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Not sure this will be as popular as the classic and new music ones but based on the Beatles covers post I thought what the hell.

Black Steel

Cover by Tricky - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H3TqDu0Tmw

Original by Public Enemy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PmsBpBKGIY

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Good thread, Bola.

Midtempo 1967 original by Motown legends:
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Sweet Darlin'


Slowed down 1969 cover by English actress and singer:
Dilys Watling - Sweet Darlin'

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Of Hopes And Dreams And Tombstones

Original by American soulster Jimmy Fraser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHXHJyk52bM

Cover version by Australian R&B merchants The Purple Hearts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VnREl-qtpM

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2nd verse same as the 1st...

A classic case of where the cover is way better than the original in my humble view.

Blue Flower

Cover by Pale Saints - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjntDB-U3Wk

Original by Mazzy Star (although they first did the song when they were called Opal) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhIq5uk2hW8

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Rescue Me

The original by Fontella Bass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6oGHecVg0

The cover version by The Reggae Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jEOEkMyJZI

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2nd verse same as the 1st...

I was in the middle of posting in this thread when you put that in! I bags tomorrow!

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Thursday

Just a great song, a few versions here. A bit tricky to find YouTube vids with decent sound quality, so you might need to turn some of these up if you can be arsed to listen.

The original written by Chip Taylor:

The Troggs - Anyway That You Want Me (1966)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q48sA9siS4I

Evie Sands used to sing on Chip Taylor's demos and released her own version in 1969:

Evie Sands - Anyway That You Want Me (1969)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFW0wO3fAFw

Jason Pierce wanted Spacemen 3 to cover it, by Sonic Boom decided against it so it only got to the demo stage:

Spacemen 3 - Anyway That You Want Me (Demo 1988/9)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SZ3mYcNjMI

So when Spacemen 3 split, he took the rest of the band and recorded it as Spritualized's debut single. I love all versions.

Spiritualized - Anyway That You Want Me (1990)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJcI__BON0

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When did it become 4 cover versions a day?



(I used to own the Spiritualized 12" of this, I flogged it a long while back)

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Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? (1956)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAGoqMZRLB4

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Who Do You Love? (1987)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaRiCSzJynY

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"You can't beat a bit of Bo Diddley!"

(Catchphrase from my radio days...)

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I think the Pixies version is better because they do it faster and quicker ha ha.... Sorry Trev!

Pixies - Head On (1991)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXSmYHEpn7w

Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On (1989)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGp47YwDZ48

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I'm not fussed with either version (don't really like the song, that much), despite being a massive Mary Chain fan and a big fan of the Pixies.

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Sunday

The blues becomes rock n' roll

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoHDrzw-RPg


Some Cliff Richard impersonator - Hound Dog (1956)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is

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Getting Nowhere Fast

Original:

Girls At Our Best (1980) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgI84Qxb7JM

Cover:

Wedding Present (1987) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkJlCB8B8LA

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