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Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:03 pm
by Mala591
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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.

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:06 pm
by Saxoman
The Beatles a little help from my friends, brilliantly reimagined by Joe cocker.

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:08 pm
by Saxoman
Wonderwall from oasis, reinvented by mike flowers pops.. ;)

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:19 pm
by bfccrazy
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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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 2:23 pm
by burnmark
Billie Jean - Ian Brown

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 2:30 pm
by Claretforever
Hallelujah, originally done by Leonard Cohen, but the best version for me is Jeff Buckley's.

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:06 pm
by Claret Till I Die
Guns N Roses singing Live and let die. Simply outstanding

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:24 pm
by cricketfield73
'Do They Owe Us A Living?' by The Cheeky Girls.

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:45 pm
by piston broke
Love Affairs version of Everlasting Love.
Original by Robert Knight.
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:35 pm
by Dazzler
A great song written by Nick Lowe for his band Brinsley Schwarz covered more powerfully by Elvis Costello

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:47 pm
by happyclaret17
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:56 pm
by bobinho
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...

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:02 pm
by aclaretinstevenage
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.

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:05 pm
by Saxoman
The man who sold the world by nirvana. Really good, but only a guy ready to top himself could sound like that.

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:13 pm
by taffy
He'll have to go by Bryan ferry ( everley bros)
Roll over Beethoven elo
Blinded by the light - Manfred Mann

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:13 pm
by Rick_Muller
Sound of silence by Disturbed

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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:19 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
Dr John's I walk on gilded splinters by Weller...........

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:22 pm
by Saxoman
John Lennon.. Jealous guy.. Bryan ferry..?

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:32 pm
by Claretlad
'Masters of war' Bob Dylan then by Pearl Jam

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:01 pm
by Dazzler
Simple Minds' cover of Lou Reed's classic "Street Hassle".
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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:02 pm
by Saxoman
Simple minds aren't very good. I'm being polite.

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:02 pm
by Duffer_
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'.

UTC!

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:03 pm
by Terrier
Mercy mercy me that marvin gaye sang so well was to me covered brilliantly by robert palmer.

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:07 pm
by Duffer_
Still on covers.

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

UTC!

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:09 pm
by Dazzler
Much prefer this version to the original :D

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:21 pm
by Sidney1st
Coldplay's The Scientist, performed by Willie Nelson.

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:24 pm
by Dazzler
Kings Of Covers..

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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:24 pm
by Sidney1st
Kate Bush's Running up that Hill, by Placebo.

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:32 pm
by tim_noone
Purple rain by Adam Levine.

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:41 pm
by Dazzler
I still vividly remember buying the Ralph McTell single of this tune in WH Smith all those years ago.

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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:47 pm
by Claretlad
'Working class hero' John Lennon by Green Day.

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:45 am
by midlander63
The Icicle Works versions of 'Goin' Back' and 'Into The Mystic' are brilliant.

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:11 am
by THEWELLERNUT70
The Jam - Get Yourself Together

Original by The Small Faces

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:14 am
by Claret&Green
Hanging Around by Stranglers is fantastic, but Hazel O'Connor's is even better

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:22 am
by SonofPog
Daughter covering Daft Punk - Get Lucky

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:37 am
by Imploding Turtle
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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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:11 pm
by Dazzler
Not covered word for word but prefer this meaty version to the Steve Winwood original :D

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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:14 pm
by yTib
comfortably numb - the scissor sisters.


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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:34 pm
by bpgburn
Bob Dylan's All along the watch tower by Jimmy Hendirx..

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:25 pm
by philh2004
Maybe I'm Amazed by the Faces
https://youtu.be/SLhoLkTyNkM

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:21 pm
by boiledclaret
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.

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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:00 am
by Dazzler
Wrote by Tom Waits and released on his album Rain Dogs.

Love this version from Rod

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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:37 am
by Dazzler
A great song wrote by Mentor Williams.

My favourite performed by John Henry Kurtz

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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:53 am
by Dazzler
Probably now the most well known and mostly aired version of this song

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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:09 am
by Dazzler
a song written and originally recorded by Jackie Edwards

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Oh and this

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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:24 am
by Dazzler
Whenever I hear this Boystown Gang version it brings back pleasant memories of a sweet young German lady

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Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:18 am
by Chobulous
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"

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:24 am
by Cirrus_Minor
Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire originally by PF Sloan

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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:27 pm
by duncandisorderly
yTib wrote:comfortably numb - the scissor sisters.


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As per new thread title

Re: Great songs performed by different artists.

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:35 pm
by dougcollins
Though I much prefer the original, Crash Test Dummies doing 'The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead' by XTC.

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