For me it has to go to The Fall for Lost in Music by The Pointer Sisters. Hearing Mark E singing "feel so alive", always raises the odd eyebrow or two. But it works.
I guess a man's got to know his limitations.
" I quit my nine to five-aaaah".
Bizarre cover versions
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Sisters - Jolene
Leather Nun - Gimme Gimme Gimme
Bernard Manning - Heaven knows..(or whichever it was)
Wedding Present - Not Unusual
Frank Sidebottom - Hit The North (f**ki' hilarious)
Leather Nun - Gimme Gimme Gimme
Bernard Manning - Heaven knows..(or whichever it was)
Wedding Present - Not Unusual
Frank Sidebottom - Hit The North (f**ki' hilarious)
We forgive as we forget
As the day is long.
As the day is long.
Yes, yes, yes!Steve303 wrote: Leather Nun - Gimme Gimme Gimme
Me and Rian are with you in this
Of, course, also the following ones:
Sisters - Gimme Shelter
Sisters - Jolene
Sisters - Confide In Me
Laibach - Life Is Life
Laibach - all the album "Let It Be" (Beatles' covers)
Alien Sex Fiend - Satisfaction
Siouxsie - Passenger
Balanescu Quartet - all their Kraftwerk covers on the album "Possessed"
and many others I'll recall some minutes later
do i drive
or am i driven
or am i driven
Either/Or. Let's not be pikkypikkrong wrote:Actually I didn't mean bizarre but good covers...
A good cover is Depeche Modes Policy of Truth by Dishwalla. Very different but just as good!
To not know and to ask a question is a moment of embarrassment; to not know and not ask is a lifetime of shame.
chaos engine - kids in america
veljanov - alice
veljanov - jolene
the cure - faith healer
the cure - foxy lady
the cure - don't believe a word
zodiac mindwarp - born to be wild
robin black and the IRS - hellraiser
HIM - wicked game
That Guitarist/the m*****n - wicked game
the m*****n - never let me down
goteki - final countdown
nightwish & tilo wolff - phantom of the opera
the misfits - monster mash
samsas traum - alice
veljanov - alice
veljanov - jolene
the cure - faith healer
the cure - foxy lady
the cure - don't believe a word
zodiac mindwarp - born to be wild
robin black and the IRS - hellraiser
HIM - wicked game
That Guitarist/the m*****n - wicked game
the m*****n - never let me down
goteki - final countdown
nightwish & tilo wolff - phantom of the opera
the misfits - monster mash
samsas traum - alice
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Sisters - Body Electric (slow) - as played on Exxile tour.
Apoptygma Berzerk - Fade To Black
REM - Wicked Game
and millions more...
Dave
Apoptygma Berzerk - Fade To Black
REM - Wicked Game
and millions more...
Dave
There is increasing evidence to suggest that Chris may have been being sarcastic.
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Actually I don't think it's called covers when you play your own songs.Dave Whelan wrote:Sisters - Body Electric (slow) - as played on Exxile tour.
I like Tori Amos's version of "Raining Blood", btw.
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Armageddon Dildos - Everyday Is Like Sunday.
Cat Powers - Satisfaction (she doesn't sing the chorus)
Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas
Cat Powers - Satisfaction (she doesn't sing the chorus)
Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas
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Mugabe,
actually they cover a great many of their own songs these days, with much less success than Body Electric. Roll with it dude.
Dave
actually they cover a great many of their own songs these days, with much less success than Body Electric. Roll with it dude.
Dave
There is increasing evidence to suggest that Chris may have been being sarcastic.
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einsturzende neubauten:morning dew
jesus and mary chain:who do you love
sisters:jolene/emma
nick cave:hey joe/in the ghetto
morrisey/siouxsie:interlude
this mortal coil:strength of strings
jesus and mary chain:who do you love
sisters:jolene/emma
nick cave:hey joe/in the ghetto
morrisey/siouxsie:interlude
this mortal coil:strength of strings
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cover of Black Betty
The Langley Schools Music Project - Space Oddity.
Oooooh major spoooooooky. Like nothing you've ever heard before.
Oooooh major spoooooooky. Like nothing you've ever heard before.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
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Nick Cave doing Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart is fantastic
also:John Cale and suzanne vega doing - so long marianne (must be the best cover, ever! )
the model by rammstein is hilarious!
also:John Cale and suzanne vega doing - so long marianne (must be the best cover, ever! )
the model by rammstein is hilarious!
shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather....
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The Sisters Of Mercy - Gimme, gimme, gimme
Polvo - Mexican radio
The Pogues - Darklands (Live 88, Pogues covers Jamc)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Ghost of a smile (Jamc covers Pogues)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Who do you love ( )
Polvo - Mexican radio
The Pogues - Darklands (Live 88, Pogues covers Jamc)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Ghost of a smile (Jamc covers Pogues)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Who do you love ( )
randdebiel² wrote:Nick Cave doing Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart is fantastic
Laibach - The Final Countdown
Laibach - One Vision
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Steve303 wrote:Frank Sidebottom - Hit The North (f**ki' hilarious)
And I thought I was the only one to remember dear young Frankie.
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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Emma is certainly my favourite unusual Sisters cover. Totally blew me away when I saw them.
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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And then there's Rolf Harris' Stairway To Heaven.
I'll stop now.
I'll stop now.
Go to sleep now, Francis.
The Revolting Cocks - D'ya think I'm Sexy
video too!
video too!