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swetepete
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg
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 Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: Original songs that are better than the cover... |
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I know, there are many, but...
"After Midnight," JJ Cale.
"Cocaine," JJ Cale.
"I Shot the Sherriff," Bob Marley.
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:43 am Post subject: Re: Original songs that are better than the cover... |
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| swetepete wrote: |
I know, there are many, but...
"After Midnight," JJ Cale.
"Cocaine," JJ Cale.
"I Shot the Sherriff," Bob Marley.
More? |
I think the title of this thread should have been, "Cover songs that are better than the original..." as, personally, I think the majority of original recordings are better than covers. It's very difficult to convey sincerity with a cover version. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:52 am Post subject: |
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I keep hearing re-makes of "What a Wonderful World".
Get a grip artist people! Louis owns you all. Don't even try. No one has been able to get even close. But yet the re-makes continue. 
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1968 Louis Armstrong - million selling original version
1989 The Flaming Lips on their breakthrough album In a Priest Driven Ambulance
1992 Shane MacGowan & Nick Cave - male duet, released as a single.
1993 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Hawaiian ukulele version (medley with Somewhere Over The Rainbow) on the album Facing Future
1994 Victoria Williams on her Loose album.
1997 Eva Cassidy - on her album Live at Blues Alley.
1999 Anne Murray on her album "What a Wonderful World". The album sold an estimated 2.5 million worldwide. It went #1 Contemporary Christian, #4 Country and #38 Pop on the US Billboard charts. It also spawned a book and DVD.
2001 Sticky Fingaz on his album Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones
2002 Joey Ramone on his posthumous solo album Don't Worry About Me
2002 Tony Bennett and k. d. lang on the album A Wonderful World.
2003 B.B. King covered in on his album of covered R&B standards Reflections
2004 Ghoul Death Metal version of "What a wonderful world" in his album "Maniaxe".
2004 Kenny G released a recording with his saxophone overdubbed on top of the original version.
2003 Guy Sebastian on his debut album Just As I Am - dance reggae version
2003 Sarah Brightman on her album Harem
2004 Rod Stewart on his album Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3
2004 Michael Buble on his album Babalu
2004 Celine Dion on her album A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
2004 LeAnn Rimes on her album What a Wonderful World
2005 The Meads of Asphodel - a cynical cover version featured on the album "Damascus Steel".
2005 TNT - hard rock version, All the Way to the Sun.
2006 Coco d'Or on her album "Coco d'Or 2"
2006 Toyota Grande Adverisement Broadcast
2006 John Legend recorded his version for his Christmas album.
2007 Angels and Airwaves Played live at the Windows Vista Launch
2007 Mika Nakashima on her album YES
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Wonderful_World" |
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rednblack
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Location: In a quiet place
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| I'm going to jump in here fast and say 'Maria' , by Debbie Harry. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Go here and read it backwards in the mirror and upside down. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Reggae and ska musicians generally cover each other and it's sometimes pretty hard to figure out who does the original. I'll only go with the obvious one for now.
Dandy Livingstone does "A Message to You Rudy" much better than the Specials. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Eric Clapton "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson)
Led Zepplin "Killin' Flo'" (Robert Johnson)
Thin Lizzy "Wiskey in the Jar" (origin unknown to me)
cbc |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
Reggae and ska musicians generally cover each other and it's sometimes pretty hard to figure out who does the original. I'll only go with the obvious one for now.
Dandy Livingstone does "A Message to You Rudy" much better than the Specials. |
I like The Clash's 'Police and Thieves' but think the original version is better. Well that's assuming that Junior Murvin's version is the original...?  |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| tiger fancini wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
Reggae and ska musicians generally cover each other and it's sometimes pretty hard to figure out who does the original. I'll only go with the obvious one for now.
Dandy Livingstone does "A Message to You Rudy" much better than the Specials. |
I like The Clash's 'Police and Thieves' but think the original version is better. Well that's assuming that Junior Murvin's version is the original...? |
Yeah, Junior Murvin/Lee Perry is the original. The Clash actually cover a lot of songs that people don't know. In most cases I have to say their covers are pretty much equal to the original, despite being radically different.
Once I heard a Korean rock band announce "We're going to do a Clash song now called 'I Fought the Law.'" I shouted at them "No you're not!"
Recently I discovered the originals of "Revolution Rock" by Danny Ray and "Police on My Back" by the Equals. |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Anything written by the Bee Gees. |
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