best covers of songs

Stig

Teenage Letter - The Count Bishops

Granted Jerry Lee Lewis' version is pretty cool too.

Lincsaddick

Word Up .. Gun
Got to Get You into My Life .. Earth Wind & Fire .. and I'll think of 1,000 others before too long

heckington_reds

Kula shaker .....hush,miles better than the original by ....I cant remember

Stig

Deep Purple

TellyTubby

So tired of being alone Al Green/Texas

Also agree that the Goodies did a great cover of wild thing.

EveshamAddick

AddickUpNorth said:

Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

John Martyn did a nice version of this on his Sapphire LP.

Lincsaddick

Stig said:

Deep Purple

that was a cover as well .. Billy Joe Royal had the original (I thought it was Joe South, but he just wrote it)

heckington_reds

Thanks, couldn't remember

Stig

Lincsaddick said:

Stig said:

Deep Purple

that was a cover as well .. Billy Joe Royal had the original (I thought it was Joe South, but he just wrote it)

Well, you live and learn. I'll have to check that one out. Cheers Lincs.

harveys_gardener

Sabre Dance - Aram Khachaturian/Love Sculpture

Lincsaddick

.. as O wrote, I thought it was Joe South said:

Lincsaddick said:

Stig said:

Deep Purple

that was a cover as well .. Billy Joe Royal had the original (I thought it was Joe South, but he just wrote it)

Well, you live and learn. I'll have to check that one out. Cheers Lincs.

thank wiki .. I knew that the DP version was a cover, as I wrote, I thought that Joe South did the original

EveshamAddick

Heartbreak Hotel - John Cale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXWvIgX_Ojk
Hallelujah - John Cale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEOZLQ3d1FI
Silly Love Songs - Red House Painters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJU_qjdShgc
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Susanna and the Magic Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHhVydgvuAc
I Love You, You Big Dummy - Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O72q0X_6eA

CafcWest

Patti Smith's version of Prince's "When doves cry"

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Wild World - Jimmy Cliff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afdp563mGmM

Addickted2U

Song of the Siren - This Mortal Coil / Tim Buckley

Johnnysummers5

Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones / Melanie

i_b_b_o_r_g

Rolf Harris - Stairway To Heaven

i_b_b_o_r_g

First Aid Kit - America (Paul Simon)

AddicksAddict

Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and The Banshees

Paint in Black - Flamin' Groovies

Born to Run - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Police and Thieves - The Clash

My Way - Sid Vicious

Angel - Rod Stewart

Only a Hobo - Rod Stewart

Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart

Valerie - Amy

With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker

At The Hop - Sha Na Na live at Woodstock

Jealous Guy - Bryan Ferry

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor

Gloria - Patti Smith

Since You Been Gone - Rainbow (I didn't realise this was a cover until recently)

I'm not claiming any of these to be better than the original, just that they are the best covers I've heard.

AddicksAddict

EveshamAddick said:

Heartbreak Hotel - John Cale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXWvIgX_Ojk
Hallelujah - John Cale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEOZLQ3d1FI
Silly Love Songs - Red House Painters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJU_qjdShgc
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Susanna and the Magic Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHhVydgvuAc
I Love You, You Big Dummy - Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O72q0X_6eA

I really, really, really don't like that cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart.

SoundAsa£

Knowing my choice in music I can scarcely believe I'm going to say this!
Recently I just happened to watch the last few minutes of a live BBC special with Michael Buble, he did a rearranged version of the Elvis classic "You were always on my mind"......he absolutely nailed it, superb and left me feeling elated.
I'm no great fan of his and certainly not of Elvis.......it came completely out of the blue, which made it all the more surprising that I loved it!

Chef_addick

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen
We can work it out - Stevie Wonder/The Beatles
Where did you sleep last night - Nirvana/Leadbelly?
You've got the love - Florence & the machine/Candy Staton
Mrs Robinson - Lemonheads/Simon and Garfunkel
All along the watchtower - Hendrix/Dylan

AddicksAddict

Stig said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4hSUDCWKDc

I think Michael Phelps should stick to swimming.

i_b_b_o_r_g

Candy flip - Strawberry Fields

AddicksAddict

SoundAsa£ said:

Knowing my choice in music I can scarcely believe I'm going to say this!
Recently I just happened to watch the last few minutes of a live BBC special with Michael Buble, he did a rearranged version of the Elvis classic "You were always on my mind"......he absolutely nailed it, superb and left me feeling elated.
I'm no great fan of his and certainly not of Elvis.......it came completely out of the blue, which made it all the more surprising that I loved it!

Which reminds me, Fine Young Cannibals did a good cover of Suspicious Minds.

AddicksAddict

And my final word on the matter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8cixXyuT68

Henry Irving

Every Thursday morning on radio London Robert Elms does cover to cover, the same song by two artists on which the audience vote

Wright6679

On Broadway-The Drifters
Gary Numan(live '79) with Billie Currie from Ultravox doing a tremendous synth solo.
https://youtu.be/TaPzt0vK7Ok

pettgra

The Air that I breath. Albert Hammond/ The Hollies.
Anyone who is familiar with Albert Hammonds songs will know several of them have become big hits for other artists.

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Wright6679 said:

On Broadway-The Drifters
Gary Numan(live '79) with Billie Currie from Ultravox doing a tremendous synth solo.
https://youtu.be/TaPzt0vK7Ok

Hmm, hadn't heard that before.
I think I prefer Neil Young's rocking grungy version