Slade have done some amazing covers.
for example
Imelda May version of Tainted Love
Slightly shoutier Marilyn Manson version
Wonderfully haunting version of In The End, by Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU1JraEVsgc
uptown funk covered by against the current
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGdOvbZxTU
hackney colliery band -Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqWNOUOxjPI
black betty by spiderbait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckPfk3Lu8PU
and, err, this (well i like it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj6bjkHgeS0
oh, and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2m3YxzsMAQ
Devos deconstructed Satisfaction
Miss You by The Concretes
Ciccone Youth doing Into The Groove
I really like this cover of Dancing in the Dark
Come up and See me (Make me smile) by the Weddoes
or Live and Let Die by GnR
Here's a couple (I'm not going to attempt to embed a link it never works for me):
Associates doing John I'm only Dancing (originally unsanctioned by Bowie but later approved I believe) and....
Aztec Cameras version of Jump
This is a quite different version to the original - stick with it, or FFWD to 3:10 for the big noise guitars
Wedding Present covering Back for Good by Take That
In fact there was great NME triple disc of 40* classic number ones covered by various artists that is worth seeking out, most if not all are on youtube.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Trax
Where do you go to my Lovely covered by Welfare Heroine is a dubbed up masterpiece; Billy Bragg does disco is also great,
* actually 39 iirc but Vic Reeves' "cover version" of Vienna was allowed in for its sheer interpretative quality even though Vienna only made #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8cixXyuT68
Brother Rays version of Wichita lineman
and as for Tainted Love - Marc Almond's big band cover of his own song is not bad, but Say Hello Wave Goodbye is glorious (dahhling) even if his voice can't quite hit the tops like before.
(I'm taking that back..... he was pitch perfect that night)
Beverley Knight is hugely underrated generally. She’s a truly world class soul singer, and hardly gets the recognition she deserves.
plus several hundred...
Bobby Womack? Hugely underrated Soul impresario
not in the soul world where he's a bit of a god
not in the soul world where he’s a bit of a god
Is he? By golly, so he is.🤷♂️
Wonder Wall by Mike Flowers was so good it was pretty much the end of Oasis.
Back on topic..
Sade, quite simply the awesome Sade.. covered Why Can’t We Live Together, a song by Timmy Thomas..
It is, spectacular... if you can, please play it as loud as your ears will allow... and listen for the space between the notes..
Brother Rays version of Wichita lineman
whereas other versions might be good I don't think anything can top Glen.
I like Terranova's cover of the Au Pair's song 'Headache (for Michelle)'
Idles definitely made this their own (song from Dirty Dancing)
But my fave cover is Big Black's Cheap Trick cover. Filthy guitar sound..
https://youtu.be/XF3zzFHItgk
Are they underrated? Dunno!
only joking...
and live :
I've always loved this;
Radiohead - Nobody Does it Better
Wicked game - Ursine Vulpine ft Annaca
Just seen this in the YouTube comments:
Random Guy
10 months ago
I can’t stop listening to this masterpiece. It’s so soothing, so magical, so emotional, so soft, yet so powerful, so good that it gave me chills the thousands of times that I’ve heard this amazing creation. I am addicted to this song, and I always will be. This is, no doubt, one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my 15 years of living, and it will always be one of the best songs ever.
😂
Brother Rays version of Wichita lineman
whereas other versions might be good I don’t think anything can top Glen.
This one really works for me despite being an instrumental. I love the increasing broken guitar tones.
Friends of Dean Martinez - Wichita lineman
Snatch - Another Brick in the Wall
Thanks to those who put Little Roy and Hackney Colliery Band on my radar
How about a Star Trek/Hendrix crossover?
All Along the Watchtower by Spirit.
Halestorm have done 3 EPs of covers called ReAnimate, 1.0, 2.0. and 3.0.
Their cover of Skid Row's Slave To The Grind is better than the original.
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Steel Panther cover Backstreet Boys
whereas other versions might be good I don’t think anything can top Glen.
100% agree.
OP needs the Bangles link. A pal posted the other day that Susanna Hoffs is 60😮.
And a couple of takes on Alone Again Or.
some of my favorites already above - Johnny Cash/Hurt, Bangles/Hazy Shade, Suzanna and the magic orchestra
Stevie's cover of We can Work it Out
Great Bowie Covers -
Seu Jorge's whole album from the Life Aquatic but this in particular. Something rather lovely about a song you know so well sung in a foreign language
or Frida (from Abba)'s version
Stereo Total - Heroes. Properly lo-fi
https://youtu.be/T3BEJDXq9Zk
John Cale cover of LCD Soundsystems All My Friends I love as much as the original
Hot Chip cover Vampire Weekend
Futureheads Hounds of Love. What a re-imagining
Rapeman cover of ZZ Top's just got paid.
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Michael Jackson got a makeover
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Underrated only because many don't seem to realise it is a cover
Slits, Heard it through the grapevine
Jimmy Cliff’s version of Rancid’s Ruby Soho is brilliant.
Joshua James’ cover of Modest Mouse Dramamine.
RATM - Africa Bambaata’s Renegades of Funk.
Sturgill Simpson - Nirvana In Bloom
and finally (unbelievably) ZZ Top - DMD (25 lighters) I Gotsta Get Paid.
Not sure about underrated.
But this is excellent:
30 Seconds to Mars - Stronger
Chris Cornell - Billie Jean
I'm going to commit total sacrilege now and mention Frankie Goes to Hollywood's cover of Born to run
...oh, and this one, of course!
Bit of a contrast here, but the Machine Head cover of Message in a Bottle:
And Billie Marten's version of In For The Kill:
Others I can't be bothered to YouTube:
Metallica
Whisky in The Jar
Guns n Roses
Human Being
Live n let die
