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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I was thinking about remakes or covers of songs that are as good or better in their own right as the original... a few that came to mind were:
-Dixie Chicks "Landslide" (orig. Fleetwood Mac)
-R.E.M. "Pale Blue Eyes" (orig. Velvet Underground)
-Gillian Welsh/Old Crow Medicine Show "The Weight" (orig. The Band)
-The Feelies "I'm a Believer" (orig. The Monkees) |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Wet Wet Wet "Love is all around" (orig. Turtles?) |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Bonnie Raite's "Runaway" (Del Shannon) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by The Artist (FKA Richard):
Wet Wet Wet "Love is all around" (orig. Turtles?) Close Richard...it was.....The Troggs (better known for WILD THING!) |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | With a little help from my friends - Joe Cocker. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Learning this one
Somewhere Over the Ranbow / What a wonderful world by Isreal Kamakolee (sp?) previous most well known versions ... Judy Garland and the original Satchmo. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | - "The First Cut Is The Deepest" - Sheryl Crow (orig: Cat Stevens)
- "Signs" - Tesla (orig: Five Man Electrical Band)
- "Stand By Me" - John Lennon (orig: Ben E. King)
- "Alabama Song" - The Doors (orig: Kurt Weill)
- "American Woman" - Lenny Kravitz (orig: The Guess Who)
- "Hard To Handle" - The Black Crowes (orig: Otis Redding)
- "Because The Night" - 10,000 Maniacs (orig: Patti Smith) |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | - "Right Field" - Stonebobbo (orig: Peter, Paul and Mary) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Yeah Beggin, you got that one right!!!!! |
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Location: ms | DAN FOGELBERG - Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn) |
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Location: Tennessee | It's A Heartache - Martin Zellar (Bonnie Tyler)
Without You - Harry Nilsson (Badfinger)
Twist and Shout - The Beatles (The Isley Brothers)
Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart (Tim Hardin)
Boys Of Summer - The Ataris (Don Henley)
... and thanks, fellas, I am flattered and humbled ... |
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Location: Jet City | VH and David Lee Roth made a living at it.
California Girls - David Lee Roth (Beach Boys)
Where Have All The Good Times Gone - VH (The Kinks)
You Really Got Me - VH (The Kinks)
Ice Cream Man - VH (John Brim)
Pretty Woman - VH (Roy Orbison)
Dancing in the Street - VH (Marvin Gaye)
Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - David Lee Roth (Louis Prima)
That's Life - David Lee Roth (Frank Sinatra)
Tobacco Road - David Lee Roth (Hundreds)
I'm sure there's more |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Umm, Damon.... Just to remind you what the thread was about.
Originally posted by Jeff W.:
...songs that are as good or better in their own right as the original... :p |
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Location: North Carolina | I do all my covers better than the originals. |
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Location: North Carolina | Muzza brings up a good point. I've heard numerous released covers, some illustrated by Damon67, that when you hear them, you think, "Why?" |
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Location: south east Michigan | I really like a cover song that puts a new twist or some different energy into a good song. I think I'd rather listen to good covers than 99% of the new songs coming out now.
Some covers that work:
Summertime Blues /The Who
Reason to Believe / Stewart
Bobbo / Right Field
Some covers that don't:
Behind Blue Eyes / some rapper guy whose name I can't remember right now.
Signs / Tesla... No twist. To faithful to the original
American Woman / Kravitz
There was a rumor over on the Who Forum that Townsend was going to cut an entire CD of covers. Sorry to say it's not going to happen.
And I'm thinkin' that at Amelia, Matt Smith said something about his next CD having a good number of covers on it. Covers with a twist. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | RT doest some good Pete Townsend covers, including "Legal Matter"... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Glen Campbell - Gentle On My Mind (John Hartford) |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Someone has already listed thier version...
Best/Worst Covers
Scroll down for long list. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Eddie Vedder/PJ - "Masters Of War" (Dylan) |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)
Viva Las Vegas - Shawn Colvin (Elvis/Doc Pomus)
Time after Time (acoustic)- Everything but the Girl (Cindy Lauper)
It's all over now, Baby Blue - Van Morrison (Bob Dylan)
It's all over now, Baby Blue (Take 1 - No direction home) - Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan-Subterranean version)
Just like a Woman - Richie Havens (Bob Dylan)
Mexican Radio - Bruce Lash (Wall of Voodoo)
Always on my mind- Willie Nelson (Elvis/???)
Silver Stallion - Cat Power (Highwaymen)
and everything The Detroit Cobras perform.
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| Take Five - George Benson (dave Brubeck)
Round Midnight - Wynton Marsalis (Thelonius Monk)
All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan) |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Nothing compares-Stereophonics (Sinead Oconner) (Easiest song to play drunk ...ever)
Angie-Stereophonics (Stones)
Simpleman-Shinedown (Skynyrd) |
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Location: south east Michigan | Hurt / Johnny Cash... That's a good one. |
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Location: ms | I agree Hurt/Johnny Cash would have to be in the top 5. |
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