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Today's Cover Battle! AFI Versus Bauhaus Versus Def Leppard

Posted by: pixie on March 31, 2008

I think this should be a good one to get us all going on Monday. Pretty much everyone in the world likes David Bowie, right? And "Ziggy Stardust" is one of his most recognizable songs, so it's not surprising that people have covered it repeatedly.

 

For fun, I made this a three-way competition, though I'm pretty sure nobody is going to pick the last-minute "oh wow, I had no idea these guys covered this song" addition.

 

So, who did the better cover of the endlessly sexy "Ziggy Stardust"?

 

AFI, who did their cover live for AOL Sessions:

 

or
Bauhaus, who did a studio recording of the song:
or
Def Leppard, who I had no idea did a cover of this until I looked through Imeem: