cover versions

[steve56]

1 of the best has to be brand new cadillac-clash from london calling,any more!

[Ace]

I've seen U2 3 times and you can count on them to pull out a brilliant cover version of something that takes their fancy on the night. S56 is correct, Brand New Cadillac is great, but Clash's best cover was Police and Thieves that was their own interpretation of this classic instead of a note-for-note version which are always boring IMO. Another of there's is Pressure Drop.

[BUTTSIE]

Who wrote jealous guy?

cheers
B...oZ

[Holden MacGroyn]

Love the Roxy Music cover, but wasn't the original by Lennon?

As far as covers go, Don't You Forget About Me by Sprung Monkey, rules.

[The Fop]

Hendrix's reworking of 'All Along The Watchtower' must take some beating!

[Caractacus]

But Paul Young belongs in hell for his take on Love Will Tear Us Apart. As do Atomic Kitten, Gates and Young, Steps, Westlife, and various other pre-teen faves for their "interpretations" of classics.

If you're going to cover a classic, at least try to make it different from the original. All Along The Watchtower, Let's Spend The Night Together, Jealous Guy, Twist And Shout, and a few tracks from Annie Lennox's Medusa album are among the better covers, imho.

[BUTTSIE]

I thought the original was Lennon
but Bryan ferrys version was so much better(a Stonger voice did it IMO)

The version(Don't you forget about me) by Simple Minds(best scotish band for eons)n as the soundtrack for the breakfast club was awesome

Never heard of the Sprung Monkeys sorryHolden Macgroyn

cheers
B....OZ

[Caractacus]

Accentuating the positive, a word in praise of the excellent covers of The Beatles' Because and Tears For Fears' Mad World at the end of American Beauty and Donnie Darko respectively.

[paul]

one of the best bands for cover versions is govt mule they do great
versions of led zep, traffic and and a wonderful cover of when doves cry.

[pete]

johnny cash`s version of u2`s one.an exellent version of a brilliant song.