Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Screamin' Jay Hawkins. (The Original) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Nick Cave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Nina Simone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Katie Melua. (I'm not familiar, but I don't like this version at all) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Creedence Clearwater Revival. (This one's not bad!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Marilyn Manson. Quite possibly the most well-known version now. I like it well enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Bryan Ferry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Stranger Than Paradise Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Joe Cocker. This one blows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Diamanda Galas. Probably my favorite. I think this cover is most in the same spirit as the original, just a vastly different delivery than Jay's bone-in-the-nose cackling psychosis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Natacha Atlas. I don't know who this is but it's shittier than Joe Cocker's version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Better Midler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 The Animals. Pretty straightforward. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 15, 2008 David Gilmour! The song needs a certain degree of "crazy as fuck" to be effective, I think, and this version lacks that, although the guitar work is first-class. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2008 that animals one is disappointing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Yeah, I would have expected them to kill it. The Bryan Ferry video is pretty awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2008 I think I like the Nick Cave version the most. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Use Your Illusion 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2008 Manson, hands down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2008 I have an album version of Nina Simone's that is simply awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartly Pretty 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2008 Gimmie the original every time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 17, 2008 There are more of them out there. Had no idea there were so many takes to this one. I'll go with my top five as: 1. Diamanda Galas 2. Screamin Jay Hawkins 3. Nina Simone 4. Nick Cave 5. CCR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henry Spencer 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Had no idea there were so many takes to this one. I think you did, otherwise you wouldn't have made this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 Diamanda Galas' is my favorite by far... it's one of my favorite songs period. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 Here's the Nina Simone studio cut. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 18, 2008 Had no idea there were so many takes to this one. I think you did, otherwise you wouldn't have made this thread. I knew there were plenty, but god damn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
