Best Clash covers?

[fingertrouble]

For a future show I'm looking for the best Clash covers - now you'd say 'Tim you must know all of them by now' - well I might know the really obvious ones (Pogues, Mighty Bosstones Moby etc.) but 99.9% of them are exceedingly crap-cakes. Especially as you can just listen to the originals.

So looking for odd / good covers other than ones I've played (the Urge, Josh Rouse come to mind, there's a few more but not many) and Clash rarities or remixes or Clash boots I might not have heard (yes I have heard the London Booted LP since I'm on it, and you might hear that on the show ;-)

So?

Ideas?

*Warning - I am very picky about what makes a good Clash cover, having heard so many now - so don't get upset if I say 'yuk!' or 'nah!' I still value the suggestion! But who knows maybe you could suggest one that rocks my world and I'll play it with a credit? Go on! See if you can flummox me...*

Comments

[kevin-v5.livejournal.com]

I like the Afghan Whigs "Lost in the Supermarket" sung to the tune of "Train in Vain"
I also like Emm Gryner's version of "Straight to Hell"

[timbearcub.livejournal.com]

I was listening to the Whigs version earlier - it's OK but doesn't cut it for me (I really am pedantic about my Clash covers - hence the name of the podcast). Now the Flaming Lips... if they covered the Clash, that might be interesting...

Or I'll play simple odd ones - I've got some argentinian Clash covers which although funny actually seem to capture the Clash's energy more (what's more punk that lalala-ing the words cos you don't know the language?)

It's like Joy Division or New Order - very few people have done covers that really do something *different* or as equal with those songs.

I'll check out the Emm Gryner version - thanks!