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Covers That Are Better...

Started by Lordofthefiles, July 25, 2019, 01:18:00 AM

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Natnar

Weak In The Presence Of Beauty by Alison Moyet.

Quote from: Jockice on July 27, 2019, 04:32:30 PM
Dunno about being better, but this is a lovely version of Brass In Pocket by Suede.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glf5u5-Gi6U

I'll tell you what's not better, Chrissie Hynde's cover of State Of Independence

https://youtu.be/Pywkt4aTgXk

object-lesson

Quote from: bgmnts on July 27, 2019, 04:40:43 PM
It will always be Money by the Flying Lizards.

Definitely can make a case for better than The Beatles, but not Barrett Strong. Though really it's so different in its aesthetic it's hard to make meaningful judgments of better or worse. 



Poobum

Never seen someone play a saw better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJboSby7nW0

Quite a bit of competition for this one, but Ruth Radelet's voice. I dream of laying my head on her lap, being caressed and lullabied, sigh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMXFRe4wrU

Quote from: Cuellar on July 27, 2019, 04:29:48 PM
Here's my reaction vid:



I think I'm going to stop coming into this thread, I'm obviously not in sync with it.

In agreement. I'd argue there are few things worse. Rock covers generally are dreadful in my opinion, but this is a particularly nowt version.

I saw Disturbed accidentally in 2001. Even by the standard of a Marilyn Manson support they were embarrassing.

Lordofthefiles

Hindu Love Gods - Raspberry Beret
(Warren Zevon and a canny backing band)

https://youtu.be/jRMjSGBHz7E

kalowski


kalowski

I much prefer both The Kingsmen's and The Sonic's versions of Louie Louie to the original.

Mr Banlon



object-lesson

260 versions of Ain't No Sunshine! Funked up, soully, MOR, reggaefied, jazzy, rocky etc. etc. most of them can be listened to on this page.

For me Ken Boothe just makes it over the original but your preference will say a lot about you, your taste and basic moral character. Temptations, Horace Andy and Eva Cassidy run it close I reckon, all revelatory in their own way.

https://secondhandsongs.com/work/3063/versions


TheMonk

The talk of Phil Collins got me onto this lovely video...
https://youtu.be/DtPRLhLUHWs

a duncandisorderly

Quote from: TheMonk on July 28, 2019, 09:30:00 AM
The talk of Phil Collins got me onto this lovely video...
https://youtu.be/DtPRLhLUHWs

everything about that has filled me with rage. poor phil. he must think he's died & this is the waiting room while his whole life is examined by afterlife bureaucrats, & it's not looking too clever is it?

a duncandisorderly

cross-posting from genius lyrics thread because they are genius lyrics by thackeray on what is technically a cover-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQm_8uoljWM

mojo filters

Mary Beth Maziarz - Daydream Believer


Also Eva Cassidy's Fields Of Gold sounds better than Sting's original, though I was slightly less impressed when after hearing it I acquired a whole CD of hers - and found out she used the same style of arrangement on every song.

a duncandisorderly

Quote from: mojo filters on July 28, 2019, 02:27:22 PM
Mary Beth Maziarz - Daydream Believer


Also Eva Cassidy's Fields Of Gold sounds better than Sting's original, though I was slightly less impressed when after hearing it I acquired a whole CD of hers - and found out she used the same style of arrangement on every song.

difficult to be mean about this when (apparently) she was already terminally ill as she recorded it. it does sound better than sting's version..... & I'd better stop there.

Quote from: drummersaredeaf on July 27, 2019, 08:02:28 PM
In agreement. I'd argue there are few things worse. Rock covers generally are dreadful in my opinion, but this is a particularly nowt version.

I saw Disturbed accidentally in 2001. Even by the standard of a Marilyn Manson support they were embarrassing.

Limp Bizkit
Behind Blue Eyes

christ

Endicott

Quote from: Lordofthefiles on July 27, 2019, 08:41:11 PM
Hindu Love Gods - Raspberry Beret
(Warren Zevon and a canny backing band)

https://youtu.be/jRMjSGBHz7E

On what godforsaken planet is that supposed to be better than the original?

mojo filters

Quote from: a duncandisorderly on July 28, 2019, 03:04:32 PM
difficult to be mean about this when (apparently) she was already terminally ill as she recorded it. it does sound better than sting's version..... & I'd better stop there.

I knew she died young, but I hadn't realised quite so tragically and so early - until I did a quick Google.

Turns out she wasn't just the pretty voice I imagined. On the Songbird comp (presumably the CD I have somewhere) she's credited with the guitars, keys, production and arrangement.

I vaguely recall there was a bit of buzz around her work at some point, though probably before I first noticed Fields Of Gold. I'm sure I'd heard her work a bit earlier, but I distinctly recall hearing Fields Of Gold soundtracking some emotive scenes on an early season of Dawson's Creek.

The latter show was full of great tunes when originally broadcast in the US and UK. Unfortunately the DVD releases really cheaped out on licencing, to the point where I think they even lost Paula Cole's epic I Don't Wanna Wait theme!

bgmnts

Quote from: object-lesson on July 27, 2019, 05:31:22 PM
Definitely can make a case for better than The Beatles, but not Barrett Strong. Though really it's so different in its aesthetic it's hard to make meaningful judgments of better or worse.

Well thats the whole point of a cover for me. It should be different from the original.

a duncandisorderly

Quote from: mojo filters on July 28, 2019, 04:42:51 PM
I knew she died young, but I hadn't realised quite so tragically and so early - until I did a quick Google.

Turns out she wasn't just the pretty voice I imagined. On the Songbird comp (presumably the CD I have somewhere) she's credited with the guitars, keys, production and arrangement.

I vaguely recall there was a bit of buzz around her work at some point, though probably before I first noticed Fields Of Gold. I'm sure I'd heard her work a bit earlier, but I distinctly recall hearing Fields Of Gold soundtracking some emotive scenes on an early season of Dawson's Creek.

The latter show was full of great tunes when originally broadcast in the US and UK. Unfortunately the DVD releases really cheaped out on licencing, to the point where I think they even lost Paula Cole's epic I Don't Wanna Wait theme!

the real tragedy is that she couldn't effectively marry her magnificent voice to something she meant herself, & not some rubbish by sting or whoever. one or two covers in a career of performing is sort of understandable- paying tribute to one's influences, sort of thing. the fall, for instance... many fall fans don't even know that 'mr pharmacist' is a cover, & think that they did "ghost in my house" for a laugh.
but a whole career of it seems wrong to me. might be just me.... dunno. seems a waste.

Tokyo van Ramming

Quote from: Endicott on July 28, 2019, 04:25:29 PM
On what godforsaken planet is that supposed to be better than the original?

This thread has gone toxic!

Sebastian Cobb

I know a lot of people probably won't agree, but I prefer the Otis version of Wonderful World to the Sam Cooke version.

Bennett Brauer

Quote from: a duncandisorderly on July 28, 2019, 09:46:22 AM
everything about that has filled me with rage. poor phil. he must think he's died & this is the waiting room while his whole life is examined by afterlife bureaucrats, & it's not looking too clever is it?

"Tony and Mike wrote that one, sweetie. Do you know Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)?"

TheMonk

That video has played havoc with my YouTube suggestions.
But get a load of her doing Supper's Ready!
Bloody hell, gutsy child.
https://youtu.be/r4Rfb8bOhIo

Shit Good Nose

Quote from: Bennett Brauer on July 29, 2019, 12:59:39 AM
"Tony and Mike wrote that one, sweetie. Do you know Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)?"

But, in fairness, written with the specific intention that Phil would sing it on the album regardless of who ended up taking over from Gabriel, so it would have been Trick's equivalent of More Fool Me or For Absent Friends.

It's also been a favourite of Phil's since it was recorded, and he was instrumental in putting it forward for the final tour in 2007.

But, of all the Genesis songs that he wrote and/or recorded, I'll grant you it probably doesn't have the strongest personal connection.

At least it wasn't Visions of Angels or Dusk.

Lordofthefiles


Cuellar

Quote from: Endicott on July 28, 2019, 04:25:29 PM
On what godforsaken planet is that supposed to be better than the original?

Yeah, I'm a pretty big Warren-head but this is in no way better than Prince's.