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The Greatest cover versions.....
Posted by Karlos on 3 November 2011 - 4:14pm.
We've got a thing going at work at the mo of trying to create a list of the most definitive cover versions....
Any suggestions?
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Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out
Best ever Beatles cover.
No
this is the best Beatles cover:
Therapy? - Isolation
Easy to forget this is a cover...
...but surely knocks Mrs Bolan's original into a cocked hat
Loads of The Fall to choose
Today i'll pick this one.
Sorry Mr Hepworth
At the risk of upsetting David Hepworth who it seems hates Sonic Youth and can find no reason to like The Carpenters there is this.
SONG TO THE SIREN!!!
The obvious one I guess...the This Mortal Coil version knocks Buckley's original out of the park. Also this:
Haven't we done this one already?
But I'll say it again if you still need to hear:
Both of these destroy the
Both of these destroy the originals by Neil Young:
St Etienne
Pixies
Christy Moore
doing Shine On You Crazy Diamond...brilliant.
http://youtu.be/ccvWdcbwZMY
(won't embed for some reason)
The greatest song I've ever heard on a covermount CD
Roddy Frame: In My Life.
Slobberbone