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Louie Louie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDP7_h4wkgw |
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UB40's Kingston Town covered by Sarah Collins
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^ Motörhead
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I bet I'm in a minority of one here but Bob Dylan's cover of The Boxer ( Simon and Garfunkel of course ).
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saddo's out of his head btw.
Buckley's original is FAR better. |
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Now now, Salmon Spray. No need to be rude to Saddo. We all have different opinions.
I can't find Bob Dylan's cover of The Boxer on Youtube. Do you have a link? I love that song. |
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saddo is a good sport imo.
Dylan's The Boxer is on Self Portrait which I imagine is on in its entirety. |
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Saddo is a good old stick, always has been.
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Well that took some finding. Any youtube videos were blocked but I found this
The Boxer . https://musicmp3.ru/artist_bob-dylan__album_self-portrait.html It's very nice, I like it. |
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Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
original by Jake Holmes |
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Thanks for the above. I'd never heard of Jake Holmes but he's quite interesting. Seems to have written complete albums for the Four Seasons,Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte. Didn't realise this was yet another example of LZ playing fast and loose with other people's songs but I have to agree their version is an improvement.
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BELLADONNA "Sweet Child O' Mine" (Guns N' Roses cover) VIDEO
. https://68.media.tumblr.com/2cabf95e36ce14dd518cbfd93fcc7d86/tumblr_ocroz3ljm91vs2qvvo1_540.jpg Now that is very different. |
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Wonderwall Ryan Adams
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inlac4FyhD8 |
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hey mr.blackbarn man,great call on melanie,superb version,has to be the best,love that little girl lost feel about it
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Clayhills cover of the Smiths' Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxM_eVYnDg4 Leslie King -doing a slow soulful version of AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUH_KSKU_LA Cowboy Junkies cover of VU's Sweet Jane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o All of them preferred by me and Mrs S. |
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So many examples, but I think this first one is the greatest because the original was fantastic. And yet this cover blows it to smithereens.
Aretha Franklin - R.E.S.P.E.C.T (original by Otis Redding) Others off the top of my head include The Monkees - I'm a Believer (original by Neil Diamond) Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night (original Roy Orbison) |
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When you walk in the room - The Searchers, original Jackie DeShannon.
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Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night (original Roy Orbison)
That might upset a few. |
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Bigmo, I saw Cyndi Lauper at the Royal Albert Hall and she absolutely rocked the place singing that song. I'm with you, I much prefer her version. It was an excellent gig, she was brilliant.
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Saw her live on Sky and was very impressed, a very talented lady Slippy.
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Hello terry mccann - well done for paging up (or down as appropriate). I have had some fun doing the same thing. Glad you liked it. I remember a dj at a local club saying "another obscure request from blackbarn, and another slow one". He had to play it twice
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Arlo Guthrie's version of Lightning Bar Blues deserves a mention.
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Cyndi Lauper is massively underrated, prob just can't get away from Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (brilliant song by the way).
But she has some voice on her. I'm a big O, fan btw, so it takes a lot for anyone to do a better version than him, but she managed it. |
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Sade - Why can't we live together
Original by Timmy Thomas. Her version live at Montreux is superb. In the words of Jazz Club...Great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clbqKFM5oQY |
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Any Rap song that uses classical music to rift off... mozart is crappola. MC dog biscuit is da bomb. he takes Mozart and makes it good.
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true Bruv
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The Civil Wars - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson Cover)
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441mR2zsQbg |