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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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@dl73698250 - It’s a beautiful song, and it has a familiar sound, but I can’t place it. I looked up the translation which is strong feelings. 

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Nik Kershaw; Wouldn't It Be Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLF1FgyRLkk

Juliane Werding; Sonne Auf Der Haut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlPfEKLr6_M

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Which Is the original is debatable:

Melina Mercouri; Never On A Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ATOp7GnTA

Denise Keene; Never On A Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJsokdGaww

Connie Francis; Never On Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM6JiCuf5AE

Lale Andersen; Ein Schiff Wird Kommen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPUb7S2r-x0

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A Paul Anka collaboration composition original:

Frank Sinatra; My Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp6D71kQRhA

Mary Roos; So Leb' Dein Leben (My Way) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybXmWuQTf_A

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Not sure what the original is, but here's 2 versions of:

Barbara Dickson; January, February https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gt98OkL11c

Mary Roos; Wenn Ich Dich Nicht Halten Kann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBnL5cJMnI

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Not sure what the original is, but here's 2 versions of:

Modern Talking; You're My Heart, You're My Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kHl4FoK1Ys

Mary Roos; Ich Bin Stark Nur Mit Dir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_OtaXBdbo8

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Modern Talking's Dieter Bohlen wrote "You're My Heart, You're My Soul".

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There's a song I like that has several covers; A Man Without Love. I'm not sure Who Barry Mason is, or when he wrote this song, but 3 favorite versions of this are by Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, and Florian Haidt (German).

Florian Haidt; Das Tu Ich So Gerne Für Dich  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWEfuNg5yNg

Engelbert Humperdinck; A Man Without Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ujotDMluo

Tom Jones; A Man Without Love (not really sure if this is Tom or Engelbert) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1SYKKa3qds

Barry Mason; Lonely Is A Man Without Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mAjRC_ixq4

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It is a beautiful song. Thanks for those links @dl73698250 and the memories. The German one was very nice. Wonderful voice.

 

Barry Mason was a singer songwriter. He wrote "Delilah" with Les Reed for Tom Jones and some other songs for others and himself. Like, he wrote "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" with Tony Macaulay.

 

Mason adapted "A Man Without Love" from an Italian song "Quando m'innamoro" - written by Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Roberto Livraghi.

 

Guess the timeline was 1968, seems all stems at this date. The first live performance in Italy was by Anna Identici. The English versions have the credits with the Italian writers and Barry's name.

 

I also like the Sergio Franchi version. He sings it in English and Italian.

 

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Oh, my! Sergio Franchi❣️ I remember seeing him on Ed Sullivan, hanging on to every vibrato, just loved him, and all of 10 yrs old! 😸

 

 

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MeTV (if you get it) has reruns of Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights. There is a channel on you tube with Sergio's songs. There are a lot of the performances from the Ed Sullivan Show if you want to check them out.

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1wXOUVZrWyrVxDfgd7pxg/playlists?app=desktop 

 

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Thanks @Vexed. I’ll check them out on YouTube. A while back, I found a video of him singing Volare. That’s my favorite. Torna ‘a Surriento is another one. 

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You are welcome. Yes @MaVolta , never get tired of hearing a great voice and song.

That is like Andrea Bocelli's "Con Te Partiro" from 97. He is in his 60's today and still sounds great. But that music and his voice fills my soul when I hear it. When it came out, I raved about it so much, I received 3 cd's of the Romanza album from people at work. 🐱  Still play them from time to time. Wore that song out at first though.  🐱

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1needAV_NQ 

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He sure has a good voice. Good song. Don't wanna get off topic, but I just gotta plug this song: Demis Roussos - Forever And Ever (1973) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig-iQP_0bB8

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That was nice. Never heard him before. Searched a bit and found out he was in Aphrodite's Child.

  @MaVolta, Englebert did a cover of that song of Demis's "Forever and Ever".

 

@dl73698250 , not off topic. The topic continues on, we are on a tangent. 🐱

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@Vexed  Love that one, also! 

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That was interesting. I like trivia like that about my favorite songs.

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EH and TJ, my faves. I had an album of each with this song. 

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The German lyrics actually mean something else. Das Tu Ich So Gerne Für Dich means "I'd love to do that for you". I don't speak German, but I know bits & pieces.

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A beautiful song ...

 

"I Who Have Nothing" 
based on an Italian song "Uno dei Tanti" (in English "One of Many") - written by Carlo Donida and Mogol  -- recorded by Joe Sentieri (61)


Ben E. King -  (63) (First to bring to record in US) Ben heard it in Italy and his producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller translated the lyrics.

 

There are many covers of King's version, these are my favorites out of the ones I have heard. You may have others.

 

Terry Knight and the Pack(66) - (They would become Grand Funk Railroad)

Joe Cocker - (04)

Cliff Richard - (08) - (released many years after recording it) 

 

 

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That’s a great song to pick. I didn’t know it was originally Italian. Just for kicks, I looked up the Italian version. 
https://youtu.be/bmg9xXLKX38

 

So here’s my take on them. 

 

Ben E King stayed fairly close to the original, full of drama, and somewhat heavy for a pop song. I like both of them.

 

I didn’t much care for the Terry Knight version mainly because I’m not a fan of spoken words in songs, but otherwise okay.

 

Joe Cocker’s gravelly vocals are a good match, too, and it has a nice guitar solo.

 

Cliff Richard gives the song a more tender feeling of heartache, and the opening acoustic guitar is really a beautiful touch. 

 

But Tom Jones would still be my definitive version. His vocal style is more fluid, which gives it a more romantic feel, and his voice full of passion, which he is so well known for. 

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The version I remember is Tom Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Q4vpE9DAs

Speaking of Tom Jones, he has a song A Man Without Love (written by Barry Mason) that had several covers.... (see next post).

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"White Room" - original by Cream (68)

cover --- Apocalyptica - guest vocalist Jacoby Shaddix (from Papa Roach) (2021) 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDuMpS02BWY 

 

Of course "Cream's" is still the definitive version, but this is impressive. Of course, I like Apocalyptica's music.

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Daryl Hall & John Oates 1983 cover of  Mike Oldfield's "Family Man"  Pretty good cover, but when I heard the original sung by Pepsi Demacque, definitely more 'steamier'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tMkcAc6Ug&ab_channel=MrThuumeya

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Three Dog Nights cover of Nilsson’s One

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Welcome To The Machine - Arjen Anthony Lucassen

(Pink Floyd cover)

https://youtu.be/j61HfEGNP5Q

 

I think that a lot of Pink Floyd songs are practically made to order for the progressive metal artists. AAL gives this one a punch of his own style but doesn’t destroy the original in the process. 

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"I Can Hear Music" * The Beach Boys  {1968}  cover of the Ronnettes {1966} 

Written by Phil Spector & E Greenwich/JBarry, the Ronnettes took it to #100, while Carl Wilson lead vocals took the BeachBoys version to the top 25. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtmWWkJYY8w&ab_channel=jarichards99utube

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I'll never get tired of that song. They definitely hit that one out of the park.

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Rock Me Amadeus - Edguy (Falco cover)

https://youtu.be/Kwpy1IQTdHY

 

Falco video

https://youtu.be/cVikZ8Oe_XA


I like them both, and the videos are really cute.

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Thanks @MaVolta those were fun.

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