Best cover of a song

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Catch The Wind by Jimmy Lafave.

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https://tidal.com/browse/track/1586211

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Paul McCartneys version of the song ‘Something’…played at the George Harrison memorial concert … absolutely superb

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Built To Spill - Cortez The Killer (@20 Mins double the length of the Neil Young original)

The Church - Faith Healer
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Silver Machine
Above all from A Box of Birds + many other excellent covers
Soft Cell - I Feel Love

Mary Fahl - Dark Side of The Moon (full album)

The Flaming Lips - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Stunning but very different)

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Have just listened to The Sound of Silence by both S & G and Distrubed back to back

Tin hat on here I prefer the Disturbed version.

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They’re both great but, the “Disturbed” version is just so, so powerful and just builds and builds. I also love the way his voice varies from delicate and touching to raw Rock ‘n’ Roll.

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I realise it’s been mentioned before, but the cover version better than the original which always springs to mind is obviously Hendrix’s version of Dylan’s All Along the Watchtower.

Others I would suggest:
Natalie Merchant’s live version of Space Oddity
Christine Collister’s version of Rickie Lee Jones’s Last Chance Texaco
Joe Cocker’s version of the Beatles’ With a Little Help From My Friends
Led Zeppelin’s version of Memphis Minnie’s When the Levee Breaks

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Hello everyone, I’m Stuart, technical marketing manager at naim. Just to wade in (first post and all that), I’m a fan of seeking out cover versions - mostly rock/metal covers. Some work really well (Disturbed as has been mentioned a few times). Others like PVRIS’ version of Chandelier (which could have been really good but in reality barely very different from the original).

A few of mine (admittedly easy picks, apologies):

James Blake - Limit to your love
Sinead O Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Florence + The Machine - You’ve got the love

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Hi, the firsts that come to my mind are:

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence (are we sure it was written by The Beatles? :thinking: :grin:)
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
Tori amos - Smells like teen spirit
Natalie Merchant - After the gold rush (check the Live in New York album)
Natalie Merchant - Space Oddity (check the Live in New York album)
Gary Jules and Michael Andrews - Mad world
Guns’n’Roses - Knocking on Heaven’s Door

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Ray charles -Cant stop loving you.

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Money - Flying Lizards.

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Ronnie Montrose -Town Without Pity.

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Changed my mind, it’s got be this.
Bonnie Raitt - Angel From Montgomery.

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All along the watchtower- Jimi Hendrix (obvs)
Walk on by - Isaac Hayes AND Stranglers
Alone again (naturally) - Nina Simone
Lost in music - The Fall
Windmills of your mind - Dusty Springfield
Wichita Lineman - Villagers
If you go away - Scott Walker
Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley
Kick out the jams - Rage against the machine

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I don’t like covers…but I think that these are outstanding…

Blue Moon, by the Cowboy Junkies, on The Trinity Session
Modern Love, by the Last Town Chorus, on Wire Waltz
Song to the Siren, by This Mortal Coil, on It’ll End In Tears

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Interesting and slightly scary cover by Marissa Nadler and Stephen Brodsky. I miss the gorilla though.

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An interesting cover that I don’t think has been mentioned so far:

I will survive - Cake

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This is F beautiful though

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Staggering

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