Cover versions which are better than the original

[Magnum 475]

A great cover of a great song by Johnny & Roy Cash:

[Lotobear]

scoopdydoo said:

Lotobear said:

That's brilliant!

..but jeez what struck me was ..how white is that audience!!?

What an odd comment, 82% of people in the UK are white.

Anyway, this is great, her voice is pretty special.

It's not odd at all, it's simply an observation, and nothing more than that, which struck me as the camera pans towards the audience quite regularly. We see a lot more that 18% ethnic represented in the media and so perhaps that's why it appeared striking (and perhaps the middle class nature of Glasto).

[Polly Grigora]

Magnum 475 said:

Showing Springsteen how it could have been....

One of my all time favs, didn't know the great lady covered it

Much appreciated

[Zad]

scoopdydoo said:

Lotobear said:

That's brilliant!

..but jeez what struck me was ..how white is that audience!!?

What an odd comment, 82% of people in the UK are white.

Anyway, this is great, her voice is pretty special.

Have you seen the version with Newton Faulkner playing 2 guitar parts, percussion, and vocals - all recorded in a lift?

[E31Shrew]

Marc Almond

The Days of Pearly Spencer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NlGAVdkqKA

[DodgyGeezer]

not so much a cover as a different version of the same song by an ex-band member Never even knew that this existed before today

[blueg33]

I like the Wet Leg cover of Smoko by the Chats

https://youtu.be/P_dza9y6cg0?si=IexzADOzm-cmlLl9

[ajprice]

Postmodern Jukebox time again, with Sara Niemietz. I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick.

[Marlin45]

there are loads of versions of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd track but this is my all time favourite. So powerful.

https://youtu.be/rgFQ6WmxdMs

Edited by Marlin45 on Sunday 26th November 12:49

[DodgyGeezer]

Marlin45 said:

there are loads of versions of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd track but this is my all time favourite. So powerful.

https://youtu.be/rgFQ6WmxdMs

Edited by Marlin45 on Sunday 26th November 12:49

has the advantage of Shinedown being excellent anyway

[ThePrisoner]

A cover version of a John Lennon Track " Now and then " by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr .

[P. ONeill]

For the day that’s in it. Dirty Old Town.

[catso]

[Risonax]

DodgyGeezer said:

Marlin45 said:

there are loads of versions of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd track but this is my all time favourite. So powerful.

https://youtu.be/rgFQ6WmxdMs

Edited by Marlin45 on Sunday 26th November 12:49

has the advantage of Shinedown being excellent anyway

Brent Smith has a hell of a voice. Some great covers;



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But that last one, while he sings it well, its just not as good as Eddie Vedder and his now iconic MTV performance, which I think made this voice coach literally wet herself



And Black, Pearl Jam (early in their career, Vedder had a stinking cold). This is probably one of those songs, that while it can be covered well, can never be bettered.

[tardelli]

Played on 6 music yesterday
https://youtu.be/3J31QNoSBTw?si=sDDHwUFkEzXvjz3S
Kylie Minogue and Iggy Pop.
Christmas Wrapping.

[tberg]

Sort of a cover. Steven Stills and Chris Hillman (formerly the bass player and an original member of the Byrds) co-wrote a song called "It doesn't matter" that was released by Manassas that included both Stills and Hillman. But in a semi-reunion live concert at the Boarding House in San Francisco in 1978, years after the original Byrds had broken up, four of the original five Byrds got together for an outstanding concert. Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby (who just happened to show up) did a spectacular version of this great song as well as the best ever version of Mr. Tambourine Man. Well worth a listen! (They will play after the advertisements) Highly recommend listening to Mr. Tambourine Man as well, better than the Byrds' original ground breaking studio version on their first album in 1965..

https://youtu.be/Vx9WBbnfm1k (It doesn't matter)

https://youtu.be/h32jQOZsw9c (Mr. Tambourine Man

[SlimJim16v]

Better, maybe, but an updated electronic version of INXS - Don't Change. It was great live.

[blueg33]

It’s live but I like this cover of “I feel Love”

https://youtu.be/0iFBXjRbVl0?si=wsnp-R_RwBgiEJ14

[Magnum 475]

Me & Bobby McGee being covered by Reba McEntire and a superb band:

[DaveGoddard]