Better or worse Cover songs?

[AFBulimia]

Re: Better or worse Cover songs?

The worst:

YouTube - Celine Dion & Anastacia - You Shook Me All Night Long (Live Divas Las Vegas 2002) HDTV

The Best:

YouTube - Hayseed Dixie - You Shook Me All Night Long

I believe this should put the discussion to bed

[mazzer]

Re: Better or worse Cover songs?

Best cover versions:-
Dear Prudence by Siouxsie & Banshees
A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker
China Girl by David Bowie

Worst :-
So many to choose from, but for me the biggest sin of all was Paul Young trying to cover Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart.


Can't decide which is best :-
"Run" by Snow Patrol, and the brilliant cover by Leona Lewis. Both too recent for this forum though!

[mazzer]

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Another cover better than the original-

Urge Overkill's cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon" (on the Pulp Fiction OST)

[mazzer]

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And a worse one -

Wurzels' **** "Combine Harvester" version of "Brand New Key" by Melanie

[sixtyten]

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Better.. Anthrax's versions of Got the Time (Joe Jackson)
Bring The Noise (Public Enemy)
Anti-Social (Trust)

Anthrax - Got The Time Video - pfukc - MyVideo

[mazzer]

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Best cover version in the world, for me, has be the one I listened to today, for the umpteenth time - The Human League's version of the Gordon's Gin music (as found on their Travelogue album).

[sixtyten]

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Its two for the price of one if you include The Human League's great versions of Rock 'n Roll/Nightclubbing..

and not forgetting that great version of You've Lost That Loving Feeling

[mazzer]

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I'll give you Rock'n'Roll/Nightclubbing, but I'm sorry, You've Lost That Loving Feeling blows big time - makes my toes curl in embarrassment!

[Elbmek]

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If you have not heard it already, listen to Ozzy Osbourne's cover of Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees


Wonderful!!!!

[scotchmist]

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Bit complicated this one....are we allowed to include 21st century covers of 20th century songs....if so then:

One- Johnny Cash

Hurt-Johnny Cash

I wanna know what love is-Shirley Bassey

Light My Fire-Shirley Bassey

Tainted Love-Soft Cell

Please Release Me- Def Leppard

La Vie en Rose-Grace Jones

Ziggy Stardust-Bauhaus

Born To Run-Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Mr Pleasant-The Mission

Only You- The Flying Pickets

I don't wanna talk about it- Everything But The Girl

Could it be Magic-Take That

It Only Takes a Minute-Take That

I only Wanna be with you-The Tourists

THE STINKERS

Whiter Shade of Pale-Annie Lennox
We Will Rock You-Five
Heart of Glass- Billy MacKenzie
Revolution-The Thompson Twins
Seasons in the sun-Westlife
When The Going Gets Tough-Boyzone
I only Wanna be with you-Samantha Fox

[Elbmek]

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Bit complicated this one....are we allowed to include 21st century covers of 20th century songs....if so then:

I suspect the rule would be the 'golden oldie' revamped any time since.

Slightly off topic, but generally the same theme. I have seen and heard many songs that are allegedy 'new' but the music is a rip off something else. There was one a copule of years ago that was, I think, Robbie Williams, and the music was Nancy Sinatra, 'You only live twice'. I also recall a small faces song in the 60s which used a classical piece as the music.

[KromeDome]

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Read all five pages - not seein' it: Smooth Criminal by ALIEN ANT FARM (both the song and the video) - I'll get hated, but I think it's better than the original. A really close one - too close to call - is FEAR FACTORY's cover of CARS by Gary You-Know-Who. Just awesome cover and video - Numan even cameos in it! What got me was that I thought "Wow! Fear Factory must be cool!" But upon checking their OTHER stuff - it's that gosh-awful thrasher-death metal stuff with the gurgling, shouting demon-voiced "lyrics". OKAY... well, they did CARS right, anyways!

[Elbmek]

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I actually prefer Madonna's American Pie to the original

[MichelleIMG]

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Do not know the original song name or who it was sung by, but NOFX covered it....I want you to want, I need you to need me...I'm begging you to bed me...
The original was ****, but NOFX did a good job covering it

[Elbmek]

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it was obviously a bed cover, I suppose it was a duvet recording!! I'll get me coat.