TheOrange 0 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 I just heard "It's My Life" on the radio, by No Doubt. I used to love the original version by Talk Talk, and No Doubt haven't actually done much to the song - just made it sound more like No Doubt. I wonder why? It just seems like a complete waste of time. I think it might be just because it used to be a really special song for me many years ago. Any examples of GOOD cover versions and particularly BAD ones. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 I like Talk Talk as well. Ascension Day is great odd little song. I've always preferred Roxy Music's cover of 'Jealous Guy' to the original by John Lennon. Van Morrison's cover of 'Ain't No Sunshine' also beats the original. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Limp Bizkit's version of "Faith" is gangbusters. Much better than the original which I reckon is total crap. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Lemon Heads version of Mrs. Robinson is good. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Talk Talk were a really good band. Started off quite poppy and gradually metamorhed into thiw weird laid back minimalistic sounding group. Very interesting material. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 I thought Van Morrisons singing on Dancing in the Moonlight wasnt as good as the dude who covered it a few years back. But the guitar in the original is amazing. The greatest ever cover version of all time is: Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen (covered/performed by Jeff Buckley) Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Another TalkTalk fan here. Or I used to be anyway, I think I'll get the CDs out tonight to have a listen. Did anyone ever get the solo Mark Hollis CD? (He's the main guy out of Talk Talk). I hear it was even more experimentation than late TT, would like to give it a listen. Anyone heard that? Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 my fav is liz phair singing turning japanese. i use it a bit too much in vids. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 the living end do a good version of tainted love. i also like me first and the gimme gimme covers. they are fun. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 There was a cover of Mad World in Donnie Darko, that was interesting. (Original by Tears for Fears?) Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Anyone hear any of them there covers Johnny Cash did recently? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 I thought Johnny Cash was mostly doing Johnny Rotten these days...? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 XXX, Donnie Darko is a great movie - I even enjoyed the cover of Mad World. Try checking out the extended version of that movie - adds a few new twist to the "plot" Dave Matthews Band version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" does it for me everytime ...what a jammin song that is. I like their version of "The Maker" too. Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Great and very strange. Extended version? How do we get to see that? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 IIIII, If you can get a copy of the DVD it should have it on it - my rental shop did. Or, try Amazon.com Im sure even Jeff Bezos (spelling) wouldnt miss that movie Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 I've been trying to find out more about the Talk Talk frontmans solo effort. Found this review amongst others... ----- This is a record so quiet and delicate in poise that you cannot simply let it wash over you. It begins and ends with extended silence. Mark Hollis, the eponymous solo debut for the former Talk Talk leader is an exacting collection and to find your way you really have to tune in. Fans of Talk Talk will immediately recognise the alluring ambiguity of Hollis's music, yet here that free quality is closed in on and compacted. Hollis's arrangements are cut with more precision than ever before, and recording acoustically with only two microphones creates intense intimacy. Hooking into melody is of no large importance and what groove there is on the album often becomes just another texture. The sound of the album is very much the album, and it builds its own pattern and harmony; typical of Hollis's unique approach. However, for all his concern with tone and cautious assembling, Hollis's songs occupy a rare emotional space. His reedy, aching voice remains a focus, despite wandering in and out of earshot among the soft flow of the instruments - including brass and woodwind sections with piano, acoustic guitar, bass and drums - that float around classical, jazz and folk feels. Pinning down Mark Hollis is no easy task, but it doesn't exist to trick anyone. It's the sound of one of our most searching artists. ----- It begins and ends with extended silence!? Intruiging indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Heard that Japanese rap song that samples some Level 42 heavily ("Something About You"?)? I had a good laugh when I heard that. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 What's this about an extended version of Donnie Darko?? Is that just the standard DVD that came out a couple years back? (I missed it in the theater so I only know the DVD version) Or is there a new edition that just came out? BTW, that song is great. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 A good cover is Faith No More's go at War Pigs, by the mighty BLACK SABBATH. Link to post Share on other sites
IceEiji 0 Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 The donnie darko mad world song is the UK christmas number 1. Why now I wonder? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I saw the No Doubt vid on tv last night - good cover version that. Her voice usually gets to me, but this one was pretty decent. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 Talking of Tears for Fears. They did a decent cover of Bowie's Ashes to Ashes. I only knew it was them when the DJ said it at the end. Link to post Share on other sites
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