Patti Smith's cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit is bloody great too

and, of course, My Generation on the Horses album.

Posted By: tim berry on December 18th 2025 at 12:45:27

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Cover versions that are better than the writers version...this will tilt some people.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 18, 02:14:53
- Under the bridge by All Saints (n/m) (General Chat) - Kangol Canary, Dec 18, 22:55:05
- Bowie’s version of Its Hard to be a Saint in the City better than Springsteen’s (n/m) (General Chat) - BINMEN8R, Dec 18, 18:55:30
- Talking of BS… (General Chat) - APB, Dec 18, 12:41:24
  - Technical Foul. Springsteen's is the cover version. (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Dec 18, 13:45:41
    - Yes, I know, but she’s covering his song, if not his version (General Chat) - APB, Dec 18, 14:34:18
  - Patti Smith's cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit is bloody great too (General Chat) - tim berry, Dec 18, 12:45:27
- My favourites (General Chat) - tim berry, Dec 18, 10:59:26
  - Also throwing Sarah Bareilles' cover of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road into the mix. (General Chat) - tim berry, Dec 18, 12:55:35
  - The Fall always did good covers (General Chat) - APB, Dec 18, 12:17:18
- UB40’s Red Red Wine (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 18, 10:32:00
  - Yes, great example.... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 18, 11:56:17
- Judas Priest, Green Manalishi v Fleetwood Mac... hard to compare the two as so different.. (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 18, 10:29:13
- Not necessary better, but very good... Mary J Blige, Whole Lot of Love... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 18, 10:25:56
- Hurt by Johnny Cash is #1 and Trent Reznor agrees. (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Dec 18, 09:47:55
  - Fugees - Killing Me Softly, José González - Heartbeats (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Dec 18, 09:56:16
- Hush by Kula Shaker (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 18, 09:38:17
  - *shakes head*... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 18, 10:22:51
- FGTH - Born to Run, much better than you know who! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Dec 18, 09:20:13
  - Lord no. (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Dec 18, 09:46:07
    - 👍🏻 (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 18, 11:37:52
- Is Girls Talk a cover version? (General Chat) - Cellophane Flowers, Dec 18, 07:35:40
  - Bit like this one.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 18, 14:22:52
  - I worded the OP carefully.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 18, 12:00:42
  - Sinead felt 7hrs and 13 days since love was taken away wasn't long enough! Added 2 days! (n/m) (General Chat) - JD3, Dec 18, 08:47:54
- Stairway to heaven, Rolf Harris (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Dec 18, 07:28:01
  - Was he thinking about a Kids bedroom while singing it? (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 18, 12:02:24
- Madness -it must be love, better than Labi Sifri (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Dec 18, 06:46:58
  - We’ll have to agree to disagree on “It must be love” (General Chat) - Boyer, Dec 18, 14:02:06

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