the best cover of all time?

[stuartbert two hats]

3 minutes ago, mattiloy said:

autotuning though... not a patch on the original for me.

as for the very best cover that ever graced the land? look no further:

Isn't that more of a remix/reedit?

It's pretty ace, whatever it is.

[The 38 year old virgin]

And this is pretty perfect for me 

 

[oneeye]

Forgot about this one

 

[The 38 year old virgin]

 

[oneeye]

And one from my younger days

 

[oneeye]

Love this thread

 

[andyb66]

The Vines- Ms Jackson

[joeltg]

A few of my favs off the top of my head, although I am sure there are many more if I was to sit and think. 

Man who sold the world - Nirvana

See emily Play - From bowies pin up album

I fought the law by the Clash

Edited May 2, 2016 by joeltg

[RichardWaller]

Oops what was I thinking, forgot these masterpieces

 

[joeltg]

Forgot this masterpiece. 

 

[yehbutnobut]

Better than the original IMO.

[Robinn]

This one's pretty good.

 

Then there's this amazing 'cover':
 

 

Also the new MSP cover, (Feels Like) Heaven, is great!

[Spindles]

23 minutes ago, joeltg said:

Forgot this masterpiece. 

 

Honestly, Brian Molko could read the phone book, dripping with innuendo and cold amusement, I'd lap it up.

[smytho15]

Always loved a punk cover version.....

 

 

[smytho15]

Especially this one....

 

[windy_miller]

On 30/04/2016 at 10:26 AM, themuel said:

Just watched this. He's channeling Art Garfunkel's auto tune voice isn't he. 

Yeah I had to turn it off about about 1 minute due to the horrible auto-tuning.

I posted this in some other thread the other day, but it is a fucking incredible cover...

 

[windy_miller]

19 hours ago, smytho15 said:

Always loved a punk cover version.....

 

19 hours ago, smytho15 said:

Especially this one....

That's 2 of my favourite punk cover version of all time, right there!

[shuttlep]

not a classic , but I do love this

 

[LJS]

i feel I have to enter this in the "best cover of the Sounds of Silence" competition. Even if you don't like it, it has the merit of being just over a third of the length of the Disturbed's version.

while I'm here here are a couple more which are, to say the least, radical departures from the originals

... and one that is just plain awesome...

I did used to have a soft spot for Rolf H*rris's cover of a Walk on the Wild Side with the backing singers singing "doo de doo de doo, didgeridoo etc", but ...

[stuartbert two hats]

Actually, sod the Johnny Cash version:

 

[Amy Lawn]

First Aid Kit should be in charge of covers
 

 

[Chris Zoidberg]

On ‎03‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 8:35 PM, stuartbert two hats said:

Actually, sod the Johnny Cash version:

 

That's class!

[thegremlin_1999]

On 2 May 2016 at 4:47 PM, zero000 said:

 

Yes! I was there for that. Phenomenal.

 

If the original artist is singing is it still a cover tho?

[Chris Zoidberg]

A couple of my favourites, both featuring my favourite guitarist Eddie Hazel.

 

[tjamest]

On ‎06‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 10:15 PM, thegremlin_1999 said:

Yes! I was there for that. Phenomenal.

 

If the original artist is singing is it still a cover tho?

Great Gig - I wasn't a particularly big NIN fan,but was well impressed with them  at Leeds festival a couple of years earlier so decided to go to this and it's now probably in my top twenty gigs of all time