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nyadrn
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Dec 2, 2017 4:01 PM UTC

GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS

For many an original song that they love cannot and will not ever be duplicated by a cover, but there are many songs that have been done equally (debatebly) well by others..

So do you have favorites?

 

What are your favorite covers of favorite songs?

 

 

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    BeatleloverKT
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    Mar 20, 2021 5:32 PM UTC

    I looked back quite a ways and was surprised not

    to see possibly the best cover of all time:

    Blinded by the light, Manfred Mann, 1976.

    Original version by Bruce Springsteen, 1973.

    Manfred Mann kicks it out of the park 🎼💜

    MaVolta
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    Mar 20, 2021 8:22 PM UTC

    @BeatleloverKT  -  That's probably because the MM version is the one that everybody knows, and isn't thought of as a cover. I don't remember hearing the Springsteen original, but that was a long time ago. LOL 😂   Fantastic cover choice!

     

    “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
    BeatleloverKT
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    Mar 13, 2021 11:08 PM UTC

    I will always love you, released in 1974 by 

    Dolly Parton. Covered by Whitney Houston 

    in 1992 for “The Bodyguard” I have always

    liked Dollys version but Whitney owns this

    song 🎼💜

    EricC28201
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    Mar 2, 2021 5:58 PM UTC

    Smokin' In the Boy's Room - Brownsville Station cover by Motley Crue

    MaVolta
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    Feb 23, 2021 7:27 PM UTC

    Here's another killer cover by Roger - - -

     

    Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me  -  Elton John cover by Roger Daltrey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ6rpL_QLo

     

    “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
    MaVolta
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    Feb 23, 2021 7:23 PM UTC

    A few months ago I posted this comment and cover:

    A lot of rock / metal / heavy metal singers have covered this, but most don't get anywhere near Paul McCartney's vocal ability to slay this song. This one gets pretty darn close . . .  

     

    Helter Skelter  -  Beatles cover by Gillan

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n9du7FSNVc

     

    Now I'm adding this version by Roger Daltrey that he recorded for the album, The Art of McCartney. Roger kills it. But then he does that with any song he sings!

     

    Helter Skelter  -  Paul McCartney cover by Roger Daltrey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvWtr9siA70

     

    Roger Daltrey and Ian Gillan, along with Paul McCartney are my favorite rock singers of all time. As they say, they can sing the phone book and I'd listen. 😸

    “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
    DarcyFarrow
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    Jan 18, 2021 5:22 AM UTC

    U2 and Davy Jones singing "Daydream Believer"

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    Jan 18, 2021 12:38 AM UTC

    Annie Lennox doing Al Greene's "Take Me to the River"

    With that beautiful voice, I'd follow her there too...LOL

    DarcyFarrow
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    Jan 17, 2021 6:54 PM UTC

    Robert Wyatt's prog rock version of the Monkees' "I'm a Believer"

    DarcyFarrow
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    Jan 17, 2021 7:26 PM UTC

    Dolly Parton's tender and simple version of the hymn "In the Garden"

    DarcyFarrow
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    Jan 4, 2021 5:48 PM UTC

    Dolly Parton's version of John Denver's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"

    EricC28201
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    Dec 30, 2020 12:34 PM UTC

    Steve N Seagulls cover of Thunderstruck by AC/DC