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A thread about remakes of (hit) songs...for better or worse
January 17 2015
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RHP User
11 years ago
I think that Faith No More's version of Easy like Sunday morning was way better than the original. Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah is another one that springs to mind. I actually love listening to some artists interpretations of other's music, it's why I love the Triple J Live at the Wireless series. There are some real stand out covers done there.
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RHP User
11 years ago
That was supposed to be Triple J's Like a Version series - post edit function PLEASE mods!?
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'Keepitsimple72'Triple J's Like a Version series Something With Numbers' 'Sex from the Bong' mashup from Like a Version is still one of my fave covers.
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RHP User
11 years ago
My fav jjj version is Husky playing Inxs' Need you tonight. Theyve slowed it right down and sexified if more. Its foreplay for the ears.
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RHP User
11 years ago
It's quirky and clever, but not really my cup of tea. I really liked Lorde's cover of Retrograde, and Bridges covered by Meg Mac, but then I have a total girl-crush on Meg Mac right now...
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RHP User
11 years ago
Im loving meg mac's stuff too. Yeah theres so many good songs covered on like a version. I think they are up to album #9? Ive got 4 of them. Brilliant stuff
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RHP User
11 years ago
On like a version last year... Can't remember who did it off the top of my head... But that was spine tingling. Xxviolet
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RHP User
11 years ago
(Lover) You Don't Treat Me No Good No More - Chet Faker. Original by Sonia Dada. I also love Birds of Tokyo's like a version of Kendrik Lamar's Swimming pools... unfortunately I've ever been able to find it to (legally) download :/ Great topic, Mr Denials :) Much love, Elle xx
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RHP User
11 years ago
Violet, I love that one too xx
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'Keepitsimple72' It's quirky and clever, but not really my cup of tea. I really liked Lorde's cover of Retrograde, and Bridges covered by Meg Mac, but then I have a total girl-crush on Meg Mac right now... The Lorde cover doesn't do it for me (I do like the James Blake original), but then again I'm not really a fan of Lorde anyway. Other faves for me from LaV are Owl Eyes doing Foster the People's Pumped Up Kicks and John Butler Trio doing Pharrell Williams' Happy. Moving away from LaV, two covers I love are both by Pet Shop Boys - Always on my Mind (Elvis Presley) and Where the Streets have no name (U2). Also Placebo doing Running up that Hill (Kate Bush) and Nine Inch Nails doing Hurt (Johnny Cash).
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'Elle67'Great topic, Mr Denials :) Much love, Elle xx Thankyou Elle, each poster here has brought their bit to it and made the quality it is, thanks for posting...and thanks to Pleasure Purr for inspiring it. I never thought about JJJ like a version when I put up the OP but yes some great stuff has been done there.Robert Plant (& the Sensational Space Shifters) do some truly original takes on other peoples songs. It's a fine line between doing a bland copy and making your own imprint on a song.Then again there's Stairway to Heaven which is one of the most covered songs since White Christmas...
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RHP User
11 years ago
I get by with a little help from my friends...classic
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RHP User
11 years ago
I love,love the Joni,but the Counting Crows version was magic😘xxFreya
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RHP User
11 years ago
Hurt is a NIN original that Johhny Cash covered. Awesome song though...
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'Keepitsimple72' Hurt is a NIN original that Johhny Cash covered. Awesome song though... Yes thanks I did know that not sure why I wrote it the other way
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RHP User
11 years ago
Gloria -- Patti SmithI Fought the Law -- The ClashCalifornia Sun -- The RamonesViva Las Vegas -- The Dead KennedysSurfin' Bird -- The CrampsSuspicious Minds -- Fine Young CannibalsComfortably Numb -- The Scissor SistersDear Prudence -- Siouxsie and the BansheesTears of A Clown -- English BeatTurn! Turn! Turn! -- The ByrdsAcross the Universe -- Fiona AppleTake Me To the River -- Talking HeadsSuperstar -- Sonic YouthI Heard it Through the Grapevine -- Creedence Clearwater RevivalSatisfaction -- Devo And so on.... A seemingly endless list.
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Baysidecouple214
11 years ago
Apocalyptica (four guys who play cello's) cover nothing else matters (Metallica) and Stairway to heaven (Led Zeppelin) they do quite a few heavy rock covers and it puts the songs into a new perspective. Gary Jules - Mad World (Originally REM) i prefer Gary Jules cover more than how REM originally arranged it.
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Dryphuz
11 years ago
american pie I nearly clawed my eyes out. Prefer johny cash's "hurt", but i could never get into NIN, which is wierd cos i'm pretty eclectic with my music tastes. sometimes covers are great, sometimes they suck balls. But it goes to show that some songs were so good they just keep coming back. As awful as madonna's cover of "american pie" was its a song well worth reintroducing to the young-uns who might otherwise never find out about don's incredible song. Now if someone would do a good cover of "vincent"... Or "moonshadow" (since yusuf doesnt seem to be drawing the young crowd he once did), i'd rest easier knowing the "gimme it now on a silver platter" generation were at least getting some of the good ones reintroduced to them.
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RHP User
11 years ago
Madonna should be slapped with a large wet tuna for her cover of Don Mclean's American Pie.Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP should be beaten savagely with the aforementioned tuna for the remix of Sugar Man.
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RHP User
11 years ago
I Do love Johhny Cash's cover of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
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Lovinit28andKC72
11 years ago
I love - Like a Version - John Butler Trio covered "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, I love it..... Sugar Man by Rodrigues has also just been remixed, but I much prefer the original..... Boyce Avenue do a lot of covers also, some I love, some not so much.......💋
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'Baysidecouple214' Gary Jules - Mad World (Originally REM) i prefer Gary Jules cover more than how REM originally arranged it. The Gary Jules version of Mad World is gorgeous. Can't believe I nearly forgot Venus by Bananarama. Also Trent Reznor and Karen O - Immigrant Song.
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'Baysidecouple214' Gary Jules - Mad World (Originally REM) i prefer Gary Jules cover more than how REM originally arranged it. Wasn't that Tears for Fears? I love how Gary slowed it down, so it's almost haunting.
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RHP User
11 years ago
The Angels (RIP Doc) doing "We gotta get out of this place", Rose Tattoo's "Born To Be Wild" (who's wilder than Angry) and the remix of Elvis' "A Little Less Conversation".
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RHP User
11 years ago
Johnny Cash I see... His cover of Nick Caves "mercy seat" was an eye opener for me... "Knock on wood" by the The Nubiles, went off pretty well back in the day too... You've listed some nice tracks Tiroba. Ho xo💋 Because you're worth it...
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RHP User
11 years ago
and every time you write one down another one appears... Sounds of Silence - Emma Louise & Husky Gawenda Downtown Train - Tom WaitsHeart Full of Soul - Box of FrogsCrimson and Clover - Cowboy JunkiesAin't No Sunshine - Gary MooreYou Spin Me Right Round - Marilyn MansonNever Smoke Weed With Willy Again - Toby KeithUnknown Legend - Futurebirds.
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RHP User
11 years ago
Johnny Cash and "Hurt" was the first to spring to my mind too…. and such a tragic sound to it, as if it was an epilogue to his career. He did a great cover of U2's "One" as well. Though, I've always liked the Mary J Blige version best of all. Vocally, she pisses on Bono. What a voice!How about Bryan Ferry? He was a master of the cover song. Such as Bob Dylans "Hard rain gonna fall" and others.And Cyndi Laupers "True Colors?" I like the Phil Collins cover just as much as the original, but I'm not as fond of theKasey Chambers one. It's something in her voice….a bit nasally for my taste.
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RHP User
11 years ago
Dear Prudence...I'd forgotten about that, it kicks arse.Rose Tattoo Born to be Wild...off to youtube now Yes the list can go on indefinitely... eg The Troggs whose Love is all around was mercilessly butchered also gave us Wild Thing...The Troggs say Jimi Hendrix did their favourite cover.
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RHP User
11 years ago
I adore K.D. Lang's version of Hallelujah. It's by far the best in my book. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
11 years ago
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing compares to u (originally written by Prince for The Family)Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Gloria Jones) The Stanglers - Walk on by (Dionne Warwick)Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (Todd Duncan)Aretha Franklin - Respect (Otis Redding) Also: The man who sold the world - Nirvana (Though Bowie's original is not bad either) A personal fave: the Crosby, Stills and Nash cover of Blackbird by The Beatles.
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RHP User
11 years ago
I was listening to Neil Diamond today. As much as I love him, I do prefer The Monkees version of "I'm a Believer".
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'JerseyGirl' I was listening to Neil Diamond today. As much as I love him, I do prefer The Monkees version of "I'm a Believer". I like the Shrek version but can't remember who did it...I never knew ND sang it.
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RHP User
11 years ago
Neil Diamond wrote it as well as releasing his own version. Smash Mouth covered it for Shrek, but I still prefer the Monkees version!
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RHP User
11 years ago
I like the Monkees Stepping Stone, I remember hearing another version which I liked. A youtube search tells me the Sex Pistols covered it too I'll listen to that in due course... On the subject of the Sex Pistols I freaking love their version of old Blue Eye's My Way it kicks arse
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RHP User
11 years ago
Hi Jack, I came in to post about Neil Diamond and his Hot August Night Concerts. The first one was performed when I was 9 years old and it was a big influence on this impressionable young girl, lol. The 40th Anniversary version, is not the same on CD, LOL. But the DVD reveals things to me in some songs that are repeated in the second performance of them that I was not attentive to in the first concert, which of course is not available as a DVD or video etc. The concert in 1972 has been heard by me on record, cassette, cd, video, and dvd, as well of course, radio and TV. . Sadly, after all these years, I've decided I'm a bit of a slut with remakes. UB40's remake of, 'Red, Red, Wine', is a favourite. . Dolly Parton's, "I will Always Love You" as done by, "Whitney Houston" may she RIP.
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RHP User
11 years ago
I like, The Monkee's version of, "I'm a Believer", the best.
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RHP User
11 years ago
Melanie - Ruby Tuesday There's a cover by John Lennon to. Like them both....
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'rubi_rose' Melanie - Ruby Tuesday There's a cover by John Lennon to. Like them both... I meant Julian Lennon
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RHP User
11 years ago
I heard Bruce Springsteens I'm on fire as recorded for the 50 shades filum...not bad at all
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RHP User
11 years ago
Quoting 'Jack_Denials' I heard Bruce Springsteens I'm on fire as recorded for the 50 shades filum...not bad at all and won't see the movie, the whole soundtrack is actually really good. Annie Lennox does an awesome cover of 'I put a spell on you' on it too....
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S_W_A_G_G_E_R
11 years ago
Little Wing, covered by every body, but The Corrs do a great version on there unplugged Album. Me and Bobby Magee, covered by Janis
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RHP User
11 years ago
Nudierudie2. Sugarman was destroyed.( recomend watching the doco" in search of sugerman") And baysidecouple, I just saw Apocalyptica(twice over the weekend) never heard of them before. Loved their style, mixing metal with strings.and sexy as hell to watch.
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RHP User
11 years ago
Jimi Hendrix took Dylan's song to another planet! - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
11 years ago
I've just come back to this thread... lots of amazing suggestions that I've never heard of or have forgotten. I can see my iTunes account being smashed with a downloading frenzy over the next few days :) Much love, Elle xx
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RHP User
11 years ago
Eleanor Rigby. By The Zoot. Best Beatles cover ever.
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sweet_cherry69
11 years ago
80s band pseudo echo was pretty cool compared to Lipps Inc original - yes I know I'm showing my age now lol !!
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RHP User
11 years ago
I'm currently obsessed with Parra for Cuva's remake of Wicked Games. While I absolutely adore Chris Isaac's version it's nice to hear it in a female tone! - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
11 years ago
Was going to say big yellow taxi but Freya beat me to it! John fogerty and the foo fighters, fortunate son rocks!!
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RHP User
11 years ago
I Have to say some of my top favourites would definitely be: All along the watchtower - Hendrix or Dave Matthews Band both due it greatPumped up Kicks by Owl Eyes (Triple J's like a version)I fought the law by the clash (has no one said this yet ? ) Tainted love by soft cell is great (previously listed)Pirate looks at forty by Jack JohnsonWhat is love by Kiesza and also as mentioned Madonna needs to pack it in for ruining American Pie let alone her recent cape mishap!
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JDM76
11 years ago
They do a great version of the old leonard cohen song , i think it's leonard cohen , but may be wrong called everybody knows , It;s on the pump up the volume soundtrack , the movie with christian slater . Disagree with counting crows and big yellow taxi though , absolute abomination .
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RHP User
11 years ago
I forgot to add a current song I reply too much, Cheers (Drink to That) by Walk off the Earth
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RHP User
11 years ago
Turning Japanese - the Liz Phair cover version, and the Banana Splits morning TV show cover
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