Just been listening to one of my favourite covers and wondered which songs people preferred the covers to the original.
My top 3, in no particular order
Disturbed- Sound of Silence
Eva Cassidy- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Al Green- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart



If I knew how to link in a You Tube Video I would, you'll have to search, or take my word.

Any others....

The one over my Weber.

I wouldn't know where to start with this as there's so many but my current fav is this strange one

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

Duvet or blankets.

Devils_Advocate wrote:I wouldn't know where to start with this as there's so many but my current fav is this strange one

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

The scots love Gerry....

Longsider wrote:Duvet or blankets.

Got to be a Duvet m8.

8 tog in summer, 15 tog in winter

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Original written by Trent Reznor of the band nine inch nails about drug addiction.

Johnny Cash just gives it a whole new element and it always makes the hairs stand up for me.

Another is Ryan Adams cover of Oasis - Wonderwall

A song we’ve all heard countless times but Adams version again gives it a whole different feel.

Mate of mine posted this on facebook today. 28 minutes worth, top 80 songs you didn’t know were covers and there originals. Bound to be a bit of something for everyone in there but I haven’t found the time yet.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O9G6mVo_AbQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Btw my favourite cover is Bruce doing Bobs “Chimes of Freedom”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hQit-3Vh0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Small Faces - Every Little Bit Hurts (first recorded by Brenda Holloway)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4yznnoBvao" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Oasis - Feel The Noize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxV10MA4eCY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Simple Minds - Street Hassle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kts8_h0smgM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Daughter - Get Lucky (Daft Punk)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Cp55MvX54" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A couple of classics of course
Dazed and Confused - Led Zepplin - Org: Jake Holmes
All along the Watchtower - Hendrix - Org: Bob Dylan

i heard it through the grapevine - the slits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSq3-lE377Q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I fought the law. The clash.

The ghost of tom joad. Springsteen. (Springsteen did the original, then covered it himself with help from Tom morello of rage against the machine)

Pressure drop. The clash.

Hurt. Cash.

Be adding to this throughout the day, as they come back to me...

bfccrazy wrote:Another is Ryan Adams cover of Oasis - Wonderwall

A song we’ve all heard countless times but Adams version again gives it a whole different feel.

Noel was blown away by if and he started doing it like that himself. A cover of a cover of his own song.

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight

The Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons

Limp Bizkit ..Behind blue eyes
Donna Summer McArthur Park
Disturbed Sound of silence
Steve Harley Here come the sun

So many to choose from but here are some good ones:

Sonic Youth - Ca plane pour moi
Richard Thompson - Season of the witch
Motorhead - Sympathy for the devil
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades of funk
Aretha Franklin - Respect
The Breeders - Happiness is a warm gun
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane

Radiohead - nobody does it better

'Where did our love go'...the original version was by the Supremes in 1964.

It was then covered by Donnie Elbert in 1971, I much prefer this version - it became a Northern Soul favourite..Rose Room anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BdbT1rzYyQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ducl0rYGPtc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ub8rPHBXd20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Day Tripper Whitesnake

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R_MrtGW5svo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Rush. Summertime Blues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfqVDHNW6c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Walk on By. Stranglers for Mrs Hibsclaret

Dyched wrote:Noel was blown away by if and he started doing it like that himself. A cover of a cover of his own song.

An ex of mine used to watch “The OC” which never really interested me but the soundtrack was AMAZING!! Pretty sure I discovered the wonderwall cover in there.

Hey Joe- Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Along The Watchtower - XTC
Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - Crash Test Dummies

Step On - Happy Mondays

‘Get Ready’ The Proclaimers - The Temptations .

‘I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You’ Natalie Merchant - Tom Waits.

‘A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall’ Brian Ferry - Bob Dylan.

‘The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead’ The Crash Test Dummies - XTC

Love will tear us apart - June Tabor and the Oysterband

I've always liked:
Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man by the Byrds
Over the Rainbow by Eva Cassidy
Buddy Holley's Words of Love by the Beatles

Boy and Bear - Fall at your Feet https://youtu.be/r-1vQ7sf7VE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man https://youtu.be/pPDhGbsVhJc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Frightened Rabbit - Set You Free https://youtu.be/zByfxX2dsZ8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Laura Cortese - Just Like Heaven https://youtu.be/U3sylA-adbg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Postal Service - Against All Odds - https://youtu.be/oevdCrECyek" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Keaton Henson - Always on my Mind https://youtu.be/iXC5jBgTTC4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Elliott Smith - Jealous guy https://youtu.be/zunr2TmKZf8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

bfccrazy wrote:Johnny Cash - Hurt

Original written by Trent Reznor of the band nine inch nails about drug addiction.

Johnny Cash just gives it a whole new element and it always makes the hairs stand up for me.

So odd. I was just thinking about this song out of the blue a moment ago... A glitch in the matrix

Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Everything but the Girl - I Don't Wanna Talk About It
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Gary Jules - Mad World
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind

This topic has come up a few times - my immediate reaction is always The Stranglers cover of 'Walk On By' - the best by some distance.

honourable mentions

Magazine - I Love You, You Big Dummy
Clash - Police and Thieves, Pressure Drop, Police On My Back
Psychedelic Furs - Mack The Knife
Hugh Cornwell and John Cooper Clarke - McArthur Park
Sisters Of Mercy - 1969
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Helter Skelter
The Fall - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
Happy Mondays - Tokoloshe Man
Rocket From The Tombs - Foggy Notion

I've just made a play list up on my sonos with all the covers on this thread

thanks for your suggestions

Blackburnclaret wrote:I've just made a play list up on my sonos with all the covers on this thread

thanks for your suggestions

Great idea BC.

Colburn_Claret wrote:
Eva Cassidy- Somewhere Over the Rainbow

If I knew how to link in a You Tube Video I would, you'll have to search, or take my word.

Here ya go

Such a talented woman!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just watched the Eva Cassidy YouTube video of Somewhere over the Rainbow for the umpteenth time. Incredible, it always gives me goose bumps to listen to that angelic voice.

Some good ones already mentioned,i quite like Heroes by Motorhead

Vino blanco wrote:Just watched the Eva Cassidy YouTube video of Somewhere over the Rainbow for the umpteenth time. Incredible, it always gives me goose bumps to listen to that angelic voice.

Sorry to derail this thread a little, but….. I was first introduced to Eva Cassidy music by a friend while back in England on vacation a number of years back. I was instantly smitten by her immense talent. I’m pretty sure I have all her CD’s in my collection. The duet album she made with Chuck Brown titled “The Other Side” is, IMHO, one of the best albums ever made. A video below, taken from the duet album, is, again IMHO, nothing but top shelf, send shivers up my spine every time I hear it. One of the best jazz recordings ever!

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

Cracking vid by The Cramps doing Goo Goo muck originally recorded by Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Ugss6 ... rt_radio=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Big Dylan fan so I like hearing covers of his songs.

All Along The Watchtower written by Dylan Covered by Hendrix
Knocking on Heaven's Door written by Dylan Covered by Anthony and the Johnson (also by Guns and Roses)
Like a Rolling Stone Covered by The Rolling Stones
Mr Tambourine Man covered by the Byrd's
My Back pages covered by the Ramones
Chimes of Freedom covered by Springsteen
I shall be released covered by the Band
Hard Rains going to fall covered by Patti Smith
Make you feel my love covered by Adele
This Wheel's on Fire covered by Julie Driscol
It's all over now baby blue covered by Van Morrison
Times they are a changing covered by Tracy Chapman
It ain't me babe covered by Johnny Cash

Could go on! Other non Dylan favourites
Blues run the game written by Jackson C Frank covered by Simon and Garfunkel
Angie written by Davy Graham covered by Bert Jansch
Country Road written by John Denver covered in Reggae style by Toots and the Maytals

Colburn_Claret wrote:Just been listening to one of my favourite covers and wondered which songs people preferred the covers to the original.
My top 3, in no particular order
Disturbed- Sound of Silence
Eva Cassidy- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Al Green- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart



If I knew how to link in a You Tube Video I would, you'll have to search, or take my word.

Any others....

If you liked Disturbed's cover of Sound of Silence you'll like Bad Wolves' cover of Zombie

Dma's covering Cher - Believe is fantastic.

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

Jamie T covering Beyonce - if i were a boy is also very good.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kja0Bf_wkSg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I stopped what i was doing and just listened to this when it aired.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB30A99HFwQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am the Walrus - OASIS

Imploding Turtle wrote:I stopped what i was doing and just listened to this when it aired.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB30A99HFwQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Very good

That's Alright Mama Elvis Presley a cover of Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup The one that started it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmopYuF4BzY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxHQUvCkV20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Steve1956 wrote:Limp Bizkit ..Behind blue eyes

No Steve, just no.

Always liked the Stones' version of Going to a go go.

Sometimes I think that I like it better than the original. But then I hear Smokey and think, maybe not.

Love don't live here any more - Jimmy Nail (who'd have thowt it)

Hedontplayforyou wrote:I am the Walrus - OASIS

possibly the most hideous cover ever. certainly the shytest suggestion on this thread.

i do like oasis by the way.

Bin Ont Turf wrote:No Steve, just no.

What's not to like mate
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Who's next was the first album I ever bought,it's an all time classic without a bad track,I don't prefer LB's version,I just like their rendition of it,Who's Next is in the top ten of the greatest albums ever written,and behind blue eyes is brilliant,I didn't mean to disrespect a beautiful song by the Who...sorry buddy.
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