Best cover versions

[Oxford]

15 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Nice version but the Brenda Holloway original takes some beating.

Be your age Tyrone you'll be saying Boris Johnson tells no lies next!

[Niels]

55 minutes ago, Oxford said:

Be your age Tyrone you'll be saying Boris Johnson tells no lies next!

I heard Bruce Johnston's I write the songs for the first time a few days ago. I think David Cassidy recorded it first so can it count as a cover version even though he wrote it?

[Oxford]

3 hours ago, Niels said:

I heard Bruce Johnston's I write the songs for the first time a few days ago. I think David Cassidy recorded it first so can it count as a cover version even though he wrote it?

Yeah why not?

 

Edited March 28, 2020 by Oxford

[Leeds Wire]

 

[Oxford]

 

[Bleep1673]

Can we have a thread for worst covers, if so this will win, much as I am a fan, but ugh.

 

[Bleep1673]

Original

Cover

Make your own mind up, I know which I like the best, Buster.

[Robin Evans]

Probably still my fav cover..... just...

 

[Robin Evans]

Whilst the byrds far excelled Dylan's version of mr tambourine man, I prefer Athur's original version of this.... but the damned covered it very well.

 

[Mumby Magic]

1 hour ago, Bleep1673 said:

Can we have a thread for worst covers, if so this will win, much as I am a fan, but ugh.

 

Surely Atomic Kittens beats this.

[Bleep1673]

1 minute ago, Mumby Magic said:

Surely Atomic Kittens beats this.

Oh yeah, truly awful

[Oxford]

 

 

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

On 29 March 2020 at 11:44, Oxford said:

 

Much much as I liked " The Drifters " a Liverpool band called " The Crying Shames " did the best version. That's probably where Elvis Costello got it from.

Edited March 31, 2020 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Oxford]

5 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Much much as I liked " The Drifters " a Liverpool band called " The Crying Shames " did the best version. That's probably where Elvis Costello got it from.

Yep that would be my guess too but theirs does sound a bit dated but good.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I saw The Crying Shames once at my local fire station/dance hall. They were about 2 or 3 numbers into their set when all of a sudden they stopped playing and started packing away their equipment !   I was stood near the front, by the stage, once I looked around there was a mass brawl going on behind me.  I suppose they had a contract that allowed them to bail out in the event of trouble.

What the brawl was all about I never did find out.

[Oxford]

13 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

What the brawl was all about I never did find out.

I have never known any fraca ( had to look up if the spelling was correct) that wasn't about something stupid or pointless or the participants weren't being balloons.

"How long shall the kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?"

Edited April 2, 2020 by Oxford

[Wiltshire Rhino]

I wouldn't call this a "best cover version" as the original is SO MUCH BETTER! However it's an appropriate song to post. 

If someone else has already posted this, sorry, but I skipped to the last page. 

[Angelic Upstart]

 

[Robin Evans]

12 minutes ago, Angelic Upstart said:

 

Not Jake's finest

[Mumby Magic]

Worst recently puddle of mudd about a girl. Wtf

[Leeds Wire]

Don't know who these people are but this is a smashing cover of my favourite Groundation tune

 

[Leeds Wire]

This is cool too.

 

[Robin Evans]

The memsahib and I played Mr Tambourine man last night. The Byrds had a fabulous sound and really covered Dylan well.... fabulous album.

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[Ullman]

On 09/05/2020 at 07:59, Robin Evans said:

The memsahib and I played Mr Tambourine man last night. The Byrds had a fabulous sound and really covered Dylan well.... fabulous album.

Loved that jangling guitar sound they had.