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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:36 AM Original message |
Cover songs that were better than the original |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Earth Wind and Fire |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Great version. But not better, IMO. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. yeah I agree |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. I got a good one -- Cat Power doing "How Can I tell You" on those diamond commericals... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Tori Amos -- "'97 Bonny and Clyde" |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Great minds |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Personal Jesus" by Marilyn Manson, "Get Down Make Love" by Nine Inch Nails and... |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. NIN did "Get Down Make Love"??? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Yes, it was the flip side of "Sin" CD single |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. My fav? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. i had no idea that Nothing Compares 2 U was a cover...i thought Prince wrote it for her |
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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Prince wrote it for The Family |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Just a few (hundred) |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. wrong. Buddy Holly is still king of Not Fade Away |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Buddy did his songs better than anyone else. |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Hillage does Holley... |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Sorry! "Holly," not "Holley." Typo! D'oh! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. California Man by Cheap Trick |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. who did it first? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. The Move |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Good call, AngryAmish... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. "Respect" by Aretha Franklin |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. I prefer "Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough" over the "Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell" version |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Love Hurts" by Nazareth is better than the Everly Brothers version |
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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Didn't realize that was a cover |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Ironically, "Hair of the Dog" was also an Everly brothers original. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Nope, the best is Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Yep! And what about Nazareth does Joni Mitchell? |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. Johnny Cash - "Hurt" |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. José Feliciano, "Light My Fire" |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I was looking at a "Light my Fire" version I like and the expert opinion is devastating |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. hell yeah |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Personal Jesus" done by Johnny Cash, and "Misty Mountain Hop" done by Dread Zeppelin. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. "Astronomy" by Metallica is better than Blue Oyster Cult's version. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Satisfaction" and "Secret Agent Man" by Devo |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Many songs from Musicals, such as Tom Waits singing "Somewhere" |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. Marianne Faithful-"As Tears Go By" |
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sleepyhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. "Mandy" by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. Hendrix---absolutely, but as much as I LOVE The Clash, |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. Aretha--I Say a Little Prayer |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. you nailed it, Metallica's, Turn the Page....:) nt |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
37. Rod Stewart : "First Cut Is the Deepest." |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
42. A few |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
44. "Third Uncle" and "Ziggy Stardust" as covered by Bauhaus. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. "Jump" by Aztec Camera; "Black Hole Sun" and others by Moog Cookbook |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
46. "Hurt" by Johnny Cash |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
47. "In My Life" Judy Collins |
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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
49. One I forgot earlier |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
50. "Alone Again Or..." by the Damned........ |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
51. Isaac Hayes - "Something" |
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