The best ever cover version (IMO)

Hmm, favourite cover versions.

Obviously we have to start with Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt and Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah. Both have already been mentioned but they're absolutely stunning - they make the songs their own in a way that you almost never see in a cover version. I should also mention Johnny Cash's cover of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode, also to be found on American IV. He truly was the king of the cover version.

I also like Tori Amos' cover of Eminem's '97 Bonnie and Clyde, which brings a whole new level of meaning to the song, and her cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Scissor Sisters did a great job of covering Comfortably Numb and achieved a similar feat of turning the entire song around. I never thought that I'd hear a good cover of a Pink Floyd song, but I was proved wrong. Isobell Campbell's cover of Bang Bang (originally Nancy Sinatra?) is so terrifically fragile that I can't put it into words. Jimi Hendrix stunned the world by giving the definitive rendition of Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower, which so impressed Dylan that he started playing Hendrix's version live! An absolutely terrific effort. The prize for the most fun cover has to go to Junior Senior for their version of Twist and Shout. I just can't stop moving!

The Happy Mondays cover of Step On is great - another example of a band taking a song and completely subsuming it into themselves. Eric Clapton's cover of J.J. Cale's Cocaine, although the original is fantastic too. Joss Stone's cover of the White Stripes' Fell In Love With A Girl. Devo's absolutely bloody fantastic cover of Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones, which is the high point of a fantastic album, Gary Jules' cover of Mad World by Tears For Fears, and ooh, can I have one more? The Byrds covering Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man. Dylan may not be the greatest performer every, but by god can he write songs.
 
I thought heavy metal was coined by a journo talking about jimi hendrix (his music sounds like a load of heavy metal dropping on a stone floor) or something.

mctrials23 said:
best cover in my oppinion is puff daddys ill be missing you.

Much much better than the police's ill be watching you
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thats not a cover thou? thats sampling the riff.

i quite like the nightwish covers, including phantom of the opera

although i heard some pop princess cooing a version of nothing else matters on the radio the other day, i was nearly sick :(
 
My favourite cover version is Oasis' take on "Cum On Feel The Noize" by Slade. Just seems to fit their musical style so well.
 
Roberta said:
Prince.
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I could well be wrong, but I thought Prince wrote it FOR Sinead O'connor, and then later he did a version with (?)Rosie Gaines because people had "demanded" it? Can't find my album with the Prince version on to read the sleeve notes at *** mo.
 
nutcase_1uk said:
I could well be wrong, but I thought Prince wrote it FOR Sinead O'connor, and then later he did a version with (?)Rosie Gaines because people had "demanded" it? Can't find my album with the Prince version on to read the sleeve notes at *** mo.
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I've definitely heard a version of Prince singing it - nowhere nar as well as Sinead's! Not sure if he recorded it after the Sinead one though.
 
nutcase_1uk said:
I could well be wrong, but I thought Prince wrote it FOR Sinead O'connor, and then later he did a version with (?)Rosie Gaines because people had "demanded" it? Can't find my album with the Prince version on to read the sleeve notes at *** mo.
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Wikipedia said:
Nothing Compares 2 U

"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written in 1984/1985 by Prince for The Family, a funk band he created as an outlet for Prince to release more of his music. The Family's self-titled album was released in 1985 but "Nothing Compares 2 U" was not released as a single and received little recognition. Five years later, outspoken and controversial Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor re-recorded the track and brought the song to worldwide prominence. The song topped the charts in many territories, including the UK and the United States. The song was heartfelt and the emotional music video with Sinéad shedding a tear made a big impact on MTV. Perhaps due to the song's newfound popularity, Prince himself began to perform it in concert and included a live rendition on his 1993 compilations The Hits/The B-Sides and The Hits 2. Prince's version is a duet between himself and Rosie Gaines, who at the time was in his group, the New Power Generation.

The song was covered by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album 2003 Take a Break.
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