cover version quiz help

[FunkyGibbon]

for the purposes of a quiz I have to help set, does anyone know any great popular songs that:

a)had a really obscure original band and are more popular now with the cover

b)a really popular original band but the cover is done by an unexpected or unheard of modern band?

if you see what I mean.

along the lines of Light ny Fire - Doors version great, Will Young version cr4p.

TIA

[Plotloss]

All along the watchtower?

Best known for Hendrix's version not so well known for Dylans original.

[Tyre Smoke]

Bob Dylan's 'Hard Rain's Gonna Fall' better known version done by Brian Ferry in about '73.

Rolf Harris' Stairway to Heaven? Okay joking

Norman Greenbaum ' Spirit in the sky' and Dr and The Medics

Will post some more if I can think of them.

[staceyb]

Travis - Hit Me Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)

Speedway - Genie In A Bottle (Christina Aguilera)

[Eric Mc]

Mr Tmabourine Man - best known for The Byrds' version compared to Dylan's. In fact, most of Dylan's songs are best known for other people's cover versions.

Rolf Harris' version of "Stairway to Heaven".
Step's (or was it S Club 7) version of the Bee Gees' "Tragedy".
The Trogg's original version of "Love is All Around" is now usually ignored in favour of Wet Wet Wet's 1994 version.
Matt Munroe's version of "Yesterday" was more well known in 1965 than the Beatles' original.
The Marmalade had a big hit with "Oh Blah Di, Oh Blah Da" in 1967 but you onmly ever hear The Beatles original now.
You generally hear Anita Franklin's version of "I Say a Little for You" although Dionne Warwick had the bigger chart success with the song.

[maxrider]

Under the Bridge - Chili Peppers/All Saints

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd/Scissor Sisters

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen/G4

[zaktoo]

"Stairway to Heaven" covered by Frank Zappa?

[semtex73]

"Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum vs. Annie Lennox

[Tyre Smoke]

Handbags and Gladrags - originally by Rod Stewart, Stereophonics (?)

[zaktoo]

Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkle/The Bangles

[pantscat]

Here's a few!

- Easy - Faith No More (Lionel Richie)
- Firestarter - Jimmy Eat World (Prodigy)
- Vicar in a tutu - Therapy? (The Smiths)
- Nobody does it better - Radiohead (Carly Simon)
- Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails if memory serves!)
- Hallelujah - Rufus Wainright or Jeff Buckley (which is the better version in my opinion) - (Leonard Cohen)
- Tainted Love - Marylin Manson or Soft Cell (Gloria Jones did the original)
- Ms Jackson - The Vines (Outkast)
- Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sister (Pink Floyd)
- Jealous Guy - Roxy Music (John Lennon)

[Plotloss]

Ash - The Cantina Band

Originally of course on the holy trilogy soundtrack.

[Tyre Smoke]

zaktoo said:

Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkle/The Bangles

Keeping the S+G theme going

Cecilia was covered by Suggs

Also there's Love Train by The O'Jays covered by Holly Johnson (him from Frankie goes to Hollywood)

[The Dude]

pantscat said:

Here's a few! - Easy - Faith No More (Lionel Richie) - Firestarter - Jimmy Eat World (Prodigy) - Vicar in a tutu - Therapy? (The Smiths) - Nobody does it better - Radiohead (Carly Simon) - Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails if memory serves!) - Hallelujah - Rufus Wainright or Jeff Buckley (which is the better version in my opinion) - (Leonard Cohen) - Tainted Love - Marylin Manson or Soft Cell (Gloria Jones did the original) - Ms Jackson - The Vines (Outkast) - Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sister (Pink Floyd) - Jealous Guy - Roxy Music (John Lennon)

What?! I can't believe some of the stuff that's getting posted. No wonder the cover version is still the cash cow for most new acts.

[ofcorsa]

recent one
heartbeats by jose gonzales originally performed by The knives

[Eric Mc]

Jealous Guy - Bryan Ferry (John Lennon)

Zing Went the Strings of My Heart - The Trammps (Judy Garland)

You Are Everything - Dianna Ross & Marvyn Gaye (The Stylistics)

Help Me Make it Through the Night - Kris Kristofferson (Johnny Holt)

If - David Gates and Bread (Telly Savalas - disastrous version too - even if it got to No.1 in the charts in 1975)

Stone in Love with You - The Stylistics (Johnny Mathis)

Young Love - Tab Hunter (Donny Osmond)

Let me Try Again - Frank Sinatra (Tammy Jones)

I Love Rock & Roll - The Arrows (Joan Jet and the Blackhearts/Britney Spears)

There are hundreds if not thousands of such covers.

[crmcatee]

Bruce Springsteen (Original) - Manfred Mann (cover) Blinded by the light

[cy88]

Hotel California - Gypsy Kings
Norwegian Wood - Cornershop
Walk on By - The mavis'
Jealous Guy - Yasushi Ide
Girl from Ipanema - Boogie Macs
Ashes to Ashes (Bowie)- Lassigue Benthaus (best of the lot)

[Eric Mc]

La Bamba - Richie Valens (Los Lobos - from the movie soundtrack of "La Bamba).

[lotusfan]

Word up (gun) far better than the original (cameo???)
also done by Korn