Tune du Jour: “Fly The Flag” – Stiff Little Fingers
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes: Mauri Clash City Rocker vs. Squeezer vs. Uncle Bard & the Dirty Bastards
Everybody’s Dressin’ Funny … Cover Me Impressed!
“Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts.”
Harvard economist, Henry Rosovsky
The Original
Stiff Little Fingers:
Archival Footage
Nobody’s Heroes:
Just one of the multitude of tribute bands memorializing South Florida’s early-80’s brilliant, genre-busting band, Nobody’s Heroes.
THE CLASH of Cover Tunes
Mauri Clash City Rocker vs. Squeezer vs. Uncle Bard & the Dirty Bastards
Mauri Clash City Rocker:
Squeezer:
Uncle Bard & the Dirty Little Bastards:
SPACE
Oh the disharmony! Much like Harlan County there are no neutrals here. It is your solemn responsibility to decide which cover song prevails. In other words … Which Side Are You On?!!?
cover me impressed 
Three very admirable covers. I’m going with Uncle Bard and the gang for a very novel approach to the instrumentation. I think the spoons especially would have made a nice addition to the original. 🙂
Really loved the understated acoustic version. I thought that would be a winner but those Dirty Bastards really amazed me with their take. I now want to hear all of my favorite rocking Irish songs reinterpreted with uilleann pipe solos in place of guitar. The third place version was pretty solid too but third. I have a CD by The Filthy Thieving Bastards but I guess no relation.