Unsurprising news story
www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/dec/03/boris-johnson-fails-live-iq-test

we really do have idiots running things. Who would you have running the country?
Jury's out for me but none of the current party leaders seem plausible.

alt. Cover versions of songs that surpass the original?
I'm going to say Placebo's Running Up That Hill.

altalt. LUNCH!!!!!! I have Bavarian ham and cheese with fresh pepper sandwich noms.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:13, 38 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

there are loads of cover versions which surpass the original
Palace Brothers' version of Horses; Cowboy Junkies version of Powderfinger; Johnny Cash's versions of If You Could Read my Mind and One; Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:23, Reply)

Even though it was X Factor fodder, I didn't mind Alexandra Burke's Hallelujah either. Dramatic.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:27, Reply)

no, it was shit
Worse than the horrific Bon Jovi version too.

Then again, Leonard Cohen's original version is awful.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:29, Reply)

i like the rufus wainwright version

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:58, Reply)

if only i didn't have it on the "shrek" soundtrack :(

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:58, Reply)

Concrete Blonde's version of Everybody Knows.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:31, Reply)

Cowboy Junkies version of Blue Moon

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:33, Reply)

no doubt's version of "it's my life"
and the pet shop boys' version of "always on my mind".

altalt: falafel salad, I think.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:24, Reply)

alright Racheypoos
Any unread gazzes?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:26, Reply)

oh aye
and no, no books yet. have big long list. thinking of circulating it for xmas.........
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:34, Reply)

I was gonna say PSB but you know. Gay.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:27, Reply)

FABULOUS

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:34, Reply)

I would just like someone that is firmly anchored in reality,
that doesn’t look like a kiddie fiddler and has the basic grasp that their job is for the betterment of the country and the populous within it….so Nigel Farange THEN

Alt:The Yurtsmiths cover version of "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” is da bomb


alt:alt: I haz Beer, muthertrucker beat that
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:27, Reply)

Oh, so you like to keep your eyes on the road, and filled with beer.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:29, Reply)

Yeah like I'm going to fill my eyes with beer ^ WEIRDO^

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:31, Reply)

Nine Inch Nails version of 'Hurt' is much better than Johnny Cash's original melancholy warbling.
I know about music me.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:28, Reply)

actually, as a fan of both acts, I wholeheartedly agree

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:30, Reply)

Yeah Cash writes a good song but NIN made it their own.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:30, Reply)

I liked NIN's Adam Ant cover.
And their Joy Division covers are outstanding.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:32, Reply)

Petty Hate Machine would be Rory's autobiography title
The missing "r" is deliberate
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:36, Reply)

The Downward Spiral would be Monty's

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:37, Reply)

*going to get what he deserves*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:38, Reply)

Yeah well I like Kid Rock sing about summer or saink over werewolves of london or whatever

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:37, Reply)

White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (depressing as it is)
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:40, Reply)

Wouldn't have had This Mortal Coil down as being on your radar, J

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:53, Reply)

I like a lot of stripped back vocal stuff :)

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:22, Reply)

Nick Cave's versions of Suzanne and By the Time I Get to Phoenix.
Ooh, and Johnny Cash's Wichita Lineman.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:46, Reply)

Actually Placebo did a covers album (basically all the B-Sides)
and I really love each one.

Birdy - Skinny Love
- Terrible Love
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 13:52, Reply)

Alt: Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:03, Reply)

So Solid Crew
alt: Step On - Happy Mondays
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Pet Shop Boys - Where The Streets Have No Name
Jealous Guy - Roxy Music

altalt: chicken and sweetcorn sub
(Xav loves PhillieJoe, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:04, Reply)

Soft Cell is a good shout.
Quite a story behind it too.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:12, Reply)

I thought the question was covers that surpass the original.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:14, Reply)

I don't understand your gripe?

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:19, Reply)

Gloria Jones' original was far superior to the Soft Cell cover.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:32, Reply)

Ahhh right. Suppose it's down to personal choice aint it?

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:35, Reply)

No.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:38, Reply)

Paxman for PM!
The "shouting at stupid people" party
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:42, Reply)

Jeremy Kyle gets that accolade for me.
See also: Judge Judy
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 3 Dec 2013, 14:44, Reply)