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Best cover version of the weekend


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Strange Boys did Son of a Preacher Man in their set up at The Park, not a bad effort :)

I actually thought their whole set was superb - I was only up there for Frankie & the Heartstrings and Beach House, who were on before and after Strange Boys, but I came away more impressed with them than the other two! Think I'll buy their album when I have some money to my name!

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The Pet Shop Boys covered Coldplay's 'Rule The World', and bizarrely, The XX did a brief cover of ATB's '9 pm til I come' up at The Park on Friday. Almost straight away after we went into the Rabbit Hole. That was a particularly surreal half hour!

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Best I saw - We Can Work It Out by Stevie.

Worst I've seen on the TV coverage: The Chain (come on folks, that was f**king PAINFUL) closely followed by the same toneless bint crucifying You Got The Love.

HOW is she famous with a voice like that?! I goes through me like a nun's first curry.

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Can't believe no one has mentioned White Man in Hammersmith Palais covered by Paul Heaton and Billy Bragg to close Leftfield on Sunday. Fookin' ace.

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If I'd heard Keane I'd probably be saying With Or Without You, sadly I didn't so it has to be Pet Shop Boys cover of Viva La Vida - turned a god awful song in to a real crowd pleaser.

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Saw Neil interviewed on the Beeb. He said when they heard it for the first time they thought Coldplay had written a Pet Shop Boys song. On this performance I have to agree. Got to hand it to Chris Martin, he can certainly write well for other artists in their style (Embrace, Jamelia, The Streets etc.)

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