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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn your opinion, which covers were better than the original? I'll start......
God Eddie was amazing! And I know David was a handful but I think he was amazing too...
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)I am not a fan of the original. Compare!
we can do it
(12,118 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)but my God you are SOOOOO right! There's no comparison!
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)There is no comparison. I prefer the Kim Carnes version.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)An absolutely smokin' live version on the BBC:
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)scorcher!!!!
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Absolutely. Soooooooooooo great!
Shermann
(7,357 posts)ZZenith
(4,110 posts)Love this version.
And the first, but this one feels better to me.
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Wow....that was beautiful. I've never even heard of The Sundays and I've never heard that rendition.
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)I completely agree. Just beautiful....
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)It's the key change towards the end that makes this, IMHO, the best vocal performance by a woman, ever. We lost Laura way to soon.
The Roux Comes First
(1,278 posts)Great as Mr. Zimmerman's original was, Mr. Hendrix took that into another dimension entirely.
Eko
(7,170 posts)But Johnny Cash's hurt is second for me.
Without question Johnny Cash's Hurt is brilliant...
The Roux Comes First
(1,278 posts)The Man in Black was definitely on a roll there at the end, making crushing covers of all sorts.
I would have been entirely content with his amazing earlier oeuvre: Ring of Fire, I Walk the Line, Folsom Prison, Jackson, etc.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Yea....I think this may be THE one that's actually considered the best cover ever...(if there's such a thing as a kind of consensus ). It's fun to hear what folks consider great covers and I'm enjoying hearing some that I've never heard. But "All Along The Watchtower" by Mr. Hendrix probably has no equal. As you said, it truly went into another dimension....
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)no comparison.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)[link:http://&list=RDLC6XJ9JaqnM&index=13|
Again, I just like it better than that of Simon and Garfunkle. I'm probably way too old to be a fan of this rendition, but I am.
Wawannabe
(5,580 posts)❤️❤️❤️
Rorey
(8,445 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)This rendition of "The Sound of Silence" takes it from a really good song (by Simon and Garfunkle) to bone-chillingly and "stop me in my tracks" haunting....
yellowdogintexas
(22,119 posts)It was so good. I could not imagine anyone but S & G doing that song.
I was so wrong.
The twins liked it a LOT
Squinch
(50,773 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)Thanks for posting this.
Squinch
(50,773 posts)The Roux Comes First
(1,278 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)I love just about anything with Alison Krauss, and the harmony with Shawn Colvin just put it over the top for me.
Squinch
(50,773 posts)Thanks!
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)I've never heard this version. Excellent...Shawn Colvin's great...
Wawannabe
(5,580 posts)I like his Billy Jean cover better than MJs version too. Oh, who am I kidding? I love all of Cornell's covers!
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Wow....I hadn't heard that and I loved Chris Cornell too. I still feel so sad when I think about him leaving us I agree - I like his version more that Sinead's too; but I think hers was a cover also of Prince who wrote it..
LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I just love Roland Gift's voice. It's so unique and soulful.
LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)I also just LOVE this version from Fine young Cannibals....You'll get no disagreement from me on this one.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)[link:
|Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Wow....I've never heard that version. Absolutely stunning...Another one we lost way too young...
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)was a huge Eva fan.
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)Mostly like the songs sung by others.
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)But, he's hit or miss as a singer.
This melts me every time...
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Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Wow....I've never heard this version.....Excellent....I love Sophie B. Hawkins...
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Yep...The Byrds nailed in on "Mr. Tambourine Man" and someone else posted "All Along The Watch Tower" which I commented that IMHO is probably the gold standard of covers.
walkingman
(7,511 posts)Heart doing Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center Honors!
Always fantastic.
58Sunliner
(4,339 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)I have heard this one and you are SO right - It's stellar....
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)LeftInTX
(24,554 posts)Example: Get Ready by Rare Earth
You Need Love by Muddy Waters has had an interesting cycle. (As has many British recycling of American blues )
Not exactly a cover, but interesting....
https://www.aaronkrerowicz.com/pop-music-blog/inspiration-or-plagiarism-you-need-love-vs-whole-lotta-love
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Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)I hadn't heard Muddy Waters or The Small Faces versions...Wow!
Niagara
(7,406 posts)Here are 3 that I listen to frequently.
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Wow - I'd never heard Linkin Park's version of Rolling in the Deep. Awesome...
diva77
(7,604 posts)(I love Carole King's original as well)
ETA: looks like Aretha may have covered it first
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Without question - an absolute classic....
NNadir
(33,368 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Excellent....I hadn't heart that one....
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)dimension than the original version:
The original was by Tears for Fears.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)Though it's a significant departure from the original.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Absolutely! Leonard Cohen wrote this masterpiece. I believe that Jeff Buckley and KD Lang's versions are both considered exceptional.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)tanyev
(42,360 posts)but I dont recall ever hearing that before. Do you know if the video was made for that song, or comes from a movie?
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)but I don't know which one.
tanyev
(42,360 posts)Diane Lane and Olivier Martinez. Might have to look for that...
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)I've never heard this version and I love The Gipsy Kings. Excellent!
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)The duet with Maria Bethania and Milton Nascimento of Milton's song, "Cancoes e momentos [Songs and Moments]"
Even when you don't understand the lyrics, their voices are beautiful. It's one of my all time favorite songs.
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)That was beautiful!
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)It's about a singer's gift of voice.
Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)by Ozzy Osbourne and Dweezil Zappa.
Wolf
hurl
(931 posts)I have to echo Eko (up thread) that Johnny Cash's Hurt is a favorite. Still, Gary Allan's cover of Vertical Horizon's Best I Ever Had takes it to a new level - and I'm not a country music person.
Original for reference:
OMG...I've never heard that song. Absolutely beautiful!
Boxerfan
(2,531 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Yes. I've heard this many times and I completely agree. I like it much better.
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Ahpook
(2,747 posts)How about this
The Roux Comes First
(1,278 posts)I loved The Sound of Music as a child, and Julie Andrews does a superlative job rendering the Rodgers and Hammerstein tunes. There was probably a period when I could run them all down myself (also true for West Side Story), though of course not with the caliber of these performers.
But years later I came upon Coltrane's soprano saxophone. What a revelation! Great fun to have the ever-so-familiar themes running through, but this is, as with Watchtower, something else altogether.
IcyPeas
(21,746 posts)Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)OMG......I've NEVER heard that. I adore Dusty Springfield. Thank you....
Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)And the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band paid it forward by giving Jerry Jeff Walker an opportunity to scratch one item off his bucket list: Play at the storied Ryman Auditorium
A highlight of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 50th Anniversary concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, on 14th September 2015. The original Mr Bojangles, Jerry Jeff Walker, delighted the audience with this performance.
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Without question the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band absolutely nailed this wonderful song!
Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)that landed a beat up 45rpm of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles". It WAS meant to be, Baby!
'Mr. Bojangles' couldn't have happened without the radio
Dave Paulson
The Tennessean
Jeff Hanna, left, and Bart Herbison discuss songwriting.
This edition of "Story Behind the Song" is a first for the series: We're not speaking to the writer of the song, but the artist who made it a hit. Jeff Hanna of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band told Bart Herbison (of Nashville Songwriters Association International) how "Mr. Bojangles" made its way from Jerry Jeff Walker to them.
Bart Herbison: This is the only one of these weve done in years with somebody that didnt write that song. I remember we were at John Richs house one night
and you sat down and told me this story of how Mr. Bojangles, written by Jerry Jeff Walker, got to you guys.
Jeff Hanna: Well, we were recording an album, this was like late 69, early 70, in Los Angeles.
Im driving home late one night. Im flipping through the dial and I hear this song that just blew my mind, it was so beautiful, and poignant. Pulled the car over to the side of the road so I could hear better, and cranked it up, of course FM radio late night, no back announcing. I had no idea who it was. I just knew that I was tearing up hearing this tune about this old guy and a dog, you know, and this beautiful story. So I come into rehearsal the next day, Guys, I heard this tune its like, its a perfect fit for what were doing! I know how to do it! You know, well use a mandolin, well use the accordion, and itll work, itll be great, and uh, but I dont know the name of the song. And Im describing the tune and Jimmy Ibbotson jumps up and says, I know the song! I know the song! We run outside to the parking lot, he pops the trunk on his (car). Under the spare tire in his trunk, in a rusty pool of water, is a 45. Jerry Jeff Walker, Mr. Bojangles.
BH: The only record there?
JH: Ibby had it when he left New Castle, Indiana. He went to school at DePauw, and he was driving to Los Angeles to become a star, to make his mark in the music business, you know. And this woman gave him the record, And this is going to mean something to you someday. That was her line.
BH: Did you ever tell that story to Jerry Jeff? What did he say?
JH: He just laughed. He said, Its just, its the folk process. I got to tell you one quick thing about Ken, though, because this was a scratchy record, and you know, we found a record player that had the big spindle in the middle that you play 45's on. And were stacking pennies on the needle of the record player to get it to track cause its so just ...
BH: Warped?
JH: Its scratched to pieces, right. And we messed up a couple of spots in the lyrics, recorded it that way, and the big hit has mangled lyrics on a couple of lines.
Jerry Jeff again, he said its "the folk process."
BH: But you know, he put that on other records. His got a lot more popular after that album came out, that Dirt Band album came out.
JH: Well, it was good for everybody.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/story-behind-the-song/2017/12/08/mr-bojangles-nitty-gritty-dirt-band-jeff-hanna-story-behind-song-jerry-jeff-walker/930339001/
The King of Prussia
(735 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)Even Nine Inch Nails agreed Johnny owned it.
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)I think when people talk about what many consider to be the best covers ever, Hurt by Johnny Cash and All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix are two that immediately come to mind.....
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)most of the time, you do not even know there was an original and when you hear it, it is like "yuck, thank God for the modern version."
For me, it is rarer to hear an original and think it is better. About the only example I can think of is "shop around"
Upthevibe
(7,880 posts)Love this one - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles...
For me, it's really mixed regarding the original vrs. the cover. And then, there are some that are equally good.
NNadir
(33,368 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,119 posts)Now Dolly wrote it and her version of it may have been before Whitney's
However I still like Dolly's version better