watt singing this along with him. I was somewhat drunk and VERY loud. I swore Watt smiled at me and Julie confirmed this and she told me I was the ONLY one singing along with him during the song. :)

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J Mascis and the Fog (Mike Watt)
the Stooges!

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