rocker654 wrote:"All Along The Watchtower" by Hendrix blows Dylan's version out of the water.

not in my book, not by a long way.

ChristopherM wrote:

rocker654 wrote:Bauhaus' version of "Ziggy Stardust" blows Bowie's version out of the water.

Whoa whoa whoa. Listen, and you can make fun of me all you want about this...I'm a huge Bauhaus fan...HUGE. But, I disagree with that statement wholeheartedly. Bowie's version is untouchable. Their version is good, great even, but not better than Bowie's.

It seems to me, from what I remember, that Bauhaus' cover version tend to be almost note for note the same as the original.

Didn't they also cover "Baby's On Fire" by Eno? Same thing.

Speaking of Eno, I love his version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Much better than the original.

Rosalie- Thin Lizzy

Starry Eyes- Seaweed (and I never even liked Beat Happening, and had lost a lot of interest in Seaweed, but this version of this song sticks)

Citadel- Redd Kross

Season of the Witch- Terry Reid...I also like his version of Something's Got a Hold of my Heart.

American Pie- Killdozer

I had this 7" in the nineties that was a split record between a band called 2Bad and a band called Happily Ever After. One band covered Lexicon Devil, the other covered Wasted. The label was off so I was confused as to who did what cover, but the cover of Lexicon Devil killed.

Mark Hansen wrote:Didn't they also cover "Baby's On Fire" by Eno?

They did a good version of Third Uncle.

Mark Hansen wrote:

ChristopherM wrote:

rocker654 wrote:Bauhaus' version of "Ziggy Stardust" blows Bowie's version out of the water.

Whoa whoa whoa. Listen, and you can make fun of me all you want about this...I'm a huge Bauhaus fan...HUGE. But, I disagree with that statement wholeheartedly. Bowie's version is untouchable. Their version is good, great even, but not better than Bowie's.

It seems to me, from what I remember, that Bauhaus' cover version tend to be almost note for note the same as the original.

Yeah, just a little sped up.
I understand preferring it (I like it but I prefer Bowie's and, you know, he *wrote* it), but "blows it out of the water?"

I'm with Mark on this.
'splain, Loozy.

-A

rocker654 wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:Didn't they also cover "Baby's On Fire" by Eno?

They did a good version of Third Uncle.

That's it, thanks.

On the subject of great versions that don't stray far from the original, The Faces doing "Maybe I'm Amazed" is heavenly.
I like Macca's version and, you know, he *wrote* it, but The Faces version with Ronnie's sweet intro followed by Rod's gravel throat kicking in the door. Nice.
And the Wurlitzer in lieu of the acoustic piano sounds great.
I love Wurlitzers.
Love.

So, it's not better, but it's every bit as great.

-A

Butthole Surfers - "American Woman"

Cramps or Ramones version of "Surfin' Bird".

Minutemen covering "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" or "The Red and The Black"