Covers better than the original.

[billfaro]

Every now and again a Group or a Singer will release a cover version of an original song.

I very much like Manfreds Earth Bands cover of Springsteens Blinded By The Light.



Manfreds Version. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJh47LybCkU"]https://www.youtube....h?v=xJh47LybCkU[/url]




Springsteens Version. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjxbOe7p8C0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=yjxbOe7p8C0[/url]



What's your favorite cover version.

Bill.

[timmo]

With a Little Help from my Friends.... Joe Cocker

[gelfin]

Mad World Garry Jules & Michael Andrews

Tears for fears

[discreet]

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1417185910' post='2617958']
With a Little Help from my Friends.... Joe Cocker
[/quote]

+1 That's the one. About the only Beatles cover that's better than the original.

[billfaro]

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+1 That's the one. About the only Beatles cover that's better than the original.
[/quote]

Earth Wind & Fire's version is quite good as well.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1417185910' post='2617958']
With a Little Help from my Friends.... Joe Cocker
[/quote]

Really? The Beatles version is OK, but I can't stand Joe Cockers version all the histrionics just seem so fake to me.

[BigRedX]

For a version that is a distinct improvement over the original how about This Mortal Coil's version of "Song To The Siren"?

[Joeyfivebags]

A Skylit Drive - Love the way you Lie.

Heard the original for the first time the other day and couldn't stop laughing at how bad it is.

[spacey]

Hurt, Johnny Cash. - Nice inch Nails.
Thats what you call a cover.....

[synthaside]

Now , im a bit a fan of this topic so i'll get a little more obscure .... hear these through before you discount em ...

Toxic - Originally Britney spears - [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3FEshn2tHo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=D3FEshn2tHo[/url] - Juliet Turner

Does your mother know - Originally ABBA - [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXVfPE9HAh4"]https://www.youtube....h?v=EXVfPE9HAh4[/url] - Ash

Everytime Britney " AGAN" [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2nSSWGWBis"]https://www.youtube....h?v=I2nSSWGWBis[/url] - Glen Hansard & Colm Maclomaire

Edited November 28, 2014 by synthaside

[M-Bass-M]

There was a Facebook Group I was a member of called "The Hendrix Rule", which stated that as a general principle, cover versions are never better than the original, with the exception of Hendrix - specifically All Along The Watchtower. The purpose of the group was to propose other exceptions to this rule.

[ColinB]

Anyone who covers a Bob Dylan song does it better than Dylan - especially Joan Baez. (IMHO, of course!)

[Allie]

[quote name='billfaro' timestamp='1417187415' post='2617983']
Earth Wind & Fire's version is quite good as well.
[/quote]

They also did a great job on "Got to get you into my life"..

[PaulWarning]

this subjects been done a few times now, here's one
http://basschat.co.uk/topic/182561-superb-cover-versions/page__hl__cover+versions__fromsearch__1

[billfaro]

[quote name='Allie' timestamp='1417190103' post='2618044']
They also did a great job on "Got to get you into my life"..
[/quote]

Aye. Forgot to put "Got to get you into my life" Silly old pratt.

[Froggy]

Hendrix's cover of Like a rolling stone is great too, far ahead of Dylan's IMO, and as has already been mentioned, Johnny Cash's version of Hurt. If any of you listened to radio one a few years ago you might have caught Arctic Monkeys covering Girls Aloud and being far better than them at it. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNC9l46oR4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNC9l46oR4[/url]

[john_r]

King Curtis' instrumental live cover of 'a whiter shade of pale' from live at the fillmore west, as heard over the opening credits to withnail and I, don't much like the original but this version is fantastic.

[Vinny]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1417187632' post='2617990']
For a version that is a distinct improvement over the original how about This Mortal Coil's version of "Song To The Siren"?
[/quote]

Never heard that one before. Is it a product of the shedful of effects that makes her sound...well...deaf? Nice atmosphere otherwise.

People usually stare at me like I've got more than the one head when I say this, but I think the bestest ever version of that song is this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTZqP9FkuE

When the band comes in on the little drum fill I get goosebumps. A whole level above Percy Plant's ruinous version!

[krysh]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpLZ5kJS5SI[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGaVQN-en2A[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34kKw_MKHYg[/media]

[neepheid]

I don't know if "better" is appropriate as I enjoy them both but they're pretty different - Walk on By, Dionne Warwick or The Stranglers.

[lowdown]

I wouldn't say better, but a cover I like is by Chaka Khan doing 'We Can Work It Out'.
Great Intro.
Terrific Bass Synth from Greg Phillinganes.

http://youtu.be/lfa7NjQx5fk

[miles'tone]

The Doors - Gloria (live version): http://youtu.be/zPv12pjykVk

I've always much preferred this version to the Van Morrison/Them original.

[heminder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi3mCzmU8MY

[jmchich]

In line with my musical tastes I'd say any pop song covered by a "rock" band of any sort is gonna be better than the original.

But as a specific example, search the ole tube for "the restarts - does your mother know". Epic

[Lozz196]

Jealous Guy by Roxy Music is the version I prefer, rather than John Lennons. Also like Stereophonics version of Handbags and The Gladrags better than Rod Stewarts.