Your favourite or unusual covers...

[SpikieMikie]

Whats your favourite cover or acoustic version of a song ?
I'm really into Radio 1's Live Lounge CD's at the minute and really like different versions of songs.. got any you recommend ?

My favourites at the minute are Sam Sparro covering Estelles American Boy, The Killers cover of Dire Straits Romeo & Juliet and Steeleye Spans The Black Freighter - a pretty clever & unique reworking of Pirate Jenny as done by Nina Simone !

[jaymund]

i like i feel fine orig by the beatles covered by harvey averne its kina jazzy funky

[jaymund]

the foo fighters cover of the wings classic band on the run that rocks

[saxy_jag]

Noddy Holder's acoustic solo of 'Come on feel the noize' at the end of The Grimleys first series.

[Whickerman]

Try this - Glen Hansard's version of Britney's Everytime.

From a series of recordings for Ireland's Today FM - three compilation albums released under the 'Even Better Than The Real Thing' title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh2o5OJjdYs

Also: this is arguably the greatest cover ever done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUrmzj-nST4

[ChuckFickens]

the live lounge albums are fantastic!!

From the first one my favourites are Artic Monkeys doing love machine and Jamie Cullum doing Frontin'

[~max~]

Ah. I thought you were talking about funny album covers, so I immediately thought of this site:

http://salamitsunami.com/archives/91

I'm still posting, even if it's irrelevant, just because not much has made me laugh more in ages! :O)

[hello-sailor]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=__VvPXbdyhU

[alipan]

Sugarbabes-About you now (slow version) is sooo good!
Also...Lilly Allen-Naive (by the Kooks)..thats fab:)

[ChuckFickens]

Are you coming out of the closet no.knowledge :)

[SpikieMikie]

cheers... esp. Whickerman - found the albums on iTunes... enough to keep me going for a while there...

Standing in the way of control.. The Gossip..vol. 2 Live Lounge... awesome... forgot that one earlier..

[alipan]

:)

[flobadob]

I always thought Gun's rock version of Word Up was a brilliant cover, but you rarely hear it mentioned when this topic comes up.

[karenmac60]

Check out the Musique de Paris Derniere albums. 6 volumes, all covers. Some by popular artists, some I've never heard of, but the covers are all good and sometimes surprising.