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rynne:
--- Quote from: mAlice aforeThought ---Coil : tainted love <Soft Cell made it famous, but they weren't the first. if anyöne can tell me who was, i'd be very happy>
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The original was performed by Gloria Jones, and it was fairly famous in its time, too. I don't know if they still have it up, but Coil's website used to link to the video of their "Tainted Love," which was amazing. Marc Almond (singer of Soft Cell) plays the angel of death.
I like a few of Tom Jones' recent cover/collaborations:
Tom Jones with the Cardigans covering Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House"
Tom Jones with the Divine Comedy covering Portishead's "All Mine" (it really must be heard to be believed).
Mnementh:
Pulp's Common People, as covered by William Shatner and Joe Jackson
Unosuke:
one thing that amuses me, Nirvana's cover of Lake of Fire is alot better than the original Meat Puppets version
AndSheeWas:
--- Quote from: rynne ---Tom Jones with the Cardigans covering Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House"
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Love Tom Jones. Love Talking Heads. Hate that cover.
Beano:
Is Kirsty MacColl - A New England a cover? Only Billy Bragg wrote it, I know not whether it was written for her to sing or not.
Jeff Buckley or John Cale - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Mogwai - Honey (JAMC)
I also quite like Radiohead's cover of 'Nobody Does it Better'.
Muse and the Flaming Lips generally do good covers.
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