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‘Twas indeed The Sundays who were London-based.
It was the b-side of Goodbye which was (pretty much) the last good thing they did. They never got anywhere near the gorgeousness of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic which was a real shame…
I think Mazzy Star did a cover of Wild Horses too, they have a female vocalist. As far as I remember it was OK.
Two cover versions of Beatles songs. One’s great, the other’s awful – I’ll let you decide which:-
Here comes the sun – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.<br>Lucy in the sky with diamonds – William Shatner.
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(Edited by Cruncher at 6:15 pm on Nov. 21, 2006)
One cover version that I always liked was the "easy like a sunday morning" version done by I think it was Faith no more.
My favourites are Nirvana’s covers of The Vaseline’s songs on Incesticide, Bruce Springsteen’s acoustic version of Dreams (originally by Suicide), The Cramp’s Surfin’ Bird (can’t remember), and those on Sonic Youth’s Peel Session of Fall covers.
The worst … well, this must take some beating.<br>
Ach, Nirvana’s cover of Molly’s Lips is certainly fine, but lost marks for failing to retain the honking bike-horn of the original. Apropos of The Fall, they bring a long list of inspired cover versions to the table, from I’m Going To Spain to Lost In Music via Why Are People Grudgeful? and Legend of Xanadu.
As for NWRA’s link, apart from being in Brian Eno’s backing band on some of his terrific mid-70s solo albums (particularly Before And After Science), anything touched by the hand of, or inspired by, the appalling Phil Collins makes me want to smoke crack, frankly.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Anyone see the clip of Girls Aloud on Jonathan Ross ‘singing’ the Kaiser Chiefs’ I predict a Riot? It was very wrong. Mentioned earlier, I think Faith No More might have scored their highest chart position with ‘Easy’ but I think it was a bit of a low point for them.
Found out the other day that Marvin Gaye’s version of I Heard it through the Grapevine was in fact a cover version, it having first been recorded by Gladys Knight in an up-tempo classic Motown way.
It might be stretching the definition of cover version, but the Propellorheads ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ is most admirable.
(Edited by Gizmogirl at 12:16 am on Dec. 12, 2006)
Quote: from Gizmogirl on 12:13 am on Dec. 12, 2006[br]Anyone see the clip of Girls Aloud on Jonathan Ross ‘singing’ the Kaiser Chiefs’ I predict a Riot? It was very wrong. <br>
…and complete after-timing, coming many months after Sugababes’ far more inspired crack at I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor.
Mentioned earlier, I think Faith No More might have scored their highest chart position with ‘Easy’ but I think it was a bit of a low point for them.
Aye. Give me Epic or Everything’s Ruined by them anyday.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Propellerheads is a good shout, that whole album didn’t leave my cassette player at Uni for about a year.. Take California is a tune
Has anybody ever heard ‘Heart Shaped Box’ by Evanescence?
I tried it last week and after just twelve seconds (where SHE starts singing) I threw my headphones on the floor and kicked the family’s elderly 16yo cat as hard as I could.
I was pretty drunk at the time so to make sure I wasn’t overreacting, I listened to it again. The first 12 seconds were equally infuriating but being more reasonable (having only had the two bottles of Lidl’s finest red so far) I skipped to the ”Hey, wait, I got a new complaint” bit to see if it miraculously got any better. It didn’t and I was so disgusted that I’ve decided to ask the learned people of TRF what they feel is the worst cover version of a song ever.
I don’t think that anything is worse than Amy Lee’s vomit inducing attempt at grunge. I could be wrong but as you bloody well know, I never am. So confident am I that nobody knows of a worse cover version of a song ever, that if somebody here knows of a worse cover version of a song ever then I WILL LEAVE THE RACING FORUM FOREVER!!!!!!!
Do your worse people;)
American Pie by Madonna
Game, set and match, grab your coat on the way out Kotkijet – nice knowing you!<br>
Aretha Franklin’s version of "Eleanor Rigby" is the worst that comes to my mind right now.
Another would be Robson and Jerome’s version of "Up on the roof".
I think they thought the song was about a roof.
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wits!Steve
William Shatners spoken word version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" wins this hands down, no contest
William Shatners spoken word version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" wins this hands down, no contest
Have you heard his version of "Common People"?
It’s better than the original.
I’m still going with Aretha.
Steve
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