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GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS

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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?

 

 

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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NOBODY not even the great Daryl Hall, will ever top Bill Medley & Bobby Hatfield's

version of  the classic "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.

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Totally agree, itโ€™s not even close

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Everytime you go away, Paul Young, 1985.

Original done by Hall&Oates in 1980. I do like 

Paulโ€™s version but he canโ€™t top Hall&Oates

๐ŸŽผ๐Ÿ’œ

 

 

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Really nice version of Daryl Hall's original.

I agree the guy who wrote it it did it better.

But Paul Young had a big hit with it.

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I Just Want to Make Love to You - Muddy Waters Covered by Foghat

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCLp5cIsqWE

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

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OK for English rock blues, saw them twice.

The real version is the guy that wrote it, with the great Little Walter on harp (harmonica).

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John Denver's version of Michael Martin Murphey's "Boy from the Country"

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You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC Covered by Steve 'n' Seagulls

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@EricC28201 wrote:

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC Covered by Steve 'n' Seagulls




haha, I've been watching that for years. It is a trip. Love it.

 

edit to add: their version of Thunderstruck is even better

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It's OK. Doesn't make for a good country tune, even if  it's played

at blinding speed. 

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Only the Lonely  -  Roy Orbison cover by Chris Isaak

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXoBMlNjT0s

 

Nobody covers Roy Orbison, and other songs of this era, like Chris Isaak! He's got the voice, and he's got the vibe.  ๐Ÿ’›  

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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Bruce's cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Trapped"

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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 ๐ŸŽผ๐Ÿ’œ

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@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 ๐Ÿ˜‚   Fantastic cover choice!

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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I will always love you, released in 1974 by 

Dolly Parton. Covered by Whitney Houston 

in 1992 for โ€œThe Bodyguardโ€ I have always

liked Dollys version but Whitney owns this

song ๐ŸŽผ๐Ÿ’œ

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

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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

 

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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. ๐Ÿ˜ธ

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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U2 and Davy Jones singing "Daydream Believer"

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

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

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

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

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

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Steve N Seagulls cover of Thunderstruck by AC/DC

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Sting's rendition of the theme from "The Flintstones"

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It was actually in the rehearsals for Dream of the Blue Turtles, the band did it off the cuff to bust "Gordon's" onions. It was a crack up. The back singers sang it. 

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Never listened to much Disco, but:

KoRn did a good cover of Word-Up (originally by Cameo)

Red Hot Chili Peppers did a good cover of Roller Coaster of Love (originally by The Ohio Players)

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George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness" as covered by Ann Wilson

and Concrete Blonde 

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Jersey girl, 1984. Bruce Springsteen. This was

 a Tom Waits song, and was the B side to 

โ€œCover meโ€ Canโ€™t believe it was a B side, such 

an incredible song. One of my fav Bruce songs

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"I Think We're Alone Now"

originally performed by Tommy James & the Shondells, 1967

covered by the Rubinoos 1977

covered by Leni Lovich 1978 (English, German and Japanese versions)

covered by Tiffany in 1987 

covered by Snuff 1989

covered by Girls Aloud 2006

covered by Billy Joe Armstrong 2020

and about 20 other musical acts

 

I'm giving my props to Lovich's Japanese version

 

 

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