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02 Mar 18
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The George Michael / Elton John live version of 'Don't let the sun go down on me'
This version hit the #1 spot in 1991 and despite some cringe worthy vocal contributions from George, somehow won a grammy award for best vocal performance
The original 1974 studio version by a solo Elton John could only manage #16 in the UK charts.
This version hit the #1 spot in 1991 and despite some cringe worthy vocal contributions from George, somehow won a grammy award for best vocal performance
The original 1974 studio version by a solo Elton John could only manage #16 in the UK charts.
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Got to say I really dislike that cover of Sound of Silence done by that metal band last year.
Completely misses the subtlety of the original. |
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No Doubts 'Its my life' all though a good version was not in the same leagues as Talk Talks whose version never got in the top 40 first time round but was a more successful hit when re-released later on to support a greatest hits CD.
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Everlasting Love by the Love Affair extinguished any soul feeling from the original by Robert Knight.
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seasons in the sun westlife, ....terry jacks version you felt you knew him.
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Valerie by that smackhead
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In the states Celine Dion's version of The Power of Love got to #1 where the original only got to #57. How anyone can say the Dion's version is better than Jennifer Rush is beyond me.
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Fine Young Cannibals turgid version of Ever Fallen In Love charted higher than the 1978 classic.
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Frankie Goes to Cricklewood version is much better than both Celine and Jennyburgers.
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sixtwosix 02 Mar 18 16:07
Fine Young Cannibals turgid version of Ever Fallen In Love charted higher than the 1978 classic. Good call! Although I quite liked them! |
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George Benson album song "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" was completely mullered by Glen Medeiros who had a UK NO 1 hit with it in 1988
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The Saints Are Coming by The Skids covered as a charity single by U2 & Green Day
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I assumed 'I will always love you ' was one of the worst songs ever written , an horrendous dirge from Whitney Houston that was number 1 for about 3 months
But then i heard Dolly Parton's original and it is pretty good tbf |
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Good call!
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dancing in the moonlight- toploader
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I thought Eilert Pilarm's cover of Elvis Presley's cover of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode got more credit than it deserved.
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^not sure what I was talking about there.
Eilert's post-Neolithic, indominaticus uxorem, not to mention in flagrante delicto, quad-track re-working of Elvis Presley's fine, but let's face it, sans culottes, cover of Chuck Berry's Johnny B Goode, was in fact the work of a man 3 minutes ahead of his time. Stand back, Swedish genius at work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXJOng6-w5E |
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Tainted Love - Gloria Jones. Not saying Soft Cell's version was bad but Jones knocks it out with a Northern Soul classic.
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Although it’s not the original, The Righteous Brothers version of Unchained Melody is considered the standard - it reached number 14 in 1965.
Bothe Robson & Jerome and Gareth gates had number 1 hits with their execrable versions in the 90s. |