What is the best Smiths/Moz song covered by another band?

[FlatulentPainInTheAss]

Studio or live -

My favorite is The Killers cover of Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself.


Click play to hear The Killers - Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself

http://www.mexicauprising.net/findout.mp3

Click play to hear Coldplay - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

http://www.mexicauprising.net/stopme.mp3

[Andy]

MUSE Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.

[Kewpie]

For the interest of new members:

http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=60473&highlight=cover+versions

[Raymond J Marks]

Kirsty MacColl's 'You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby'. :guitar:

[EPbabe]

MUSE Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.

Absolutely. :guitar: But I like the Killers version of Why don't you find out for yourself too. :rolleyes:

[nowherefast944]

Colin Meloy's Jack the Ripper is pretty good. I also really like Muse's cover of Please 3x.

[fridaynightinoutpatients]

Down By Law's cover of "London"

[Uncleskinny]

There's so many - I do like Vision's Stop Me If You Think..., Anthrax's London, Mojo Nixon's Girlfriend In A Coma, Supergrass' Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, The Divine Comedy's There Is A Light...oh, there's so many.

Peter

[Kewpie]

There's so many - I do like Vision's Stop Me If You Think..., Anthrax's London, Mojo Nixon's Girlfriend In A Coma, Supergrass' Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, The Divine Comedy's There Is A Light...oh, there's so many.

Peter


Peter, I'm cheeky to ask you, but if you have some spare time can you upload your selection of best cover versions?

We'll be very appreciate your compilation. :)

[Uncleskinny]

Peter, I'm cheeky to ask you, but if you have some spare time can you upload your selection of best cover versions?

We'll be very appreciate your compilation. :)

All right, I will.

Peter

[Kewpie]

All right, I will.

Peter

Yay!
Thank you very much.
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[sweet and tender hooligan]

Does anybody know what song it was that Bis covered? I would love to hear them cover a Smiths/Morrissey song:)

[J-loc]

mikel erentxun's spanish version of There's is a light

[pierce]

the halo benders - please please please let me get what i want
j mascis - boy with the thorn in his side

and ugh on the killers version of "find out"... it isn't a cover, its a copy. They don't add a single thing to it or do anything to reflect that this is a different take. It is basically just them informing everyone that they like this song...... I'm sorry but they are definitely rock stars as opposed to artists.

[Kewpie]

Does anybody know what song it was that Bis covered? I would love to hear them cover a Smiths/Morrissey song:)


All the cover versions are listed on http://passionsjustlikemine.com ;)

[Not Right in the Head]

t.a.T.u.'s "How Soon Is Now?" Totally!

http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/tatu60.jpg

[Uncleskinny]

Head on over to the downloads/bootlegs forum where I've put the download of my favourite cover versions.

Peter

[Morrissey the 23rd]

Head on over to the downloads/bootlegs forum where I've put the download of my favourite cover versions.

Peter

Dedication's what it takes.

[Practising Troublemaker]

I cannot remember the bands name (which doesn't help) but it was a nice cover of Please, Please, Please with some talking from an old American added on at the end which worked quite well I thought.

Love PTxx.

[mell]

Neil Finn doing "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" with Johnny on guitar!!!!

[laughing_anne]

Eurythmics Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me. Annie's voice is so beautiful.

edit: Hate The Magic Numbers cover of There Is A Light That Never Goes Out. Just thinking about it makes me angry! :mad:

[Uncleskinny]

I just remembered about The Beautiful South's Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. My God, that is truly awful.


Peter

[sweet and tender hooligan]

All the cover versions are listed on http://passionsjustlikemine.com ;)

Thank you, now i need to find a way to hear it. I'm suprised my sister doesn't have it, she has every other Bis song.

[laughing_anne]

There's so many - I do like Vision's Stop Me If You Think..., Anthrax's London, Mojo Nixon's Girlfriend In A Coma, Supergrass' Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, The Divine Comedy's There Is A Light...oh, there's so many.

Peter

I just downloaded your excellent collection, thank you! Now I'm listening to the Divine Comedy version of TILTNGO and.. Oh my, Neil Hannon's voice blows me away! I think it's about time I revisited that best of compilation I bought years ago. :)

[Morrissey the 23rd]

Does anybody know what song it was that Bis covered? I would love to hear them cover a Smiths/Morrissey song:)

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side. It is on The Smiths is dead.

[Uncleskinny]

I just downloaded your excellent collection, thank you! Now I'm listening to the Divine Comedy version of TILTNGO and.. Oh my, Neil Hannon's voice blows me away! I think it's about time I revisited that best of compilation I bought years ago. :)

Neil Hannon is a genius. I interviewed him once. Nice chap.

Peter

[Christenson]

I'm so surprised nobody here has mentioned I Know It's Over or The Boy With The Thorn In His Side by Jeff Buckley! Haven't you heard them, don't you like them, don't you like him? He's my favourite artist besides The Smiths, and it makes my heart flutter knowing that he liked them :)

I also like a little piece of There Is A Light That Never Goes Out that a great Swedish artist called Håkan Hellström did on an acoustic guitar on a tv show :)

love/Lisa

[Christenson]

Neil Hannon is a genius. I interviewed him once. Nice chap.

Peter


You interviewed him? Interesting! For what magazine/show/or other did you do that?

[Uncleskinny]

You interviewed him? Interesting! For what magazine/show/or other did you do that?

It was when I was an AOL member. They had some kind of thing whereby fans could interview musicians. I'm going back about 6 or 7 years here. I said to Neil "I think you are a lyrical genius, second only to Morrissey", and he said "Guilty as charged". Nice man.

Peter

[laughing_anne]

I'm so surprised nobody here has mentioned I Know It's Over or The Boy With The Thorn In His Side by Jeff Buckley! Haven't you heard them, don't you like them, don't you like him? He's my favourite artist besides The Smiths, and it makes my heart flutter knowing that he liked them :)

I also like a little piece of There Is A Light That Never Goes Out that a great Swedish artist called Håkan Hellström did on an acoustic guitar on a tv show :)

love/Lisa

Um... I like his version of I Know It's Over but The Boy With The Thorn In His Side was a disappointment. It's too slow, it drags. I still love his angelic voice though. I'm sure he'll never be forgotten. :)

[laughing_anne]

It was when I was an AOL member. They had some kind of thing whereby fans could interview musicians. I'm going back about 6 or 7 years here. I said to Neil "I think you are a lyrical genius, second only to Morrissey", and he said "Guilty as charged". Nice man.

Peter

:D That is such a cool story!

[Christenson]

Um... I like his version of I Know It's Over but The Boy With The Thorn In His Side was a disappointment. It's too slow, it drags. I still love his angelic voice though. I'm sure he'll never be forgotten. :)

I like them both, especially since the original songs are so hard to top, but I can understand what you're saying about TBWTTIHS! Buckley's covers of some Nina Simone songs are actually better.

No, surely he'll never be ;)

[imogen11]

^^ Jeff's 'I know it's over' is pretty damn good. I like the medley with Hallelujah on Mystery White Boy too. He was a huge fan and that makes me love him even more.

Okay, so the sound quality is shite, but, c'mon it's Arcade Fire playing Sill Ill in Manchester - what a brilliant combination:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdq0y3GDzbI&feature=related

If they play this when I see them at the end of Jan I'll wet my pants.

[AHappyRocket]

Just heard it, which prompted this thread...

"Why don't you find out for yourself" by The Killers

[Kewpie]

You can still vote Johan's best cover version poll of There is a Light that Never Goes Out:

http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=77224

[paintavulgarpicture]

Im not sure I like any covers I've heard. I have a cd, where loads of quite low-key bands cover the Smiths, and it's a complete car crash, I can't remember what the compilation is called.

Also, if anyone has had the pleasure (I speak sarcastically) of hearing Deftone's cover of "Please..." it makes the ears bleed.

[AHappyRocket]

Just heard it, which prompted this thread...

"Why don't you find out for yourself" by The Killers
Who had the bright idea of moving my thread?

If I'd wanted to read about people covering Smiths songs I would have started a thread about people covering Smiths songs!

Any chance you mods might pay a bit more attention...?

[Musley]

Clayhills cover of Please, Please, though not a popular cover I actually like it.

[Emotional Guide Dog]

Does anybody know what song it was that Bis covered? I would love to hear them cover a Smiths/Morrissey song:)

You can get 'The Smiths Is Dead on iTunes of all places.

[Emotional Guide Dog]

I prefer Billy Bragg's version of Never Had No-One Ever to the original. That's my favourite Moz cover.
I've yet to hear a How Soon Is Now cover that totally stinks. Even that one from 'Charmed' has a certain 'charm'. But Tatu & Snake River Conspiracy's HSIN are top of that little list.

[Uncleskinny]

I prefer Billy Bragg's version of Never Had No-One Ever to the original. That's my favourite Moz cover.
I've yet to hear a How Soon Is Now cover that totally stinks. Even that one from 'Charmed' has a certain 'charm'. But Tatu & Snake River Conspiracy's HSIN are top of that little list.

It's YOU! Did the good day happen, over the sea? Tell me it did.

Peter

[sweet and tender hooligan]

You can get 'The Smiths Is Dead on iTunes of all places.

I don't have i-tunes sadly , oh well i've seen it in a shop before i'm sure i will see it again.

[Ready With Ready-Wit]

I'd say I Know It's Over by The Trashcan Sinatras. Want it? PM.

[Walkers Crisp]

Radiohead's version of "The Headmaster Ritual". Perfect!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjnGESlRNXk

[mozzia]

MUSE Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.

This was my first thought, but then I was reminded of.....


Clayhills cover of Please, Please, though not a popular cover I actually like it.

That is stunning. Absolutely beautiful. His voice is just...*speechless*. Yep, this is my fave. Thanks for the reminder. I haven't listened to it in a while, but I will now :)

[Kewpie]

I just remembered about The Beautiful South's Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. My God, that is truly awful.


Peter


In December I was listening to Danny Baker show on BBC London, Danny started playing Beautiful South's cover, but Amy Lame who is a huge Morrissey fan stopped it.

Hurrah to Amy. :D

[Shipwrecked Escapologist]

There is a light ... - The Light 3000 . Off The Orb's " Back to mine" complilation. Very different but good.

[Paulc]

There is a light ... - The Light 3000 . Off The Orb's " Back to mine" complilation. Very different but good.

absolutely - hugely original version - seek it out

[MrJDean]

I liked Arcade Fire's cover of 'Still Ill'.

I heard them play it live in Newcastle & no one seemed to know what song it was & I was going CRAZY!!!

I was high on life for about three minutes singing along evey word!

Radiohead's version of "The Headmaster Ritual" is actually suprisingly quite good, even though I dont like Radiohead.

[jesuisbryony]

Yeah i have a recording of Arcade Fire's still ill and it's pretty good
but my favourite is Muse's 'Please, please, please...'
I do not like Mark Ronson's 'Stop Me' it's horrible and what's worse is that I know a lot of people who really like his version but haven't even heard of The Smiths. I can only despair.

[Theo]

The Pretenders "Everyday Is Like Sunday"