Author Topic: Cover Versions that are better than the Originals (Read 133236 times)

Corkboy · « **Reply #760 on:** February 25, 2018, 12:27:46 am »

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Szemerényi · « **Reply #761 on:** February 25, 2018, 12:35:25 am »

Family Fodder - Sunday Girl (Blondie cover)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3tsHhhDCPg

Bunch of weirdoes. It shouldn't swing but it does.

Corkboy · « **Reply #762 on:** February 25, 2018, 12:37:27 am »

Quote from: Szemerényi on February 25, 2018, 12:35:25 am

Family Fodder - Sunday Girl (Blondie cover)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3tsHhhDCPg

Bunch of weirdoes. It shouldn't swing but it does.

I managed thirty seconds. De gustibus and all that.

Szemerényi · « **Reply #763 on:** February 25, 2018, 12:43:05 am »

Yeaaah, they're an acquired taste.

Filler. · « **Reply #764 on:** February 25, 2018, 12:49:23 am »

That really grew on me

Szemerényi · « **Reply #765 on:** February 25, 2018, 12:59:19 am »

They're wildly eclectic and a bit amateurish.A collage of pop-art set to music. It's the kind of band that is so original that you need a bit of time to decode their language, but then you realise that it isn't abstract art. It has melody, groove and clever lyrics (when they play their own songs). Like Captain Beefheart.

redalways · « **Reply #766 on:** February 25, 2018, 08:45:51 am »

Ruby Tuesday -(The Stones) Melanie

Days (Kinks)) Kirsty McColl

jambutty · « **Reply #767 on:** March 8, 2018, 07:50:20 pm »

Just caught this treasure.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/9sJ0buTockI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/9sJ0buTockI</a>

Pistolero · « **Reply #768 on:** March 18, 2018, 08:53:03 pm »

from the tangent entitled ...songs that you didn't know were covers

early 70's foot stomper..

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/P4CZkrTCm9w" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/P4CZkrTCm9w</a>

pure 90's Karaoke..

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/MtUqyAvhXLM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/MtUqyAvhXLM</a>

and this..

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+ this..

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/HshF2AOx4VM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/HshF2AOx4VM</a>

Statto Red · « **Reply #769 on:** March 20, 2018, 11:14:44 pm »

Manic Street Preachers version of Fiction Factory (Feels Like) Heaven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwX91H2mbeU

Sheer Magnetism · « **Reply #770 on:** March 24, 2018, 01:54:36 pm »

The Primal Scream version of Know Your Rights destroys the original. And I like the Clash! As much an improvement as their cover of Slip Inside Your House.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/zC7gTDRgdKc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/zC7gTDRgdKc</a>

Another personal favourite. JAMC doing Tower of Song.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/vTBt9tjbIM8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/vTBt9tjbIM8</a>

Timbo's Goals · « **Reply #771 on:** March 26, 2018, 12:03:38 am »

This has surely got to be one of RAWK's best threads for trawling through and feeling the love. But falling in with the great Pist twist on it -

And apologies to avid fans of The Hollies and The Searchers [including me] but I really do love these originals just a little bit more

I Can't Let Go - Evie Sands

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/VUn4ULtQWB0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/VUn4ULtQWB0</a>

Just One Look - Doris Troy

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/tM_nfDPgcuI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/tM_nfDPgcuI</a>

When You Walk in the Room - Jackie De Shannon

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/mVCBSIn_1j0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/mVCBSIn_1j0</a>

And finally back to original thread idea - very possibly my favourite ever cover which takes the original and multitude of other covers to a dark place they had never before visited to capture perfectly I'm sure the mood and magnificence of Doc Pomus's intentions when he penned it

Viva Las Vegas - Shawn Colvin

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/g87Mu9SNqwk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/g87Mu9SNqwk</a>

Buck Pete · « **Reply #772 on:** March 26, 2018, 03:40:56 pm »

Great cover versions documentary on BBC4 the other night. Worth a watch on catch-up if its available.

One of the segments was a sad story of a US singer called Bessie Banks who's husband had wrote 'Go Now' especially for her to sing. The track was released and was getting substantial radio airplay ready to propel Bessie Banks into the big time.

As was the custom at the time, anything new in the US was immediately covered by other artists. The Moody Blue's got hold of 'Go now', jazzed it up, sped it up and hey Presto, Bessie's version ceased to be played on the radio and the end of her career happened before it even started. The Moody Blues however....

At the end of the show they showed an ageing Denny Laine meeting Bessie and he thanked her for making the Moody Blues stars. To say she looked pissed off was an understatement.

Anyhow, maybe the Moodie's version was better but here's Bessie Banks version. Dee Dee Warwick and Cissy Houston on Backing vocals

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/prlWGe2EHro" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/prlWGe2EHro</a>

Timbo's Goals · « **Reply #773 on:** March 26, 2018, 08:32:24 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on March 26, 2018, 03:40:56 pm

Great cover versions documentary on BBC4 the other night. Worth a watch on catch-up if its available.

One of the segments was a sad story of a US singer called Bessie Banks who's husband had wrote 'Go Now' especially for her to sing. The track was released and was getting substantial radio airplay ready to propel Bessie Banks into the big time.

As was the custom at the time, anything new in the US was immediately covered by other artists. The Moody Blue's got hold of 'Go now', jazzed it up, sped it up and hey Presto, Bessie's version ceased to be played on the radio and the end of her career happened before it even started. The Moody Blues however....

At the end of the show they showed an ageing Denny Laine meeting Bessie and he thanked her for making the Moody Blues stars. To say she looked pissed off was an understatement.

Anyhow, maybe the Moodie's version was better but here's Bessie Banks version. Dee Dee Warwick and Cissy Houston on Backing vocals

Thanks for heads up. Gonna try and dig it out in a bit on i-player.

Only had one listen and got to say I'm so steeped in the Moodies version it's gonna have a fight on its hands to squeeze out the plaintiff cries of Denny laine [I think other than The Beatles first singles and Kingsize taylor's memphis Tennessee it was probably the first single I ever bought back then].

Then again I thought the same after the first few listens of the originals of the three songs I posted above as I so loved the The Hollies and Searchers hits. I'll keep you posted.

Timbo's Goals · « **Reply #774 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:42:35 am »

Quote from: Buck Pete on March 26, 2018, 03:40:56 pm

To say she looked pissed off was an understatement.

LOL - Priceless. Denny Laine - mister tactless or what!!!!

The meeting was clearly severely edited down to convey the contrasting fortunes but Denny's comment as he greeted poor Bessie along the lines of "without [pinching] your song the Moody Blues might never have had such great success" has to go down in the anals!!

Really enjoyed the programme. Some great song choices. Loads of terrific insight. Personally I've never got the Hallelujah/Leonard Cohen thing and as for the Puff Candy rip off of Andy Summers - blimey o'riley - but really interesting stuff all the same.

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #775 on:** March 27, 2018, 11:05:06 am »

I watched a bit of that BBC4 Doc and the thing that got me was they went straight to X factor ( or whatever it was) for Hallelujah and then to Leonard Cohen ..but for me the vehicle that brought the song to a wider audience awarness was Jeff Buckleys cover on Shrek! They only used a snippet but its 'popularity' grew from that.

Ray K · « **Reply #776 on:** March 27, 2018, 11:41:59 am »

Quote from: FlashingBlade on March 27, 2018, 11:05:06 am

I watched a bit of that BBC4 Doc and the thing that got me was they went straight to X factor ( or whatever it was) for Hallelujah and then to Leonard Cohen ..but for me the vehicle that brought the song to a wider audience awarness was Jeff Buckleys cover on Shrek! They only used a snippet but its 'popularity' grew from that.

*Nerd alert* It was John Cale's version that appeared in the movie, and Rufus Wainright's in the soundtrack album.

The song was almost unknown until Buckley's version appeared on Grace - it appeared on a mostly forgotten mid-80's Cohen album that he kept reworking after release, and most people's perception of the the song as it is now is actually based on John Cale's version, which appeared on a mostly ignored Cohen tribute album. Buckley's version is a cover of a cover, essentially. And Buckley's version, sadly, only became really widely known after his death in 1997.

It's quite common nowadays for songs to become well-known through TV and movies. Most record companies bend over backwards in trying to get studios to use their material.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #777 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:56:09 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on March 27, 2018, 11:41:59 am

*Nerd alert* It was John Cale's version that appeared in the movie, and Rufus Wainright's in the soundtrack album.

The song was almost unknown until Buckley's version appeared on Grace - it appeared on a mostly forgotten mid-80's Cohen album that he kept reworking after release, and most people's perception of the the song as it is now is actually based on John Cale's version, which appeared on a mostly ignored Cohen tribute album. Buckley's version is a cover of a cover, essentially. And Buckley's version, sadly, only became really widely known after his death in 1997.

It's quite common nowadays for songs to become well-known through TV and movies. Most record companies bend over backwards in trying to get studios to use their material.

Yep it definitely grew steadily and slowly that one. I knew it from 'Grace' (which I only got when I read his obituary) and then it popped up in a few places and more and more people latched on each time.

there's something to be said for each of the Cohen/Cale/Buckley versions, I don't have a favourite, but I'm not keen on the others really. The descent into X Factor ubiquity is tragic really, how to reduce a great song to a mere cash grab.

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #778 on:** March 27, 2018, 01:43:57 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on March 27, 2018, 11:41:59 am

*Nerd alert* It was John Cale's version that appeared in the movie, and Rufus Wainright's in the soundtrack album.

Ah!..ok..I was going from memory ( a risk action theses days)....though I may have also got mixed up with a memory of on 9/11 when Mark and Lard Radio 1 came on after the news they started their show with Buckley's version......but thats going from my memory too...so it may also infact be bollocks.

Its one of those songs that delivers more power when sung with restraint...so those wannabe star versions sung with 'passion' get it totally fucking wrong!

Timbo's Goals · « **Reply #779 on:** March 27, 2018, 02:07:28 pm »

Got to say the entire Hallelujah phenomenon completely bypasses me whether Cohen, Buckley, Cale, X-factor or whatever. I just don't think it's that special musically or lyrically to warrant all the fuss. Clearly I'm in a minority with such a take. But fuck it.

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #780 on:** March 27, 2018, 02:20:17 pm »

Quote from: Timbo's Goals on March 27, 2018, 02:07:28 pm

Got to say the entire Hallelujah phenomenon completely bypasses me whether Cohen, Buckley, Cale, X-factor or whatever. I just don't think it's that special musically or lyrically to warrant all the fuss. Clearly I'm in a minority with such a take. But fuck it.

But you don't really care for music, do you? Well it goes like this: The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift......

Timbo's Goals · « **Reply #781 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:07:33 pm »

Quote from: FlashingBlade on March 27, 2018, 02:20:17 pm

But you don't really care for music, do you? Well it goes like this: The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift......

Ha ha

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #782 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:24:18 pm »

Quote from: Timbo's Goals on March 27, 2018, 02:07:28 pm

Got to say the entire Hallelujah phenomenon completely bypasses me whether Cohen, Buckley, Cale, X-factor or whatever. I just don't think it's that special musically or lyrically to warrant all the fuss. Clearly I'm in a minority with such a take. But fuck it.

Same for me, I was never into Cohen, dull as ditchwater stuff.

On the Dennie Laine story from a few posts back, I read somewhere a few years ago, source long lost, that dear old Dennie wasn't considered by some who worked with him as being one of the brightest sparks around.

On the cover versions though, and continuing the Moody Blues connection, I always thought the Four Tops version of Pinders Simple Game was far superior to the original Moodies version...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/5vYAZiLicbM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/5vYAZiLicbM</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/EDID-1NYAjg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/EDID-1NYAjg</a>

Corkboy · « **Reply #783 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:51:55 pm »

Quote from: Timbo's Goals on March 26, 2018, 12:03:38 am

This has surely got to be one of RAWK's best threads for trawling through and feeling the love.

And over a decade old. One of the longest running threads?

Sammy5IsAlive · « **Reply #784 on:** March 28, 2018, 12:48:16 am »

Not sure if it counts as a 'cover' given how many artists have performed the song and I wouldn't necessarily go as far as to say that it is better than the 'original' country versions but this is a really interesting version of "Green, Green Grass of Home" by Joe Tex

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/0iHgGpUm30I" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/0iHgGpUm30I</a>

The guitar line is almost a bit reggaeish, and along those lines here's a really dreamy cover of Bridge over Troubled Water by Jimmy London

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/z6OfFolG8gg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/z6OfFolG8gg</a>

Timbo's Goals · « **Reply #785 on:** March 28, 2018, 01:38:48 pm »

Quote from: The Gulleysucker on March 27, 2018, 03:24:18 pm

Same for me, I was never into Cohen, dull as ditchwater stuff.

On the cover versions though, and continuing the Moody Blues connection, I always thought the Four Tops version of Pinders Simple Game was far superior to the original Moodies version...

Great shout Gully

Levi's vocals take it to an entirely different galaxy, seemingly redifining the melody in the process. Daft thing is back then from the Days Of Future Passed through Lost Chord and Threshold I was a Moodies nut and would have defended Mike Pinder's version like it was my own baby. Then just around that time I discovered The Band and dropped the poor Moodies like a hot potato until decades later I eventually discovered my love of Threshold had never really gone away.

On a similar tack for me is 'Without You'. Absolutely loved Badfinger [half Scouse/half Welsh] but Nilsson's version once again took their song to another level. In that particular case it was primarily because Badfinger's original version slumps in the middle due to poor old Tom Evans and Joey Molland not being able to take the "I Cant Live.." chorus bit to the heights needed to match Pete Ham's superb verse delivery. But there you go. Nilsson nails it to perfection and creates a stonewall classic. Meantime Badfinger more than made up for it on loads of their other stuff and the classic song is always there's even if others made it famous. Of course the manner in which they were ripped off and the tragic outcome of its impact upon them is one of popular music's most harrowing tales and the book detailing it has you pulling your hair out with the injustice and sadness it depicts so graphically.

Without You - Badfinger

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/49dquH8tn6E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/49dquH8tn6E</a>

Without You - Nilsson

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Timbo's Goals · « **Reply #786 on:** March 28, 2018, 01:53:47 pm »

Quote from: Corkboy on March 27, 2018, 03:51:55 pm

And over a decade old. One of the longest running threads?

I love it obviously for the great 'finds' but some of the 'different taste' clashes with the definitive 'he nails it' comments [including my I own I have to say] are just great fun to read.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #787 on:** March 29, 2018, 09:29:46 am »

Quote from: Timbo's Goals on March 28, 2018, 01:53:47 pm

I love it obviously for the great 'finds' but some of the 'different taste' clashes with the definitive 'he nails it' comments [including my I own I have to say] are just great fun to read.

I once mentioned in here that Metallica's version of 'Whiskey in the Jar' was better than Thin Lizzy's

Never again

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #788 on:** March 29, 2018, 10:46:00 am »

Quote from: Buck Pete on March 29, 2018, 09:29:46 am

I once mentioned in here that Metallica's version of 'Whiskey in the Jar' was better than Thin Lizzy's

Never again

I really like Pulp’s version actually

Ray K · « **Reply #789 on:** March 29, 2018, 11:08:57 am »

How about the sub-genre of 'Cover versions of songs performed by the original songwriter after someone else had a hit with them?' Are they truly cover versions?

All right, I'm thinking of Judy Collins' version of Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now. I think I prefer Judy's version - it's the more classically arranged, traditionally sung, faster tempo and it appearing on that season finale of Mad Men kinda swings it. And Stephen Stills wrote Suite: Judy Blue Eyes about her.
But Joni Mitchell is, you know, Joni Mitchell.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/A7Xm30heHms" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/A7Xm30heHms</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Pbn6a0AFfnM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Pbn6a0AFfnM</a>

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #790 on:** March 29, 2018, 11:20:45 am »

Quote from: Ray K on March 29, 2018, 11:08:57 am

I recall really liking that Judy Collins version when it came out but I'm not sure it's stood the passage of time too well.

It's just a little bit too metronomic and Harpers Bizarre or Spanky McFarland( of Spanky and our gang) like, not that that's necessarily a bad thing for a pop record.

I could be wrong, but I don't think we (ie my mates and I) had even heard or noticed Joni Mitchell at that time of Collins version, wasn't it Big Yellow Taxi that shot her into prominence here in the UK as something other than a songwriter?

But once I'd heard Mitchells version a few years later, there was no going back for me, it's on my playlist for train journeys.

Ray K · « **Reply #791 on:** March 29, 2018, 11:39:22 am »

Collins's version is very much of its era - it just screams late 60's folk/SoCal. Mitchell's version is more timeless, and Joni's voice is an instrument in itself, but it's just too slow for me.

Quote from: The Gulleysucker on March 29, 2018, 11:20:45 am

Spanky McFarland( of Spanky and our gang)

Really don't know if I should google this at work...

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #792 on:** March 29, 2018, 11:47:14 am »

Quote from: Ray K on March 29, 2018, 11:39:22 am

Really don't know if I should google this at work...

Sunday will never be the same...

I think for a while she stepped into Mama Cass's shoes in the Mammas and Pappas.

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #793 on:** March 29, 2018, 11:56:13 am »

And on the Joni theme, I'm torn between her original version which is just beautiful, and the later Nazereth cover which is sledgehammer stuff from the days of Man, turn it to 11...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/iTfB8Q6DpZ0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/iTfB8Q6DpZ0</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/ylW6sC6NNhY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/ylW6sC6NNhY</a>

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #794 on:** March 29, 2018, 12:08:40 pm »

And a coincidence, or perhaps a bit of synchronicity given the previous post on Spanky, I've just noticed at 32 seconds in on that Joni version, Joni is sitting next to Mama Cass...

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #795 on:** March 29, 2018, 12:23:20 pm »

Not sure if this has been covered in the thread before, so apologies if it has..

I loved the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac (quite fond of some of the later post-Green era too) but even at the time, we thought the Santana version of Black Magic Woman was somehow better than the original Fleetwood version.

Perhaps it's just because it sounds to have been more polished in the studio, while the Fleetwood version sounds almost like they've set up in your front room or local Church Hall and are playing it there.

I can still listen to both however.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/7eANGHVQS9Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/7eANGHVQS9Q</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/IPo9Gd2z6rI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/IPo9Gd2z6rI</a>

Ray K · « **Reply #796 on:** March 29, 2018, 12:27:50 pm »

Quote from: The Gulleysucker on March 29, 2018, 11:56:13 am

And on the Joni theme, I'm torn between her original version which is just beautiful, and the later Nazereth cover which is sledgehammer stuff from the days of Man, turn it to 11...

You can really hear Derek Smalls working wonders on the bass all right.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #797 on:** March 29, 2018, 04:33:25 pm »

Quote from: The Gulleysucker on March 29, 2018, 12:23:20 pm

Not sure if this has been covered in the thread before, so apologies if it has..

I loved the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac (quite fond of some of the later post-Green era too) but even at the time, we thought the Santana version of Black Magic Woman was somehow better than the original Fleetwood version.

Perhaps it's just because it sounds to have been more polished in the studio, while the Fleetwood version sounds almost like they've set up in your front room or local Church Hall and are playing it there.

I can still listen to both however.

It's a tough choice that one. Both fantastic.

The Santana one certainly sounds more polished - a lot of the British studio stuff from that era just sounds thinner to me, whereas Santana were at Wally Heider studios which was one of the sounds back then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Heider_Studios#1970

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #798 on:** March 29, 2018, 04:34:04 pm »

Oh, and Joni over Judy for me in that instance, though both are fantastic.

The Gulleysucker · « **Reply #799 on:** March 29, 2018, 05:02:20 pm »

Although not quite my taste, or at least only in small doses, I think Billy Joel is nevertheless a very good writer and this is a good example of his craft...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/HaA3YZ6QdJU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/HaA3YZ6QdJU</a>

But I do prefer this version of it by The Walrus of Lurve...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/XF8ZRjfGACA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/XF8ZRjfGACA</a>

Just absolutely bloody brilliant (in my opinion).