Who Did It Better? Iggy Pop vs Siouxsie And The Banshees vs Michael Hutchence - The Passenger 

Okay Iggy's was a classic. Siouxsie's version was similar. MH's version is darker and moodier. But I will confess that I am a huge MH and INXS fan so am a bit biased. But at the same time, I don't care., MH's delivery is throaty and sultry and I love the unique direction.

Thank you for doing these, Chris and Cynthia. For me I love Siouxsie and The Banshees version, but I'm great believer if you're doing a cover you've either got to do better than the original if you're going to do it in the same style as that, or you do something else with it and make it our own as Chris said, for me that's why I like the Michael Hutchence version the best because it has more work in it. In saying that all the versions of this sing are great.

MH is in the confinements of providing something for a soundtrack, which means there's little room for self-indulgence. I like what he did because it veers away from either Iggy's or Banshees' version, and I appreciate that kind of effort. MH for me.

I'm surprised to say the Siouxsie version beats Iggy for me. I'm not so keen on the brass, but the rhythm track and the punchier bass were so much better. The Michael Hutchence take on it was dire. It stripped the song of its dynamism and melody and left nothing appealing. Darkness for its own sake is just yawn inducing.

Chris , that was well known about Bowie helping out on this track , he basically saved his career when Iggy was on his arse with the drugs etc 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Siouxsie for me. Its what got me in to the banshees

Yep ! Okay , Iggy trying to get his Career back on track , Is an Okay tune , what the other artists did to said tune is proper Naff ! Happy New Year !

I always liked Michael Hutchence when he got dark and experimental.. be it with INXS or outside-INXS.. I'm a Melbourne boy and my fave local cult movie is Dogs In Space starring the Hutch himself. I wasn't too sure what I thought of his take on the Iggy tune, but I was leaning towards it because it had that Hutchence flavour and it wasn't a replica of the original. I like Iggy's for nostalgia, Siouxsie's version might as well be Madonna (I just dont care for it)..and because MH's version makes me unsure, I'm going to go with it.

Hey guys how about another Mott the Hoople song? Their song “The Golden age of Rock n Roll” is a great song. Or here’s another one, Gary Numan’s song “We have a Technical”. That a fantastic song by Gary. Thanks for always listening to your fans.

Happy new year to all you Aussies and Kiwis. And happy new year to the rest of you reprobates too. May the coming year be filled with love and prosperity.

who did it better, michael, always michael, no contest.

The Aussie one is dire.

Interesting to do Michael Hutchence. You know he had a lot of less-than-commercial side projects. MAX Q, Dogs In Space, solo.. Don Walker and Michael Hutchence doing ''speed kills'' is a pretty interesting collab between him and Cold Chisel's pianist/songwriter...

Chris thank you for reading us the bed time story merry Christmas

Fun Story. Many moons ago I attended Bizarre fest in Germany. Lots of good bands It was a day or two. The headliner was Siouxie. They had just released Passenger and it was getting big airplay. Opening before her was Iggy Pop. 75% of the way through Iggy's set, most of the little German Goth girls showed up and started pushing their way up to the front for good places for Siouxie. I don't think any of them had ever heard of Iggy before. Because they were pushing their way into dangerous territory...Iggy Fans. When the time was right, Iggy launched into, "The Passenger" and it got chaotic up in the front with Iggy fans thrashin' around. He did the song so energetically and loud, I don't even think Siouxie bothered doing, "The Passenger" during their set.

Thanks for these hope your Xmas went well and Happy New Year, recently I even heard a version of this song by David Hasselhoff.

I love unhinged Iggy with The Stooges, and I love restrained Iggy with this song. Siouxsie does a real nice vocal, but if they were going to add horns, I wish it would have been more creatively done, and was surprised by how much I liked the Michael Hutchence version. All good, but the nod to Iggy for original and familiarity's sake. Yes, I heard the 30 minutes comment; is that a new record? Great upload.

As soon as I heard the subject track and the choices I started writing this reply … it’s Iggy Pop , without a shadow of a doubt , now I’m going for a pee and going back to sleep 😴 Yes I realise that’s too much info but it’s as Meghan Markle would say “My truth “… 😝 I will play the game and listen to the Banshees and Hutchence versions as I’m a fan of both anyway and it’s only fair as the Haniers went to so much trouble ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Creatures?!?!?! Siouxsies other band?

Completely sold on the Iggy Pop one. Second one sounded crap to me so just skipped and listened to the third one for about a minute which sounded at least ok, but first one with Iggy Pop is the only one of these three I would make an effort to listen to the full track.

Siouxsie sounds happier and there's more energy, so I'll go for that one..

Iggy's version is easily my favourite. OK I may be biased as I learned to play this from listening to Iggy a ton of times. Still it's a raw and stark song and should be played that way in my opinion. The Siouxsie And The Banshees version was super good and I really enjoyed it, but in this instance, a bit over produced. It really is a good cover, but a cover none the less The Michael Hutchence was SUPER MOODY!!! I really liked this version, totally different vibe. #1 Iggy Pop #2 Michael Hutchence #3 Siouxsie And The Banshees

Iggy then Siouxsie for me, no contest. I was unaware that Michael Hutchence gave it a go, thats something I'll try to forget. Bit of trivia.....Iggy *loves* the Siouxsie version. The section of the lyrics with the girl and the car isn't really part of the song. Its a section that Iggy would occasionally adlib when he played it live, and would change the make of car and the girls name to suit the country he was playing in.

Love the sound of the Siouxsie cover & it narrowly gets my vote.

The Michael Huchence version reminds me a little bit of Gary Numan. I liked Iggy’s version the best

I just like original Iggy version. Amazing album all the way.

being a music lover ,,, Gotta go Iggy .Siouxsie. Hutch

Iggy then Siouxsie.

people think us Aussies are biased.. Not this one. Michael's one is shit, and this is coming from a mild INXS fan. I hate Iggy's singing, so my vote is for Siouxsie.. Cheers !

Iggy Pop for me. This was a floor filler mid 80s, also had a wierd shuffle dance routine. Kind of embryonic dad-dancing.

I prefer the Iggy Pop version! Tho Souixsie version is really good!Love the horns section! Good you do a reaction to The Skids, "Arena" please? Same sort post punk but very different

Iggy's version is more raw and a bit eerie, darker- Siouxsie version is brighter and happier with horns, more produced and great vocal - I like INXS but did not like Michael's version-I vote Iggy by a nose- I believe I could see him as a strange passenger on a train or hitch-hiking

MH version almost sounds like a totally different song whereas Siouxsie's is very similar to Iggy's but instrumentally not as good. Having been brought up on Iggy I am biased and my vote goes to him.

Iggy for me but both other covers are good also

No question Iggy

Siouxsie wins!!!

yawn

Micheal Hutchence.... Sucks, Iggy Pop sucks way more , Souxie and the Banshees, Bang on!!!

No no noooooooo..everyone is waiting on you 2 doing Australian crawl- reckless music video...now now now go go go ...lol...ya goofy m8te from Australia

Siouxsie should not have done this track as there’s so little cover to distract you from her extremely limited if not awful singing ability . Don’t get me wrong , I bought HK Garden , Spellbound , Isreal , Cities in dust and they were all written to her strengths , this box of banality shows her vocal ability up tbh and it was a bad choice for her to do it . I can’t stand this version , unlike Cynthia I can’t have horns n post production on this supposed to be stripped down and stark indictment of the dark side of the city . ….. disappointing 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Souxie for definite. Iggy is a nob and I really can't get into Michael or INXS.

None of them. I have more of a connection to Iggy's version by the memories attached to it. My mates and I used to listen to iggy's version back in the 70's and have dreams of getting out of Melbourne (Australia, not Florida) and heading to wonderful places like London , Paris, New York , Berlin... Then we got there and discovered that Melbourne wasn't so bad.. Infact, the innocence of Melbourne and the nascent ''punk'' scene was busier and more inventive.. Bands played more frequently, and the punk rule book written by British journalists was literally burned and pissed on. People in Berlin were fascinated by us Melbourne people (mostly due to The Birthday Party), the English were too programmed by watching Skippy to understand us and were taking their daily dose of the NME bible, the French were boring and clueless, and New Yorkers were stupid and didn't really know how to think for themselves.. a lot of them were still trying hard to be Richard Hell. Iggy's version just taught us youngins to not get carried away with our imagination... I feel nothing for Siouxsie's version, and Hutchence version is a bit of a yawn, though it does remind me of the sounds we were toying with in Melbourne in the early 80's and Hutchence has a strong connection to the city... I'll still stick with none of them.

I love all three versions of this song. They're all so different, but I love them all for years equally. The Michael Hutchance one for Batman Forever is so wonderfully dark, but I share my birthday with Iggy, so, I have ot be loyal :D

Siouxsie! Maintains the spirit of the original but adds onto it to give it some extra spice. I can definitely appreciate what Michael did with it though.

Iggy Pop by far. That's the only correct answer😎

Yes I vote for the Lakota version. I have forgotten the name of her other band? She’s still knocking around which is great. I like the song Right Now Which I think may have been a solo or her second offshoot band? Iggys version reminds me of 80s West Germany. Great song.

There's a lot of people that got stuck on punk rock ideals in the 70's, and were never able to grow out of it. They get a shock when people tell them that _Lust For Life_ is a shit album. Most of these people are more in love with the stories behind the music than the music itself. My vote is to Siouxsie..

Iggy pop

Soixsie Sioux smashes it 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 happy healthy peace ✌️

looks like my comment disappeared.. thanx youtube... I'll say it again. thumbsdown to Hutchence... thumbs up to Siouxsie.. I hate Iggy's voice on this... Cheers from Australia !!

Siouxsie for me! You should Do The Kinks Waterloo Sunset, Bowie does a great cover

Iggy pop hands down

Omg the MH version is just AWFUL .. I hadn’t heard it before as I’m proud to say I’ve never seen ANY Batman movies EVER as I’m an adult 👀… This chips away another shred of the brilliant legacy MH left us with as it proves conclusively he COULDNT do everything very well ! And I’m now sad I heard this at all ..🙁 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Somewhat unusually, Siouxie's is more upbeat. I actually bought that album of covers when it came out in the 80's. It's not bad, but I prefer Iggy's. The greater pathos suites the lyrics better.