Waynster

Whilst sitting here tonight watching TV I saw a bit of Gary Moore playing “Shapes of Things” and it got me thinking about my favourite covers done by the bands I love, and in some respects, the honour paid by other bands to their influences, and it got me thinking – the top 100 covers ever – that’s a hell of a list, but there really are some magical versions of peoples songs out there that really I hope justify and in some cases, blow the original out of the water.

So I got thinking, what would make the list – I made this first draft of 25 from memory, although I know I must have missed a few and hope to start something serious about defining *the* list of covers. Here’s my initial entry but I would welcome input to define a true 100 :

1. Shapes of Things – Gary Moore (The yardbirds)
2. Safety Dance – The Donnas (Men without hats)
3. Isolation – Therapy? (Joy Division)
4. Women In Uniform – Iron Maiden (The Skyhooks)
5. Got the time – Anthrax (Joe Jackson)
6. Blitzkrieg Bop – Rob Zombie (The Ramones)
7. Metallica – So What? (Anti-knowhere league)
8. Just Like Paradise – A (Van Halen)
9. I don’t know what to do with myself – The White Stripes (Burt Bacharach)
10. How soon is now? – Snake River Conspiracy (The Smiths)
11. Orgasmatron – Sepultura (Motorhead)
12. Comfortably Numb – Kittie (pink Floyd)
13. Police and Thieves – The Clash (Junior Murvin)
14. All along the watchtower – Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)
15. Kentucky Woman – Deep Purple (Neil Diamond)
16. Louie Louie – Motorhead (Richard Berry and the Pharoahs)
17. Thin Lizzy – Rosalie (Bob Seger)
18. Surfin Bird – The Ramones (The Trashmen)
19. Street Fighting Man – Rage against the machine (The Rolling Stones)
20. Up the junction – Lawnmower Deth (Squeeze)
21. Heroin – The Wildhearts (Dogs D’amour)
22. Word Up – Gun (Cameo)
23. Terrorvision – Land Down Under (Men at work)
24. Knights in white satin – The Dickies (The Moody Blues)
25. Lovin you – Electric Eel Shock (Mini Ripperton)

So any thoughts? What have I missed?