Covers

Very similar thread here http://www.whathifi.com/forum/this-week-i-have-mostly-been-listening-tow...

Maybe you could add yours to this?

Thanks for that, but the page for that link has been removed...   so would still like to hear from anyone with their choices.

Mac

I really like Bonnie Raitt's cover of Gerry Rafferty's  "Right Down the Line". I love the original but this country/reggae twist really seems to work well with it too. I wouldn't say one was better than the other, a score draw in my books.

Rumer - Home thoughts from abroad

And just for the joy of annoying Pink Floyd fans, Christy Moore - Shine on you crazy diamond )

Spirit did a song called Taurus. Led Zeppelin did a cover called Stairway To Heaven. Quite popular apparently.

There were several more tracks completely stolen by Led Zeppelin, bit of a pub covers band really. " />

Brian Auger/ Julie Driscoll - Indian Rope Man

Love the original by Richie Havens, but this is in another league.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnHaMPIa-F4

Covers that are better than the original thread:

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/this-week-i-have-mostly-been-listening-towatching/covers-that-are-better-than-the-original

Agree, Rumer's version is superb... does Clifford T proud.

Mac

Talking of cover versions and Stairway To Heaven  ( and Bohemian Rhapsody , while we're at it ) , obviously Rolf's versions of both songs are miles better than the originals .

 The other obvious choice is Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower .

And Jeff Buckley's versions of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Genesis's "Back in NYC ".

Tom Waits as a singer leaves me totally cold. Some of his songs however I really like, and one of my favourite female vocalists Christine Collister does superb versions of Broken Bicycles and Dirt in the Ground

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I really like the covers of Heard it through the Grapevine by Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Slits.

Funnily enough on Craig Charles' show there is a stem remix of the CCR version by The Reflex which is definitely one of my favourites.

http://m.soundcloud.com/thereflex/creedence-clearwater-grapevine

I'll give you the originals. You can fill in the covers:

Small Faces: You Need Loving? Cover version ...............

Eddie Cochrane: Nervous Breakdown? Cover Version ...............

Jake Holmes: Dazed And Confused? Cover Version ..............

Fairport Convention: She Moves Through The Fair? Cover Version .............

Eddie Philips: Sunshine Girl? Cover Version..................

Jeff Beck: Blues deluxe? Cover Version................

I dont think Fairport Convention would claim to be the originals of that song, its just their arrangement of a traditional Irish folk song IIRC.

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Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends.