Heartland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/covers/vote.shtml
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On Saturday 27th January, 6 Music celebrates the majesty of the cover version with a count down of our listeners’ Top 40 all time favourites. Be it a hit single, B side, or live performance, the cover has been a staple part of the rock and pop mix for over 50 years. Hendrix outdid Dylan with All Along the Watchtower, RUN DMC took Hip Hop in a new direction with Aerosmith's 'Walk This Way' and the Pet Shop Boys reinvented Elvis for a smash with 'You Were Always on My Mind'.


So submit your votes for your best and worst cover songs of all time and you could win a MP3 Player.

I actually came across the above because this morning they announced that the m*****n "Like A Hurricane" was been disqualified for two many votes! (which in a way is quite funny)- I think the fansite has overbombarding the link & they have cried foul

By co-incidence this on the Official Front page of theweb-site only today

http://themissionuk.com/news.asp#259


sadly they are unaware of the bad news.

Maybe we could all start voting for Gimme Shelter?! or for the more spiteful vote on the "worst cover version" catogary & get Like A Hurricance back!

Or we could vote for one of our 'Next One' covers, since none of them have been released by the original band, hahaha. My vote's for Mumbles' 'Crash & Burn'...

"Emma" has got to be the one surely?

Best: Emma
Worst: Comfortably Numb, that other Sisters shower

sorry Raf, you were very close tho'

James Blast wrote:Best: Emma
Worst: Comfortably Numb, that other Sisters shower

sorry Raf, you were very close tho'

Sorry for what, James? Emma is indeed a great cover. Gives me the chills every time...

I have to go with Jolene for the sheer tongue in cheekness.
Or 1969??
Worst cover??
I agree with Mr B.
scissor sisters should be strung up for that!

James Blast wrote:Best: Emma
Worst: Comfortably Numb, that other Sisters shower

sorry Raf, you were very close tho'

Blimey James - I just but my votes in with that exact selection. Must be right.

am i the only one who likes the Pink Floyd cover?

And Kylie's Confide in Me?

Well, in this case, let's go for Emma. Far best.

if i take a sneak at the BBC list, i think i choose JAMC surfin' usa.

Your No.1 favourite cover
Emma - The Sisters Of Mercy
Your No.2 favourite cover
Possession (Sarah McLauchlan cover) - Type O Negative
Your No.3 favourite cover
Summer - Ahráyeph
Your worst cover of all time
Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters
Any comments
bring back Andrew Collins to the teatime slot

the deed is done

James Blast wrote: Your No.3 favourite cover
Summer - Ahráyeph

s**t, I missed a trick on this one

It is a mighty fine cover....

Worst cover was The m*****n natch (now there's a word not used any more!)

Emma!
Emma!
Emma!

No more need be said.

dinky daisy wrote:am i the only one who likes the Pink Floyd cover?

And Kylie's Confide in Me?

Well, in this case, let's go for Emma. Far best.

NO!!

i´m whit you,I love the pink floyd cover and Kylie´s cover as weel!!!

I wasn't actually talking about THEE Sisters cover of CN, which is just pish BTW, but them stupid Scissor (Spit!) Sisters version.
I do enjoy, greatly THEE Sisters CIM.

Listening to Phill Jupitus today, he said that because someone is touting for votes on the m*****n web site any votes for them would be declared void. oh dear

If you want to help the m*****n get back on the radio and back into the general public's consciousness then go the website address below and vote for The m*****n's 'Like A Hurricane' as your all time top favourite cover version

i didn't click often on that site but every one is worth of it. it's just f**king amazing
same needs as the sisters on the beginning now

Von's Numb cover is awesome, jostling nicely with Shelter and Emma as their finest cover. However....

Best cover? Therion - Summernight City.

Or at least it is until the Pet Shop Boys cover a Rammstein track.

Not heard R.A.F.'s Summer, but judging from the positive reviews, I'll let my pc lock-up for 4 hours or so and d/l it, if someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction. Ta.

Best cover version?My own particular favourite is the majestic Anal C'unt and their seminal Oi! cover of the Bee-Gees "Stayin' alive"


Bet the BBC,the nazi bastards,wouldn't play it so I'll vote for the girls and EMMA

Comfortably Numb is just an abysmal song anyway. eldritch does it as much justice as is possible but you can't polish a turd.

Emma and Jolene are equally as good as each other. Jolene has to be one of the catchiest singalongs ever and only the truly stupid will find a bloke singing "please don't take my man" stupid.Emma is just awesome.

Gimme Shelter is of course a truly great cover; far superior to the wussy original and the swapped around lyrics in the chorus give the meaning a cool twist. plus it comes as a double act with Heartland, making up between them the single greatest side of vinyl ever pressed.

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:Comfortably Numb is just an abysmal song anyway. eldritch does it as much justice as is possible but you can't polish a turd.land, making up between them the single greatest side of vinyl ever pressed.

... and that's where I fell out with you Lee

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:Comfortably Numb is just an abysmal song anyway. eldritch does it as much justice as is possible but you can't polish a turd.

what's mean "can't polish a turd"? i smell offence but i don't want kick eastmidswhizzkid ass not to be sure 100%... :eek :

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:Comfortably Numb is just an abysmal song anyway. eldritch does it as much justice as is possible but you can't polish a turd.

I can't agree. For me, the segue from Comfortably Numb into Some Kind of Stranger gives a real shiver up the spine. Love it.

The mh vote is in.

Best
1) Spacemen 3 - Transparent Radiation sorry
2) The Sissies - EMMA!
3) Big Black - The Model

Worst
1) The Wedding Present - Falling (Twin Peaks Theme)

jande wrote:Listening to Phill Jupitus today, he said that because someone is touting for votes on the m*****n web site any votes for them would be declared void. oh dear

So.. because someone on the m*****n site is doing exactly what we're doing here, they're disqualified?

lachert wrote:

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:Comfortably Numb is just an abysmal song anyway. eldritch does it as much justice as is possible but you can't polish a turd.

what's mean "can't polish a turd"? i smell offence but i don't want kick eastmidswhizzkid ass not to be sure 100%... :eek :

"you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" would be another way of putting it but i think "you can't polish a turd" is a more evocative way of saying that some things cannot be transformed from their natural base state into things of beauty.

James Blast wrote:

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:Comfortably Numb is just an abysmal song anyway. eldritch does it as much justice as is possible but you can't polish a turd.land, making up between them the single greatest side of vinyl ever pressed.

... and that's where I fell out with you Lee

get a grip you big blouse! i can't stand the pink floyd generally (although i can sit through the wall if i'm stoned enough -and i own a delicate sound of thunder) but "comfortably numb" depresses me. anyway, it's a smack song innit? and only stupid bastards do heroin.