Shamelessly stolen fron BBC London
Which version is better IYHO?
Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart or Stereophonics
All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix
My Girl - Temptations or Otis Redding
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley or Leonard Cohen
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads or Al Green
Summertime Blues - The Who or Eddie Cochran
And add one of your own to keep it going.
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Hendrix
Temptations
Buckley
Talking Heads
Eddie Cochran
American Pie - Don Mcclean or Madonna (Don Mcclean)
2. Jimi
3. Otis
4. Jeff
5. Heads
6. Eddie
7. Jump - Van Halen or Aztec Camera
8. Victoria - Kinks or The Fall
9. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young or St Etienne
10. New England - Billy Bragg or Kirsty McCall
Jimi
Otis
Len
Al
Eddie
Don
Aztec Camera
Kinks
Hard one but Neil
Billy
Jimi Hendrix
Temptations
Jeff Buckley
Talking Heads
Eddie Cochran
Don Mcclean
Van Halen
The Fall
St Etienne
Kirsty McCall
our lips are sealed - the go-go's or fun boy three (fun boy three)
it must be love - labi siffre or madness (madness)
tainted love - soft cell or marilyn manson (soft cell)
Fun Boy Three
Labi Siffre (in the Madness video BTW)
Soft Cell
Hendrix
Temptations
Buckley
Talking Heads
Eddie Cochran
Van Halen
Kinks
St Etienne
Billy
11. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails or Johny Cash
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
My Girl - Temptations
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
Summertime Blues - The Who
American Pie-Neither i HATE that song
Jump-Van Halen
Victoria-The Fall
Only Love...-Neil Young
New England -Kirsty Mcoll
Our lips are sealed- The Go Go's
It Must be love- Madness
Tainted love -soft cell
3am eternal KLF or Extreme Noise Terror
8. Fall
9. Neil
10. Billy
11. Cash
12. Soft Cell
All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan
My Girl - Temptations
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Take Me To The River - Al Green
Summertime Blues - The Who
American Pie - Don Mclean
Jump-Aztec Camera
Victoria-The Kinks
Only Love...-Neil Young
New England -Kirsty Mcoll
Our lips are sealed- The Go Go's
It Must be love- Madness
Tainted love -soft cell
3am eternal KLF
Something Else - Eddie Cochran or Sid Vicious
And spot on re Tainted Love.
Dark End of the Street - James carr or Roy Hamilton
I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly or Orville ?
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
My Girl - Otis Redding
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Take Me To The River - Al Green
Summertime Blues - The Who
All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix
My Girl - Temptations
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Take Me To The River - Al Green
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
American Pie - Don Mclean
Jump-Aztec Camera
Victoria-The Fall
Only Love...-Neil Young
New England - Love both versions
Our lips are sealed- The Go Go's
It Must be love- Madness
Tainted love - Marilyn Manson
3am eternal KLF
Something Else - Eddie Cochran
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode, Johnny Cash or Marilyn Manson (again sitting on the fence - love all three versions)
96 Tears - ? and the Mysterions or Stranglers (? and the Mysterions... just.)
96 Tears - Stranglers
And I'm going to get another one for saying Dark End of the Street - Aretha or Ry Cooder
Something else - Eddie
Personal Jesus - Cash
96 Tears - Eddie and Hot Rods (live at the Marquee) surely? : - )
Doohh, of course ... fully agreed.
Byrds
First rule of cover versions - The non-Dylan version is (nearly) always better.
*waits for Nadou and Nigel W to explode*
Agreed
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush or Marilyn Manson (Marilyn Manson wins - 51/49)
Chris Montez
vs.
The Ramones
Ramones ... by far
It's Growing - Temptations or The Contours
A Love Like Yours - Martha/Vandellas or Ike and Tina Turner
It's Growing - Temptations
A Love Like Yours - Martha/Vandellas
Respect - Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin
If I Were A Carpenter - Tim Hardin or The Four Tops