FabSwingers.com forum: Best song covers

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

After having a conversation with someone today what are your favourite song covers of all time for me 2 of my absolute favourite are

Sound of silence by disturbed

And

Whiskey in a jar by Metallica.

What's yours??

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By *appytrailmanMan
over a year ago

Manchester

My favourite that I listen to the most is DMA's Cover of Cher's Believe.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All along the Watchtower

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

West life - Uptown Girl or possibly A1’s amazing cover of Ah Ha’s, Take On Me. Both covers clearly bettering the originals.

(I may be displaying sarcasm here for anyone in doubt...)

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"West life - Uptown Girl or possibly A1’s amazing cover of Ah Ha’s, Take On Me. Both covers clearly bettering the originals.

(I may be displaying sarcasm here for anyone in doubt...)

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I was worried about you then thought you was gonna add sugar based version of under the bridge to that list

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By *ewsub4dommeMan
over a year ago

thirsk

Definitely sound of silence by disturbed

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By *ribsaMan
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

Disturbed - sound of silence.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"West life - Uptown Girl or possibly A1’s amazing cover of Ah Ha’s, Take On Me. Both covers clearly bettering the originals.

(I may be displaying sarcasm here for anyone in doubt...)

I was worried about you then thought you was gonna add sugar based version of under the bridge to that list

Or the Hannah and Her Sister’s horrific cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic, Bridge Over Troubled Water - (ye gods that was not only awful, but a sacrilegious cover to boot!)

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By *agicfingerslovelyMan
over a year ago

Rugby

Valerie by the Zutons and then a friendly cover by Amy Winehouse is great. Done differently but both brilliant.

Tainted Love is better on a good original as is Its my Life by No Doubt as well.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Kiss ..god gave rock and roll to you

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Walk On By - The Str*nglers is a sublime cover that I always forget to name on these threads

Police & Thieves - The Clash is superb

Roll With It - The Bluebeaters

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps - The Simmertones

Never heard of them? Give them a listen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

She's leaving home ,,, Billy Bragg

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"She's leaving home ,,, Billy Bragg

Which reminded me of another I often forget...

A New England - Kirsty McColl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"She's leaving home ,,, Billy Bragg

Which reminded me of another I often forget...

A New England - Kirsty McColl"

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By *JohnMan
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

My answer to this question is always the same. The Muppets, New York State of Mind

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By *ocusMan
over a year ago

Cambridge

Placebo - Running Up That Hill

There’s a vid of The Cranberries covering Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way live for a French radio station. Simply awesome because of Dolores’s voice.

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By *ed VoluptaWoman
over a year ago

Wirral.

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By *ed VoluptaWoman
over a year ago

Wirral.

"She's leaving home ,,, Billy Bragg

Which reminded me of another I often forget...

A New England - Kirsty McColl

Loved her version.

Also Miley Cyrus' cover of Wallflowers as a tribute to Tom Petty,RIP. Brings tears to my eyes

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

Only living boy in New York by Everything but the Girl. Better harmonies than Simon & Garfunkel version.

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By *appytrailmanMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Not better than the original because not many songs are but I have to Say Miley Cyrus' version of The Cranberries - Zombie is brilliant.

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By *callycatMan
over a year ago

Mid Wales

k d lang's version of Hallelujah is beautiful

...and Hotel California by Alabama 3 is a worthy effort

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By *ocusMan
over a year ago

Cambridge

"Not better than the original because not many songs are but I have to Say Miley Cyrus' version of The Cranberries - Zombie is brilliant. "

Yes! I watched it expecting the worst but was pleasantly surprised.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

This time I’m being serious; Not necessarily better than the original but on par and commendably, a very different spin on it: Take That’s cover of Barry Manilow’s, Could It Be Magic.

Come on, I can’t be the only fan of it here?

....anyone?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seether - Careless Whisper (George Michael)

Godsmack - Time (Pink Floyd)

Thrice - Elenor Rigby (The Beetles)

I’ve about 50 more I’m just too lazy to type

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not better than the original because not many songs are but I have to Say Miley Cyrus' version of The Cranberries - Zombie is brilliant. "

Breed 77s version was far better

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

The Portishead cover of SOS by Abba.

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By *orace99Man
over a year ago

York

Where did our love go..... Soft Cell.

It was the double a side to tainted love.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Live and let die - Gun'n'roses

Stone cold crazy - Metallica

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By *stroboy78Man
over a year ago

Abergavenny

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By *stroboy78Man
over a year ago

Abergavenny

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Chris Cornell - Nothing Compares to you

Sleeping At Last - I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)

Kari Kimkel - Cruel Summer

Sigrid - Everybody Knows

Godsmack - Come Together

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

Where did you sleep last night..nirvana

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By *od ThrusterMan
over a year ago

Newport Pagnell

There are a number of great covers of "I Fought The Law" knocking about, especially some live versions.

Any Bob Dylan song that's been covered is an improvement on the original. My Back Pages by Steve Earle is one that comes straight to mind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A forest by Steven Wilson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gimme All Your Lovin - Leningrad Cowboys and The Red Army Choir

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qNSfhhrWINE

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Save a prayer - eagles of death metal

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By *eavertrackerMan
over a year ago

Bridgwater

Absolutely love please, please, please let me get what I want by slow moving millie,...watch the john lewis advert

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

Fun Boy Three - Summertime.

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By *eavertrackerMan
over a year ago

Bridgwater

Teenage kicks by nouvelle vague, probably not as good as the original for obvious reasons, though puts an amazing twist on a pure classic

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter

(She was the backing singer on the original - and she smashes it!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

China Drum - Wuthering heights

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By *uzz And WoodyCouple
over a year ago

Maidstone

People Are Strange - Echo and The Bunnymen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Heartless - Dermot Kennedy

Wicked Game - Grace Carter x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Billy jean......by...

Allie Sherlock and Fabio...street busking it...happy video and 'wow' both voices...

( it's on Google,would love it if only one person watched it and said YES!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Johnny Cash cover of “Hurt” For me every time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The man who sold the world

Nirvana.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Johnny Cash cover of “Hurt” For me every time "

Absolutely agree with this and the video actually helps make it even more of a powerful cover.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Songbird Eva Casdidy

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

"China Drum - Wuthering heights "

I was about to type this. I love the original dearly but this version just delights me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Gossip careless whisper

Stereophonics Nothing compares

Florence and the machine you got the love

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Janice Joplins cover of Me and Bobby McGee

Christy Moore’s cover of Shine on you crazy diamond.

Jerry Lee Lewis cover of Sunday Morning Coming Down.

Rory Gallaghers cover of As the Crow Flys.

Are a few.

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By *essica FlabbitWoman
over a year ago

west midlands/shropshire

Timothy bowen The chain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cage the elephant - psycho killer

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By *ultry SuccubusTV/TS
over a year ago

London

I love these 2 covers.

1. Listen (Beyonce) by Shila Amzah

2. Believe (Cher) by Adam Lambert

What you guys think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duAZPH8um7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PzQHZLiUPs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nirvana - The man who sold the world

London Grammar - Wicked Game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jonny cash. One peace at a time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Arctic monkeys cover of love machine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Janice Joplins cover of Me and Bobby McGee

Christy Moore’s cover of Shine on you crazy diamond.

Jerry Lee Lewis cover of Sunday Morning Coming Down.

Rory Gallaghers cover of As the Crow Flys.

Are a few. "

Love that Christy cover and his handsome family cover too.

Soulsavers - Some misunderstanding

Metallica - whiskey in the jar

Rage against the machine - Renegades of funk

Oasis - Cum on feel the noize

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Seether - Careless Whisper (George Michael)

Godsmack - Time (Pink Floyd)

Thrice - Elenor Rigby (The Beetles)

I’ve about 50 more I’m just too lazy to type

I love Seether's cover of Careless Whisper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do think GnR's cover of KNOCKING ON HEAVENS DOOR is brilliant especially the way they did it on the live era album ..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing else matters.

Jadyn Riley version.

( originally Metallica)

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By *entlemenpipMan
over a year ago

not far

Hurt Johnny cash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nobody does it Better - Aimee Mann

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By *arriLadMan
over a year ago

North West

Believe cover by the dma's

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By *luemarraMan
over a year ago

Carlisle

Word up by Gun , fortunate son The Dead daisies but Heart doing stairway to Heaven while plant ,Page and jon paul jones watched on is simply mind blowing.

Black stone cherry have just covered Elo dont bring me down and its really good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Johnny Cash - Hurt

John Lennon - You Can’t Catch Me

The Beatles - Twist And Shout

Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks

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By *ickeyandmouseCouple
over a year ago

nr Alicante

First Aid Kit......Waterloo Sunset

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"After having a conversation with someone today what are your favourite song covers of all time for me 2 of my absolute favourite are

Sound of silence by disturbed

And

Whiskey in a jar by Metallica.

What's yours??"
when I was 14 it was bridge over troubled water there has been many good songs along the way but Its hard to think of a similar song than Art & garfunkels 1972 top seller.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Joy Crookes - You & Me song

In the air tonight - Natalie Taylor

When Doves Cry - Sarah Jarosz

We don’t have to take our clothes off - Ella Eyre

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By *b1976Man
over a year ago

North East

Miley Cyrus doing Zombie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Johnny Cash - Hurt

Chris Cornell - Nothing Compares to you

Sleeping At Last - I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)

Kari Kimkel - Cruel Summer

Sigrid - Everybody Knows

Godsmack - Come Together"

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Good call

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Heart - stairway to heaven.

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Heart - stairway to heaven.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Man who sold the world- nirvana

Sound of silence- disturbed

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

"Heart - stairway to heaven. "

Was that a cover version or a one off performance for the Kennedy Awards. A great performance and the first thing I ever viewed on YouTube

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Limp Bizkit - faith.

It certainly got the rocker filled wedding party bouncing!

Great night

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By *opsy71Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

Cyndi lauper - what's going on

And recently on the 02 advert Ann Marie does a cover of ooo child and I bloody love it I have searched everywhere trying to find it on my music platforms to download it and can I hellas find it anywhere. So if any of you can find it I'd be wholly grateful.

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By *econdhand RoseWoman
over a year ago

Nr Dumfries

Copperhead Road - Knock Out Kaine

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By *opsy71Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

Arctic Monkeys - love machine

The line where they sing I'm a gift wrapped kitty cat makes me howl laughing everytime

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By *xplore_With_MeMan
over a year ago

Lincs

Chris Cornell - Nothing compares 2 U

Stunning performance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scissor Sisters Condortably Numb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Chris Cornell - Nothing compares 2 U

Stunning performance."

Can't argue with this

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By *ouple 0073Couple
over a year ago

donegal

"Chris Cornell - Nothing compares 2 U

Stunning performance.

Can't argue with this

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it's amazing.. Hurt by Johnny cash is pretty special tho!

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By *he James gangCouple
over a year ago

NEWTOWNABBEY

Blinded by the light, Manfred Mann's earthband. Original by Bruce Springsteen, totally unrecognisable and different. No point in doing a cover if it sounds exactly the same.

Fortunate son, not strictly a cover as it's the foo fighters and John fogerty.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any cover by Guns N Roses, they seem to make it their own. Heaven's door, Live and let die, Raw Power, New Rose, I don't care about you. Have more oomph than the original, I think.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maybe obvious but

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Step On - Happy Mondays

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And

Word Up - Gun

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Peter gabriel - Heroes

Peter Gabriel - the book of love

Annie Lennox - Don't let it bring you down

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

https://youtu.be/YolR4xWN8Eo

London grammar Bitter sweet symphony

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village

Technically a re release but 'Perfect Day' the the BBC did for Children in Need about a million years ago was fantastic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being a rock lover more than folk I’d go with the

DropKick Murphy’s cover of green fields of France

Amazing vocals

I was recommended this track and was blown away

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Arctic Monkeys - Love Machine (originally girls aloud)

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By *he James gangCouple
over a year ago

NEWTOWNABBEY

Canon rock by Matt Rach, Jimi Hendrix, eat your heart out!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hurt Johnny Cash cover of NIN

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've recently discovered a band called Brass Against who do some excellent covers. War Pigs is my favourite cover of theirs

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By *yd Charisse 10Woman
over a year ago

Manchester

"After having a conversation with someone today what are your favourite song covers of all time for me 2 of my absolute favourite are

Sound of silence by disturbed

And

Whiskey in a jar by Metallica.

What's yours??"
me too

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By *andsome HandMan
over a year ago

roundabout

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Sympathy for the devil - Guns n Roses, I actually prefer this to the stones version

Ain't it fun - Guns n Roses

Mama Kin - Guns n Roses

Knockin' on heavens door Guns n Roses

All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

Travelling riverside blues - Led Zeppelin

I just don't know what to do with myself - The white stripes

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By *andsome HandMan
over a year ago

roundabout

"Heart - stairway to heaven.

Was that a cover version or a one off performance for the Kennedy Awards. A great performance and the first thing I ever viewed on YouTube "

According to Nancy Wilson her nerves were shredded playing that in front of Robert, Jimmy and John Paul

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