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Two where the originals are fabulous but covers awesome:

Nouvelle Vague do superb covers - favourite is their cover of Bauhaus' Bela Lugosi's Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5QLr_TQ3g


In turn, the Bauhaus cover of Ziggy Stardust is superb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_YQXFs7Ts

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Day Tripper and Hound Dog from the "Radio 1 Sessions' album are also great versions.

He also did a version of another Dylan tune, "Can You Please Crawl Out Of Your Window", this is miles better to my ears. :)

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Agreed on the Bauhaus version of Ziggy.

Also Tom Jones' version of Witchita Lineman. So much more emotion than the original.

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Bloody hell. Dave Grohl looks about 18 in that video :rofl:

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Dave Grohl has certainly improved with age. I'd also forgotten just how pretty Kurt Cobain was.

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that Bauhaus cover of Bowie just seems to be the same to me, I mean they didn't bring anything original to it. I think the cover should reinterpret the song somewhat or give it some feeling you didn't notice before, rather than just being louder or performed in a different genre.
Guns and roses doing knocking on heavens door is just abysmal imo :rolleyes:

anyhow case in point Jeff Buckley covering Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah :thumbup:
Tricky doing Public Enemy's Black Steel

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Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson (vs Eurythmics)

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Gotan Project's Tango version of Nirvana's Nevermind

Not better but very very different and very good indeed.

Can't find a youtube clib but it is halfway through Gilles Peterson's podcast with Phillipe Cohen Solal 13 Jan 2011.

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Agreed. I therefore assume that you fully support my Wonderwall vote.

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maybe in an alternative universe yes. :D

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The band in 49ers do that one really well :)

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2 covers for the price of one....

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I always preferred this Carter USM cover version of the Inspiral Carpets....