Covers you like better than the original
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Topic: Covers you like better than the original
Posted By: Empathy
Subject: Covers you like better than the original
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 14:33
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Does anyone else have any? For example, I like Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" more than Hendrix'. I also like Dream Theater's cover of "Perfect Strangers" more than Deep Purple's original. ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 14:35
| Yes' version of America more tan Simon & Garfunkel original. |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 14:45
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I prefer Hendrix's All along the watchtower to Dylan's version
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 14:51
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Spooky Tooth's version of "I am the Walrus" by the Beatles
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 14:57
| With a litlle bit of help from my friends is the best cover ever done. Joe Cocker, love his screams. |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 15:03
Oh yeah! Me too. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Bern wrote:Posted By: MattNYR
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 15:18
| I like "I'm a Man" by Chicago better than the original by the Spencer Davis Group. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 15:21
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the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" in the version of 801 from their live album
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 15:41
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Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah by either John Cale or Jeff Buckley.
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 15:49
Haven't heard John Cale's version, but Buckley's is hauntingly beautiful. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 15:58
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Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt"....absolutely amazing
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Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:07
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MANFRED MANN's Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) rather than DYLAN's original.
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Posted By: Progshrike
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:10
What about White Lion's cover of "Radar Love" I know they're a cheesy hair band but it's a great cover. WASP's cover of "The Real Me" is great too.------------- Did you ever think for yourself? Just once,did you ever think? That's all I want to know> |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:10
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Steve Hillage's version of "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan, both studio and live (especially live; great guitar solo). also his version of George Harrison's "It's All Too Much"
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Posted By: twelvestring
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:15
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Procul Harum's "In Held (T'was) In I" on Transatlantic's first album.
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:15
Is the "real" Blackie Lawless the buzzsaw codpiece?  ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Progshrike
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:18
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------------- Did you ever think for yourself? Just once,did you ever think? That's all I want to know> |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 18:26
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I never heard original version of "Come Away Melinda" and even don't know who sung this song first, but I can't believe it's possible to beat URIAH HEEP performance on their debut album. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 18:48
Absolutely.Enough to make me weep, what a waste of a life I like Jeff Buckley's raw solo version of Genesis's Back in NYC. |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 19:08
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Fairport Conventions version of Cohens Suzanna Great Society's cover of Dylans Outlaw Blues Rare Earth covering Traffic's Feeling Alright- far better than Cockers- imo Amboy Dukes-Baby Please Don't Go ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: arnold stirrup
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 00:12
Wow, I forgot about that one!(the live one) Haven't heard it in along time...I'll have to dig it out and give it a listen. Did you know the line-up on Donovan's original version is: Donovan - acoustic guitar, vocals Jimmy Page - electric guitar John Paul Jones - bass John Bonham - drums ------------- So much music. So little time. |
Posted By: arnold stirrup
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 00:17
Dylan has stated that when he plays Watchtower he feels as though it's a tribute to Hendrix. ------------- So much music. So little time. |
Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 01:12
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Primus did an amazing cover of Master of Puppets by Metallica. The Mothers' version of The Turtles' Happy Together is amazing. They had the same vocalists, so it's easy to see who's wins. ELP's version of Pictures at an Exhibition ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofbizzare/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 02:31
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Rush - Summertime Blues. The rest of feedback doesn't stand up to the origianals unfortunately. Although, I had my mp3 on random and The Seeker came on and not until about halfway through the song did I realize it was not The Who's version ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 02:45
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Why is this thread in the "non-music" lounge, by the way?
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 03:15
One of the great cover versions of all time (including one of my favorite Hillage solos) - BaldJean also got there first with her reference to Spooky Tooth's version of 'I Am The Walrus' - dark, brooding, slightly disturbing, but wonderful! A lot of Beatles covers have been mentioned here, so to put in my personal favorite: Aerosmith's version of 'Come Together' from their 'Live Bootleg' album... recorded, I think, during a soundcheck (either that, or there's only 3/4 people in the audience); raw in the extreme, but for sheer (sweet?) emotion... ------------- 
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 04:14
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Does a Deep Purple song by Rainbow count? I mean Mistreated live version. |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 09:35
Yeah, sorry about that. I had a dyslexic moment, and thought the was the "NON-PROG Music Lounge", which seemed appropriate to me, as one of my examples wasn't prog, and I didn't want to limit the responses to prog only. Mods, feel free to move it if you feel the need. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 14:23
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Yes - Every Little Thing (Beatles)
Slade - Born to be Wild (slade alive) - Steppenwolf The Who - Summertime Blues Shakin all over ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: lovecraft
Date Posted: March 07 2006 at 14:40
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Esperanto - Eleanor Rigby Audience and/or Crazy World of Arthur Brown - I Put a Spell On You |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 14:15
That's absolutely great! I have heard "Mistreated" sung by Coverdale, Dio and the great Glenn Hughes, but I think Rainbow's version on their "On Stage" album is the best. |
Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 14:43
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Kevin Gilbert- Back in N.Y.C.
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 14:51
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I prefer Van Halen's version of You Really Got Me to The Kinks'. Might as well be predictable and say I prefer Rush's version of Heart Full Of Soul to the original and their storming version of The Seeker..... |
Posted By: ryba
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 14:53
| i do not know any cover better than original |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 16:35
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^^^ Hmm... did you read this whole thread? Almost everyone I've ever met likes Hendrix' version of "All Along the Watchtower" better than Dylan's. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 16:59
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Not really in the progressive vein but...
I have always preferred the Blues Brothers version of 'Sweet Home Chicago' to the original performed by Robert Johnson and written by ? - had to look that one up... apparently credited to one Woody Payne. That movie turned me onto Rhythm & Blues! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000101/ - Elwood : What kind of music do you usually have here? ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Posted By: DantesRing
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 17:07
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My favorite covers are: Oingo Boingo's version 'I Am The Walrus'. It rocks hard and kicks the original in the balls. Kevin Gilbert's version of 'Kashmir'. Haunting, beautiful. What a loss. Hendrix's 'Watchtower' of course. The Cure's version of 'Purple Haze' The Residents version of 'Satisfaction' Most cover versions are terrible as they do nothing original with it. I don't want to hear a different band play another artist's song note for note. What is the point of that? It's only truly effective when the artist completely reshapes it and makes it their own, yet retains enough of the original to make it a homage. All of the above do that splendidly. Cheers ------------- I'm the shadow man, the jumping jack The man who can, but won't look back |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 17:14
I prefer 801's version of "You Really Got Me" ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: SirPsycho388
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 17:20
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I agree that Hendrix's version of "All Along The Watchtower" is better than Dylan's. I also really like Van Halen's "You Really Got Me" and The Who - "Summertime Blues" ------------- Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can |
Posted By: Forkface
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 17:35
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David Cross's version of "Exiles" from the K.C. tribute SCHIZOID DIMENSION and The Who's version of the Elton John Classic "Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting" |
Posted By: MattNYR
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 18:28
| I know these are pretty far from prog, except the original artist is registered on this site. Earth, Wind & Fire covered "Got To Get You Into My Life" infinitely better than the original by the Beatles. Also, Joe Cocker improved on the Beatles' "Get By With a Little Help From My Friends." |
Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 03:13
| Echolyn's awesome cover of the old Genesis song "Where the sour turns to sweet" is far better than the original. |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 03:44
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Dylan's been a great provider for other artists (and a genius, of course). I like a lot the covers of his songs by The Byrds, Hendrix, some psychedelic groups I can't remember (The Vacels?), Melanie... He even does great covers of himself sometimes as I saw in a gig in Madrid. IMO, his songs are great but his style does not let them "grow" as much as they could. Hendrix's versions are simply terrific. ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Norm Cash
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 06:38
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I actually prefer The Syn's version of Time And A Word to Yes' original. Others:
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 06:57
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I agree on Joe Cocker's stunning treatment of 'With A Little Help From My Friends', which was a slight song at best initially yet Cocker turned it into a moving and very heavy anguished plea. Other excellent Beatles covers are 'She Said She Said' by Lone Star(great synth work, but it's not really better than the original...) and 'I Wanna Be Your Man' by The Rolling Stones which is still a rampantly punky take on rather juvenile, poppy Beatles tune. Yes' take on 'Every Little Thing' is also first class. Uriah Heep's 'Come Away Melinda' has often been considered the definitive version of a much covered song (check out the deadly dull Velvett Fogg to see how not to do it...), and I loved Hendrix's sludgy cover of an old warhorse 'Hoochie Koochie Man'. Deep Purple's excellent takes on 'Lalena' and 'I'm So Glad' are of a superb quality too. Within the realms of prog, Colin Blunstone did a lovely rendering of a slight Genesis song 'For Absent Friends' on Steve Hackett's tribute to himself, 'Genesis Revisited'. It was probably the highlight of that somewhat strange (if enjoyable) album... As for 'Mistreated', I don't think there's any way that Rainbow's is better than Deep Purple's electrifying version at California Jam, featuring David Coverdale truly at his very best and Blackmore tearing up with awe inspiring, emotive bluesy solos. The studio one was superb too.
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Posted By: Lex C
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:00
| I am going to say that I absolutely love Korn's cover of Another Brick in the Wall better than Pink Floyd. hahaha No I'm just kidding I dont know what is a bigger onslaught that song or genocide. But actually Therion's Cover of Fight Fire with Fire I think is somewhat better than Metallica's. |
Posted By: Lex C
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:02
| Oh also Mr. Bungle and The Fantomas covers of movies and video games are pretty awesome too. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:10
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not necessarily better... but hey.. it's great and worth a mention anyway The Who - Hall of the Mountain King ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:21
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... and in some ocasion I've already mentioned the wonderful album: "A metal tribute to Abba". Simply hilarious. ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 08:01
 never cared for bands who do other peoples matterial If you do, it only tells me that you ran out of ideas or your trying to capitalize on other artist s works...
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Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 08:08
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Deep Purple - Kentucky Woman Derek & The Dominos - Little Wing Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light Yes - America Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine ------------- David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light. http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa |
Posted By: Jools
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 09:01
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I always thought Metallica did really good cover versions. What about their version of Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy"? To be fair they did have the luxury of producer Bob Rock in the studio. ------------- Ridicule is the burden of genius. |
Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 09:39
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Has anyone listened to Dread Zeppelin? Their first album 'Un-Led-ed' is BRILLIANT. The first two songs, 'Black Dog' and Heartbreaker' blow me away. Very unique and highly recommended. Dread Zeppelin is an American band best known for covering the songs of Led Zeppelin in a reggae style sung by an Elvis Presley impersonator, though their act now encompasses many other songs and other styles of music. Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant has said that Dread Zeppelin is his favorite band. ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Posted By: CandyAppleRed
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 10:52
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Any Dylan song not sung by Dylan has to be a bonus! Most Earthband covers were really good, and tried to do something different with them, whether it was Dylan, Springsteen, Mike Heron or Bob Marley. A few more off the wall ones: California Guitar trio - great version of Heart of the Sunrise, and they work in Schizoid Man with some trad Japanese stuff on Zundoku Bushi (with some other Crim references as well - Vroom Vroom I think). They even do Bohemian Rhapsody which is good fun, even though I hate the original with a passion. Grey Eye Glances do a lovely little version of Yes's "Your Move" as a hidden track at the end of Songs of Leaving. Really suits Jennifer Nobel's voice.
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Posted By: ryba
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 13:12
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Hmmm.... I tell not that I do not like it, but that it is not better. But now, it occurs to me, that one of my favorite covers is Arrival of ABBA made by Mike oldfield. but again it is not better, may be different.
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Posted By: SetAbominae
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 13:27
| I like Opeth's cover of Remember Tomorrow much better than Iron Maiden's original version. |
Posted By: Dr Know
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 14:22
Doro Pesch singing Procul Harems A Whiter Shade Of Pale
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 21:27
hahahhah..... I LOVED that album back...whenever the hell it came out... wish I still had it. A reggae group fronted by an Elvis-impersonator doing Zeppelin covers...... LMAO. Highly recommended to anyone with a sense of humor regarding music.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 22:04
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Some already mentioned: Procol Harum's In Held Twas In I done by Transatlantic: Always loved this song and only recently got Shine On Brightly to hear the original. I did enjoy it, but it just doesnt stand up to the awesome reworking. The Beatles' Got To Get You Into My Life done by EWF: EWF just smokes on this one! Hendrix's Little Wing done by Derek & The Dominos: Great song, but Derek's version literaly brings tears to my eyes. And some not (I think): Tool's version of Kyuss's Demon Cleaner King's X absolutely slays Manic Depression College rock band from NC The Connells do a great Living In The Past. Is it better? Maybe not, but good enough to mention this sadly overlooked band. And one abomination: Robert Palmer attempting Marvin Gaye's Mercy Mercy Me. Marvin's version is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded, while Palmer just goes through the motions. Weak. P.S. Dread Zeppelin rules! EDIT: ooh ooh, one more! The Who's cover of Shakin' All Over on Live At Leeds gives me friggin' goosebumps, as does Summertime Blues. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: March 11 2006 at 14:08
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THE NICE's version of Leonard Bernstein's 'America'.
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Posted By: darren
Date Posted: March 11 2006 at 15:26
Actually, the lead singer, Tortelvis, is an "Elvis impersonator impersonator". He doesn't impersonate Elvis at all, he impersonates Elvis impersonators. I heard him in a radio interview explaining this. I was laughing for weeks. I also like Me First And The Gimme Gimme's version of "Mandy" and "Sweet Caroline". I never realized that these are actually great songs, just the originals overplayed. Johnny Cash's covers of "One" and "Solitary Man" give me chills. The first time I heard The Sundays version of "Wild Horses" put a lump in my throat. Ah, that voice. My all time favourite is The Ramones singing the theme from "Spider Man" and The Lunachick's cover of "Heart of Glass". ------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |