True, but seeming both versions are in different genres then you really can't compare them.
Cover Versions of Songs
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oxydolfan1
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"Black Hole Sun", covered by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme.
aquarius1984
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Good Point Jon LOL
Talking of Bryan Adams...
Run to You has just come up on iTunes now... here's me singing out loud!
Jon
Run to You has just come up on iTunes now... here's me singing out loud!
Jon
aquarius1984
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Well
Sat at the Pc I have a cd in from the 80s......... and am also wailing as usual
When YEEEE GOOOOO will yee send back a letter from Americaaaaa
Take a loooooook up the railtrack from Miami to Can a Dah!
LOL
Nick
Sat at the Pc I have a cd in from the 80s......... and am also wailing as usual
When YEEEE GOOOOO will yee send back a letter from Americaaaaa
Take a loooooook up the railtrack from Miami to Can a Dah!
LOL
Nick
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An outrage I tell ya
Girls Aloud covering Tiffany? That's an outrage! Tommy James says so.
How about Transvision Vamp's cover of Tell That Girl To Shut Up.
Girls Aloud covering Tiffany? That's an outrage! Tommy James says so.
How about Transvision Vamp's cover of Tell That Girl To Shut Up.
aquarius1984
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On the subject of Singalongs
A couple of songs after that clasic I was singing above earlier was this song..........;-)
Below is a link that has just made my throat very sore and put me very out of breath with my need to do all the different voices LOL
All Good Fun eh?
Nick
A couple of songs after that clasic I was singing above earlier was this song..........;-)
Below is a link that has just made my throat very sore and put me very out of breath with my need to do all the different voices LOL
All Good Fun eh?
Nick
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back to covers....
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine", the Slits
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine", the Slits
perc-o-prince
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I agree with Jason...
Nobody does it better than Elvis. At least I haven't heard one yet! He even beat the crap out of Sinatra's "My Way."
But, that doesn't mean the covers aren't good. I like some of them! They're DIFFERENT, not not better (IMHO).
Chuck
Nobody does it better than Elvis. At least I haven't heard one yet! He even beat the crap out of Sinatra's "My Way."
But, that doesn't mean the covers aren't good. I like some of them! They're DIFFERENT, not not better (IMHO).
Chuck
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BTW
Perfect example:
Mrs. Robinson: Simon and Garfunkel or Lemonheads? The Lemonheads version KICKS SOME SERIOUS ASS and I happen to prefer it when I want some faster, stronger music, but it doesn't take away from the original.
Chuck
Perfect example:
Mrs. Robinson: Simon and Garfunkel or Lemonheads? The Lemonheads version KICKS SOME SERIOUS ASS and I happen to prefer it when I want some faster, stronger music, but it doesn't take away from the original.
Chuck
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That's the way I feel about "Train In Vain" by the Clash, redone by Annie Lennox, and also the "Crimson and Clover" remake by Joan Jett.
Elvis doing My Way is fine if you enjoy schmaltz.
When Sinatra sings it you can tell he means every word.
Again, it's apples and oranges.
Neither one is better since some people prefer schmaltz to real emotion.
Ken
When Sinatra sings it you can tell he means every word.
Again, it's apples and oranges.
Neither one is better since some people prefer schmaltz to real emotion.
Ken
Catchy covers....
PeterH: I have to agree. I love Bananarama's "Venus". Ok, so I'm biased.
A couple of my favs:
Jimmy Hendrix doing Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"
The Fifth Dimension's cover of "Aquarius"
A modern one that I like" Gwen Stefani's cover of Talk-Talk's "It's My Life"
Wish I had more time to listen to some good tunes!!
Venus - not the Bananarama version ;-)
PeterH: I have to agree. I love Bananarama's "Venus". Ok, so I'm biased.
A couple of my favs:
Jimmy Hendrix doing Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"
The Fifth Dimension's cover of "Aquarius"
A modern one that I like" Gwen Stefani's cover of Talk-Talk's "It's My Life"
Wish I had more time to listen to some good tunes!!
Venus - not the Bananarama version ;-)
perc-o-prince
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My Way
Sorry, I feel just the opposite. Seems like Elvis was singing about himself, the same way Freddy Mercury may have done with Bohemian Rhapsody. Besides, Sinatra almost talks most of his lyrics. I have nothing against Sinatra, but he's probably my least fave of the Rat Pack.
Chuck
Sorry, I feel just the opposite. Seems like Elvis was singing about himself, the same way Freddy Mercury may have done with Bohemian Rhapsody. Besides, Sinatra almost talks most of his lyrics. I have nothing against Sinatra, but he's probably my least fave of the Rat Pack.
Chuck
Don't misunderstand me I think Elvis was great, it's just a shame he was led by that crook of a manager he had. Elvis was the greatest rockabilly singer I've ever heard, but he only recorded rockabilly for a year or so. Have a listen to My Baby Left Me (with the volume up!).
Sinatra couldn't sing Elvis any more than Elvis could sing Sinatra. Have a look at this clip:
Sinatra couldn't sing Elvis any more than Elvis could sing Sinatra. Have a look at this clip:
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BUT
When Elvis tried to cover the Beatles... OMG. He sucked. His cover of Hey Jude is the worst. But the rest of them, he's the KING.
When Elvis tried to cover the Beatles... OMG. He sucked. His cover of Hey Jude is the worst. But the rest of them, he's the KING.
I don't usually like "remakes"....can't do better than the original.....HOWEVER, there is a version on "You Send Me" floating around the airwaves in Plymouth by The Manhattans (sp) that I like much better than the Sam Cooke original.
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"I Put A Spell On You", Diamanda Galas
covers that sound like covers
suck.
But you can, sometimes, sing something original even tho' it was sung before.
Tough is when you have something like "Only the Lonely" from Roy Orbison and then Chris Isaak covers it.
Now, Chris Isaak is my #1 wet dream, not only decorative but can sing too - really sing. But play the two back to back and - sigh - Roy sings rings around him.
And I have everything Isaak has ever done.
suck.
But you can, sometimes, sing something original even tho' it was sung before.
Tough is when you have something like "Only the Lonely" from Roy Orbison and then Chris Isaak covers it.
Now, Chris Isaak is my #1 wet dream, not only decorative but can sing too - really sing. But play the two back to back and - sigh - Roy sings rings around him.
And I have everything Isaak has ever done.
Chuck-- If you're talking ass-kicking remakes (ala Mrs. Robinson/Lemonheads)
then I put a vote in for Bauhaus's version of Telegram Sam.
Scariest cover version: The Residents' take on Satisfaction. Yikes!
then I put a vote in for Bauhaus's version of Telegram Sam.
Scariest cover version: The Residents' take on Satisfaction. Yikes!
