for me it was this one-"the vanilla fudge" with "you keep me hanging on". the one of the songs that led me down the path to ROCK!! when i first heard this, after the usual sixties style lightweight stuff--- whoa!!
when one thinks--this was in 1967-way ahead of it's time, was it not? and not in a bad way.

lmho! yeah-although some "purists" would hang us for saying so!! healey's version of "w m g w" is awesome!! may he have packed gigs, hot groupies and generous promoters.

re: fab eggs-"Since Yoove Bin gone The Fabulous Eggs- Mrs NWB will agree with me on this!!!"- tut tut fab eggs!!- "since yoove bin gone" is an original, by fab eggs? unless you know someone else who's covered THAT tune? (i've "googled" it and couldn't find??) ;-)))))
re:without reason- heh heh!! :-)) (errrr-who did the original??)
re: keef- yeah!! they been playing it on "rock fm", full version. superb cover!! :-)) watchtower, hendrix style, ROCKS!! (more blasphemy-dylan can't sing!!!)

heh heh ! yep! knocks the original for six (mind you-is that saying much? pretentious? soi? ohhh yes!!) (sounds a bit like "you tube ken" doing his "bon scott impression", too!!) :-)))

heh heh!! fab eggs-i always take the opinion of a woman who wears a basque at bus stations with a LARGE dose of salt!! :-P i've heard "s y b g" by fab eggs-damn fine tune, however, i doubt mr blackmore would be able to claim royalties from it?? :-))
keef-i bet luis has to wear his "size too small" trousers to make that one work? :-) (btw-"hocus pocus" rocks!!)
steve slinger-just watched it-hell yeah!!! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=axdBNCovYBc)
without reason-thanks!! :-))
sandwich slayer-absolutely, as evidenced by "vanilla fudge" et al??
another seminal cover that comes to mind, from way back when, is "river deep, mountain high" by deep purple. if memory serves me correctly, was on the "b" side of "hush" when it was first released. excellent stuff-the original by ike and tina is very good, but this one ROCKS!!!!!

fab eggs-full kudos to you on that one-is a good tune you play there. however-you will, of course, understand my reluctance to take "second opinion" off someone who is so open to blackmail??? :-))
keef-agreed- to a point? out on bail's comment re rolf harris had, joking aside, some merit? was refreshing to hear such a venerated song done as only rolf can? some musos/fans take things a bit TOO seriously, which, i reckon, defeats the whole point of being involved in music-no fun?? on the other hand, there are, in my opinion, certain songs that should, not through "blind allegiance" to the artist, but simply beacause the song merits it, be sung/played pretty much as is otherwise it can lose the qualities that made them a damn good song in the first place?? of course, that is a personal value judgement to be taken by the band members, but does hold for from the fans point of view as well?

keef-"Will have to concede on the fact that some tunes should never ever be re-arranged. Zeps stairway and AC/DC's Rosie being just two numbers that would whip the crowds up into a mad angry frenzy if you mucked em about." -
errr- yeah!! last year had a cd of "hayseed dixie" doing ac/dc and motorhead (blame sandwich slayer!!). had most of the classic ac/dc numbers on, done "bluegrass" style!! i thought it was hilarious, however, gave a copy to some of the "crew", avid dc fans. they were NOT impressed!! "f*ck off" and "you're taking the p*ss!" were two of the more printable comments they made. they were seriously not amused!! how dare i ??!! good job we were long time friends, otherwise i think THIS viking was going to valhalla sooner than planned!! but, come on!!! if a song can't stand to have a bit of alternative interpretation then it ain't that great a song to start with??
roflmao! at the "singer" episode!! :-D

by the way-heard another excellent cover today on "rock fm"--"c'mon feel the noize", done by "quiet riot"--damn good!! even sounds a bit like noddy first couple of verses!!

check out my avatar on my m/space? says it all, really?? i decided when i reached forty i didn't like the way the numbers were getting bigger, so i now count backwards-by my reckoning i'm now 24!! works for me!! :-P

heh heh!!- way to go keef!! yep to both of them. here's one that some people may not believe, however, as a g o d (growing old disgracefully) i reckon this one has to be one of the greatest covers of all time........."crossroads", live by the totally awesome cream!!! (any one know who the original was by? the answer's on mr nwb's profile as a comment!! check the time and date!!)

keef-"not a lot of people know that"!! :-))
threefold-oasis???!! you've been reading too many of "drum blokes" blogs!! hail'n'run away, indeed!!! ;->
fab eggs-"quiet riot"'s version has the edge, i feel? check it out?
"Keef is so ancient he promoted the Rolling Stones at the Pyramid of Giza grand opening he even took his mummy" -i believe she was dating keith richards at the time, when he was into "baby snatching"? (sorry, keef!! sometimes you just gotta!!??)

hell yeah!! strangely enough, heard it last night, done by wolfpack. a much underplayed rock tune!! :-))

listening to rock radio today, was reminded that there is a magnificent cover out there that i'd overlooked, better than the original, even, i would say.....
"with a little help from my friends"-Joe Cocker, especially with mad dogs and englishmen backing him??? his live performance of the song at woodstock is AWESOME!!! :-))

anthem-
yeah-remember that one-it ROCKS!!! as does ted nugent's cover of it? :-))