Cover songs as good as or better than original...
Posted by: Sicey on 22 September 2005
I did this a while back on another forum.
One for you music fans to mull over....I was thinking about this a couple of months back after listening to the Bridget Jones 2 OST...anyway I came up with a few after being inspired by Will Youngs version of Sade's classic - Your love is king
Suprisingly most of my tracks are all soppy lovey dovey tracks
George Michael/Bonnie Raitt - I cant make you love me
Jagged Edge/Air Supply - All out of love
Gary Jules/Tears for fears - Mad World
Maxwell/Kate Bush - This womens work
Alien Ant Farm/MJ - Smooth Criminal
Kenny Thomas/Force MD's - Tender Love
Will Downing & Mica Paris/Roberta Flack & Donnie Hathaway - Where is the love
oh and that new Hounds of Love Kate Bush cover.
Any more to add people?
Posted on: 08 October 2005 by Ron Toolsie
Pretty much any of Johnny Cash's American Man recordings are cover versions superior to the original. And about every Eva Cassidy song is again a superior cover version-a reinterpreation or reinvention is probably a better term to describe them with.
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I find Rod Stewart's "Tomorrow is a long time" much more moving than Dylan's.
How about Sandy Denny's version of that song? Or Judy Collins version of 'Tom Thumb Blues'? Dylan songs are almost always best performed by others. Noteable exceptions are about anything from 'Desire'.
Posted on: 08 October 2005 by TomK
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Originally posted by Ron Toolsie:
Dylan songs are almost always best performed by others. Noteable exceptions are about anything from 'Desire'.
Sorry Ron but you've now taken it too far. I can choose my preferred versions but you'd better not.
Posted on: 10 October 2005 by Van_The_Man
Tom waits' cover of Kinky Friedmans 'Highway cafe'
Posted on: 10 October 2005 by Dodge
Japan's version of I Second that Emotion - [Smokey Robinson].
Posted on: 10 October 2005 by bhazen
"Rock and Roll Music", the Beatles (Chuck Berry)
Posted on: 12 October 2005 by Leopold
john cale heartbreak hotel [either the electric version on slow dazzle or the slowed piano version he plays live]
jerry garcia knocking on heaven's door [many varied live versions]
the smiths rusholme ruffians [as in his latest flame - well ok...]
the residents its a man's man's man's world [james brown]
the resident's and many sacred cows from the 60s [hey jude, sympathy for the devil, light my fire, the twist and about 40 more] on third reich and roll
patti smith gloria [sort of]
Posted on: 12 October 2005 by Leopold
oh and the grateful dead morning dew [bonnie dobson and tim rose, well he didn't really contribute much to it]
Posted on: 13 October 2005 by Guido Fawkes
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Originally posted by Leopold:
oh and the grateful dead morning dew [bonnie dobson and tim rose, well he didn't really contribute much to it]
Do you prefer the version on the first album or the extended version on Europe 72? Viola Lee Blues is a cover on the first album that is pretty good.
Posted on: 13 October 2005 by Guido Fawkes
One my favourite cover versions is Who Do You Love by Jucy Lucy - the original was by Bo Didley. The song was also covered by Tom Rush (Take a Little Walk with Me) and Quicksilver Messenger Service (Happy Trails). I think the Jucy Lucy version was definitive though.
Posted on: 13 October 2005 by Supa Benedict
'Originally posted by Ron Toolsie:
Dylan songs are almost always best performed by others. Noteable exceptions are about anything from 'Desire'.'
Hi there, just signed up to the forum.
Cant agree with the above statement
Posted on: 13 October 2005 by Leopold
oh most of the live versions from 73 to 77 [morning dew was its best during 77, especially the versions in may and early june] - i have always liked the europe 72 version though...
if you like viola lee blues you should try the version on dicks picks volume 8, quite amazing...
leopold
Posted on: 15 October 2005 by streetpunk
"Hey, that's no way to say goodbye."
I prefer Roberta Flack's to Leonard Cohen's.
Posted on: 15 October 2005 by BarryD
Jealous Guy covered by Brian Ferry
Posted on: 15 October 2005 by Guido Fawkes
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Originally posted by BarryD:
Jealous Guy covered by Brian Ferry
I beg to differ
Posted on: 16 October 2005 by Richard P
The Dickies' "Paranoid"
Rich
Posted on: 16 October 2005 by Chumpy
As we probably all know, there are many super 'cover' versions better than 'original' - my current favourites are Eva Cassidy's 'Fields of gold' and Kaiser Chiefs 'I heard it through the grapevine'. Amongst other songs I prefer Rod Stewarts' 'Sailing' to the original.
What does annoy me though is when some useless modern pop-act automatically goes to 'No. 1' with a great old song with no credit publically being accorded to original composer/performer.
As I Bob Dylan admirer, I wish however that more people would record his great songs.
Posted on: 18 October 2005 by bhazen
Oasis' cover of the Coca-Cola song ("I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing/Shakermaker").
Posted on: 19 October 2005 by Chris Kelly
"One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer" George Thorogood (John Lee Hooker)
