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The best cover of a song is..............

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houseworkneverends · 11/07/2024 15:22

They wont go where I go - original Stevie Wonder, covered by George Michael. It's just perfect in every single way.

AIBU or do you think there is a better cover???

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MercyChant66 · 12/07/2024 23:38

Yozzer87 · 11/07/2024 15:42

I was also going to say this, love it.

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Me too!

AdultChildQuestion · 12/07/2024 23:21

Jon Bon Jovi's version of Elton John's Levon.

And The Pogues version of Dirty Old Town.

GoodHeavens99 · 12/07/2024 22:55

Dolly's version has a lovely vulnerability to it that Whitney's doesn't have.

Castlerock44 · 12/07/2024 22:55

Everlasting Love....Love Affair

Castlerock44 · 12/07/2024 22:54

dizzydizzydizzy · 11/07/2024 15:39

California Dreamin - Beach Boys version far better than Mammas and Pappas original

I will always Love You - Whitney Houston's version far better than Dolly Parton's original

I hated the Beach Boys version. The mamas and Pappas version was superb, the vocals of Mamma Cass on this was outstanding....I agree about Whitney though.

LittleBoPeepHasLostHerShit · 12/07/2024 22:43

The Mercy Seat by Johnny Cash. And I don't even like Nick Cave.

blackcherryconserve · 12/07/2024 22:39

FlipFlops4Me · 11/07/2024 15:25

Disturbed's cover of Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence. Incredible and brilliant. Even Paul Simon contacted Disturbed to say how good he thought it was.

Spot on.

LightSpeeds · 12/07/2024 22:30

Professor Green's I Need You Tonight (originally an INXS song). Love the video too.

Your Song by Ellie Goulding (Elton John original.

Dexy's Midnight Runners, Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache (Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - it's just as good)

FungusMcEyebrow · 12/07/2024 22:25

Martin Gore wrote Personal Jesus. Depeche recorded the original.

LondonLass61 · 12/07/2024 22:23

Appalonia · 12/07/2024 19:09

This is a true cover, sounds completely different from the original, in fact you have to listen really closely to hear it. It's by 2 Brazilian artists Seu Jorge and Ana Carolina. You'll probably never have heard it but it's absolutely beautiful. It's a cover of The Blowers Daughter by Damien Rice. Enjoy!

Beautiful

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 12/07/2024 22:07

Pippa246 · 12/07/2024 08:19

Johnny Cash - who I love - but his version is not great IMHO!

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No - I thought there must have been a third band I wasn't aware of, but Cash's version is late in his career and is a cover of Depeche Mode's. Have since looked it up, and theirs is definitely the original (well, Martin Gore's for Depeche Mode).

FungusMcEyebrow · 12/07/2024 22:00

Johnny Cash’s version of Hurt.

imnotthatkindofmum · 12/07/2024 21:58

Halestorms cover of ride the lightening.

LondonLass61 · 12/07/2024 21:44

StripedPiggy · 11/07/2024 16:52

Cover versions should be a distinctively different take to the original, rather than just a clone which is why I love Word Up by Gun. Hip hop has borrowed so much from rock, so it was great to hear a rock band borrow something back & absolutely smash it.

Completely agree.

25thCenturyQuaker · 12/07/2024 21:40

One for the Zeppelin fans -

I wouldn't say it's better than the original, but equally good in it's own way. And unjustifiably overlooked - Sandie was a great singer given the right material.

Sandie Shaw - Your Time Is Gonna Come

Your Time Is Gonna Come, Sandie Shaw's First Cover Of Led Zepellin Ever, Better Than The Original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBaWLyz_LAg

CynicalSunni · 12/07/2024 21:37

I recently discovered Johnny Cash's version of one love its pretty nice

LondonLass61 · 12/07/2024 21:33

I love a good cover.
Erasure - Gaudete
I can't make you love me - George Michael (i miss him 😞)
Common People - William Shatner
Windmills of your mind - Dusty Springfield
He'll have to go - Bryan Ferry
Diamonds are forever - Arctic Monkeys
I'm also a huge fan of the album Rock Swings by Paul Anka - you're welcome.

spikeandbuffy · 12/07/2024 21:08

I love this cover

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 12/07/2024 20:40

I can’t make you love me; George Michael

bunnibee · 12/07/2024 20:37

Chester Bennington covering Adeles' Rolling in the Deep,

Oh wow!!

Roryhon · 12/07/2024 20:31

DanielGault · 12/07/2024 17:15

Heathen 😂

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🤣🤣🤣 bloody autocorrect!! Mark Knocker!!🤣🤣🤣

Appalonia · 12/07/2024 19:09

This is a true cover, sounds completely different from the original, in fact you have to listen really closely to hear it. It's by 2 Brazilian artists Seu Jorge and Ana Carolina. You'll probably never have heard it but it's absolutely beautiful. It's a cover of The Blowers Daughter by Damien Rice. Enjoy!

Ana Carolina, Seu Jorge - É Isso Aí (The Blower's Daughter) (Ao Vivo)

O vídeo ao vivo de Ana Carolina e Seu Jorge para a música 'É Isso Aí'. Clique aqui para ouvir Ana Carolina no Spotify: http://smarturl.it/AnaCarolinaSpotify....

https://youtu.be/3rn2N0ZbLEQ?si=f0GWR9YcAq3ix3Pk

EdwinsActsOfKindness · 12/07/2024 19:01

Agree with the Bob Dylan comments. I was quite old when I suddenly realised that I like quite a few Dylan songs just not necessarily sung by the man himself 😀 (and I’m another who prefers Cohen’s Hallelujah although Buckley does the best of all the covers).

Anyway, one Dylan cover I love is The Whitlams Tangled up in Blue

Appalonia · 12/07/2024 18:50

Am listening to some of these on YouTube and Elbow's video for Independent Woman is hilarious!😂

Elbow Independent Woman

Elbow Independent Woman Independent Woman - played by kittens http://www.rathergood.com/independent_woman

https://youtu.be/zSQDR1yF3uQ?si=QOmzYwBGEWqYklmb