Depends which one I first heard. If I heard the cover before the original, and liked it, then the original is going to sound like a cover.Jack wrote:Do you think people in general are more prone to like the original of any given song or tune better than covers? What about you personally?
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Re: cover versions
I guess it depends on what you consider a "cover".
Steve Goodman wrote "The City of New Orleans", and Arlo Guthrie put it
(and Goodman) on the map. I recently heard Steve Goodman's recording
of the same song, and I didn't like it at all. So, which version is the cover?
I'm not sure. But Arlo's is definitely better...
Steve Goodman wrote "The City of New Orleans", and Arlo Guthrie put it
(and Goodman) on the map. I recently heard Steve Goodman's recording
of the same song, and I didn't like it at all. So, which version is the cover?
I'm not sure. But Arlo's is definitely better...
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Or for that matter, the Byrds version of Pete Seeger's Turn, Turn, Turn.cowtime wrote: Dick Gaughan's version of the Byrd's Turn, Turn, Turn
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And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Two-hit wonders Nazareth with Joni Mitchell's This Flight Tonight.
Both Nazareth and Gram Parsons' covers of Boudleaux Bryant's Love Hurts.
Both Nazareth and Gram Parsons' covers of Boudleaux Bryant's Love Hurts.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Hendrix's version of 'Hey Joe' blows all earlier versions away. Has anybody dared do it since?
Swamp Dogg's version of 'Sam Stone' is unforgettable; John Prine's original is just good.
I prefer the Pogues version of 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda' to Eric Bogle's good but less good original.
Although British invasion bands had hits with covers of black American songs, none came close to the originals. Do Wah Diddey, Chains, I'm Into Something Good, I'm a Man, Go Now, Under the Boardwalk all come to mind. But the Animals version of 'House of the Rising Sun' is the best version of that song I've heard.
Dick Gaughan's cover of Robin Williamson's 'October Song' nudges out a great original version.
Swamp Dogg's version of 'Sam Stone' is unforgettable; John Prine's original is just good.
I prefer the Pogues version of 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda' to Eric Bogle's good but less good original.
Although British invasion bands had hits with covers of black American songs, none came close to the originals. Do Wah Diddey, Chains, I'm Into Something Good, I'm a Man, Go Now, Under the Boardwalk all come to mind. But the Animals version of 'House of the Rising Sun' is the best version of that song I've heard.
Dick Gaughan's cover of Robin Williamson's 'October Song' nudges out a great original version.
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I've listened to Tori Amos' cover of "Smells like Teen Spirit" but was unimpressed. The song doesn't have much to recommend it and without percussion, it falls flat.
One of my favorite covers comes from The Bangles, waaaayyy back in the 80's. They did a great cover of Simon and Garfunkle's "Hazy Shade of Winter" for the movie "Less Than Zero". I heard their version before I had heard the original. I like the cover better.
And speaking of covers . . . anyone familiar with Ashley MacIsaac's cover of "What an Idiot He Is"? I've not heard the orginal (written and preformed by Bob Snider) but I LOVE Ashley's version. I used it for a Buffy video . . . which I've yet to post on the internet . . . because I need a faster connection. Ah well. Hoping that happens in the near future.
One of my favorite covers comes from The Bangles, waaaayyy back in the 80's. They did a great cover of Simon and Garfunkle's "Hazy Shade of Winter" for the movie "Less Than Zero". I heard their version before I had heard the original. I like the cover better.
And speaking of covers . . . anyone familiar with Ashley MacIsaac's cover of "What an Idiot He Is"? I've not heard the orginal (written and preformed by Bob Snider) but I LOVE Ashley's version. I used it for a Buffy video . . . which I've yet to post on the internet . . . because I need a faster connection. Ah well. Hoping that happens in the near future.
I sing the birdie tune
It makes the birdies swoon
It sends them to the moon
Just like a big balloon
It makes the birdies swoon
It sends them to the moon
Just like a big balloon
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I really, really like Fiona Apple's version of the Beatles' "Across the Universe."
Here is a YouTube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gLWTtlMwo4
I had never heard the song until I heard Apple's version and I had no idea it was a Beatles' song, and I tend to like Apple's version better.
Here is a YouTube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gLWTtlMwo4
I had never heard the song until I heard Apple's version and I had no idea it was a Beatles' song, and I tend to like Apple's version better.
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Didn't we hash this out a few years ago?CHasR wrote:even compared with Derek + the Dominoes? live?cowtime wrote:I'll give you everything but "Little Wing". I'm in the Hendrix camp on that one.Denny wrote:Stevie Ray Vaughn's version of most anything
( I tried the "search" but couldn't come up with the thread)
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And eyes as gray as icicle fangs measure stranger
For size, honesty, and intent."
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And eyes as gray as icicle fangs measure stranger
For size, honesty, and intent."
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The Men They Couldn't Hang got to Bogle's other great ww1 song, Green Fields of France (aka Willie McBride, No Man's Land) first, but the Pogues should have done it anyway.Wombat wrote: I prefer the Pogues version of 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda' to Eric Bogle's good but less good original.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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