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by Steve1956 » Sun May 09, 2021 12:17 pm
..i did place a question mark on my post...thought it would have provoked more outrage than it did!
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by Clarets4me » Mon May 10, 2021 12:55 pm
Elvis's version of " Bridge over troubled water " was far superior than the original ..
Tina Turner's version of " Proud Mary " was better than the original by Creedence Clearwater Revival ...
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by Chobulous » Wed May 12, 2021 9:26 am
Clarets4me wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 12:55 pm
Tina Turner's version of " Proud Mary " was better than the original by Creedence Clearwater Revival ...
Of all the ridiculous statements I have heard or seen in my 67 years on this planet, that one is the most breathtakingly stupid.
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by Clarets4me » Wed May 12, 2021 1:26 pm
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by houseboy » Mon Aug 16, 2021 11:44 pm
holdyourfire wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 6:37 pm
Try AMERICA by simon and garfunkel,covered by YES.Quite good.
I’d go with that. Complete with Chris Squire on base playing a bit of America from West Side Story on the intro.
Only ever released on a best of album but played many times live.
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by Steve1956 » Mon Aug 16, 2021 11:47 pm
Brilliant, took me back in time did that.
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by houseboy » Mon Aug 16, 2021 11:47 pm
Clarets4me wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 12:55 pm
Elvis's version of " Bridge over troubled water " was far superior than the original ..
Tina Turner's version of " Proud Mary " was better than the original by Creedence Clearwater Revival ...
Sorry bud but no one can or ever will better the original of Bridge. Tina’s version of Mary was good but not that good and nowhere near Creedences original…far too fast for a start and doesn’t capture the atmosphere.
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by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:07 am
houseboy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 11:47 pm
Sorry bud but no one can or ever will better the original of Bridge. Tina’s version of Mary was good but not that good and nowhere near Creedences original…far too fast for a start and doesn’t capture the atmosphere.
Bridge - has to be S&G for me but then I think Paul Simon is brilliant.
As for Mary - I just think the two versions are so different it's too difficult to compare. Love the Creedence version, as for Tina's, seen her do it live and it's right up there.
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by houseboy » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:13 am
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:07 am
Bridge - has to be S&G for me but then I think Paul Simon is brilliant.
As for Mary - I just think the two versions are so different it's too difficult to compare. Love the Creedence version, as for Tina's, seen her do it live and it's right up there.
I would probably agree Tony, the two versions of Mary could almost be different songs. I just prefer the original as I was a huge fan of Creedence, the first band I ever saw live (FT Hall circa 1970-ish).
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by TheOriginalLongsider » Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:14 am
I prefer Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt” over the Nine Inch Nails original
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by TheOriginalLongsider » Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:16 am
Also Joan Jett. I love Rock and Roll. Think it was the Arriws who did the original.
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by ClaretLoup » Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:38 am
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:07 am
Bridge - has to be S&G for me but then I think Paul Simon is brilliant.
I know you are a fan CT, perhaps you have not heard the Queen of Soul move BoTW so far into another dimension that it's difficult to compare to the original. This version heavily features her piano playing, bear in mind that she was self taught and couldn't read music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoVezjpRgKE
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by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:47 am
ClaretLoup wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:38 am
I know you are a fan CT, perhaps you have not heard the Queen of Soul move BoTW so far into another dimension that it's difficult to compare to the original. This version heavily features her piano playing, bear in mind that she was self taught and couldn't read music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoVezjpRgKE
That lady could sing anything she liked for me. Hard to find suitable words to describe that voice.
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by AfloatinClaret » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:07 am
Anything and everything by either Eric Bogle or Leonard Cohen; both great songwriters, but they couldn't sing worth a toss.
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by HahaYeah » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:09 am
Clarets4me wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 12:55 pm
Elvis's version of " Bridge over troubled water " was far superior than the original ..
Agree with this,what a transformation.
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by IanMcL » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:20 am
Just spotted the thread and my immediate thought...
Melanie singing Ruby Tuesday, by the Rolling Stones. A huge ask, however, I think she delivers, with that unique voice and interpretation.
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by littlemissclaret » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:16 pm
One song has been number one by 4 different artists and all but the original have sold over a million copies....
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by Bosscat » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:29 pm
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by Hipper » Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:18 pm
littlemissclaret wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:16 pm
One song has been number one by 4 different artists and all but the original have sold over a million copies....
I'm guessing because I can only think of it topping the charts twice:
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxzFUX5a3xg
Doctor and the Medics did this. I also see Gareth Gates did it. Actually Wiki says these were all three number ones but this is not the song you mean.
Anyway the original was great song so it's worth hearing anyway!
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by holdyourfire » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:26 pm
houseboy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 11:44 pm
I’d go with that. Complete with Chris Squire on base playing a bit of America from West Side Story on the intro.
Only ever released on a best of album but played many times live.
It was also on YESTERDAYS 1974.
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by Jel » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:45 pm
Lemonheads, Mrs Robinson
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by helmclaret » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:50 pm
Nothing Compares 2 U
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by Peter Loo » Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:52 pm
Covers are rarely better then the originals in my humble.
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by Wile E Coyote » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:11 pm
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 5:17 pm
Pretty good that Sid,never heard it before...Kate Bush must be very difficult to cover.
especially thesedays !!
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by houseboy » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:33 pm
holdyourfire wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:26 pm
It was also on YESTERDAYS 1974.
Yeah. That was the ‘best of’ album I was talking about. I had that on a Japanese pressing (virgin vynyl). Pretty much as good as CDs years before they came out.
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by houseboy » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:37 pm
IanMcL wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:20 am
Just spotted the thread and my immediate thought...
Melanie singing Ruby Tuesday, by the Rolling Stones. A huge ask, however, I think she delivers, with that unique voice and interpretation.
One cover that is superior to the original in my view. Melanie had one of the most emotional voices ever. Along with Kate Bush my two favourite female artists ever.
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by houseboy » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:40 pm
Amazingly I’ve never heard the last one by her before. All three are amazing.
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by Steve1956 » Wed Aug 18, 2021 10:57 am
Speaking of Kate Bush,she is simply one of the finest artists the world has ever seen
Haunting.
https://youtu.be/NuOvQD1LlHY
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by Steve1956 » Wed Aug 18, 2021 11:07 am
Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:11 pm
especially thesedays !!
Harsh Wile,very Harsh.
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by Chobulous » Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:45 pm
Creedence’s cover of I heard it through the grapevine first appeared on Cosmo’s Factory and showed what a great guitarist John Fogerty is
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by RingoMcCartney » Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:49 pm
Nothing compares - Sinead O'connor. Edges Prince's original in my humble....
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by Steve1956 » Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:39 am
Just listening to that,haven't heard it for years....brilliant
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by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:38 pm
tally wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:38 am
"Under my Thumb" a cover version of the Stones song, ensuring all royalties the Who accrued from sales of the record went to barrister's fees to help Jagger en Co when they got busted on some trumped up drugs charge.
"B side was cover of Stones "The last time"
Lyrically dodgy, mind