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Was listening to Elliott Smith's version of the Beatles song "Because" Beautifully done. Anyone else got any cover songs that as good or even better than the original artist's rendition ?

Sinead certainly had a great version of Prince's ditty.

...and this rock cover of Joni Mitchell's song always struck a chord with me!!

Always a big David Cassidy + The Partridge Family fan when I was a kid and his 1974 cover of the Beatles "Please Please Me" was way better than the original,

This lady is the only human being to do BETTER cover songs which can stand their own right

This is a decent cover of Kate Bush's running up that hill:

Oh and of course Elbow's cover of Teardrop by Massive Attack:

I turn to you in a Final Fantasy Cover Dated but still cool

Robert Myles Children

I've no idea who the player is other than the YouTube name of Acoustic Labs.

Michael Nyman's The Promise. It transcribed well from piano to acoustic guitar.

Cover of the Bob James classic:

Mike Dawes version of Jump by Van Halen

I don't why I thought of this track tonight and I only ever heard the Santana cover which I always liked but the original's not too shabby!

Killswitch Engage's version of Ronnie James Dio's Holy Diver.

Muse - Feeling Good
Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus (massive DM fan me but that is streets ahead of the original)
Westlife - You Lift Me Up - gives a gravitas I never thought they had in them!!
Eric Clapton - Cocaine

Two Examples from the Madchester scene in Britain, which lasted from the late 80s to the the early 90s until it was replaced by Britpop in the charts.

Step On by the Happy Mondays was actually a cover of a song by John Kongos which was originally released in 1971. The Happy Mondays version was released in 1990.





In the same year, the Soup Dragon's released a song called I'm Free, which was originally a Rolling Stones song from the 60s.





Obviously, quite different from the source material both of them, but good music nonetheless.

That John Kongos track is fab I remember it from way back ,,,,very unusual, even by the quirky standards of the 1970s.

PlaneSpeeking wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:42 pm Muse - Feeling Good
Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus (massive DM fan me but that is streets ahead of the original)
Westlife - You Lift Me Up - gives a gravitas I never thought they had in them!!
Eric Clapton - Cocaine

I was going to give a Thanks, but I couldn't because of the inclusion of that Westlife track! Johnny Cash's and Eric Clapton's covers are great, while Muse's is tolerable. We won't say any more about the other!

Dec A Wash wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:40 am I was going to give a Thanks, but I couldn't because of the inclusion of that Westlife track! Johnny Cash's and Eric Clapton's covers are great, while Muse's is tolerable. We won't say any more about the other!

I was drunk and feeling maudlin!!!!

Step On and I'm Free were regulars at every student disco all through 1990.

Here's a few favourite covers of mine

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. 1979 original by Robert Hazard is good but a female singer has a better impact.



Elton John - Pinball Wizard. Outdoes The Who original



Pat Boone - Song To The Siren. This was released before the Tim Buckley original.



Heart - Alone. Top 80s power ballad. Had been recorded twice before by i-Ten and John Stamos - not a batch on the Wilson sisters.



Morrissey - Only A Pawn In Their Game. From his covers LP California Son - great choices.

Not exactly a cover but interpolates a Simply Red song heavily:

Cover of Moondance.

Discovered this was on my phone somehow.



Probably because it's on an Orb - Back to Mine mix CD

This is a the Verve song redone by Ren rather than a cover but it very good.

Very funky cover of an Isley Brothers track.
Original 1972
Cover 1974