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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2010 12:39:01 GMT 1
I think this is one song that was better than the original
Voice Of The Beehive - I Think I Love You
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Post by Kingpin on Mar 22, 2010 23:22:15 GMT 1
Definitely prefer the VOTB version to the original, although I confess I'm not sure who sang the original version.
This may be controversial but I (currently) prefer Florence & The Machine's "You Got The Love" to the Candi Staton version. I got so tired of hearing the Candi Staton version in clubs in the 90s, I never wanted to hear it again. Although FATM is now quite over-exposed and I'm not a fan of her other stuff, it's still quite a radical departure imo.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 23, 2010 9:58:45 GMT 1
The original of I Think I Love Yuo was The Partridge Family, which featured David Cassidy.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 23, 2010 12:51:24 GMT 1
This topic has been done many times.
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
I don't know about "better" than the Beatles but certainly different and a classic interpretation. I would probably classify this as my favourite cover version of all time but don't know if I can say it is better than the original.
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party
They went on to try doing this with other songs too. This particular Dave Stewart had already charted high with a cover of "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" (also a great cover version, certainly way better than Robson & Jerome's lame version) with Colin Blunstone (The Zombies) on vocals. On the subject of the Zombies, by the way, Santana did a fairly good cover of "She's Not There". Not sure it's good enough to make this list. The original of this song by Lesley Gore was just too "ordinary".
Happy Mondays - Step On
A definitive moment of Madchester, this was a cover version of John Kongos's "He's Gonna Step On You Again".
Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
Also covered by Boy George similar to Ken Boothe's version but by then a reggae-version was no longer "original". Originally by Bread (David Gates).
There are many songs where the well-known version is not the original and many people don't even know the original. For example everyone knows that the Fugees version of "Killing Me Softly With His Song" is a cover version but so is Roberta Flack's version, the original was done by Lori Lieberman. Tainted Love isn't originally a Soft Cell song, the original was by Gloria Jones. And the original of Without You was by Badfinger, not Nilsson. Everybody's Talking was Nilsson's originally though...
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Post by borneoman on Mar 23, 2010 15:09:13 GMT 1
the most obvious one is Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
I hate it when TV shows like American Idol get their facts wrong, like the other day when some guy covered Kate Bush's This Woman's Work and they said it was a Maxwell cover (who did a cover in the early 00s that became quite a hit in the US)
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Post by Chris on Mar 23, 2010 18:58:03 GMT 1
Hurt by Johnny Cash is a superb cover of the Nine Inch Nails song. Many think it's the best cover ever.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 23, 2010 21:01:50 GMT 1
Hurt by Johnny Cash is a superb cover of the Nine Inch Nails song. Many think it's the best cover ever. It would certainly be in my top ten covers |
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Post by suedehead on Mar 23, 2010 21:02:48 GMT 1
Definitely prefer the VOTB version to the original, although I confess I'm not sure who sang the original version. This may be controversial but I (currently) prefer Florence & The Machine's "You Got The Love" to the Candi Staton version. I got so tired of hearing the Candi Staton version in clubs in the 90s, I never wanted to hear it again. Although FATM is now quite over-exposed and I'm not a fan of her other stuff, it's still quite a radical departure imo. I never liked the Candi Staton version but love Florence's cover |
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Post by suedehead on Mar 23, 2010 21:06:11 GMT 1
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My PartyThey went on to try doing this with other songs too. This particular Dave Stewart had already charted high with a cover of "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" (also a great cover version, certainly way better than Robson & Jerome's lame version) with Colin Blunstone (The Zombies) on vocals. On the subject of the Zombies, by the way, Santana did a fairly good cover of "She's Not There". Not sure it's good enough to make this list. The original of this song by Lesley Gore was just too "ordinary". Those Dave Stewart covers were very good - and definitely far better than the original in the case of It's My Party - and I much prefer Santana's She's Not There to the Zombies original. |
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Post by Kingpin on Mar 24, 2010 12:08:17 GMT 1
I've just thought of another one, can't believe I overlooked this
Don't Stop Believin' - The version by the Glee Cast is so much better than the original by Journey, which sounds a bit 'dreary' in comparison.
I can't say this of every Glee song, but this is the obvious one that springs to mind!
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Post by PurpleCareBear on Mar 25, 2010 17:59:22 GMT 1
I love 'The Boss' by Diana Ross,but prefer the cover by The Braxtons - their voices make Diana sound weedy by comparison.
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Post by ROBERTLEE on Mar 28, 2010 19:01:13 GMT 1
Diana Ross' version of Imagine kos John Lennon!
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Post by Elmer on Mar 28, 2010 22:29:33 GMT 1
How about Jimi Hendrix - "All Along The Watchtower". Even Bob Dylan acknowledges this outstrips his original version !!
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Post by Elmer on Mar 28, 2010 22:30:20 GMT 1
Come to think of it any cover of a Bob Dylan song is better than the original...
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Post by rubcale on Mar 29, 2010 18:24:59 GMT 1
Cliff's Twelfth Of Never a class above Johnny Mathis.
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Post by Jordan on Mar 30, 2010 12:02:04 GMT 1
Mary J Blige - One
Leona Lewis - Run
Adele - Make You Feel My Love
Beyonce - Still In Love
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
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Post by Ramz on Mar 30, 2010 16:35:54 GMT 1
Mad World - Adam Lambert
so much better than the original!
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Post by Chris on Mar 31, 2010 16:05:45 GMT 1
Come to think of it any cover of a Bob Dylan song is better than the original... Agree with you Elmer. Hate his voice but other versions of his songs are great. |
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Post by borneoman on Mar 31, 2010 17:02:22 GMT 1
Mad World - Adam Lambert so much better than the original! the Gary Jules cover of the Tears for Fears original that Lambert photocopied is 100 times better, even the Alex Parks version is better  |
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Post by scotty1 on Mar 31, 2010 17:53:10 GMT 1
Mica Paris version of One by U2 is amazing
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