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Great songs performed by different artists.

Post by Mala591 » Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:03 pm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What becomes of the broken hearted? Originally by Jimmy Ruffin.

Sung by Joan Osborne and backed by 'The Funk Brothers' who were creative geniuses and the backing musicians on many of the great Tamla Motown classics.
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Post by Saxoman » Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:06 pm

The Beatles a little help from my friends, brilliantly reimagined by Joe cocker.
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Post by Saxoman » Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:08 pm

Wonderwall from oasis, reinvented by mike flowers pops.. ;)

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Post by bfccrazy » Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:19 pm

Saxoman wrote:Wonderwall from oasis, reinvented by mike flowers pops.. ;)
The Ryan Adams version of Wonderwall is very nice - puts a whole new slant on the tune with it seeming a lot darker.

...

Johnny Cash - Hurt (originally by nine inch nails regarding drug addiction) ... Cash' version just sends tingles down my spine.
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Post by burnmark » Sat Oct 07, 2017 2:23 pm

Billie Jean - Ian Brown

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Post by Claretforever » Sat Oct 07, 2017 2:30 pm

Hallelujah, originally done by Leonard Cohen, but the best version for me is Jeff Buckley's.
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Post by Claret Till I Die » Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:06 pm

Guns N Roses singing Live and let die. Simply outstanding

https://youtu.be/DFl6l2Nclh0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by cricketfield73 » Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:24 pm

'Do They Owe Us A Living?' by The Cheeky Girls.

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Post by piston broke » Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:45 pm

Love Affairs version of Everlasting Love.
Original by Robert Knight.
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Post by Dazzler » Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:35 pm

A great song written by Nick Lowe for his band Brinsley Schwarz covered more powerfully by Elvis Costello

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Post by happyclaret17 » Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:47 pm

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Post by bobinho » Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:56 pm

Right. So best cover versions then?

I fought the law. The clash. (Sonny Curtis)

Hurt. Johnny cash. (NiN)

Say hello, wave goodbye. David gray. (Soft cell?)

Johnny was. SLF - live . (Bob Marley?)

The man who sold the world. Nirvana. (Bowie)

There's just a few...
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Post by aclaretinstevenage » Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:02 pm

Claretforever wrote:Hallelujah, originally done by Leonard Cohen, but the best version for me is Jeff Buckley's.
Absolutely agree with this. One of my funeral choices........hopefully not for a while yet though.

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Post by Saxoman » Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:05 pm

The man who sold the world by nirvana. Really good, but only a guy ready to top himself could sound like that.

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Post by taffy » Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:13 pm

He'll have to go by Bryan ferry ( everley bros)
Roll over Beethoven elo
Blinded by the light - Manfred Mann

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Post by Rick_Muller » Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:13 pm

Sound of silence by Disturbed

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Post by Bin Ont Turf » Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:19 pm

Dr John's I walk on gilded splinters by Weller...........

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Post by Saxoman » Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:22 pm

John Lennon.. Jealous guy.. Bryan ferry..?
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Post by Claretlad » Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:32 pm

'Masters of war' Bob Dylan then by Pearl Jam

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Post by Dazzler » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:01 pm

Simple Minds' cover of Lou Reed's classic "Street Hassle".
https://youtu.be/nkLMBSrCcaQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by Saxoman » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:02 pm

Simple minds aren't very good. I'm being polite.

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Post by Duffer_ » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:02 pm

Soft Cell's Say Hello, Wave Goodbye pi$$es all over David Gray's, which isnt bad. Soft Cell's Tainted Love is the superior to Gloria Jones'.

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Post by Terrier » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:03 pm

Mercy mercy me that marvin gaye sang so well was to me covered brilliantly by robert palmer.
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Post by Duffer_ » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:07 pm

Still on covers.

Hounds of Love by The Futureheads is better than Kate Bush's.

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Post by Dazzler » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:09 pm

Much prefer this version to the original :D

https://youtu.be/JtuakLUaICg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by Sidney1st » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:21 pm

Coldplay's The Scientist, performed by Willie Nelson.

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Post by Dazzler » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:24 pm

Kings Of Covers..

https://youtu.be/9fYZdQB8w_s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by Sidney1st » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:24 pm

Kate Bush's Running up that Hill, by Placebo.

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Post by tim_noone » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:32 pm

Purple rain by Adam Levine.

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Post by Dazzler » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:41 pm

I still vividly remember buying the Ralph McTell single of this tune in WH Smith all those years ago.

https://youtu.be/7f1jkqOEk_I" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by Claretlad » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:47 pm

'Working class hero' John Lennon by Green Day.
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Post by midlander63 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:45 am

The Icicle Works versions of 'Goin' Back' and 'Into The Mystic' are brilliant.

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Post by THEWELLERNUT70 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:11 am

The Jam - Get Yourself Together

Original by The Small Faces

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Post by Claret&Green » Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:14 am

Hanging Around by Stranglers is fantastic, but Hazel O'Connor's is even better

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Post by SonofPog » Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:22 am

Daughter covering Daft Punk - Get Lucky

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Post by Imploding Turtle » Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:37 am

The Zutons covered Amy Winehouse's Valerie really well, and what was clever about how they did it was that they did it before Amy made it a massive hit.
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Post by Dazzler » Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:11 pm

Not covered word for word but prefer this meaty version to the Steve Winwood original :D

https://youtu.be/L_fCqg92qks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by yTib » Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:14 pm

comfortably numb - the scissor sisters.


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Post by bpgburn » Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:34 pm

Bob Dylan's All along the watch tower by Jimmy Hendirx..

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Post by philh2004 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:25 pm

Maybe I'm Amazed by the Faces
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Post by boiledclaret » Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:21 pm

Rain by The Beatles covered by Todd Rundgren. Jealous Guy, written by Lennon performed better by Roxy Music. They did a really good version of Dylans 'Hard rains-a-gonna fall' as well.

Hey Joe by Hendrix was a cover. Oh and 'I wanna be your man' by the Stones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwBHd4kll0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by Dazzler » Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:00 am

Wrote by Tom Waits and released on his album Rain Dogs.

Love this version from Rod

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Post by Dazzler » Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:37 am

A great song wrote by Mentor Williams.

My favourite performed by John Henry Kurtz

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Post by Dazzler » Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:53 am

Probably now the most well known and mostly aired version of this song

https://youtu.be/10dmK7O-KSY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by Dazzler » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:09 am

a song written and originally recorded by Jackie Edwards

https://youtu.be/VxA3atHD2QM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Oh and this

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Post by Dazzler » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:24 am

Whenever I hear this Boystown Gang version it brings back pleasant memories of a sweet young German lady

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Post by Chobulous » Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:18 am

Harry Nillson's version of "Without You", originally by Badfinger
The Grease Band's version of "With a Little Help From My Friends"
and Bruce Springsteen who almost equalled Bob Dylan with "Chimes of Freedom"
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Post by Cirrus_Minor » Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:24 am

Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire originally by PF Sloan

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Post by duncandisorderly » Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:27 pm

yTib wrote:comfortably numb - the scissor sisters.


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Post by dougcollins » Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:35 pm

Though I much prefer the original, Crash Test Dummies doing 'The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead' by XTC.

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