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Original songs with equally good covers?
I'm interested to know how many people like two or more vertions of the same song.
So please list any that you like. Or even any that you partculally disslike some or all of the vertions of, as that'd be interesting too (covers get a very bad name but I can think of one or two that I like even though I don't like the originals). E.G. 1. Song: Under the bridge By- The Chilly peppers ~ Love All Saints ~ Love 2. Song: Walk this way By- Run DMC & Aerosmith ~ Love Girls Aloud Vs. Sugarbabes ~ Hate |
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great thread...
i think Sunblock did a really good cover of Baby Baby, that 90's song by Corona - wasn't too dissimial from the original but I actually think the new one is better. Also, Kelly Clarkson did a cover version of Patti Griffin's 'Up To The Mountain' on Idol Gives Back, and it was amazing - she got a standing ovation at the end - link to see it: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kpaJ1wOWW7Y |
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"If You're Looking For a Way Out"
by Odyssey - Love by Tindersticks - Love Even More |
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Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd & Scissor Sisters Love them both cos they are so different............
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There's quite a few I like but here is a selection:
All Along the Watchtower - Dylan All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl - Everclear Billy Jean - Michael jackson Billy Jean - Chris Cornell Satisfaction - The Stones Satisfaction - Devo Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash |
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Hey Ya! - Outkast
Hey Ya! - Will Young
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Great Thread!
Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen Hallelujah- Rufus Wainwright OR Jeff Buckley! Question- Moody Blues Question- Fish (ex Marillion) Jolene- Dolly Parton Jolene- White Stripes Stumble & Fall- Razorlight Stumble & Fall- Duke Special Breaking The Law- Judas Priest Breaking The Law- Doro Pesch Gimme Shelter- Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter- Joanna Dean Ruby Tuesday- Stones Ruby Tuesday- Melanie Absolutely agree with All Along The Watchtower too
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The Zutons - Valerie
Amy Winehouse - Valerie I think both are equally as good, but am beginning to sway to the Winehouse. |
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Mad World, both very different but equally great
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I have quite a softspot for Jimmy Eat World's cover of Firestarter, by The Prodigy. Two very different songs, both very good
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IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD- JAMES BROWN
IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD- CHRISTINA AGUILERA AT THIS YEARS GRAMMYS- (Dare I say better than the original?!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWGTOOiWSdU |
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Mr. Tamborine Man- Bob Dylan
Mr. Tamborine Man- The Byrds Knocking on Heaven's Door- Bob Dylan Knocking on Heaven's Door- Guns n' Roses Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley |
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American Woman - Guess Who
American Woman - Lenny Kravitz Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac Black Magic Woman - Santana Fire - Jimi Hendrix Fire - Red Hot Chili Peppers One -Metallica One - Korn You Realy got Me - Kinks You Really Got Me - Van Halen Live And Let Die _ Paul MaCartney Live and Let die - Guns N Roses |
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Angie-Rolling Stones, there are great covers of this song by Tori Amos and Stereophonics
Also on youtube there is a cover of love somebody sung by Ray Lamontagne and Damien Rice which is reallllllly good
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What A Waste - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
What A Waste - Curve (with Ian Dury) Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile - Stevie Ray Vaughan Superstition - Stevie Wonder Superstition - Stevie Ray Vaughan Blue Monday - New Order Blue Monday - Flunk I believe Flunk also covered New Order's True Faith, but I haven't heard it. |
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I'll be watching you - The Police
I'll be missing you - Faith Evans + Puff Daddy/P Daddy/P Diddy or whatever he's called now! The latter is much better.
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Temptation - New Order
Temptation - Moby Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order Bizarre Love Triangle - Frente |
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Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
Hounds of Love - The Futureheads ![]() 'heads win everytime! |
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Just a few that I like...
America - Simon and Garfunkel (used to be my favourite song ever...) America - Yes (...but this is way freakier and funkier, and maybe even better) Fields of Gold - Sting (good...) Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy (...pure and brilliant) Here, There and Everywhere - Beatles (pretty damn good...) Here, There and Everywhere - Emmylou Harris (...even better) MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (Jimmy Webb's much reviled classic which I love...) MacArthur Park - Donna Summer (...but Giorgio Moroder's discofied version is even better!) La La Means I Love You - Delfonics (yep, great, loads of covers of this, but...) La La Means I Love You - Laura Nyro (...might be my favourite) Born Slippy - Underworld (the Trainspotting dance classic done cocktail jazz stylee by...) Born Slippy - Barefoot (...works surprisingly well!) Murder By Numbers - Police (perfectly fine bonus track from 'Synchronicity'...) Murder By Numbers - Frank Zappa (...covered to great effect by the master!) But then again, there's... I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton (fabulous!...) I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (...AARRGH! make it stop!) or Dreams - Fleetwood Mac (pretty damn fine...) Dreams - The Corrs (...pretty damn near unlistenable) etc. |
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Get Back - Beatles
Get Back - Rod Stewart Frontin - Pharrell Frontin - Jamie Cullum Lucy in the Sky - Beatles Lucy in the Sky - Elton John I'm Losing You - Temptations I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart/Faces Feeling Alright - Traffic Feeling Alright - Joe Cocker Feeling Alright - David Ruffin Feeling Alright - Lulu Compared to What - Roberta Flack Compared to What - Jadell Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano Light My Fire - Doors Light My Fire - Will Young |
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Thanks so much for all the replys!
![]() I'll have to look into a few of these because various people have named songs that I love one vertion of and didn't even know there was a second so it'll be great to see what they're like ![]() Please keep the songs comeing!
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Get Back - Beatles
Get Back - Rod Stewart Frontin - Pharrell Frontin - Jamie Cullum Lucy in the Sky - Beatles Lucy in the Sky - Elton John I'm Losing You - Temptations I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart/Faces Feeling Alright - Traffic Feeling Alright - Joe Cocker Feeling Alright - David Ruffin Feeling Alright - Lulu Compared to What - Roberta Flack Compared to What - Jadell Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano Light My Fire - Doors Light My Fire - Will Young |
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WOW! Great thread!
here are a few of my faves Dirty Old Town - Pogues Dirty Old Town - Frank Black How soon is now - Smiths How soon is now - Tatu (yes Tatu!!) Cant take my eyes off you - Andy Williams Cant take my eyes off you - Manics Cant get used to losing you - Andy Williams Cant get used to losing you - Beat Easy - Commodores Easy - Faith no more Now a group that could have their own section is Me First & The Gimme Gimmies. They have done fantastic punk covers of everything from Mandy, Wild World, Sweet Caroline, Seasons in the Sun, Rocket man and many more. All are fantastic versions. Some of the originals are good and some not! |
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Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Johnny Cash - Hurt Joy Division - Isolation Therapy? - Isolation also for modernists Grace - Not Over Yet Klaxons - Not over yet |
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