Best Sisters Cover Of Another Bands Song

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Best Song Covered By The Sisters

1969
1
1%
Emma
17
21%
Teachers
3
4%
Sister Ray
2
2%
Gimme Shelter
22
27%
Jolene
10
12%
Pipeline
0
No votes
Gimme Gimme Gimme
5
6%
Confide In Me
1
1%
Comfortably Numb
12
15%
I Didn't Know I Loved You
2
2%
Uptown Top Ranking
0
No votes
Capricorn
0
No votes
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
2
2%
Gift That Shines
4
5%
 
Total votes: 81
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panzerfaust
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why the hell is knocking on heavens door missing?!
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panzerfaust wrote:why the hell is knocking on heavens door missing?!
Cos that great big feckin' wally Steve created the poll? ;D :lol:
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I can't believe so many of you are wrong...again :lol:
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This was the hardest decision so far, like being asked to choose which one of your kids you love the most, as in the first few incarnations the covers were better than their own songs in the live shows. In the end though I went for Comfortably Numb as it was a fantastic show-opener combined with SKOS.
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mh wrote:
panzerfaust wrote:why the hell is knocking on heavens door missing?!
Cos that great big feckin' wally Steve created the poll? ;D :lol:
:evil:

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Emma?

Knocking On Heavens Door?

Ooh, wait, Comfortably Numb. Even better than the Scissor Sisters version...
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Emma, Gimme Shelter or Sister Ray...

Sister Ray it is! When thet played that in 92 I reached cloud 9 within seconds...
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robm wrote:Emma?

Knocking On Heavens Door?

Ooh, wait, Comfortably Numb. Even better than the Scissor Sisters version...
i'm not sure if that's praise or not :lol:
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Gift That Shines. I really like Bei Mir Bistu Shein and the huge early numbers as well.
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Gimme Shelter - far superior to the original. IMHO. :notworthy: :von:
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SINsister wrote:Gimme Shelter - far superior to the original. IMHO. :notworthy: :von:
Absolutely
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Shouldn't Colours be up there? :twisted:
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SINsister wrote:Gimme Shelter - far superior to the original. IMHO. :notworthy: :von:
Christ, it really is. I honestly don't know what song it is that made me say "holy hell, what a band" for the first time ever, but this is one of their finest moments. It still gives me shivers: at ear-bleed volume when you can feel the bass in your chest and the loss of your hearing, it is simply majestic.
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Ooh, tricky. Teachers and Gimme Shelter were both entirely sick, but I'm going to go with Gift that Shines for maybe the wrong reasons.
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SINsister wrote:Gimme Shelter - far superior to the original. IMHO. :notworthy: :von:
Is there any cover by the Sisters which is not better than the original (Eric Idle excepted, naturally) ?
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SINsister wrote:Gimme Shelter - far superior to the original. IMHO. :notworthy: :von:
Totally!
Not only it's by far their best cover song, but in my opinion it's also one of their best songs ever.
Was a pretty obvious choice for me :wink:
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Salome wrote:
SINsister wrote:Gimme Shelter - far superior to the original. IMHO. :notworthy: :von:
Totally!
Not only it's by far their best cover song, but in my opinion it's also one of their best songs ever.
Was a pretty obvious choice for me :wink:
Agree.

Can you imagine, this is released on a single with Temple of Love - the effect on myself, the teenager, at the time? Crikey.
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czuczu wrote:Sugar Baby Love :D
Yes. Knocking on Heaven's Door is pretty good too.

I had to vote for Gimme Shelter though.
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