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Originally posted by nmrfox View PostNirvana's Man Who Sold The World is infinitely better than Lulu's weedy version and is a nudge better than Bowies too
And, to get one back for Lulu, her version of Here Comes The Night, is at least as good as Van's — though quite differentLast edited by Amor de Cosmos; 28-12-2020, 01:05.
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Originally posted by Simon G View Post
I love both versions of that song. Never heard of The Interrupters before, but I'll be looking them up now.
They don't seem to put out many records.
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Originally posted by nmrfox View PostNirvana's Man Who Sold The World is infinitely better than Lulu's weedy version and is a nudge better than Bowies too
Assisted by Bowie's own input, Lulu's version was pretty darned good IMO.
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Originally posted by danielmak View Post
Motorhead never pisses around when they do a cover - this one came out after Lemmy's death and I'm damned impressed to see it has over 43 million views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J06yQb4lbPk
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Maybe not better than the originals but Sylvian Chauveau's LP of Depeche Mode covers is worth a listen (Down to the Bone - an acoustic tribute). A slower tempo and played on clarinets, piano, cello, viola and electronics with a more subdued vocal delivery.
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If cover LPs are your thing, Laibach's 'Let It Be' is worth a listen; the original album covered in full, with the obvious exception of the title track (well, I say 'obvious'...) in a number of styles, some to better effect than others. 'Across The Universe' would be my favourite.
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Originally posted by danielmak View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4kov4p64Ss
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Originally posted by DPDPDPDP View Post
The Vaselines did a great live acoustic version of Molly’s Lips on some US radio station. The song is actually about Scottish actress Molly Weir star of Rentaghost and the Flash adverts - amongst other things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4kov4p64Ss
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Originally posted by DPDPDPDP View Post
The Vaselines did a great live acoustic version of Molly’s Lips on some US radio station. The song is actually about Scottish actress Molly Weir star of Rentaghost and the Flash adverts - amongst other things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4kov4p64Ss
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Chris Farlowe's version of Out of Time is markedly better than the Stones original.
Just read up on it and it's worth noting that Jagger had originally written it with Farlowe in mind, and ended up producing Farlowe's version. Later versions of the song recorded by the Stones includes the orchestral backing track used on Farlowe's version rather than the Marimba led one they originally made.
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Ajax fans will lynch me for this, but I prefer this version of what is now the official club song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO69khOO150
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Originally posted by caja-dglh View PostIn a cross-thread thing - Alva Noto's cover of The Cure's A Forest pulls its pants down and gives it a wedgie.
I gave this a go. Started OK, takes the atmospheric keyboard opening and replicates it exactly except for swapping the plinky guitar for a plinky keyboard. So far so boring.
Then it didn't change. For the whole track, it was just the same 4 bars over and over again. Note I like a bit of ambient. But this was so quarter arsed I could have done it. And I don't have a keyboard.
I'll just about live with Langy's comment on Dinosaur Jr. It's the only acceptable Cure cover ever, although way short of the original. But Depeche Mode on clarinets?! Give me strength.
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