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whind cries mary - hendrix.

why does every cunt and his dog insist on covering this song.

some things are best left untouched.

your turn...

― heath mulholland (Mullo), Sunday, 28 November 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"Knocking On Heaven's Door". Sure, Clapton's version was great, but the world certainly could have done without Randy Crawford and then Guns'n'Roses slaughtering the song. Not to mention all those amateur bands insisting on playing that particular tune. And, no, Gabrielle's "Rise" wasn't needed either.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 28 November 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"Across The Universe." Fiona Apple's version was pretty great. All other versions are just raping the corpse

How about "Imagine," while we're at it, to state the supremely obvious?

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

it seems like people like xavier rudd are trying to connect with an audience by unbeknownst to him trashing songs like wind cries mary.

damage control is an essential element of being a successful artist.

― heath mulholland (Mullo), Sunday, 28 November 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The busker compilation album Songs From The Underground has a pretty well-defended patch on this thread.

Disc 1
1. Babylon
2. Here With Me
3. Knockin On Heavens Door
4. Fragile
5. Stuck In The Middle With You
6. Perfect Day
7. The One I Love
8. Homeward Bound
9. Mad World
10. Follow Me
11. Three Little Birds
12. Nothing Else Matters
13. Tears In Heaven
14. Wonderwall
15. Imagine
Disc 2
1. Rocket Man
2. Hand In Pocket
3. Jealous Guy
4. Redemption Song
5. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
6. Only You
7. You've Got A Friend
8. Fire & Rain
9. First Cut Is The Deepest
10. Heart Of Gold
11. Don't Worry Be Happy
12. American Pie
13. Luka
14. Waterloo Sunset
15. Streets Of London

1-14 includes you, Adams Jr.

― Acme (acme), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Is Smells Like Teen Spirit too obvious? (I'm thinking from young people, like a high school band).

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"Fever" and also "Chapel of Love"

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"Across The Universe." Fiona Apple's version was pretty great. All other versions are just raping the corpse

Hey, the vershn on Laibach's Let It Be was rather good!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Come on, Unchained Melody.

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Bird on a Wire
Suzanne
A Change Is Gonna Come

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"i wanna be sedated"

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"Drift Away."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 29 November 2004 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

"Across The Universe." Fiona Apple's version was pretty great. All other versions are just raping the corpse.

i'll take david bowie's version over fiona apple's ANY DAY. and i HATE david bowie's version (as well as the original)!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 29 November 2004 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)

"i love rock and roll."

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 29 November 2004 01:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Worst cover out right now is William Shatner's mutilation of "common People". It makes me wince to think of it...

― Mixed Dozen (Mixed dozen), Monday, 29 November 2004 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

If I never hear another cover of "Mustang Sally", I'll be happy.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 29 November 2004 04:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"Live and Let Die"

― pher (pher), Monday, 29 November 2004 04:41 (twenty-one years ago)

outdoor miner

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Monday, 29 November 2004 06:24 (twenty-one years ago)

bee gees "how deep is your love ? "
some butchered versions include "take that" and "portrait"

― beegeeboy, Monday, 29 November 2004 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

light my fire! summertime is probably the most commonly occuring song in my collection, but that is so lovely that you can never hear it too many times...

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Monday, 29 November 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"Yesterday" is the world's most covered song. However, few people have actually tried to turn their version into a hit, it is more like putting it on albums with "standards", plus all those elevator muzak orchestras playing it. The exception here being Wet Wet Wet, who did release it as a single, and their version did of course sink completely.

"Yesterday" is and will always remain a great song, but the world certainly doesn't need many more versions now, the original remaining the one and only that matters.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

This is presumably old territory, but didn't I read that "Yesterday" only rules in the West, but takes a back seat to, e.g. "Garota Da Ipanema" (sp.)?

― Acme (acme), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Acme, you mean to say Brazil is not in the West? Or that "Garota de Ipanema" is big in Japan?

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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