Greatest Cover Versions (Read 54896 times)

Serpico · January 31, 2011, 10:12:20 pm

Continuing the theme of covers of the recently deceased:

John Barry - Legend. RIP.

Serpico · February 06, 2011, 08:35:35 pm

Fuck me, another one gone.
Yardbirds cover.

RlP

nai · February 06, 2011, 08:46:12 pm

Didn't realised that was a cover, or this one:

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · February 18, 2011, 09:58:35 pm

robertostallioni · February 18, 2011, 10:01:23 pm

Thats what I'm talkin' about.

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · February 18, 2011, 10:52:14 pm

seeing as "The Man in Black" has put in a guest appearance on the originals thread, I reckon it's only fair to welcome his Mrs onto this stage...

robertostallioni · February 18, 2011, 11:10:51 pm

Covered by Credence CR and Fats Domino before the Carpenters, but tell me this voice has been surpassed. As Bernard Matthews would say....

Hank Williams original

Where's Serps?

Serpico · February 18, 2011, 11:54:33 pm

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Where's Serps?

Right here.
The irony of Karen Carpenter singing about eating seafood.
I'm not sure where to post the covers I find now - they could so easily fit into 'the worst covers' thread.
No doubt about this one though.

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · February 24, 2011, 09:58:08 pm

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · February 24, 2011, 11:46:24 pm

Thanks to the passage of nearly 20 years (?) I'd nearly forgotten just how good this treatment of a classical canon by a bunch of Scouse scallies this really was...

SpanishJuan · February 26, 2011, 12:22:20 pm

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · March 03, 2011, 08:15:29 pm

This must merit inclusion if only for 0:26-0:30!

robertostallioni · March 03, 2011, 08:30:39 pm

Smiley version. Rum and coke? Umbrella?

Serpico · March 03, 2011, 09:11:35 pm

Honestly, does it get any better than this?

robertostallioni · March 03, 2011, 09:15:54 pm

Originally by Dion and the Belmonts( Trev and Carlos), this is a far better version. Dion just looked like he'd never had a girlfriend and preferred thumbing through the lingerie section of his mums catalogues.....whereas Paul Anka actually sounds like he's experienced jizzed pants in the presence of another human. (I include the original for clarification).

Class

Not class

robertostallioni · March 03, 2011, 09:35:11 pm

Written in 1927. Doors "cover"

Serpico · March 03, 2011, 09:48:07 pm

Everyone loves PUSA.

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · May 21, 2011, 08:34:25 pm

"Boring" Bob Who?

pyrosis · May 21, 2011, 08:50:53 pm

DaveC · June 04, 2011, 12:14:25 pm

I've been meaning to put this in here for ages. The extraordinary Elizabeth Fraser does something amazing with Chic's 'At Last I Am Free".

Not that I'm a fan of Liz Fraser's or anything you know.

Andy F · June 04, 2011, 08:31:45 pm

andy popp · June 06, 2011, 06:35:50 am

Quote from: DaveC on June 04, 2011, 12:14:25 pm

I've been meaning to put this in here for ages. The extraordinary Elizabeth Fraser does something amazing with Chic's 'At Last I Am Free".

Not that I'm a fan of Liz Fraser's or anything you know.

But I still prefer this:

Amazing vulnerability.

fried · June 06, 2011, 06:49:22 pm

I like that. Nice to see there's still some Robert Wyatt fans about. A complete coincidence as I was listening to Rock Bottom last night what an album.

andy popp · June 06, 2011, 10:11:21 pm

If you ever get a chance to see The Unthanks live (and you should take it if you do) they normally do a wonderful cover of 'Sea Song' - its on their 'The Bairns' album too

fried · June 07, 2011, 02:51:35 pm

I'd never heard them before. That's a really good version and I'd never noticed some of the lines before, completely different song, the way cover versions should be.