Dudley wrote:John Cale's "Hallelujah" easily beats Cohen and Buckley combined.

This is excellent.

242sumner wrote:Song to the Siren"by This Mortal Coil (the Cocteau Twins in disguise)

Have you ever actually heard the Tim Buckley original? I think it's completely heartbreaking, whereas this version has no soul at all.

I can't hate on PJ Proby because he's the guy that brought Scott Walker to England.

Some math:

Cocteau Twins/Robin Guthrie:242sumner::Scott Walker:burun

Uh oh.

I'd better stop before I start telling the wimmen on this board how cute they are.

Wait, I did that too! Jeebus.

Galaxie 500 - Ceremony

So lovely.

I think Codeine did a great job covering Atmosphere, it's either just as good as the original, or better.

Nirvana's version of Return Of The Rat is better than the original one by the Wipers.

Mark Hansen wrote:The Rollins Band cover of "Earache My Eye".

Oh, yes.

So good.

Before Rollins had his sense of humor surgically removed.

Type O Negative, "Summer Breeze"

burun wrote:

242sumner wrote:Song to the Siren"by This Mortal Coil (the Cocteau Twins in disguise)

Have you ever actually heard the Tim Buckley original? I think it's completely heartbreaking, whereas this version has no soul at all.

Oooh, I need to find this. I absolutely love the This Mortal Coil song. I've dragged that record around for 15 years because of that one sone.

And salut on Nick Cave's "Helpless". "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" is great, too, but Pitney's version is just as fine.

Nina Simone's take on "Here Comes The Sun" makes this playa weepy.

lemur68 wrote:Type O Negative, "Summer Breeze"

The song by the band America? That's funny.

I much prefer Sciflyer's version of "Powerline" to the Husker Du original.

Mark Hansen wrote:

lemur68 wrote:Type O Negative, "Summer Breeze"

The song by the band America? That's funny.

Seals & Crofts. Yeah, they turn it into a dirge. (Not an actual music video, just a montage some douche made)