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Del monaco said:
That's right! Liz Fraser. I still have the EP somewhere.
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What..? This Liz Frazer?

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The Pet Shop Boys' Always On My Mind has been voted the top cover version of all time in a BBC Music vote.

The top 10 tracks in the vote are as follows:

Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
Johnny Cash - Hurt
The Stranglers - Walk On By
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Muse - Feeling Good
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
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Only half of them are worth a toss, but you can never underestimate public taste.
 
Still love this.

 
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Just stumbled this 1972 deep cut from the Last days of the Filmore box set. Perfect match of artist and composition.

 
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Much as I love the original, this may just (*gasp* *heresy*) beat it for me:

 
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A couple more - some good, some not so.




This is for the electric Miles fans - fast forward to about 1:45 or so.
 
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merlin said:
This BBC article got me thinking.

What's the best cover version in your collection or even the most bizarre?

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Give me Visage any day, this is utterly horrible, Steve would not be happy, met him a couple of times, lovely guy, very sad to hear of his passing recently.
 
This girl is very talented.

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Check out her guitar work with Zappa Plays Zappa's "Montana" too.
 
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