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don't know if this has been done before so apologies if it has...was thinking this morning how the smallest thing can set off the most tangential thoughts. I saw a picture of Whitney Houston, and could not help thinking how dreadful her version of I will always love you is. What?s everyone?s least favourite cover version? And which cover do you think is better than the original? I?ve always preferred Hendrix? All along the watchtower to Dylan?s.
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One song I have always loved is Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks's Landslide, but the Samshing Pumpkins do a great cover version of it too. It can be found on the Pisces Iscariot LP.


Incidentally, I thought it was about her cocaine addiction ("If you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills") but it turns out it's a song about her dad.


On the other hand, The Corrs' cover of Fleetwood Mac's Dreams is gash.

I think it's been discussed before, but hell, music's always a great topic.


Tortoise's (feat' Bonnie Prince Billy) version of Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road is what cover versions are always about. Taking the essence of the song and then making it completely your own.





 

I am a fan of Talk Talk, and hated that (cant remember her name, sorry. Apparently some sort of US singer/style icon...) blonde woman's down right awful version of 'Its my Life' from last year, gash is the perfect word, BM. Loved the White Stripes version of 'just dont know what to do with myself', and loved the video with Ms Moss even more...

Have to disagree with that, I love the Zutons version, and felt it had been bastardised when I heard Amy's version.... Better than Lily Allen's "Oh my God I can't believe it" though!


Eva Cassidy's version of "Fields of gold" is a beautiful cover, and does his song more justice than his own version did! That said, Sting is a knob, so it's hardly surprising!

Ah, great great version of one of my faves! That's what makes a good cover, make the song your own rather than copying the original.... That said, Sheryl still should have avoided making GN'R her own!!!


Which reminds me, another GREAT cover would be this bad boy!!!


The Police were great, but Sting solo has done very little that I like, and as a bloke he is a knob!

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