I'm getting a bit tired of those slowed down covers of Modern Love - the one in Uncut must be at least the third one (after John Frusciante and Astrid Young) The very beginning of Bowie's original is probably my favourite part of the whole song, and many covers omit it.
I think there have been good covers; there have been good faithful cover (Keane's Under Pressure), good unusual covers (Tori Amos's After All, Lassigue Bendthaus's Ashes to Ashes), and good covers that pushed the song to the 11 the original didn't (Bauhaus's Ziggy Stardust).
I'm still to hear a good Heroes cover - King Crimson doesn't count, with Fripp in the band it's kind of cheating.
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