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Well I'm not sure this qualifies but I like my cover of Marc Almonds "Tears run rings" when I'm in the shower
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Hi Loren!

I didn't know 'Tears run rings' by Marc almond was a cover. Interesting stuff! Thanks for that.  :)

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I love Dr and the Medics 'Spirit in the sky' more than Norman Greenbaum's version.
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Gasp! Sacrilege!

Hi Bobby - I can readily think of a few from the 80's - but here's just a couple...

Good Idea...
Madness - It Must Be Love has now become the definitive version of the Labi Siffre original...

Bad Idea...
Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There - oh dear...

Incidentally, back in the days of black and white and when cover versions abounded, it was generally accepted that UK covers of US hits were weak imitations. I beg to differ on four counts (and see if the purists get upset...)

Tower Of Stength - Frankie Vaughan's version creamed Gene McDaniels'...
Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan triumphed over Marcie Blaine
Halfway To Paradise - Billy Fury had an infinitely superior arrangement to Tony Orlando (so much so that the song is now almost exclusively associated with the much-missed singer...)
Bend Me Shape Me - Amen Corner's arrangement sounded like a completely different song from the American Breed's...

Anyway, that's just my opinion...let the screaming start!

All the best!

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Hi Bobby! :D

What other 80s songs did Manson cover? I totally forgot about Sweet Dreams. I love the original and it is a haunting song so I guess Manson covering it does fit, though I don't like it.

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i didn't see anyone reply yet.. it's late and im sleepy so i may have missed it.. he did do Tainted Love... Im not sure of any other ones.

worst cover ever: turn the page by metallica.  yuk.

(sorry for any metallica fans but im loyal to seger) :)

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Hello again Princesca!

Get V-H1! It's the channel your telly was made for!  ;)

Recommended Erasure cd is possibly 'Pop' (I think that's the title) it has all of their old stuff including 'Sometimes' and 'Stop'. Wonderland from 1986 is a nice album too featuring my fave 'Reunion' and the original version of Dollar's 'Oh l'amour - class stuff!

As for the british slang - There isn't a lot of people here that talk perfect english. We leave that to the queen (tee hee). ;D
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Bobby - thank you for the suggestions :) I like a lot of European artists so I'm sure I'll love the cds.

As for VH-1 here in the US, it sucks. They've become another version of the E! channel. Their programming is repetitive and tends to focus on all celebrities, not just musicians. The only good thing about VH-1 is their documentaries on 80s artists but I also wanna see the videos!

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Hello everyone!

William Shatner covering those songs made me titter  ;D. He's in the same breed as Bruce Willis. 'Not me own work, guv but I'm a well respected artist!'




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Quoting:Michael Bolton's cover of "I don't want to wait anymore", originally by the Tubes, made me hurl.
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The only song I know of The Tubes was 'She's a lady' - and that rocks more than a vibrating washing-machine!

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The only song I know of The Tubes was 'She's a lady' - and that rocks more than a vibrating washing-machine!
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Bobby, check out their earlier stuff, it was some of the best high tech rock at the time (late 70s to mid 80s).  The Tubes were fine musicians but never made it big commercially, they were huge on the college and west coast club scene, I think they were from AZ.  There is a rather easily obtainable CD, you can find it used for cheap, called "Best of the Tubes", but "Love Bomb" is my personal fave.  Also check their websites in Google.  Tod Rundgren produced and played with them.End Quote

Thanks very much bj26! I'll look out for those sites!  :D

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Smooth Criminal-Michael Jackson

I forgot who the other version? It slips my mind. ;D

Howard
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Alian Ant Farm. And they sucked!

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Alian Ant Farm. And they sucked!
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Thank You RP.  :-* ;D

Howard

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Hello there Gypsumbored!

Yes Marilyn Manson's version of 'Tainted love' was mentioned. Thanks for the reply.

You have a good nights sleep now, you hear?  ;)
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.. manson also did sweet dreams.... and he did like a virgin  too... sweet dreams he did pretty ok .. he bombed on like a virgin...

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I like Kim Wilde's cover of Keep Me Hangin' On but again I also like the original by the Supremes. (I do prefer Kim's version though.)

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I remember hearing an extended techno-style cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in the mid-80's by a band called Colorbox. I still like Kim Wilde's cover best.

There was a compilation of Springsteen covers called "Cover Me" (I wonder which corporate genius came up with that name...) in which Dave Edmunds did "From Small Things, Big Things One Day Come" and Patti Smith did "Because the Night"

I don't know if this counts as a cover or a parody, but I liked the DK's "I Fought the Law".

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Did Alien Ant Farm have Bubbles the chimp on their video?
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Amm... There WAS a chimp. I don't know if it was Bubbles though.

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I hate most cover music (bands that copy other bands songs). But that doesn't mean I hate all of it. I love Dr and the Medics 'Spirit in the sky' more than Norman Greenbaum's version.

What I want to know is 'What is your favourite and worst cover songs of all time?'
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hey I like Doctor & the medics "spirit in the sky" better than the cover Bauhaus did! strange uh considering that i adore bauhaus? maybe is the video, those 2 creepy girls from Dr & M are so cool! and the drummer with spiked red hair *yum*! (groupie mode hehe)

anyway... i didn't read this whole thread but i just remembered one cover that i really liked. Is the one of "how soon is now" (Smiths) that was made by Love Spit love. The theme of that tv serie "Charmed".

IMO, It's great and there were other bands that covered this awesome song too, but they just literally destroyed it, except for LSL in my humble opinion. Even TATU did the cover but the vocals are just awful. It just didn't work for me, sounds like a gremlin in a japanese karaoke bar singing. She screams like she is suffering from constipation.... yuck but the instrumental is kinda advanced.

there is a cover that i kinda liked that norwegian called "Frost" duo did few years ago... it's kinda underground because the song is originally from a obscure band, sometimes you see the video on VH1, it's a one hit wonder AFAIR, the song is called "clouds across the moon" by the RAH BAND

Now for the funny facts. Do you remember "Be stiff" by Devo?
i guess the original was by Toni Basil, but Lene Lovich covered it too, and it's odd but cool, kinda Nina Hagen/a bit punk/Les Rita Mitsouko sounding  but my fave was by DEVO by heart! awesome, love the basslines!
hmm i can't remember the original by toni basil. LOL sorry

"Tainted love" by Soft Cell was actually a cover of something from the 60s.. then Marilyn Manson covered...and now he ripped off/sampled shameless "Be agressive" by Faith No more, in his new single "Obscene" or something like that. How original :o

I like the cover of "Love will tear us apart" (joy Division) that Swans did. Great stuff.

loads of tributes around, majority kills the songs, unfortunately

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The only song I know of The Tubes was 'She's a lady' - and that rocks more than a vibrating washing-machine!
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Tom Jones did the original.

Howard

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I like Kim Wilde's cover of Keep Me Hangin' On but again I also like the original by the Supremes. (I do prefer Kim's version though.)
I like Orgy's version of New Order's Blue Monday.
I agree with the Papa Don't Preach cover being bad.
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"Keep me hanging on" was covered by Vanilla Fudge too, it's good, very psychedelic but it's long.. (well it was in the 60s so)

Orgy's cover of New Order is pretty good, i heard another group that covered it too, called Eurochrome, they did a good job! IMO most electronic bands covering electronic stuff sounds kinda ok but never feels better than the original of course. Zoot Woman covered "The Model" (kraftwerk) and it's neat.

"papa don't preach" was an allright attempt, but the original was perfect so it's hard to beat it. And I liked kelly because of the looks and the videoclip, it was sort of 80s. But she is now overexposed in my opinion. And her album sucks, i expected much more.

oh i remembered another good one! Nina Hagen singing "ziggy stardust" (bowie) live!!!! superb!!!!!!!!!

"nothing compares to u" by Prince was covered by Sinead o connor, it was allright but was so overplayed in the radios that i got sick of it.

"send me an angel" by Real Life, was covered by Zeromancer (norwegian goth/metal) and it rocks... ok I'm a fan of them so... and the song is perfect to begin with so...you get the picture!

"you spin me right around" (Dead or Alive) was covered to death, even Thalia covered and it got very very eurodance. I like it... Also Dope covered the same song and it got very metal kinda manson, Uranium235 covered it too with a medley of tainted love.. well those are the stuff that my be played in wannabe goth parties. Allright for a minute because we know the song, but kinda upsetting because i rather the original

recently Primal Scream covered "Some velvet morning" by Nancy Sinatra, i really recommend, it got very very electro and believe or not, Kate Moss sings it! there was a death metal band that covered that one too, kinda odd but it was a nice attempt, they made it epical. The original has such a dark vocal and feeling though, Lee Hazelwood & Nancy sinatra really made a great duo in that song.

Angra covered "wuthering heights" by Kate Bush, the vocals are impressive considering that is a heavy metal guy singing, the instrumental is cool too, but i rather the original.

I absolutely love to death the cover tht Sisters of mercy did of "gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight" (by ABBA) and "Jolene" (Dolly Parton). They are fantastic, but then again i'm obssessed by sisters of mercy.

Siouxsie & the Banshees "I'm the passanger" (Iggy Pop). Outstanding and OMG what a great video. Note that I'm a big fan of sioux, so your mileage may vary :)

Cruxshadows covered "here comes the rain again" (eurythmics) and it's as good as the original, IMO


anyway.. sorry for being long. I guess that's it for now. Most covers are worse than the original...

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Let's do some bashing NOW!!!  ;D
Sugababes ruined Shape Of My Heart (Sting)
Spice Girls ruined Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (Aretha Franklin & Anny Lennox)
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I agree with all the stuff you said! let me add some other jewel. Geri Halliwell singing "it's raining men"! OH DEAR it's awful! she have got no voice, murdered the original by Weather Girls, those ladies could sing! oh and the Fame rip-off video clip... (btw anyone seen jennifer lopes and her Flashdance wannabe video? man she has the biggest ass i ever seen in my whole life)

Sugarbabes sampled "are friends electric" by Gary Numan. The song wasn't that bad... but the saddest part was the sugababes saying in an interview that they never heard the original by Gary Numan, what a shame, this when they met Gary in person! Come on!

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Get V-H1! It's the channel your telly was made for!  ;)
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oh bobby are you married? I wanna make a t-shirt written "SO 80's" because I'm totally obssessed by VH-1, it's the only channel i watch! ok sometimes i put on TCM that has some classic movies... but VH-1 is usually my church  8)

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To keep on topic of this thread, Britney Spears covered Joan Jett's I Love Rock & Roll. She has bad enough songs of her own, why does she have to ruin someone else's? Ya gotta laugh at her reason for covering it though..."because I just love Pat Benatar"
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OMGosh, that cover was so forgettable that i didn't mention it. It's awful! and the video it's so pathetical, she looking like a playmating riding the motorcycle. So kinky! she shakes her butt and get a record deal. Oh dear

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Michael Bolton's cover of "I don't want to wait anymore", originally by the Tubes, made me hurl.
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I thought that I was the only person that barfed after listening anything of Michael Bolton. If i was a bulimic it would be the easiest way to make me puke. NO fingers, no toothbrush necessary, just Michael Bolton and the toilet.
how sad, that guy is the plague! LOL

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OMGosh, that cover was so forgettable that i didn't mention it. It's awful! and the video it's so pathetical, she looking like a playmating riding the motorcycle. So kinky! she shakes her butt and get a record deal. Oh dear
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errrr i meant Playmate :)
sorry for the post spree and the mispellings! i don't have a spellchecker :o

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I thought that I was the only person that barfed after listening anything of Michael Bolton. If i was a bulimic it would be the easiest way to make me puke. NO fingers, no toothbrush necessary, just Michael Bolton and the toilet.
how sad, that guy is the plague! LOL
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Ha! Ha! Oh Digitales you're so funny. I was gutted when he cut his hair (LOL)!

Cheers for your previous comments (blush).

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Tubes didn't copy the song 'She's a lady' because I got it totally wrong - It was 'She's a beauty'! Oh dear . . .

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I thought that I was the only person that barfed after listening anything of Michael Bolton. If i was a bulimic it would be the easiest way to make me puke. NO fingers, no toothbrush necessary, just Michael Bolton and the toilet.
how sad, that guy is the plague! LOL
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Ha! Ha! Oh Digitales you're so funny. I was gutted when he cut his hair (LOL)!
Cheers for your previous comments (blush).
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Thanks a lot and You're welcome!
I enjoy your posts, great thread  ;)
Cutting his hair was the only good thing that Bolton has ever done, I guess.  :o