Covers better than the original

basil6345789 · Post by **basil6345789** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:13 pm

I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye. First Smokey R but first release Gladys Alright And The Hip Pips

basil6345789 · Post by **basil6345789** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:16 pm

Four Tops Walk Away Renee -originally The Left Banke

Blatherwickstattoo · Post by **Blatherwickstattoo** » Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:37 pm

BabylonClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:44 pm
Really? Never heard EWF version but that song is fantastic to start. Might have to check that out

It’s absolutely epic. One of the tightest bands ever EWAF.

Corky · Post by **Corky** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:01 am

Help (yes the pop band song) given a rocking r&b makeover by the great Clara Ward on Verve Records.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:23 pm

I wouldn't usually say better than the Rolling Stones, but I think this is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWBSmfZ ... MM&index=2

IrkthePurists · Post by **IrkthePurists** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:49 pm

The Fall are masters of the cover version:

Lost in Music
There’s a Ghost in My House
Rollin Dany
I Can Hear the Grass Grow
Mr Pharmacist
Victoria

Among many others

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:27 pm

IrkthePurists wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:49 pm
The Fall are masters of the cover version:

Lost in Music
There’s a Ghost in My House
Rollin Dany
I Can Hear the Grass Grow
Mr Pharmacist
Victoria

Among many others

Mark E Smith was great at discovering obscure tracks to cover there's quite a few I always thought were his songs.And to your list I will had City Never Sleeps from Peel Sessions and probably the most unFalll recording

AmbleClaret · Post by **AmbleClaret** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:29 pm

IrkthePurists wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:49 pm
The Fall are masters of the cover version:

Lost in Music
There’s a Ghost in My House
Rollin Dany
I Can Hear the Grass Grow
Mr Pharmacist
Victoria

Among many others

Hard to beat The Fall's Lost in Music.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:33 pm

Bob Dylan did a majestic acoustic cover of The Byrds 60's pop classic "My Back Pages". It was quite a turnaround for Dylan to cover The Byrds as the Byrds has already successfully covered a fair few of Bob Dylans songs

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:12 am

AmbleClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:29 pm
Hard to beat The Fall's Lost in Music.

I think all of the fall’s covers are better than the originals.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:36 am

Always loved this song,this is a great more laid back than the original version
https://youtu.be/5yKwYaq5Kf4?si=_E9N3derqZAlLnvj

cblantfanclub · Post by **cblantfanclub** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:01 am

Brothers Comatose & AJ Lee do a great version of Neil Young's Harvest Moon. Gem for all you romantics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml22cp4ojHg

Jacob Rees Dogg · Post by **Jacob Rees Dogg** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:02 pm

t.A.T.u. covered “How Soon Is Now”. Miserablist Smiths fans will love it.
Wagner covered “Creep” by Radiohead on the X Factor. He is better than Thom Yorke.

As mentioned above, “Lost in Music” by the Fall, is the best cover.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:20 pm

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:23 pm
I wouldn't usually say better than the Rolling Stones, but I think this is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWBSmfZ ... MM&index=2

I’m on a bus so don’t want to open up YouTube but on the subject of the Stones has anyone heard their new album?

sjb · Post by **sjb** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:25 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:20 pm
I’m on a bus so don’t want to open up YouTube but on the subject of the Stones has anyone heard their new album?

Yes. Bought it this week. It's brilliant.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:45 pm

sjb wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:25 pm
Yes. Bought it this week. It's brilliant.

Thought so too. I wasn’t expecting much to be honest but loved it.

sjb · Post by **sjb** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:53 pm

Could have done without Lady Gaga but some great tracks on it.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:20 pm
I’m on a bus so don’t want to open up YouTube but on the subject of the Stones has anyone heard their new album?

I haven't, Tony. I'll have to find it.

claretrobo1 · Post by **claretrobo1** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:57 pm

DMA's - Beautiful Stranger

Squazo · Post by **Squazo** » Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:51 pm

pet shop boys….

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:08 am

Good effort....
https://open.spotify.com/track/1kWqRB6P ... wjlr0Ns5Tg

ClaretPete001 · Post by **ClaretPete001** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:38 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:20 pm
I’m on a bus so don’t want to open up YouTube but on the subject of the Stones has anyone heard their new album?

Yes, I'm kinda getting to grips with it. It's quite heavy in places and I miss Charlie Watt's drumming but overall I think it's a solid release. Might sound odd but it sounds a bit like early ZZ Top in their bluesy phase in places.

The first few tracks remind me of Tattoo You but then you've got a bit of variation.

And of course, Rolling Stones Blues, which is Muddy Water's version of Catfish blues and I think the inspiration for their name. It's great, I just don't think Ronnie Wood has Mick Taylor's touch on things like 'You Gotta Move', which is just an amazing cover version because Taylor's slide is just unreal.

Saying that I think the period where Mick Taylor was playing was probably just about as good as a rock band will ever get.

It's the Stones - they could poo on my Corn Flakes and I'd still eat it: even when Keith Richards is singing.

I bet you wish you hadn't asked now.....!

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:39 am

ClaretPete001 wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:38 am
Yes, I'm kinda getting to grips with it. It's quite heavy in places and I miss Charlie Watt's drumming but overall I think it's a solid release. Might sound odd but it sounds a bit like early ZZ Top in their bluesy phase in places.

The first few tracks remind me of Tattoo You but then you've got a bit of variation.

And of course, Rolling Stones Blues, which is Muddy Water's version of Catfish blues and I think the inspiration for their name. It's great, I just don't think Ronnie Wood has Mick Taylor's touch on things like 'You Gotta Move', which is just an amazing cover version because Taylor's slide is just unreal.

Saying that I think the period where Mick Taylor was playing was probably just about as good as a rock band will ever get.

It's the Stones - they could poo on my Corn Flakes and I'd still eat it: even when Keith Richards is singing.

I bet you wish you hadn't asked now.....!

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:22 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:33 pm
Bob Dylan did a majestic acoustic cover of The Byrds 60's pop classic "My Back Pages". It was quite a turnaround for Dylan to cover The Byrds as the Byrds has already successfully covered a fair few of Bob Dylans songs

I think Dylan wrote and recorded that song a few years before The Byrds released it as a single.

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:18 am

Frente’s Bizarre Love Triangle set a new standard for completely changing the sound of a cover IMHO.

back to The Fall.
Black Monk theme(s) and Popcorn Double Feature off Extricate were all great covers.

alf_resco · Post by **alf_resco** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:36 am

Billy Paul - Your song.

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:31 am

Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:22 pm
I think Dylan wrote and recorded that song a few years before The Byrds released it as a single.

Stop feeding the troll

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:37 am

Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put a Spell on You - a much heavier version of the Screaming Jay Hawkins song, I Heard it Through Through The Grapevine - - Fogerty's amazing 8 minute guitar solo

Anonymous Claret · Post by **Anonymous Claret** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:52 pm

I Fought The Law was a good shout earlier by The Only Band That Mattered and this is another cover that surpasses the original by some distance from The Clash.

Although there are a few ropey tracks on Sandinista it provides quite a few of my favourite all time Clash tracks including this one.

Police On My Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tCx11ITaiY

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:36 pm

This is the best of all the covers, even better than CSN&Y, at least to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIHfuihoz70

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:11 pm

Spijed wrote: ↑
Sat May 08, 2021 10:00 pm
"Mr. Tambourine Man" - by the Byrds is far better than the Bob Dylan version.

Any Dylan song done by someone else has to be better.

An example?

Eric Burdon/Animals - It's All over Now, Baby Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4D4Aam9FUg

That voice. How can anyone compete and certainly not Dylan.

Bob Dylan's version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4HW33SgZlM

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:14 pm

Here's an interesting one. A version of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeuB8Xil_kA&t=254s

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:18 pm

Iain Mathews Mr Soul, the Neil Young Song.

IM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQStgOIaNY

NY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GeRHJusOpY

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:31 pm

Dylan John Thomas' cover of The Strokes Someday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTo7_CN ... JohnThomas

Also did a good cover of Johnny Cash' Ring of Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOxLaPN ... JohnThomas

Finally his cover of The Beatles All My Loving completes the hat-trick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0gYuJN ... JohnThomas

yTib · Post by **yTib** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 8:10 pm

strawberry letter 23 but only just.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:10 am

Hipper wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:18 pm
Iain Mathews Mr Soul, the Neil Young Song.

IM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQStgOIaNY

NY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GeRHJusOpY

Thanks for those two links. It's a great song.

!aiboforceN · Post by **!aiboforceN** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:28 am

Arctic Monkeys - Love machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNC9l46oR4

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:42 am

!aiboforceN wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:28 am
Arctic Monkeys - Love machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNC9l46oR4

If you want a great cover of a AM song this is brilliant
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7j4fE6 ... aCu1PwmAyQ

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:48 am

https://open.spotify.com/track/61p3K3ni ... KWLzBnC6oA

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:06 am

Florence and the Machine
https://open.spotify.com/track/69sJBJdG ... 6wffP8PjfQ

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Dec 09, 2023 1:16 pm

https://youtu.be/1lg8MCg0N4Y?si=uzbZClfkrlu_9Lod
Fitting tribute to Shane the Irish really know how to celebrate....even at a funeral,but that's how to celebrate a life.