[eyeteeth]

What do you love....what do you loathe?

 

[eyeteeth]

Im fond of quirky, goofy interpretations of classics.
'Bennie & the jets' (Elton John) by Beastie Boys-(singer sounds totally inebriated, with the band merely drunk).
'Well, Did you Evah!' (Cole Porter) by Deborah Harry and Iggy Pop from 'Red Hot + Blue' (hilarious! Deborah's take on jaded hollywood sluttiness & Iggy & his dopey laugh, what a team).

BTW 'Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter' (AIDS benefit) is a favorite compilation of Cole Porter covers just for the sheer variety of styles regardless of the success of individual songs. Neneh Cherry's interpretation of 'I've Got You Under My Skin' takes on a hair-raising poignancy.

"I've got you deep in the heart of me,
Down so deep you're nearly a part of me,
I've got you, got you, got you under my skin" .

1. I've Got You Under My Skin - Neneh Cherry
2. In The Still Of The Night - Neville Brothers
3. You Do Something To Me - Sinead O Connor
4. Begin The Beguine - Salif Keita
5. Love For Sale - Fine Young Cannibals
6. Well, Did you Evah! - Debbie Harry/Iggy Pop
7. Miss Otis Regrets/Just One Of Those Things - Kirsty Maccoll/The Pogues
8. Don't Fence Me In - David Byrne
9. It's All Right With Me - Tom Waits
10. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Annie Lennox
11. Night And Day - U2
12. I Love Paris - Les Negresses Vertes
13. So In Love - K.D. Lang
14. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - The Thompson Twins
15. Too Darn Hot - Erasure
16. I Get A Kick Out Of You - The Jungle Brothers
17. Down In The Depths - Lisa Stansfield
18. From This Momment On - Jimmy Somerville
19. After You - Jody Watley
20. Do I Love You? - Aztec Camera

 

[blessingx]

Off the top of my head (I'm sure there's better)...

Best (tie):
Superstar - Carpenter cover by Sonic Youth
My Way - Sinatra cover by Sid Vicious

Worst (tie):
Every jazz album that covers Beatles, Prince, Nirvana, etc.
Frank Sintra doing Frank Sintra in late Trilogy-ish days.

 

[eyeteeth]

Quote:

Originally posted by blessingx Superstar - Carpenter cover by Sonic Youth

DAMN-DAMN-DAMN! This was on my list but I forgot when writing. #%$@&*%$#!!!

 

[Archangel]

" Halleluja " Cover by Jeff Buckley of Leonard Cohen .

Best cover I`ve heard for sure .

 

[JPH]

Best: "Who'll Stop the Rain" - Bruce Springsteen of CCR

Worst: "I Love Rock & Roll" -Britney Spears of Joan Jett <- nuf said

 

[sno1man]

I'll second Jeff Buckleys cover of hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. It's better than the original.

Adding to the list it's hard to pick one because of the diversity of music. So...Best Ones

Satisifaction by Devo- a completely different and still great interpretation of a classic Rolling Stones song

Take Me To the River- not as drastic a change but even Al Green likes it.

Higher Ground- Red Hot Chili Peppers they turned a great funk original by Steve Wonder in to a great rock song

What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding- Elvis Costello. A lot of people dont even know its a cover of a Nick Lowe song. The intense fury of Elvis's version mops the floor with Lowes version

Worst Cover- A Day in the Life by the Bee Gees from the Sgt. Pepper Soundtrack. That debacle alone should have kept the Bee Gees out of the hall of fame

 

[eyeteeth]

Quote:

Originally posted by sno1man Worst Cover- A Day in the Life by the Bee Gees from the Sgt. Pepper Soundtrack. That debacle alone should have kept the Bee Gees out of the hall of fame

I remember that

. They even wore Sgt. Pepper costumes with big Bee Gee smiles on their faces.

 

[Newbiez]

Britney Spears.. anyone ??

 

[sleepkyng]

any cover by Yo La Tengo of any band is great.

 

[Newbiez]

Oh, try and download the Snow Patrols cover version of Beyonce's Crazy In Love, it's cool I tell ya.

You can get it off here .. http://www.snow-patrol.co.uk/

 

[usc goose]

http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...threadid=30699
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...threadid=30932

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally posted by usc goose http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...threadid=30699 http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...threadid=30932

I was aware of these not-all-encompassing cover threads. But it's been awhile as well. I was wondering who would be the 1st to bring those up.

 

[soundboy]

An acouctic version of Van Halen's "Jump" by Aztec Camera

A slow-downed and unplugged version of Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" by Mary Chapin-Carpenter.

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" by William Shatner

 

[stuartr]

Cake's cover of I will survive is fantastic -- I think it is better than the original.

Van Morrison's cover of It's All Over Now, Baby Blue is excellent. Yo La Tengo is great, but what have they covered? I don't remember anything in particular...

Kelly Joe Phelps has a bunch of excellent delta blues covers...