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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.
Completely misses the subtlety of the original.
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.
Everlasting Love by the Love Affair extinguished any soul feeling from the original by Robert Knight.
seasons in the sun westlife, ....terry jacks version you felt you knew him.
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.
Fine Young Cannibals turgid version of Ever Fallen In Love charted higher than the 1978 classic.
Frankie Goes to Cricklewood version is much better than both Celine and Jennyburgers.
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!
Fine Young Cannibals turgid version of Ever Fallen In Love charted higher than the 1978 classic.
Good call! Although I quite liked them!
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
The Saints Are Coming by The Skids covered as a charity single by U2 & Green Day
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
But then i heard Dolly Parton's original and it is pretty good tbf
I thought Eilert Pilarm's cover of Elvis Presley's cover of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode got more credit than it deserved.
^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
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
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones. Not saying Soft Cell's version was bad but Jones knocks it out with a Northern Soul classic.
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.
Bothe Robson & Jerome and Gareth gates had number 1 hits with their execrable versions in the 90s.
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