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@Gaby Tori Amos âSmells Like Teen Spiritâ. Miley Cyrus has also done some good covers over the past few years.
@Gaby Lovesong is a song from The Cure, covered fabulously by Adele and 311.
Some of my favourite covers: Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac) by Deep Purple, Blister in the sun (Violent Femmes) by Nouvelle Vague, Where is my mind (Pixies) by Maxence Cyrin and Nothing else matters (Metalica) by Chris Stapleton
@Gaby A couple of my faves are Placeboâs cover of âRunning Up That Hillâ and the Editorsâ cover of âLullabyâ. Also last year here the Wigglesâ cover of âElephantâ was a huge sensation, and itâs also pretty great đ¤Ł
@Gaby I find most cover songs boring. But when itâs done well, they tend to be played a lot.
Jeff Buckleyâs cover of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen is great. Hendrix did an unbelievable version of All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan. Marilyn Manson had some good ones as well with Personal Jesus and Sweet Dreams.
@hjertnes Maybe.
Iâve heard a couple that I like, but many covers of that song I find to be just terrible.
@furstenberg I think the Buckley cover is meh and anything Manson is horrible đ
@Gaby I also love to see (hear) how different artists interpret songs differently. Favourites: Johnny Cash singing Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, and Aurora doing Teardrop by Massive Attack.
@pimoore @helgeg @hjertnes @frostedechoes @furstenberg @jayeless one cover that is a favourite of mine that forgot to mention was Shinedownâs cover of Simple Man from Lynyrd Skynyrd
@pimoore Also his interpretation of Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris Kristoffersson and It ainât Me, Babe by Bob Dylan.
@Gaby I like the Lorde cover of Tears for Fears as well. And Cashâs âHurtâ as well as many of his others, like covering Stingâs âI Hung My Headâ. I like Buckleyâs âHallelujahâ, but I am tiring of everyone covering that song these days. Arethaâs âRespectâ, of course. If some fresh thoughts pop into my head, Iâll add more.
My least favorite is Rascal Flatts covering Tom Cochraneâs âLife Is a Highwayâ. It baffles me that probably most people think that is a Radcal Flatts song when the Cochrane version was played nonstop on the radio when it was released. The Cochrane version was the definition of overplayed and itâs amazing to me that some other artist could be more associated with the song than Cochrane. Whatâs worse, though, is the cover adds nothing to the song. Itâs almost identical, but with a mild country twang. What was the point?
@Gaby The Devlin instrumental of âAll along the watch towerâ used in the Young Pope was great. Opening credits brilliant too.
@Gaby I love Yo La Tengoâs version of the old Hank Williams song Iâm So Lonesome I Could Cry.
@johnjohnston @gaby Bear McCrearyâs All Along the Watch Tower in Battlestar Galactica (remake) was spine-chilling â partly for where the plot was at the time but also because of his arrangement and the instrumentation. www.youtube.com/watch