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GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS

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December 2, 2017
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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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Vexed

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"Sea of Love" - The Honeydrippers original by Phil Phillips with The Twilights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd8WUJ9uT3o

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LeeS4949

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A pretty good movie too.. Al Pacino and Ellen Bursten..

Vexed

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"Knocking on Heavens Door" - original by Bob Dylan - 1973

Have two favorite covers.

Eric Clapton - 1975 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIT7_1hTZ0g

Warren Zevon - 2003 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euBuVh_BUe4

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dl73698250

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Bob and Warren sound like they're singing with one foot in the grave. But, Eric sounds like he's skipping merrily down the street. Skip to the loo, my darling. Maybe he has to go real bad.

Vexed

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Warren was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2002 and died in 2003 after finishing the album.

ripvanwinkle96

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"I've Told Every Little Star" * Mary Ellis (1933) written by J Kern & O Hammerstein. This operatic song was inspired by a Cape Cod Sparrow Melospiza Melodia. No kidding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mdcvrZYE4Q&ab_channel=RReady555

Linda Scott's version (1961) is the one everyone probably identifies with, but the warbling bird was a surprise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgpiGs_4Js&ab_channel=imanuglyfrogtoo

Raynyky

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Chris Stapleton’s cover of Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters

EricC28201

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Awesome sound. Really turns up the intensity. Oddly the lyrics say love song, but the tone of the music seems to say 'all is lost'.

MaVolta

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Lay Lady Lay - Bryan Adams (Dylan cover)

https://youtu.be/jxiAHDofwR8

From his album, Tracks of My Years (2014) which is all covers. It has a lot of great songs, and he sings them so well. I like it a lot! 😎

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

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dl73698250

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I like Brian Adams. But, this is not as good as Bob Dylan's version.

Brian has a lot of good french songs. For instance: Brian Adams; Je Suis La Me Voila (mostafa bouhlil). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SaM6S-oHMw.

He has a lot of good songs in his own right. He just didn't do a good job with Dylan's song.

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"Some Kind of Wonderful" - Grand Funk Railroad - original by Soul Brothers Six

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMt1MnjpHC0

ripvanwinkle96

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Big Beat Genre Fatboy Slim's (Norman Cook) 1998 rendition of "Funk Soul Brother" {Rockefeller Skank} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIfuq7pR_Zs&ab_channel=Whatwassampled%3F

was derived from the obscure instrumental "Sliced Tomatoe's" By Detroit band the Just Brothers (1972)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ05TOj4NYc&ab_channel=SMELLTHECRATES

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Keeping with oldies - I don’t know the original, and haven’t found it on YouTube. I always thought it was Ricky’s song since that’s the only one I remember. So this song has had a lot of covers. My favorite is Queen, and I don’t really care for the Led Zep version (sorry LZ fans), but included it any way. Statlers version is pretty cool. Do y’all have a favorite?

Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson, (Johnny Duncan cover 1960)

https://youtu.be/AMVQCHgpYmI

Queen

https://youtu.be/BjUAH7nBiko

CCR

https://youtu.be/A_yaFj0Lysc

The Statler Brothers

https://youtu.be/j-EcCKAc_iY

Led Zeppelin

https://youtu.be/wvRxXvitACk

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

ripvanwinkle96

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Written by the great Gene Pitney.

MaVolta

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Interesting fun fact, from Songfacts: Pitney also recorded the song, but his record label never released it because he already had a single out. They shopped it around, and Johnny Duncan released it just before Nelson, who ended up with the hit.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

Raynyky

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Santana’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Black Magic Women

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dl73698250

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What? I remember when Santana's version came out. I also remember that I heard the band Santana before I heard the Fleetwood Mac band. I always thought Fleetwood Mac was covering Santana's song. Surprise, surprise.