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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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NeverDropYourMooncup · 11/07/2024 18:17

StoatofDisarray · 11/07/2024 17:31

The Animals' version of House of the Rising Son is a cover of an earlier US version of a traditional English folk song.

It's absolutely the best cover mentioned on this thread IMHO!

Nah, I prefer the Old French version.

House Of The Rising Sun 1270 A.D (Cover in Old French 800-1400 A.D) Bardcore/Medieval style

1270 A.D was a bad year to be in Tunisia, nobody won 😢 Also, take me back to when the French used trilled R's 😂Original song by @TheAnimalsOfficial : https...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAEMz64O9c&ab_channel=the_miracle_aligner

DanielGault · 11/07/2024 18:14

SinnerBoy · 11/07/2024 18:12

DanielGault · Today 17:46

He also says Hendrix All Along the watchtower

To be fair, any Dylan cover is likely to be better than the original!

Shame on you!!!!! (That said, my colleague used to say he sounded like hoover 😂)

SinnerBoy · 11/07/2024 18:12

DanielGault · Today 17:46

He also says Hendrix All Along the watchtower

To be fair, any Dylan cover is likely to be better than the original!

HalloumiDarlin · 11/07/2024 18:09

Bowie doing Wild is the Wind. Gorgeous!

CassTheFox · 11/07/2024 18:08

Mairzydotes · 11/07/2024 17:27

Sugababes version of Freak like me is a true cover. The original was by Adina Howard and came out in the mid 90s

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It’s a mash up - Adina Howard and Gary Numan

GlitchStitch · 11/07/2024 18:06

Agree with:

KD Lang- Hallelujah (best version of this song by far)
Always on my Mind- Pet Shop Boys (this was voted best ever cover version in a poll I saw)
Communards- Don't leave me this way

Also love Cyndi Lauper- I'm Gonna Be Strong but love the Gene Pitney original equally, can't pick between them.

Same for Cyndi Lauper and Roy Orbison versions of I Drove All Night. Not sure which one is the cover, think Roy, but love them both equally.

plainjayne8282 · 11/07/2024 17:56

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet but Creedence Clearwater Revival's version of Heard it Through the Grapevine is fantastic.

Obviously Marvin Gaye's is great, but I love the dark, menacing feeling of CCR's.

Happyholidays78 · 11/07/2024 17:55

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.

I'd never heard this version until recently at a young man's funeral & it is brilliant but sad 😔
I love Dancing in the dark by Bruce Springsteen & covered by Amy Mcdonald (Scottish singer).

plainjayne8282 · 11/07/2024 17:55

separatedornot · 11/07/2024 17:43

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

Strongly disagree with this one. The original is fantastic. I don't see what AAF have done really other than turn it into their style. I don't see that they've added anything to it.

LastMinuteSubstitution · 11/07/2024 17:52

St Etienne doing Only Love Can Break Your Heart

plainjayne8282 · 11/07/2024 17:52

CollyBobble · 11/07/2024 17:06

Not so much a cover but Marc Almonds duet with Gene Pitney to make a duet of 'Something's gotten hold of my heart' originally sung by Gene as a solo record is wonderful.

I remember that song from when I was a young girl.

1988 so I was 4 when it came out.

It's the first song I really remember being aware of, and even at that age it did something to me, even though I wouldn't have understood what the lyrics were about.

It's a song I never hear. Never hear it on radio or anything, but anytime it pops into my mind I am instantly transported back to being 4 years old.

LastMinuteSubstitution · 11/07/2024 17:51

Mad World cover by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules in the Donnie Darko soundtrack

Orangedoris · 11/07/2024 17:47

Everything But the Girl’s cover of ‘I don’t want to talk about it’

DanielGault · 11/07/2024 17:46

justasoul · 11/07/2024 17:41

Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends ♥️
Rick Astley - ABCDEF U Grin

Lol!! I was just this second telling my H about this thread and he said about Joe cocker - great minds think alike!!! He also says Hendrix All Along the watchtower

separatedornot · 11/07/2024 17:43

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

justasoul · 11/07/2024 17:41

Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends ♥️
Rick Astley - ABCDEF U Grin

Lemonyyy · 11/07/2024 17:40

DanielGault · 11/07/2024 17:38

JC 'Hurt' is amazing. The video is like a reflection on ageing and really adds to the song. And I'm not usually into videos at all. Apart from the one I put above 😳

Oh God yes this. The video is really difficult to watch, a lot of pain and regret there!

SinnerBoy · 11/07/2024 17:40

Johnny Cash "Hurt" is the first one to come up, loads of people must like it.

Lemonyyy · 11/07/2024 17:38

Peter Gabriel’s cover of Heroes by David Bowie.

DanielGault · 11/07/2024 17:38

JC 'Hurt' is amazing. The video is like a reflection on ageing and really adds to the song. And I'm not usually into videos at all. Apart from the one I put above 😳

Toetouchingtitties · 11/07/2024 17:38

The sound of silence - Disturbed

SinnerBoy · 11/07/2024 17:37

No, lots of posters naming the same songs - agreement is good!

Scorchio84 · 11/07/2024 17:37

SinnerBoy · 11/07/2024 17:32

SocksAndTheCity · Today 17:28

I Fought The Law by The Clash

Nooooo! Bobby Fuller's ghost will haunt you!

😆

JackieGoodman · 11/07/2024 17:36

Grin x-posted

JackieGoodman · 11/07/2024 17:35

Disturbed with Myles Kennedy "Sound of Silence"
Johnny Cash "Hurt"