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Joined: May 23 2007 Location: CA Posts: 192

The Carpenters had a way better version of 'Please Mr. Postman'. The Marvelettes and the Beatles had nothing on them.

Posted: Mar 24 2008 02:25 am

I found that the only person who can properly cover John Lennon while giving it the respect it deserves is Ozzy. I suggest everyone buy Undercover for his covers of 'In My Life', 'Woman', and especially 'Working Class Hero'. They aren't necessarily better, but damn close.

Posted: Mar 24 2008 09:10 pm

ross_rifle113 wrote:

And scamrock...54-40's version

I agree. But most people in the US probably haven't heard it.

Posted: Apr 16 2008 05:28 pm

Cindy and Bert's German version of Black Sabbath's Paranoid "Der Hund Von Baskerville". Although, not a true cover.

Joined: Apr 09 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3112

Kinda weird how I Fought the Law worked for a while. It seemed like the covers were getting better over the years. The Bobby Fuller Four cover was good, The Clash version was excellent, Colin Farell's was abysmal, and Green Day's version sounded like pure crap. The Clash version is easily the best.

Posted: Apr 17 2008 09:49 am

Jeff Buckley version for Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

Posted: Apr 17 2008 12:11 pm

Greg the White wrote:

Kinda weird how I Fought the Law worked for a while. It seemed like the covers were getting better over the years. The Bobby Fuller Four cover was good, The Clash version was excellent, Colin Farell's was abysmal, and Green Day's version sounded like pure crap. The Clash version is easily the best.

Yeah...the Clash version was phenominal. Their version is my favorite drunk kareoke song.

Posted: Apr 17 2008 07:46 pm

Red_Mage wrote:

Greg the White wrote:

Kinda weird how I Fought the Law worked for a while. It seemed like the covers were getting better over the years. The Bobby Fuller Four cover was good, The Clash version was excellent, Colin Farell's was abysmal, and Green Day's version sounded like pure crap. The Clash version is easily the best.

Yeah...the Clash version was phenominal. Their version is my favorite drunk kareoke song.

I prefer the Dead Kennedys version over the Clash version Just sayin'.

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enshinkarateman wrote:

Red_Mage wrote:

Greg the White wrote:

Kinda weird how I Fought the Law worked for a while. It seemed like the covers were getting better over the years. The Bobby Fuller Four cover was good, The Clash version was excellent, Colin Farell's was abysmal, and Green Day's version sounded like pure crap. The Clash version is easily the best.

Yeah...the Clash version was phenominal. Their version is my favorite drunk kareoke song.

I prefer the Dead Kennedys version over the Clash version Just sayin'.

It was good, but if you want to get technical, it's not exactly the same song, as DK changed the lyrics around. Still awesome, though.

Posted: Apr 24 2008 06:24 pm

The Blood Brothers "Under Pressure" Wonderful cover because they didn't try to imitate queen, but made it their own. (readying myself for all the internet feces to be flung in my direction for this one)

Posted: Apr 24 2008 08:04 pm

Burt Reynolds wrote:

The Blood Brothers "Under Pressure" Wonderful cover because they didn't try to imitate queen, but made it their own. (readying myself for all the internet feces to be flung in my direction for this one)

It wasn't really queen. It was a collabo of Bowie and Mercury.

Posted: Apr 24 2008 08:55 pm

erock462 wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

The Blood Brothers "Under Pressure" Wonderful cover because they didn't try to imitate queen, but made it their own. (readying myself for all the internet feces to be flung in my direction for this one)

It wasn't really queen. It was a collabo of Bowie and Mercury.

Vanilla Ice's cover of that song is questionable at best. This Is A Joke

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most me first and the gimmie gimmies songs are pretty good

Joined: Apr 09 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3112

I'll agree with that, though like most pop-punk bands, most of their songs really sound like.

Posted: Apr 26 2008 07:48 pm

erock462 wrote:

It wasn't really queen. It was a collabo of Bowie and Mercury.

It's credited as Queen and David Bowie.

I think you're thinking of "Dancing in the Streets", which was Bowie and Jagger, not Bowie and The Rolling Stones.

Posted: Apr 26 2008 07:50 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

erock462 wrote:

It wasn't really queen. It was a collabo of Bowie and Mercury.

It's credited as Queen and David Bowie.

I think you're thinking of "Dancing in the Streets", which was Bowie and Jagger, not Bowie and The Rolling Stones.

I always thought it was just Mercury and Bowie with the queen musicians providing the music or something.

Posted: Apr 28 2008 01:45 am

It's on Queen's rather shitty album 'Hot Space'

Posted: Apr 29 2008 03:00 pm

Yeah, thats a pretty shitty album.

Another good clash cover is "Rudie Cant Fail" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Posted: Apr 29 2008 05:38 pm

Shut up, Dorn wrote:

Yeah, thats a pretty shitty album.

Another good clash cover is "Rudie Cant Fail" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

I'm sorry, but no one should ever have covered that song. Rudie Can't Fail is a classic; the Clash at their best.

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Red_Mage wrote:

Shut up, Dorn wrote:

Yeah, thats a pretty shitty album.

Another good clash cover is "Rudie Cant Fail" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

I'm sorry, but no one should ever have covered that song. Rudie Can't Fail is a classic; the Clash at their best.

All of that album is easily better than most music out there. Extra points because the real die-hard punk girls love dancing to Jimmy Jazz for some reason.

Posted: Apr 30 2008 12:08 am

Shut up, Dorn wrote:

Yeah, thats a pretty shitty album.

Another good clash cover is "Rudie Cant Fail" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Detroit Rock City by them was really good too.

Posted: Apr 30 2008 02:18 am

I love punk but i can't stand the clash. Sorry.

Posted: Apr 30 2008 03:07 am

Greg the White wrote:

Red_Mage wrote:

Shut up, Dorn wrote:

Yeah, thats a pretty shitty album.

Another good clash cover is "Rudie Cant Fail" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

I'm sorry, but no one should ever have covered that song. Rudie Can't Fail is a classic; the Clash at their best.

All of that album is easily better than most music out there. Extra points because the real die-hard punk girls love dancing to Jimmy Jazz for some reason.

Amen. London Calling was the shit.

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I love punk but i can't stand the clash. Sorry.

They aren't everybody's thing. They're hardly punk...only in the sense that they started that way.

They're easily my favorite band, but I can understand that not everyone loves them as much as I do.

Posted: Apr 30 2008 09:49 am

Why has nobody said Guns N' Roses yet? Well, I guess I can understand why. The originals of both Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Live and Let Die are amazing. But the GNR versions are at least equal IMO.

Also the covers from The Spaghettie Incident? are underrated (or maybe I just think they're better than they really are from a personal bias).

Joined: Apr 09 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3112

For some reason, I just never got Guns and Roses. I've always disliked high-pitched vocals, and Slash's style just gets old on my nerves after a while. Not bashing your tastes, I understand why people like them, but just not for me.