Best Cover Version

[Golfmmad]

Earth Wnd and Fire's cover of the Beatles Got To Get You Into My Life was brilliant.
Saw it live many years ago on tv, they really "Performed" it!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

A Christmas fave of mine..The Dandy Warhols…Little Drummer Boy

 

[AmandaJR]

If we're allowed live covers then Bruce's version of Twist and Shout. Be still my beating heart

 

[venger]

Not technically a cover but a reworking but I quite enjoy Run DMC & Aerosmith version of Walk This Way.

Springsteens version of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town is certainly unique.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Springsteens version of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town is certainly unique.

By that, do you mean horribly out of tune, worse than a drunken karaoke singer?

 

[Taz]

Between two points by the Gilmours

 

[venger]

By that, do you mean horribly out of tune, worse than a drunken karaoke singer?

I’m thinking that he could give vic reeves on shooting stars a run for his money.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I’m thinking that he could give vic reeves on shooting stars a run for his money.

I reckon one could have been the inspiration for the other

 

[Steve Wilkes]

Another vote for The Stranglers 'Walk on By' , any other nomination will be a distant 2nd

 

[cliveb]

Btw, I once failed a music exam in school by arguing that the Pet Shop Boys version of You are always on my mind was better than Elvis.
Not sure if my argument was wrong, but I think everyone who went PSBs way got a fail that day .

Nothing churned out by PSB qualifies as music, so of course it was correct to fail you all.

 

[PaulMdj]

Hibernian supporters at Hampden Park - Sunshine on Leith

 

[tincup]

I think my favourite cover version of all time would be Joe Cockers version of with a little help from my friends mainly due to it been the theme tune of one of my favourite programmes growing up (The Wonder Years)

 

[SteveJay]

Hibernian supporters at Hampden Park - Sunshine on Leith

Best football anthem bar none

 

[Reemul]

It came number 3.

I was surprised by how many songs in that chart were covers. A good number, I thought were originals.

Quite a lot are covers of unsuccessful songs originally or not that famous. Personally I like covers of hits that are a little different.

LiSmooth Operator by Marcin, Tom's Diner - AnnenmayKantereit & Giant Rooks, Blinding Light - Maisie Peters, Dancing in the Dark - Bastille and one quite similar Bad Habits - Sigrid.

 

[Voyager EMH]

I think my favourite cover version of all time would be Joe Cockers version of with a little help from my friends mainly due to it been the theme tune of one of my favourite programmes growing up (The Wonder Years)

Just been reading through the whole thread with this on my mind from the start. You beat me to it.

 

[RichA]

Just been reading through the whole thread with this on my mind from the start. You beat me to it.

Yep. Exactly the same here. Best cover ever. Imagine hearing that at Woodstock. Mind blowing soul version of a previously inane pop song by an overrated boy band.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Maybe not a cover but certainly not the original

The Chieftans ft The Rolling Stones version of The Rocky Road to Dublin
Folk v Rock with no quarter given
Especially the Satisfaction bit by Ronnie Wood.

 

[The Squirrel]

Hendrix All Along The Watchtower is great but I'm prepared to stick my neck out and say Dave Matthews Band's version that they used as a concert closer for years is better.

Don't think it really counts as a cover as he wrote it, but Chaka Khan had the orginial recording. Bruce Hornsby's version of Love Me Still is 2 minutes of perfection.

Will probably think of 100 more by this evening

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Quite a lot are covers of unsuccessful songs originally or not that famous. Personally I like covers of hits that are a little different.

Definitely agree with this. If you are going to do a cover, do it differently. I love some of the ukelele / Hawaiian covers. Hallelujah and Somewhere Over the Rainbow have been done this way, they work brilliantly.

 

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