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YOU MAY BE A LOVER BUT YOU AIN'T NO FUCKIN' DANCER
that's my favourite, too. i'm struggling to think of any more, actually ....
The best and by quite a long way
is Mos Def "Many People" which covers Eleanor Rigby. A seriously brilliant track form the much maligned Hip Hop genre..
"much maligned"?
by whom? (except for idiots, of course)
Much maligned
Ha ha.
The Gray Album is an amazing achievement. Not covers though but...
bf
Please please me by The Score
I heard a cover of 'I Will'
But I can never remember the artist - female, downtempo or summat
I agree with Helter Skelter, that's the best thing on The Scream, but I liked their Dear Prudence was better.
Happiness is a Warm Gun by The Breeders?
All You Need Is Love - ze Bunnymen?
Not many other coming to mind at the moment.
versions by soul singers are usually pretty good
the one that most easily comes to mind is Otis Redding's version of Day Tripper. Better than the original. Easy.
Rain by Chapterhouse
Possibly better than the original.
Better than the original?
Nohoho way, sonny Jim.
the damned - help
incredible
I was going to say this
Husker Du do a nice version
of Ticket To Ride
Breeders
Happiness is a Warm Gun.
Also, I once heard on radio a version of I Want to Hold Your Hand which sounded exactly like the original except they used the lyrics of "Stairway to Heaven" instead.
No idea who it was, and I'm sure I didn't imagine it.
.
Sonic Youth - Within You, Without You
Eleanor Rigby - Godhead?
no actually that was dreadful
didnt jimi hendrix cover day tripper?
Indeed he did.
And it was good. On the BBC Radio 1 sessions.
Hendrix
Sgt Peppers live - 1 day after the album was released.
Epic
^this, this
and thrice this.
I remember reading a McCartney interview
where he was totally AMAZED with Hendrix doing that... just like in Amadeus where Mozart hears the piece once and plays it note for note. Incredible.
Motley Crue- Helter Skelter
Part Chimp - Wild Honey Pie
actually those are the two worst...! mesays:
Dave Grohl - Blackbird
Afghan Whigs - Rain
I don't like the beatles much though...
'Elenanor Rigby'
by Godhead.
Roots Manuva's dubby version of "Yellow Submarine"
Stevie Wonder - We can work it out
Ike & Tina Turner - Come together
Frank Sinatra - Something
are all ace
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kyte - Frank Sidebottom
What about
Suggs???
Black Keys - She Said, She Said
heh
Rain by Chapterhouse!
Emmylou Harris
'Here, There and Everywhere' is the only one i can think of that hasn't been mentioned already.
Sergios Mendes and Brasil 66 - Daytripper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjGMTE60D1g
extra points for the drummer dressed in the bad beatles outfit on this performance
oops still not got the hang
of replying the the right post all the time yet...
Johnny Cash
In my life
ha
the libertines - 8 days a week?
oasis
Oasis | I Am The Walrus (live)
Noel and The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
Is the closest anyone's come to imitating the Beatles in a credible, and absolutely fantastical way.
That Siouxsie cover sounds nasty. Punk band covering the Beatles is crime.