Covers

[Macspur]

Does anyone prefer covers of songs to the originals?

Here's a few I like;

Kate Walsh – When Love Breaks Down

The Audreys – Paradise City

Alison Krauss & Union Station – Baby Now That I've Found You

June Tabor – Heart Like a Wheel

GABRIELLE APLIN – The Power of Love

Charlotte Martin – Wild Horses

Mac

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Very similar thread here http://www.whathifi.com/forum/this-week-i-have-mostly-been-listening-towatching/covers-that-are-better-than-the-original

Maybe you could add yours to this?

 

[Macspur]

Very similar thread here http://www.whathifi.com/forum/this-week-i-have-mostly-been-listening-towatching/covers-that-are-better-than-the-original

Maybe you could add yours to this?

Thanks for that, but the page for that link has been removed... so would still like to hear from anyone with their choices.

Mac

 

[AEJim]

I really like Bonnie Raitt's cover of Gerry Rafferty's "Right Down the Line". I love the original but this country/reggae twist really seems to work well with it too. I wouldn't say one was better than the other, a score draw in my books.

 

[visionary]

Rumer - Home thoughts from abroad

And just for the joy of annoying Pink Floyd fans, Christy Moore - Shine on you crazy diamond 🙂)

 

[jjbomber]

Spirit did a song called Taurus. Led Zeppelin did a cover called Stairway To Heaven. Quite popular apparently.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Spirit did a song called Taurus. Led Zeppelin did a cover called Stairway To Heaven. Quite popular apparently.

There were several more tracks completely stolen by Led Zeppelin, bit of a pub covers band really.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Brian Auger/ Julie Driscoll - Indian Rope Man

Love the original by Richie Havens, but this is in another league.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnHaMPIa-F4

 

[steve_1979]

Covers that are better than the original thread:

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/this-week-i-have-mostly-been-listening-towatching/covers-that-are-better-than-the-original

 

[Macspur]

Rumer - Home thoughts from abroad

And just for the joy of annoying Pink Floyd fans, Christy Moore - Shine on you crazy diamond 🙂)

Agree, Rumer's version is superb... does Clifford T proud.

Mac

 

[shropshire lad]

Talking of cover versions and Stairway To Heaven ( and Bohemian Rhapsody , while we're at it ) , obviously Rolf's versions of both songs are miles better than the originals .

The other obvious choice is Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower .

And Jeff Buckley's versions of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Genesis's "Back in NYC ".

 

[DIB]

Tom Waits as a singer leaves me totally cold. Some of his songs however I really like, and one of my favourite female vocalists Christine Collister does superb versions of Broken Bicycles and Dirt in the Ground

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[char_lotte]

I really like the covers of Heard it through the Grapevine by Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Slits.

Funnily enough on Craig Charles' show there is a stem remix of the CCR version by The Reflex which is definitely one of my favourites.

http://m.soundcloud.com/thereflex/creedence-clearwater-grapevine

 

[jjbomber]

There were several more tracks completely stolen by Led Zeppelin, bit of a pub covers band really.

I'll give you the originals. You can fill in the covers:

Small Faces: You Need Loving? Cover version ...............

Eddie Cochrane: Nervous Breakdown? Cover Version ...............

Jake Holmes: Dazed And Confused? Cover Version ..............

Fairport Convention: She Moves Through The Fair? Cover Version .............

Eddie Philips: Sunshine Girl? Cover Version..................

Jeff Beck: Blues deluxe? Cover Version................

 

[DIB]

There were several more tracks completely stolen by Led Zeppelin, bit of a pub covers band really.

I'll give you the originals. You can fill in the covers:

Small Faces: You Need Loving? Cover version ...............

Eddie Cochrane: Nervous Breakdown? Cover Version ...............

Jake Holmes: Dazed And Confused? Cover Version ..............

Fairport Convention: She Moves Through The Fair? Cover Version .............

Eddie Philips: Sunshine Girl? Cover Version..................

Jeff Beck: Blues deluxe? Cover Version................

I dont think Fairport Convention would claim to be the originals of that song, its just their arrangement of a traditional Irish folk song IIRC.

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[stefanom]

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

There were several more tracks completely stolen by Led Zeppelin, bit of a pub covers band really.

I'll give you the originals. You can fill in the covers:

Whole Lotta Love / Communication Breakdown / Dazed And Confused . The rest, no idea

 

[hoopsontoast]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

 

[Singslinger]

Chickenfoot and Dream Theater's versions of Highway Star;

Yngwie Malmsteen's cover of Gates of Babylon;

Testament's cover of Sails of Charon;

Steve Morse's cover of La Villa Strangiato.

 

[marou]

What happened to Christine Collister? Her live album with Clive Gregson used to be a WHF reference - contained excellent covers of Heard It Through The Grapevine and Mama Tried. Among the best Tom Waits covers is Ol' 55 by the Eagles.