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A selection of cover versions, but do you know the original artists?
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Covers Quiz #1 - listen to 10 cover versions but name the original artist/band.
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Who is being covered?
Neil Young
Joni Mitchell
Bob Dylan
The Sex Pistols
32% got this right
Chromatics cover of 'Hey, Hey, My, My (Into The Black)' was simply titled 'Into The Black'
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Who is being covered
Wet Leg
Bright Eyes
Stiff Little Fingers
Talking Heads
21% got this right
The mention of crime-comedy drama Buffalo '66, won praise from british film critic Mark Kermode who is a big Wet Leg fan
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Who is being covered?
Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Pixies
Soundgarden
58% got this right
Kurt Cobain said Lithium was about a man turning to religion as a last resort
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Who is being covered?
ABBA
ACDC
Adele
The B52s
59% got this right
Portishead covered ABBAs hit in 2016 in aid of mental health charity Mind.
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Who is being covered?
Joy Division
New Order
Spandau Ballet
The Cure
32% got this right
Released a month before Ian Curtis' death, Love Will Tear Us apart initially failed to enter the charts
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Who is being covered?
Sonny & Cher
Hall & Oates
The Everly Brothers
The Proclaimers
42% got this right
The All Seeing I reached #1 in UK charts in 1998 with a cover of Sonny & Cher's 1968 international hit.
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Who is being covered?
The Arctic Monkeys
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
The Zutons
55% got this right
I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor was released in 2005 when wee Alex Turner was only 19 years old.
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Who is being covered?
David Bowie
Queen
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
62% got this right
Seu Jorge had a minor part in Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic which featured many of his Bowie covers
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Who is being covered?
Kate Bush
Daft Punk
Green Day
Lily Allen
29% got this right
Kate Bush left The Futureheads a voicemail praising their cover of Hounds of Love, as they were too nervous to pickup
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Who is being covered
Dolly Parton
Judy Garland
Mariah Carey
Whitney Houston
25% got this right
Dolly wrote the song as farewell to her business partner and mentor before embarking on her solo career.
