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So I am listening to dirtyradio at work and all those Cut Copy tunes really jazz things up in the office. And then I hear !!!'s cover of The Magnetic Fields' Take Ecstacy With Me. I heart covers, so long as they sound as amazing, sometimes even better than the original. Anyway. I've also heard Peter Gabriel's version of Magnetic Fields' Book of Love and no, don't like it as much.

I'm sure this has been asked before, but what is your favorite cover?

[color=mediumturquoise]Mine's Doves' cover of The Beatles' Blackbird.[/color]

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I'd have to sit and have more of a think but Joe Cocker's "With A Little Help From Me Friends" springs to mind..

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'Some Velvet Morning' By Primal Scream

David Bowie songs by Seu Jorge of the Life Acuatic OST are of the best covers i heard lately.

'like a Virgin' by Marylin Manson is cool too :o

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Richard Cheese does some great lounge covers of popular songs. My favorite at the moment is Add it Up by the Violent Femmes.

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hmm.... I am not a huge fan of covers, but here's some prettty good ones


Horace Andy - Ain't No Sunshine
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning (prefer the single version though)
David Bowie - Cactus
Martin Gore - By This River
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
Ian Brown - Thriller
Jamie Lidell - Music Will Not Last (cover of Herbert's "The Audience")
U2 - Neon Lights


oh, and Peter Gabriel's cover of "Get Up Stand Up" isn't incredible but it's definitely interesting

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I am the Walrus - Oasis.............not better than the original but i like it!

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Scissor Sisters - Comfortable Numb

Infinitely better than the original

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Oooops! forgot "Dr Who" by Orbital:D .......by far the best cover ever:cool:

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Arcade Fire's version of The Talking Head's "Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)"

And if you like covers, might I suggest coverville.com. It's a podcast where the guy plays all covers, and it generally has a theme. It's good fun to listen to!

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Chappaquiddick Skyline : Leave Me Alone (New Order)
Feist : Inside and Out (Bee Gees)
Jimi Hendrix : All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Cowboy Junkies : Sweet Jane (Lou Reed)

(i shouldnt have deleted my Covers playlist here at work)

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The Futureheads - Hounds Of Loving

Four Tet - Castles Made Of Sand

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madelyn peyroux' cover of elliot smith's "between the bars" is heart wrenching

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Tears For Fears' "Mad World" reinterpreted by Gary Jules for the "Donnie Darko OST"

Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" redone by Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" via Van Halen

The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" remade by The Sundays

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KLF / White Room

Its old album yeah but still one of the best...

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hmmm..
Not the best but I always enjoyed Faith No More's "I Started a Joke"

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Covers..........?

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seconded!!

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their covers of Easy and Let's Lynch the Landlord are both AWESOME

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Soft Cell : Tainted Love (Gloria Gaynor)
Siouxsie & the Banshees : Dear Prudence (Beatles)
Gus Gus : Is Jesus Your Pal (not sure if this is the cover or someone else covered it, but i had a coworker bring in a tape of a folk singer who also sang this song)

since most "good" covers are rather subjective,
i really like:
Ministry : Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan)
Scaras : Get The Balance Right (Depeche Mode)

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I love it!

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You've got to be kidding!!:eek:


Covers that I dig...

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

Pearl Jam - Masters of War (Bob Dylan)

Tool - No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)

The Sundays - wild Horses (The Rolling Stones)

Pj Harvey & Bjork - Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)

Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)

Morrissey - Redondo Beach (Patti Smith)


and some more I guess...

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The Nine Inch Nails cover of Dead Souls by Joy Division is pretty good, especially in the context it gets presented in during The Crow.

One of my all time favourite covers though is the cover of No, No, No done by the French trip-hop outfit Melaaz. It can be found on the Lamb Back To Mine; sweet, sultry and sexy.

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I like the Muse cover of Feeling Good by Nina Simone

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Ah good one indeed!! :cool: