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Cover songs that are better than the original
Cover songs that are better than the original
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Ronnie Spectors version of 'Don't Worry Baby'
a Beech Boys song she takes to a whole new level From the opening crashing guitar cord , and then the first word sung in that wonderful unique voice !!!! ohhhhhh how beautiful how glorious |
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Helen Reddy's cover version of Cilla Black's 'You're My World' is better than the original.
Seek it out on YouTube - a stunning performance where Helen's eyes are magical. |
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Lux, I'm old enough to remember Rush playing Xanadu on the old grey whistle test
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AC/DC's cover version of Celine Dion and Anastasia's girlpower anthem "You Shook Me All Night Long" was quite well done.
Celine . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1niTEkP-6eo The Scottish Aussies . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2qQmj0_h4 |
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I'm old enough to have seen Rush not play Xanadu at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1978.
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Talking of the Aussies. Grace Jones did a damn good version of "Walking In The Rain", written by Malcolm and Angus's big brother George.
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkYg4bz2qGQ |
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Rolf Harris did a bonzer version of stairway to heaven.
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That whole LP is basically Grace Jones and Sly & Robbie doing cover songs better than the original.
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Bruce Springsteen will surely be forever grateful for that career and life-changing inspired decision to cover Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Born to Run".
Frankie . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfE2Se4r9w Brucie . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3t9SfrfDZM |
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Dave Edmunds did a very nice cover version of Brude Springsteen's "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)".
Dave . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq6TwUJ25zs Brucie . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cReBk3wXPU |
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Terry Hoax - Policy Of Truth (Depeche Mode)
Motorhead - Heroes (Bowie) Gun - Word Up (Cameo) Ian Gillan - New Orleans (Gary US Bonds) Faith No More - This guy's In Love with You (Dionne Warwick) Tiesto - Adagio For Strings (Samuel Barber) Steve Angello - Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics) 2 Cellos - Voodoo People / live (The Prodigy) Nickleback - Sharp Dressed Man / live (ZZ Top) Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails) Bauhaus - Telegram Sam (T Rex) |
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I will admit to liking Placebo's morbid version of Running Up That Hill. Donna Summer's disco version of MacArthur Park was superb and Joe's version of With A Little Help From My Friends should hold its own on this list (strangely not mentioned on here, unless I missed it)
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Bob Rivers version of AC/DC's Dirty Deeds was pretty good but i think he changed a few of the words.
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Can not believe no one as included Kate bush’s version of rocket man?
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william shattners version of pulps common people
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Vanilla Fudge - You keep me hanging on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNcFWGox-SM Can't believe Joe's hasn't been mentioned yet (the best cover ever) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s-dSoDptVc |
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Without You by Harry Nilsson - remake of the original by Badfinger.
End of thread. .... 2nd best My Way by Sid Vicious. |
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For any folkies that may be here, how about Bluehorses version of Blackleg Miner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtVQCpA3ArQ |
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Marianne Faithful - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan.
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Def Leppard's version of Action (Sweet)
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antony and the johnsons version of leonard cohens if it be your will
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Stevie Ray Vaughan, Voodoo Child
(Jimi Hendrix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgIB1OL09H0 |
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Not many singers can take an Elvis song and do a better version, but Billy Fury did with Because Of Love, which was a song from the Elvis film Girls Girls Girls.
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ruby tuesday melanie safka. brilliant cover.better than the stones version
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You gotta love this: Volbeat, I Only Wanna Be With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWHPPMcHoLk Didn't realise anyone had covered any Rush stuff, let alone Xanadu. Aah, those were the days.......... |
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Linda Ronstadt - Hurts So Bad
George Harrison - He's So Fine. |
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Joni Mitchell Carey cover ,I like.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki6q49kbWHY |
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Andrea Von Kampen - Forever Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz3ZYkW-uS4 Lot being made of the advert but it is down to the song. Lovely interpretation. None of the vocal histrionics you get so often these days. Ran through her other songs but sadly nothing remotely as good. Alphaville's other song, Big In Japan was also well covered by Ane Brun:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMia7HJR2l4 |
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Another couple:-
Arguin - La Voix Du Silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WPdIuSVV6E Melanie - Don't Think Twice It's Alright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxdzQLE7NdQ |
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differentdrum,
 thank's for that. |
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Ole 55"..Eagles..Tom Waits did original.
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flush like that one strong female voice
problem is getting hold of proper copies of this stuff |
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Check this out, Frankie Ford's cover of Ferlin Husky's Gone. Very, very underrated singer was Frankie, like a gay Elvis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CkOV0e2G48 Also Kiki Dee's cover of Veronique Sanson's Amoureuse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9gZOl8WLPY Surprised nobody has mentioned The Hollies cover of Phil Everly's Air that I Breathe. |
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You gotta love this: Volbeat, I Only Wanna Be With You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWHPPMcHoLk Didn't realise anyone had covered any Rush stuff, let alone Xanadu. Aah, those were the days.......... realise anyone had covered any Rush stuff, let alone Xanadu. Aah, those were the days.......... Rush on there album Feedback doing a corking version of The Who's, "The Seeker". https://youtu.be/ILbDCAcnRF4 |
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Enjoyed that, preferred that to their cover of Summertime Blues. I use to be Rush crazy when I was in my middle teens round Hemispheres time, now I very rarely listen to them.
Krokus, Stayed Awake All Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrjdYNwnZ-w They nail it, better than BTO's original me thinks. |
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bigmo
'Deep purple'' , '' Child in time'', sing P.Elfimov, the Presidential orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, conductor - Victor Babarikin . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5QpqrEFj0o OUTSTANDING! |
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Dear Prudence - SxB
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Good shout Coach, Eloise by The Damned is another good one.
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yes agreed Slippers .... surprising how many songs out there are covers.
first time i heard that Damned song was when it first came out January 1986 ...my mum said ' hey, they've nicked that song '  then it was 20 more years 'til i heard the original on You Tube . Both Eloise and Dear Prudence originally came out 1968 . |
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home thoughts from abroad- clifford t ward. great song but actually think rumer does it better.
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