Decent covers of alternative divas songs...

[Laurence]

The only one I know of is Within Temptation's excellent version of 'Running Up that Hill' which should so have been a single in the UK!

There are pointless versions of 'Wuthering Heights' around by the likes of Pat Benatar and Hayley Westenra. The last one was rumoured to be a single but thank god, it hasn't come out yet!

I don't know of any Bjork covers, although George Michael did a lounge cover of 'Like Someone in Love' but that was a cover song anywhere.

Tori Amos's 'Silent All These Years' was covered by Chinese artist Faye Wong and it's hilarious! There's a bit of a dire male rock version of 'Cornflake Girl' out there too...

Anyone know any more?

[David]

Lolly's FAB cover of Toni Basil's Mickey! ;D

[Laurence]

;D Oh if we're going to go down THAT route then how about Kelly Llorrenna's genius artistic reworking of Donna Summer's 'This Time I know it's for Real'...

[chocolat]

placebo also covered "running up that hill".

a band/singer also covered "army of me" from bjork, but i can't remember who

There are pointless versions of 'Wuthering Heights' around by the likes of Pat Benatar and Hayley Westenra. The last one was rumoured to be a single but thank god, it hasn't come out yet!

i think i've seen hayley back on the release schedule so it might get a release afterall.

[quandary]

Will Oldham covered PJ's 'Sweeter Than Anything' and it's bizarrely a hell of a different song. The original's sad and musically quiet, but his cover contains guitars and isn't depressing at all. Brilliant work imo, totally different, as a creative cover should be.

[quandary]

Within Temptation also covered Tori's 'Crucify' live.

Michael Stipe did a live cover of 'Winter', but there's only a part of it avaiable (or he only sang a part of it)

[chocolat]

Quandary said:

Within Temptation also covered Tori's 'Crucify' live.

did they? i must try to download that!

[quandary]

Yeh, it's a wmv file, so a video I think.