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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

or are some covers better?

Im a big fan of Radio one's 'live lounge' and stumbled across James Arthur's cover of Miley Cyrus 'Wrecking Ball'.. to me it was just jaw droppingly beautiful.

So do you think there are any covers that have been done which are better than the original?

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Nina Simone Mr Bojangles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wrecking Ball is currently my favourite song. It's actually really good but she messed it up with the video. Brain dead and can't think of a good cover. Just covers where the original was better.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor

Summertime - Muse

Dear Prudence - Siouxie and the Banshees

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I love a song .. I don't mind people playing around mixing it up .. Been some fab covers of songs over the years.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor

Summertime - Muse

Dear Prudence - Siouxie and the Banshees"

Whoops!

Summertime - Morcheeba

Feeling Good - Muse

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

I generally tend to prefer the first version I hear of a song whether it's the original or a cover.

One of my favourite covers is Rufus Wainwrights Across the Universe...but it's not better then The Beatles version

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

I really love the original 'The first time ever I saw your face' by Roberta Flack

but I really, really love George Michaels version

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I really love the original 'The first time ever I saw your face' by Roberta Flack

but I really, really love George Michaels version "

i love Matt Cardle's version (x factor winner)

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

"I really love the original 'The first time ever I saw your face' by Roberta Flack

but I really, really love George Michaels version "

That wasn't the original fella

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"I really love the original 'The first time ever I saw your face' by Roberta Flack

but I really, really love George Michaels version

That wasn't the original fella"

cool... always thought it was

cheers

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKpXAPTVNU

Here's the link to James Arthur singing Wrecking Ball.

Song with beautiful lyrics ruined by a trashy video i think, but James adds the X Factor (like what i did there

) to make the song mean something

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKpXAPTVNU

Here's the link to James Arthur singing Wrecking Ball.

Song with beautiful lyrics ruined by a trashy video i think, but James adds the X Factor (like what i did there

) to make the song mean something"

just listened to it.

never heard the song before. Very good

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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago

not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds)

I prefer the stereophonics version of handbags and gladrags to rod stewarts,,,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Manic's version of "suicide is painless"

G'n'R version of "Sympathy for the devil" & "Live & let die"

Been some really good covers through live lounge over the years.. Will Young's cover of "Hey ya" is particularly good....

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By *hyllyphyllyMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Mike Flowers Pop - Wonderwall.

Nuff said really

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

In general the original beats the cover version but there are exceptions.

Tears for Fears.... Mad World - which was a good track but Gary Jules version I enjoyed too.

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

Yes but I can't think of any off the top of my head!

Some covers are as good as the originals, just in a very different style.

I also loved the Gary Jules version of Mad World. I like Leona Lewis doing Run. The Counting Crows version of Big Yellow Taxi.

Mind you, my taste in music can be dodgy at the best of times

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

"Will Young's cover of "Hey ya" is particularly good...."

Really ? Gonna go and hunt that down, I love that song. Can't imagine Will Young doing it.

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

Some of the covers on the Mark Ronson album Version are good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love what live lounge throws up sometimes.

30 seconds to mars do Lady Gagas bad romance - sounds like a completely different song

Katherine Jenkins does Bring me to life (evanescance)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Love what live lounge throws up sometimes.

30 seconds to mars do Lady Gagas bad romance - sounds like a completely different song

Katherine Jenkins does Bring me to life (evanescance)

I enjoyed the You Me At Six cover of Poker Face from the Live Lounge...

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By *radleyandRavenCouple
over a year ago

Herts

As well as Muse's cover of "Feeling Good", I much prefer Korn's version of "Word Up" over Cameo's.

- Amy. x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As well as Muse's cover of "Feeling Good", I much prefer Korn's version of "Word Up" over Cameo's.

- Amy. x"

Preferred the Thunder version myself.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Mike Flowers Pop - Wonderwall.

Nuff said really

My missus loved that, great cover!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKpXAPTVNU

Here's the link to James Arthur singing Wrecking Ball.

Song with beautiful lyrics ruined by a trashy video i think, but James adds the X Factor (like what i did there

) to make the song mean something"

You just lead me to a pop punk cover

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKpXAPTVNU

Here's the link to James Arthur singing Wrecking Ball.

Song with beautiful lyrics ruined by a trashy video i think, but James adds the X Factor (like what i did there

) to make the song mean something

You just lead me to a pop punk cover

did i?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKpXAPTVNU

Here's the link to James Arthur singing Wrecking Ball.

Song with beautiful lyrics ruined by a trashy video i think, but James adds the X Factor (like what i did there

) to make the song mean something

You just lead me to a pop punk cover

did i? "

No I mean it was James arthur but ended up listening to other cover

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!"

I used to respect your opinion but alas no more. And I'm not talking about glee.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Love what live lounge throws up sometimes.

30 seconds to mars do Lady Gagas bad romance - sounds like a completely different song

Katherine Jenkins does Bring me to life (evanescance)

I enjoyed the You Me At Six cover of Poker Face from the Live Lounge...

Have you heard Weezers cover of pokerface that morphs into MGMT's kids. It's brilliant.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!

I used to respect your opinion but alas no more. And I'm not talking about glee. "

Lol, Cohen did an incredible job writing it but his recorded version is somewhat an acquired taste don't you think.

One thing that makes me laugh about that song is when my children's school choir sang it at a Christmas play, me thinks the person who selected the song was a little naive as to its true meaning...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Love what live lounge throws up sometimes.

30 seconds to mars do Lady Gagas bad romance - sounds like a completely different song

Katherine Jenkins does Bring me to life (evanescance)

I enjoyed the You Me At Six cover of Poker Face from the Live Lounge...

Have you heard Weezers cover of pokerface that morphs into MGMT's kids. It's brilliant. "

Weezer have done some great covers, mostly tongue in cheek. Are you familiar with StSanders and the Kiss Shreds video? Weezer even managed to cover that live!...lol

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By *cottishrichMan
over a year ago

Here and there

"Manic's version of "suicide is painless"

G'n'R version of "Sympathy for the devil" & "Live & let die"

Been some really good covers through live lounge over the years.. Will Young's cover of "Hey ya" is particularly good...."

GnR's Spaghetti incident is better than I used to give it credit for, Ain't it fun, Black Leather, Human Being - all better than the originals.

I also think the Hellacopters version of Gimme Shelter is better than the Stones and Backyard Babies Pet Semetary better than the Ramones.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

The Beach Boys cover of California Dreamin' is far superior to the original.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Love what live lounge throws up sometimes.

30 seconds to mars do Lady Gagas bad romance - sounds like a completely different song

Katherine Jenkins does Bring me to life (evanescance)

I enjoyed the You Me At Six cover of Poker Face from the Live Lounge...

Have you heard Weezers cover of pokerface that morphs into MGMT's kids. It's brilliant.

Weezer have done some great covers, mostly tongue in cheek. Are you familiar with StSanders and the Kiss Shreds video? Weezer even managed to cover that live!...lol"

Weezer do like to throw in covers at their concerts, I saw them recently and they did a radiohead cover. I don't know which one as I am not familiar with their work but it was very good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Van Halen have some incredible covers to their name. Ice Cream Man is probably my favourite but their cover of You Really Got Me is ranked up there with the best.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Susanna and the magical orchestra do a lot of covers but their version of Its A Long Way Too The Top If You Want T Rock n Roll is excellent. Very haunting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Susanna and the magical orchestra do a lot of covers but their version of Its A Long Way Too The Top If You Want T Rock n Roll is excellent. Very haunting. "

Cool, I'll check that out...

While we're on AC/DC covers check out Two Cellos cover of Highway to Hell featuring Steve Vai. It's all kinds of good fun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wrecking Ball is currently my favourite song. It's actually really good but she messed it up with the video. Brain dead and can't think of a good cover. Just covers where the original was better. "

really?

i listened to it for the first time on the radio the other night, and its the most annoyingly whiney packaged pile of shite i have heard in all my born days lol

love a lot of the live lounge stuff.

foo fighters version of band on the run is epic.

have a few albums so love a lot of them, although some are rather cringeworthy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Susanna and the magical orchestra do a lot of covers but their version of Its A Long Way Too The Top If You Want T Rock n Roll is excellent. Very haunting.

Cool, I'll check that out...

While we're on AC/DC covers check out Two Cellos cover of Highway to Hell featuring Steve Vai. It's all kinds of good fun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I prefer the stereophonics version of handbags and gladrags to rod stewarts,,, "

me too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dammit, should I put off this meet for a YouTube session? Lol...

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By *andWCouple
over a year ago

Pontypridd

Bastille's live lounge version of Miley Cyrus Can't stop is amazing

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over a year ago

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

"Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!"

Technically, Jeff Buckley covered John Cale's cover of 'Hallelujah'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The original is usually the best but occasionally, just occasionally you get a brilliant cover but as per usual none come to mind just now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!

Technically, Jeff Buckley covered John Cale's cover of 'Hallelujah'

I can go off people ya know!

I think we can all agree that the Rufus Wainright version is truly appalling though.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

"Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!

Technically, Jeff Buckley covered John Cale's cover of 'Hallelujah'

I can go off people ya know!

I think we can all agree that the Rufus Wainright version is truly appalling though."

Not as bad as Alexandria Burke's though!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!

Technically, Jeff Buckley covered John Cale's cover of 'Hallelujah'

I can go off people ya know!

I think we can all agree that the Rufus Wainright version is truly appalling though.

Not as bad as Alexandria Burke's though!"

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit!

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By *emon tart Double creamCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Groove Armada's version of Madonna's 'Crazy for you' is amazing....

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Otis Redding's version of Try A Little Tenderness is much better than the Bing Crosby or any other version.

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By *obbygggMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"I prefer the stereophonics version of handbags and gladrags to rod stewarts,,,

me too"
Rod Stewart's isn't the original.Chris Farlowe original and superior to both.

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen."

Is it fuck!

They completely remove all traces of playful irony in the original and turn it into a clunking rocker!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen.

Is it fuck!

They completely remove all traces of playful irony in the original and turn it into a clunking rocker!"

My dad was a session player and played on that track!...lol

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By *nfieldishCouple
over a year ago

Enfield

Anyone ever hear Travis do "hit me baby one more time "......better than Britney's

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen.

Is it fuck!

They completely remove all traces of playful irony in the original and turn it into a clunking rocker!

My dad was a session player and played on that track!...lol"

Still a clunking rocker, whereas the original was beautifully light on it's feet

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen.

Is it fuck!

They completely remove all traces of playful irony in the original and turn it into a clunking rocker!

My dad was a session player and played on that track!...lol

Still a clunking rocker, whereas the original was beautifully light on it's feet

It was the producer's fault, not your dad's

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen.

Is it fuck!

They completely remove all traces of playful irony in the original and turn it into a clunking rocker!

My dad was a session player and played on that track!...lol

Still a clunking rocker, whereas the original was beautifully light on it's feet

It was the producer's fault, not your dad's

You never know, you might meet him and then you'll realize it probably was his fault!....lmao

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen.

Is it fuck!

They completely remove all traces of playful irony in the original and turn it into a clunking rocker!

My dad was a session player and played on that track!...lol

Still a clunking rocker, whereas the original was beautifully light on it's feet

It was the producer's fault, not your dad's

You never know, you might meet him and then you'll realize it probably was his fault!....lmao"

PMSL !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen.

Is it fuck!

They completely remove all traces of playful irony in the original and turn it into a clunking rocker!

My dad was a session player and played on that track!...lol

Still a clunking rocker, whereas the original was beautifully light on it's feet

It was the producer's fault, not your dad's

Here's one you'll appreciate..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djcYXanoSVg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Some of his stuff is incredible, how he manages some of those sweep/tap/sweep arpeggios is beyond me...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some of the best songs in history were covers, better than the originals:

Eric Clapton's Crossroads was Robert Johnston's I think.

Jimi Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower was Bob Dylan's.

Isaac Hayes' Walk On By was Burt Bacharach's.

And then there's Ice Cube's Check Yourself which was over a reinvented backing of Grandmaster Flash's The Message.

Etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

some fantastic cover version - Nirvana covered Love Buzz and The Man Who Sold The World along with some others, Lulu tried covering Bowie's track and failed miserably, Madness did a great cover of Labi Siffre's It Must Be Love which was good, Pet Shop Boys killed U2's Where the Streets Have no Name Jeff Buckley did an amazing cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, Soft Cell did a great job of Tainted Love, Marvin Gaye did I heard It Through the Grapevine...so I guess it's a difficult call?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!"
listen to the axel rudi pell version and see what you think

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

forgot to add The Animals covered House of the Rising Sun...which was fab.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" better than Springsteen.

Is it fuck!

They completely remove all traces of playful irony in the original and turn it into a clunking rocker!

My dad was a session player and played on that track!...lol

Still a clunking rocker, whereas the original was beautifully light on it's feet

It was the producer's fault, not your dad's

Here's one you'll appreciate..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djcYXanoSVg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Some of his stuff is incredible, how he manages some of those sweep/tap/sweep arpeggios is beyond me..."

Ha, still prefer the version in 'Brassed Off'

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

"Some covers are far superior to the original, the Jeff Buckley cover of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) springs to mind instantly.

Others need to be consigned to the gates of hell, anything by the cast of Glee springs to mind!listen to the axel rudi pell version and see what you think"

Fuck, that's awful! The first time I played my stepkids' Jeff Buckley's version, they cried. I suspect they would cry for entirely different reasons at that abomination. I didn't even get as far as what I imagine was the typically over-wrought Euro-metal guitar solo!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Metallica's Whiskey in the Jar was a great cover, even though I now hate Metallica

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I though Lizzie's cover of whiskey in the jar was best.

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By *igSuki81Man
over a year ago

Retirement Village

Radio 1's live lounge throws up some really unexpected treats sometimes.

Try searching for Natasha Bedingfield cover Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars, it's really good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKpXAPTVNU

Here's the link to James Arthur singing Wrecking Ball.

Song with beautiful lyrics ruined by a trashy video i think, but James adds the X Factor (like what i did there

) to make the song mean something"

Just remembered I wanted to go look at this!

I prefer Miley's version, but his is good too. Agree about the dumb video.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All kinds of goodness here and an awesome band lineup...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDw6ALMNUDg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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