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If there has been a better cover than this it must be a cracker.a masterpiece from Guy Garvey.

"Sound of silence" Disturbed....end of thred.

Steve1956 wrote:https://youtu.be/momdVmE47WY
If there has been a better cover than this it must be a cracker.a masterpiece from Guy Garvey.

It's bloody awful, and I'm a big Elbow fan.

Decent effort but doesn't come close to Glen Campbell's masterpiece for me

JohnDearyMe wrote:Decent effort but doesn't come close to Glen Campbell's masterpiece for me

Million miles away

More of a duvet man

Pimlico_Claret wrote:Million miles away

Not sure why any artist would cover that song in the first place. Cannot imagine it ever being bettered

Just to prove musical tastes vary hugely- I thought that Garvey effort was unimpressive. I say that as someone who got, and enjoyed, the first four Elbow albums 2001- 2008.

This is when elbow do covers well.


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Drove past the Corner Pin, in Rammy (no longer a pub) recently.

The place of elbows 1st ever gig.

Campbell's song. (Courtesy of Jimmy Webb)

No one else's.

Covers aren't usually better than the original, but here's one.....

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ElectroClaret wrote:Campbell's song. (Courtesy of Jimmy Webb)

No one else's.

No. As wonderful as Campbell's version is, it's best sung by Webb himself. Webb's more ragged voice only serves to amplify the beauty of the greatest popular song ever written.

That is awful. Truly awful.

thatdberight wrote:No. As wonderful as Campbell's version is, it's best sung by Webb himself. Webb's more ragged voice only serves to amplify the beauty of the greatest popular song ever written.

Webb’s version is a cover of Campbell’s version of Webb’s song!

The Elbow version is pretty ropey though to be fair. The original recording by Campbell is amazing and takes me to Kansas and those long straight roads in the middle of nowhere that you associate with that part of the US whereas the Elbow version sounds like something cobbled together on a Friday morning as a last minute idea of what to play when invited to do something for the Radio 2 Breakfast Show. It’s a pretty bog standard cover of a song with no thought or feeling put into it.

Has anyone seen this version of Stairway to Heaven that has Robert Plant welling up by the way? Not my favourite cover by the way but it’s pretty impressive.
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Well I liked it.

Tog 15 out of the cupboard and on standby, don't think it will be long now.

Oh...

Dreadful.

May as well get the Wurzels to cover it next.

It's about the mid-west, not Bury Market ffs.

What's Bury market got to do with it?

I think there will be some just creaming over this because A) it’s elbow, and B) it was done live on the “Chris Evans with tits” breakfast show.

My own observation being that they are BOTH a little pretentious.

Hundreds and hundreds of better covers out there. I’m off to look for some links on the yootoob.

Here’s one that blows elbows effort right out the water.
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You’re welcome...

BFCmaj wrote:Webb’s version is a cover of Campbell’s version of Webb’s song!

Not really : since the very first recording, albeit never released, was Webb's demo sent to Campbell of a song that wasn't finished yet as it was a verse short. It never has been finished...

Webb also takes some of Campbell's versions back to how they were intended. Not so much this one but he's pretty down on how 'Galveston' was arranged for example.

harryharryharry wrote:Not really : since the very first recording, albeit never released, was Webb's demo sent to Campbell of a song that wasn't finished yet as it was a verse short. It never has been finished...

Webb also takes some of Campbell's versions back to how they were intended. Not so much this one but he's pretty down on how 'Galveston' was arranged for example.

Very knowledgeable Hampstead as always.

Superior covers:

Everything But the Girl - I Don’t Want to Talk About It
Fugees - Killing Me Softly
Faith No More - Easy
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall

tim_noone wrote:Very knowledgeable Hampstead as always.

That's lost on me but, yes. Or no, if it's a criticism.

Just spent the last 40 minutes with the wife in bed listening to Glen Campbell very relaxing 40 minutes, may i add

Steve1956 wrote:Just spent the last 40 minutes with the wife in bed listening to Glen Campbell very relaxing 40 minutes, may add

I always send my wife upstairs to bed as well when I want to listen to my music.

RingoMcCartney wrote:Drove past the Corner Pin, in Rammy (no longer a pub) recently.

The place of elbows 1st ever gig.

My mum and dad used to have that pub before I was born. Apparently dad used to have a bookies runner (illegal then) so that the guys didn’t have to leave the pub to put a bet on.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival. Say no more.

BFCmaj wrote:I always send my wife upstairs to bed as well when I want to listen to my music.

I live in a flat buddy.

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Close the thread

Sorry every time I hear Elbow it makes me feel depressed, it's all the same,dour.

beddie wrote:Sorry every time I hear Elbow it makes me feel depressed, it's all the same,dour.

Go and see them live beddie,I can assure you it's anything but dour.

Fair enough Steve. The only problem is it'll take me twelve months to save up the ticket price.

Heard this yesterday morning on Radio 2(including the coughing). Some things are better just left alone to stand the test of time. Most things by Glen Campbell fit that category.

If you think that bad, listen to the cover of The Sound of Silence mentioned above

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Despite the bum notes from Cobain at around 2:48, quite superb, and IMHO, better than the original.

this is an absolute gem



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How about David Hasselhoff covering the Jesus and Mary chain.


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todclaret wrote:this is an absolute gem
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Not bad but, cheating I know, this how the Boss and Bono rock it. Even better cos I was there.
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Dave Rawlings & Gillian Welch do some ace covers.

Here is a Neil Young Toon. Very amusing into too.

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Gary Moore - Red House

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Just stunning, I remember seeing Gary at Preston Guild Hall, he only said two words the whole evening. "Hello Preston"

It would have been only three words from me.

One of my favourite covers of all time is Elvis Costello's rendition of "She"
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Ruby Tuesday, Melanie.

these threads come up from time to time on here, this is always the first song that comes to mind

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Stranglers - Walk On By

icu81b4 wrote:Gary Moore - Red House

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Just stunning, I remember seeing Gary at Preston Guild Hall, he only said two words the whole evening. "Hello Preston"

Was it a instrumental gig?

Not a good version.
Is he a linesman for Stockport or Derby County?

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Make You Feel my Love, Adele (Dillon)

The Teddy Bears 'To Know Him Is To Love Him' was covered a number of years by the incomparable trio of Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Three vocalists of the highest quality who enhanced an already classic song.