Cover Versions

maxwell silver

maxwell silver

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We all know that about 80% of cover versions are'nt a patch on the original,but does anyone have a favourite which they think knocks spots off the original.My personal favourite is Faith No Mores cover of Midnight Cowboy.Sacrilege,you may say;but each to their own.And thinking about it,there must be thousands out there.:)
 
Yes I know a few but I'm not allowed to mention who they are by or I will have slinks and accymel run in here to rip into them then I get all defensive and cry :( lol!
 
Tinkerbelle said:
Yes I know a few but I'm not allowed to mention who they are by or I will have slinks and accymel run in here to rip into them then I get all defensive and cry :( lol!
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Tinks,you are allowed to mention who they are by,thats the point.Sod what others think.Would slinks & accymels choices be any better than yours?Will we ever find out?:)
 
BLACKBURN RAVER said:
cascada is good for cover versions ..my personal fave bein..truly madly deeply...orig by savage garden..one of my all time fave songs :D
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i actually like that version, i aint much into covers but that 1 is ok :D
 
maxwell silver said:
Tinks,you are allowed to mention who they are by,thats the point.Sod what others think.Would slinks & accymels choices be any better than yours?Will we ever find out?:)
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Erm yes! trouble is we're subjected to it:( some 80's one two hit wonders are best staying stuck back in the 80's:p:D
 
:hidewall: OK, has mel left the thread? :D

I know one that shoudn't bring her running back in ;) Avril Lavignes acoustic cover of Cyndi Lauers Time afterTime is an absolute corker. I like the original but Avrils is brilliant!

Another one is Tommy Knockers - New Horizon, it's not strictly a cover it's a danced up version of John Parr's St Elmos Fire but thats a corker too :)
 
Tinkerbelle said:
:hidewall: OK, has mel left the thread? :D

I know one that shoudn't bring her running back in ;) Avril Lavignes acoustic cover of Cyndi Lauers Time afterTime is an absolute corker. I like the original but Avrils is brilliant!

Another one is Tommy Knockers - New Horizon, it's not strictly a cover it's a danced up version of John Parr's St Elmos Fire but thats a corker too :)
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Nope im still here hun:D

sighing a phew:D
 
normally DETEST cover versions, though must admit i prefer Brian Poole@tremeloes version of Do You Love Me to the original by the Contours.
 
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train beats the original by Little Junior Parker. And if you don't believe me, I want you all to go to your record collections, select these two platters (taking care not to touch the microgroove playing surfaces) and play them on your dansette record player, then you'll see what I mean!
 
probably the greatest of all the remakes was unchained melody 1965 righteous brothers, there was 3 versions in the 1955 chart, jimmy young, al hibbler,and another whose name escapes me at the moment, they were all absolute crap in comparison.
 
Nice choice, Mr C, the Righteous Brothers' cover always makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. There were two other versions in 1955, Les Baxter whose version reached number 10 and Liberace who hit the number 20 spot.
 
Just looking at the tunes on my comp and could only think of soft cell's cover of gloria jones tainted love, Its very rare for a cover to match up to the original.
Was gerry and the pacemakers "you'll never walk alone" a cover?.. great song, but Liverpool fans sing it every week and so its banned in my house!
 
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