Friday night is... cover versions as good as or better than originals?

[raleighnut]

View: https://youtu.be/lcWVL4B-4pI

 

[raleighnut]

Her life was cut far too short

Yep.

 

[Beebo]

View: https://youtu.be/XZVpR3Pk-r8


I’m a child of the 80s so probably biased. But I think Soft Cells version is better than the original.

 

[raleighnut]

View: https://youtu.be/_3A6cEgelDs

 

[Venod]

 

[iandg]

Used that to introduce my kids to Leadbelly

 

[iandg]

I like this one

 

[craigwend]

[rant] I'm seeing buggerall covers that are even as good as the original let alone better. For example, there's no evidence so far that you can do a straight cover of the Beatles and make it better unless it's one of Ringo's songs. The same applies to Queen, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and from the evidence in this thread, Elton John. If you need to cover these artists and make it worthwhile you need to do something different. [/rant]

Yer but Kurt covered Mark's cover of the cover [which Kurt played guitar on]

 

[FishFright]

Perfection

Robert Wyatt's version makes Elvis Costello's original redundant

 

[FishFright]

So much more fun then the pub band done good original

 

[craigwend]

I love his interpretations, also prefer his voice as it matured / faltered, gave so much poignancy to his later work

 

[Cycleops]

View: https://youtu.be/_3A6cEgelDs

Heavily derivative of the great Ry Cooder version.

View: https://youtu.be/necmhMW09gg

 

[Sniper68]

Bauhaus Ziggy Stardust:-

 

[raleighnut]

View: https://youtu.be/jJcpCqYGVSA

 

[Bonefish Blues]

May be heresy, but:

View: https://youtu.be/f7UHd7NVegE


View: https://youtu.be/xofrCXUQVso


But wait, it gets worse...

View: https://youtu.be/fauhTlhqRvg


View: https://youtu.be/rqSc2aOCNAU


But I think he forgave her

View: https://youtu.be/GAbMEm_xYRQ