Cover songs that actually do the original justice.
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I agree with hurt, as with a lot of good covers it's not about playing the same song it's about interpreting it in their own way
I like a lot of me first and the gimme gimme's stuff, and the live lounge covers have produced some real gems
I like a lot of me first and the gimme gimme's stuff, and the live lounge covers have produced some real gems
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Because it is a good cover, whether you like it or not Johnny Cash took the song and made it quite distinctly his own with emotion and pathos. I personally think it sounds better than the original but you are obviously free not to but for my money it does everything that a cover is supposed to.
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The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - never fails to move me.
Japan - Second That Emotion - much better than the original IMO.
The Beat - Tears Of A Clown - Obviously not as good as the original Smokey Robinson version, but sufficiently different to be a cracking version in its own right.
Japan - Second That Emotion - much better than the original IMO.
The Beat - Tears Of A Clown - Obviously not as good as the original Smokey Robinson version, but sufficiently different to be a cracking version in its own right.
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Actually, that's a great call. I'm not a fan of them and even less of a fan of her but she sang that song brilliantly well. It really was a goosesbumps moment and boy, can that girl sing (if it was as 'live' as they claimed).
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All along the watchtower.
I also really like the live lounge cover by lily allen of "naive" by the kooks. ******** despise the original, and the band, but the cover is quite nice to listen to in comparison. Not brilliant, but she's made the song her own, and also made it much more listenable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCMrGSbjieE
I also really like the live lounge cover by lily allen of "naive" by the kooks. ******** despise the original, and the band, but the cover is quite nice to listen to in comparison. Not brilliant, but she's made the song her own, and also made it much more listenable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCMrGSbjieE
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Some you may not have heard of:
Wuthering Heights - China Drum (original: Kate Bush)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBviQXfuu3c
Cornflake Girl - Jawbox (original: Tori Amos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7SmTUbfCP0
Wuthering Heights - China Drum (original: Kate Bush)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBviQXfuu3c
Cornflake Girl - Jawbox (original: Tori Amos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7SmTUbfCP0
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Can't help falling in love - ub40
Light my fire - Ub40
Bohemian polka - Weird al ( kind of a parody but same lyrics)
Light my fire - Ub40
Bohemian polka - Weird al ( kind of a parody but same lyrics)
Absolutely the most beautiful song ever written.
Edit: and Manson's Tainted Love/Sweet Dreams
Edit2: Are awesome covers, not the most beautiful songs ever written)
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Your kidding right? RIGHT?
Could have been worse, could have been the Paul Young version.
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Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Children of Bodom - Oops I did it again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIeY6KIMZRk
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Children of Bodom - Oops I did it again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIeY6KIMZRk
Manson's covers were balls. Utter balls.
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Just had a listen. I'm not so sure. Imagine driving around with this at full blast. I love Shed7 and it plays well, but there's billions of other songs they could have chosen to cover.