[JES]

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Originally Posted by Vicomte /img/forum/go_quote.gif You Really Got Me -Van Halen (The Kinks)...

Totally agree on this one.

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Originally Posted by rabidmoose171 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Metallica - Tuesdays Gone...

Gotta' totally disagree with this. Lynyrd Skynyrd's is one of my all-time favs. Metallica's got nothin' on them with this tune.

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Originally Posted by ralphp@optonline /img/forum/go_quote.gif Jimi Hendrix - "All Along the Watchtower" is so much better than the Bob Dylan original that Dylan (and everyone else for that matter) now use the Hendrix version as the standard ...

Absolutely. When I learned that it was Dylan's song, I was shocked.

 

[Aman]

John Zorn - Batman

 

[umcloud]

How about the version of The Carpenters' "Close to You" done by Iain Ballamy for the Mirrormask soundtrack?

 

[Afrikane]

Mad World - Gary Jules (Tears for Fears) I like Jules' sparse arrangement.
Money - Easy Star All Stars (Pink Floyd) they only do covers. A fun version.
The Guitar Man - Cake (Bread)
Tobacco Road - Eric Burdon (JD Loudermilk) not really a cover but one of the best versions around.
This is Heaven to Me - Madeleine Peyroux (Billy Holiday) Ms Holiday is incomparable but the newer recording sounds very good.

 

[mojo]

The Warmen cover of Somebody's Watching Me is my favorite version, even over the original Rockwell effort. The recent pop version is rubbish.

Try listening to the Warmen version. A nicely mastered song with loads of impact and grunt. A really nice mix of vocals too, for what really is quite a psychotic song

 

[Sleestack]

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Originally Posted by Aman /img/forum/go_quote.gif John Zorn - Batman

In that vein... Danny Gatton - Simpsons

 

[zoboomofo]

Reptilia - The Strokes (covered by Howie Beck)

I think that the production on Room On Fire hurt some of the songs. I didn't realize how awesome this song is when you strip it down. It's sort of the same mood as set on Gary Jules Mad World cover.

 

[Fitz]

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Originally Posted by Afrikane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Mad World - Gary Jules (Tears for Fears) I like Jules' sparse arrangement.

First thing that came to mind for me too.

 

[terriblepaulz]

Somebody earlier mentioned Bowie's "Pinups". I really love Bowie's glammed-out version of "Let's Spend The Night Together", although the original is pretty sacred.

I will add two others by Rahsaan Roland Kirk: "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder); and "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Whithers)

 

[BillC]

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Originally Posted by Afrikane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Money - Easy Star All Stars (Pink Floyd) they only do covers. A fun version.

I really like their Radiodread cover of OK Computer as well. I wouldn't call it better than the original but it really shines a different light on the album and shows how good the songs really are. I like when a cover version exposes layers of a song that I hadn't realized were there.

 

[Alphamale]

I love the live renditions of "Death Letter" by the White Stripes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roB6SJTibfY) compared to that Son House's. But that's not to say Son House's sucks but sometimes I prefer the grungy sound that the White Stripes give it.

 

[WernerZero]

Chris Cornell - Billie Jean (acoustic live version)

 

[sonicfox]

Mony Mony - Billy Idol

 

[umcloud]

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Originally Posted by umcloud /img/forum/go_quote.gif How about the version of The Carpenters' "Close to You" done by Iain Ballamy for the Mirrormask soundtrack?

Here's a link to the clip from the movie if anyone wants to hear what I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz8-7JsFD_g

Mirrormask is a fantastic movie by the way, amazing visual style and the soundtrack fits perfectly. Not very well known, but see it if you get the chance.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Possible sacrilege, but:

"King of the Road," Randy Travis

"Jailhouse Rock," The Residents

I've come to like both better than the originals.