[Closed] Cover versions

Here we go again......

The stuff JLS did during their X-factor run.

yeah agreed Joe Cocker's version of Help is superb. Here are a couple of others I like...

+1 for the Futureheads.

little known, but quite good version of let's dance here

Got an issue with "Nothing compares 2U". Although Prince wrote it, Sinead recorded the first version, therefore prince did the cover (inferior) version

Fair point well delivered, stavro.

brazilian thrash metal covering a bunch of grumpy cloggies from bradford 😀

lthough Prince wrote it, Sinead recorded the first version, therefore prince did the cover (inferior) version

The Family, one of Prince's side project things, recorded it first

The Family, one of Prince's side project things, recorded it first

Sinaead was ace though, ..............had to be there.

Listening to it now though it's 100 % Prince

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Superbly evil

I'm no fun of U2 but this I love as much as I first heard it 10 years ago

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Cletus = FAIL

Never mind, carry on playin tha banjo

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All valid submissions and indeed, Jimi's version of all along the watchtower is probably one of the greatest songs of all time. However, everything posted before fades into mediocrity alongside the most awesome cover ever, ever. It will never be beaten. This man...well, I'll let him tell you himself.

😯 WTF samurai

and my fave cover ever!

Ignore the fact it's American Idol and cut to 1 min 30 sec - a brilliant performance.....

night night folks

i love this 😀

saw them playing a few years ago and wasn't expecting them to do this.

I've always thought cover versions of the original artists were a waste of time...

But why? There are countless songs out there covered by various people which are all as valid as one another. Listen to [i]Tapestry[/i], by Carole King, there are songs on there, like [i]It Might As Well Rain Until September[/i], which were hits for other people, but she wrote it, along with Gerry Goffin. Are you going to say her's is a cover? Elvis Costello released an album called [i]All This Useless Beauty[/i], with a load of songs, like [i]The Other End Of The Telescope[/i], recorded by Aimee Mann, that Elvis actually co-wrote. Tori Amos and Shawn Colvin have made a point of covering other writers songs on their sets and as recordings, Shawn's second album was all covers, it's title, [I]Cover Girl[/i], gives the game away, and she even covers Talking Heads' [i]Naiive Melody (This Must Be The Place)[/i]. Live, she usually drops in at least one cover, last time I saw her it was Gnarls Barkley's [i]Crazy[/i], and it was astonishing, the audience went wild after she sang it, with just an acoustic, showing just how good a song it really is. Tori has covered Led Zeppelin (Thank You), Jimi Hendrix, (If 6 Was 9), Billy Holliday, (Strange Fruit), Chas And Dave, (That's What I Like), and I downloaded an Adele track performed by Linkin Park a couple of days ago. Back in the 60's [i]everyone[/i] did it, there was often three versions of the same song in the charts at the same time. A good song's a good song, and a cover is really only invalid if it's an exact, slavish copy of the original, where there's little point in doing it. I've even got Faith No More covering Burt Baccarat, and it's excellent. Check out Jeff Buckley's cover of Laughing Len's [i]Hallelluja[/i], and [i]Lilac Wine[/i], for more examples of how to do versions of great songs.

Paul Wellars cover of "The bottle".Much better than the Gill Scott Herons original.RIP GSH.

Love the original but this brings something new.

One of the bestest covers ever by one of the bestest bands ever 🙂

Managed about 23 seconds of that assaulting my ears Sid

😀

I'm a big fan of covers. I like a larf, and the likes of Richard Cheese, Hayseed Dixie and Senor Coconut raise a smile.

From a more artistic viewpoint, I do like this. Beautiful.

a bunch of grumpy cloggies from Bradford - and a Welshman - covering The Rolling Stones:

a group of moody gits from Leeds doing the same song:

can't trawl through the image heaviness, but surely someone has posted 'Always on my mind'

Just come to me, Eva Cassidy "Somewhere over the Rainbow" how good is that

Helter Skelter Siouxsie And The Banshees....marvelous.

cant believe noone has mentioned the master of covers.......

Rolf is a God!

Well I like them 🙂

Better make that one a link NSFW dead kennadys cover - too drunk to......