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Decent song covers

Big Yellow Taxi

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by Anonymousreply 454January 15, 2024 3:43 PM

Op ...are you lost, you tasteless cunt? Fucketh offeth.

by Anonymousreply 1October 5, 2020 3:54 AM

Village Voice hated it, OP.

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by Anonymousreply 2October 5, 2020 3:54 AM

Wonderwall

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by Anonymousreply 3October 5, 2020 3:57 AM

Madonna feat. Massive Attack - I Want You

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by Anonymousreply 4October 5, 2020 3:59 AM

Deftones.

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by Anonymousreply 5October 5, 2020 3:59 AM

This was a decent Joni cover. I'll just pretend it's OP.

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by Anonymousreply 6October 5, 2020 4:00 AM

Wildest Dreams

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by Anonymousreply 7October 5, 2020 4:01 AM

Britney Spears -- [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction

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by Anonymousreply 8October 5, 2020 4:02 AM

There are a lot of covers that are more than decent by Linda Ronstadt. She pretty much built her career on covers but I think I can come up with a few of my favorites so view my multiple posts with patience, please.

I'll start off with my favorite cover of all time.

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by Anonymousreply 9October 5, 2020 4:02 AM

Stardust - Willie Nelson

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by Anonymousreply 10October 5, 2020 4:05 AM

Will to Power - Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

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by Anonymousreply 11October 5, 2020 4:05 AM

Dylan's tunes sound so much better when they are coming out of the mouth of someone else.

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by Anonymousreply 12October 5, 2020 4:06 AM

Another Dylan tune turned into something far beyond the original.

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by Anonymousreply 13October 5, 2020 4:09 AM

John Hiatt's Have a Little Faith In Me.

She does a fab job.

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by Anonymousreply 14October 5, 2020 4:09 AM

Angélique Kidjo - Once In A Lifetime

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by Anonymousreply 15October 5, 2020 4:10 AM

Best cover of this 1932 Cole Porter song I've heard. Terrifying.

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by Anonymousreply 16October 5, 2020 4:10 AM

Wing - Sing (A Song)

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by Anonymousreply 17October 5, 2020 4:11 AM

Jan Terri - Ave Maria

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by Anonymousreply 18October 5, 2020 4:13 AM

Angel From Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt (originally by the late, great John Prine who just died of Covid because of Donald fucking Trump)

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by Anonymousreply 19October 5, 2020 4:16 AM

"Gimme Shelter". An iconic tune turned into something a bit more urgent and personal. Besides, he looks damn good in shades.

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by Anonymousreply 20October 5, 2020 4:17 AM

Bruno Mars 2014 Kennedy Center Honors Police tribute. Bruno performs So Lonely and Message In a Bottle.

Excellent! Bruno hits notes Sting can no longer hit!

by Anonymousreply 21October 5, 2020 4:21 AM

More than decent; when I'm feeling sacrilegious I prefer it to Jimmy Cliff's original. He shredded his voice making the album but it gives it such a desperate quality.

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by Anonymousreply 22October 5, 2020 4:21 AM

Wing is a fucking genius

by Anonymousreply 23October 5, 2020 4:25 AM

Lambada by Kaoma

the true original is "Llorando se fue" from Bolivia

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by Anonymousreply 24October 5, 2020 4:25 AM

Weirdly, Kid Rock's cover of "Ramble On" by Led Zep. He did it at the Kennedy Center honors and tore it up. It's so good that I really wish they hadn't cut it for the broadcast or had released a long version (I've looked and I can't fine one anywhere).

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by Anonymousreply 25October 5, 2020 4:31 AM

I loved Patti's cover.

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by Anonymousreply 26October 5, 2020 5:14 AM

I prefer Eva's version to Sting's

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by Anonymousreply 27October 5, 2020 5:17 AM

this one!

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by Anonymousreply 28October 5, 2020 5:35 AM

R27 My all-time favorite cover by Eva Cassidy. When I first heard her voice it was on this song, and I was transfixed. That hasn't happened but a few times in my life.

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by Anonymousreply 29October 5, 2020 5:42 AM

Until this absolutely sublime cover came about, I always preferred the first-released "Wildflowers" version by Judy Collins.

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by Anonymousreply 30October 5, 2020 5:48 AM

Santana's "Well Alright" (a total reimagining of Buddy Holly's original).

by Anonymousreply 31October 5, 2020 5:57 AM

Shawn Colvin - Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic

I like this version even better than the original song by The Police.

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by Anonymousreply 32October 5, 2020 6:02 AM

There are so many version of "Money" but I love the one by The Flying Lizards.

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by Anonymousreply 33October 5, 2020 6:33 AM

R27 good one! I love her version too.

by Anonymousreply 34October 5, 2020 6:41 AM

War by Bruce Springsteen(although I was getting distracted by his tight jeans).

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by Anonymousreply 35October 5, 2020 6:43 AM

Elvis Costello - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself. I love his emotional interpretation.

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by Anonymousreply 36October 5, 2020 6:49 AM

Tainted Love covered by Soft Cell, so innovative and 80s iconic that it’s hard to believe it from the 1960s.

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by Anonymousreply 37October 5, 2020 6:52 AM

X's version of the Jerry Lee Lewis hit "Breathless".

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by Anonymousreply 38October 5, 2020 9:22 AM

Disturbed's cover of "Sound Of Silence" is one of the greatest things I've ever heard and just became of aware of it recently. It's the #1 most-watched Conan clip ever, they did an incredible live version.

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by Anonymousreply 39October 5, 2020 9:41 AM

Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

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by Anonymousreply 40October 5, 2020 10:01 AM

Alison Moyet - Whispering Your Name

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by Anonymousreply 41October 5, 2020 10:02 AM

BETTER than the original

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by Anonymousreply 42October 5, 2020 10:03 AM

That Counting Crows song has the worst overproduced and saccharine female vocals.

by Anonymousreply 43October 5, 2020 10:55 AM

Taiwanese American singer Joanna Wang Ruolin doing a cover of the Teresa Teng classic, ‘I only care about you’

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by Anonymousreply 44October 5, 2020 11:39 AM

"Party Girl" - Linda Ronstadt renders Elvis Costello listenable.

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by Anonymousreply 45October 5, 2020 11:47 AM

"Alison" - Linda Ronstadt

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by Anonymousreply 46October 5, 2020 11:47 AM

"Justine" - Linda Ronstadt

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by Anonymousreply 47October 5, 2020 11:47 AM

op's pic looks a human version of a dog.

by Anonymousreply 48October 5, 2020 11:48 AM

A hip-hop version of Elton John’s ‘Tiny Dancer’

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by Anonymousreply 49October 5, 2020 12:04 PM

Alphaville’s ‘Forever Young’ covered by Mr Hudson

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by Anonymousreply 50October 5, 2020 12:10 PM

First The Flamingos and then Art Garfunkel vastly improved this old 1930s song from a movie.

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by Anonymousreply 51October 5, 2020 12:31 PM

Hotel California

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by Anonymousreply 52October 5, 2020 12:59 PM

Your southern can is mine by The White Stripes

by Anonymousreply 53October 5, 2020 2:29 PM

I really like Harry Style's cover of Juice by Lizzo

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by Anonymousreply 54October 5, 2020 3:56 PM

And here’s Lizzo covering Harry

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by Anonymousreply 55October 5, 2020 9:11 PM

I like Giorgio Moroder's "reimaging" of Tom's Diner, with Britney Spears. The fan video for the lyric version is beautiful, too.

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by Anonymousreply 56October 5, 2020 9:17 PM

Depeche Mode - "Heroes"

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by Anonymousreply 57October 5, 2020 10:28 PM

The Pretenders cover "Stop Your Sobbing" by The Kinks.

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by Anonymousreply 58October 6, 2020 7:11 AM

In these cover threads posters usually mention Siouxsie & The Banshees' Beatles cover of Dear Prudence. But the band did so many amazing covers and even released a whole cover album called Through The Looking Glass. This is their cover of Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors.

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by Anonymousreply 59October 6, 2020 8:52 AM

There are scores, if not hundreds, of recorded versions of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."

Cohen, before he died, said he was most impressed with the k.d. lang cover.

No insult to Kathy Dawn, but me? I'll take Jeff Buckley's.

by Anonymousreply 60October 6, 2020 9:13 AM

Iggy Pop & Deborah Harry covering, "Well, Did You Evah!

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by Anonymousreply 61October 6, 2020 9:49 AM

"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" - Rita Coolidge

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by Anonymousreply 62October 6, 2020 10:40 AM

Jimmy Sommerville kicked life into Comment te dire adieu

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by Anonymousreply 63October 6, 2020 10:54 AM

Samantha Jade--Breakeven

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by Anonymousreply 64October 6, 2020 12:15 PM

Heart Beat - Seduction

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by Anonymousreply 65October 6, 2020 12:21 PM

Sinéad O'Connor - I Don't Know How to Love Him

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by Anonymousreply 66October 6, 2020 12:54 PM

counting crows????? u have to be kidding.....NO

by Anonymousreply 67October 6, 2020 1:01 PM

Fiona Apple - Modern Don Juan (erroneously described as "Just a Man in Love" on YouTube). Never released as a single, hence the crummy audio quality (not sure where this was recorded, I assume at Largo). Still enjoyable!

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by Anonymousreply 68October 6, 2020 1:08 PM

A new recent phenomenal male cover of I Don’t Know How to Love Him comes from Norbert Leo Butz as part of the most recent Miscast fundraiser for MCC Theatre where they gender swap songs. Performance begins at 1:10.

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by Anonymousreply 69October 6, 2020 1:11 PM

As much as I revere Donna Summer, I think this is better.

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by Anonymousreply 70October 6, 2020 1:27 PM

Thanks R69. THAT is one of the best things I have ever heard.

by Anonymousreply 71October 6, 2020 1:28 PM

Tina Turner. Let's Stay Together (Al Green cover).

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by Anonymousreply 72October 6, 2020 2:37 PM

Devo successfully reworking The Rolling Stones "Satisfaction"

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by Anonymousreply 73October 6, 2020 9:06 PM

Not quite a full video, but it features imitating Kate Bush and Pumpkin Spice Coffee, two DL faves

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by Anonymousreply 74October 7, 2020 5:29 AM

Pet Shop Boys cover "Go West" (Village People)

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by Anonymousreply 75October 7, 2020 9:57 AM

Tracy Ullman’s version of They Don’t Know

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by Anonymousreply 76October 7, 2020 10:19 AM

I love Kim Weston, I love the Isley Brothers....but The Doobie Brothers' version SOARS!

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by Anonymousreply 77October 7, 2020 10:32 AM

Inspired by the Trump gasping for breath thread -

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by Anonymousreply 78October 7, 2020 10:36 AM

Another great Joni Mitchell cover here that shits all over that horrific Counting Crows one.

Tori Amos - A Case of You.

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by Anonymousreply 79October 7, 2020 10:47 AM

Olivia Newton-John's first hit single was a cover of Bob Dylan's "If Not For You"

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by Anonymousreply 80October 7, 2020 10:56 AM

Not nearly as good as the original, but I've got a certain fondness for it.

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by Anonymousreply 81October 7, 2020 11:02 AM

Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way

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by Anonymousreply 82October 7, 2020 3:22 PM

Talking Heads do "Take Me to the River" (Al Green)

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by Anonymousreply 83October 7, 2020 8:56 PM

Matt Alber does "I Wanna Dance with Somebody."

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by Anonymousreply 84October 7, 2020 9:07 PM

Sam Smith covers Whitney

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by Anonymousreply 85October 7, 2020 9:18 PM

Cowboy Junkies do "Sweet Jane" (The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed)

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by Anonymousreply 86October 7, 2020 9:21 PM

[quote] Village Voice hated it, OP.

[quote] it wouldn't be surprising if Adam Durwitz's pea-sized brain wasn't 85% dreadlocks, 10% water, and 5% actress phone numbers.

[quote] Let's speak into whichever of Durwitz's ears doesn't have a cockily tipped wool hat over it.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that Counting Crows lead singer was the most annoying, pretentious poser who ever posed. And young Courtney Cox fell for it!

by Anonymousreply 87October 7, 2020 9:36 PM

Foo Fighters' cover of Prince's Darling Nikki is awesome.

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by Anonymousreply 88October 7, 2020 9:52 PM

Another great Zeppelin cover by the Wilson sisters, "Battle of Evermore"

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by Anonymousreply 89October 7, 2020 10:12 PM

Elton and the Girls

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by Anonymousreply 90October 8, 2020 9:45 AM

^ Posh was actually half way decent in that clip.

by Anonymousreply 91October 8, 2020 9:50 AM

[quote]Another great Zeppelin cover by the Wilson sisters, "Battle of Evermore"

An official version of the Wilson sisters doing this song is much better. I have it on a UK import CD EP, I bought it at Tower years ago.

by Anonymousreply 92October 8, 2020 9:22 PM

"I Don't Know How To Love Him" - Helen Reddy

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by Anonymousreply 93October 9, 2020 10:36 AM

R93 Wouldn’t all the others be considered covers and this is the original? This was released as a single before Yvonne’s was even if it was on the concept album first.

by Anonymousreply 94October 9, 2020 10:40 AM

r94, Wikipedia calls Yvonne Elliman's version the original, and Helen Reddy's version a cover. The Jesus Christ Superstar album was released in May 1970. Helen Reddy's single was released in January 1971.

by Anonymousreply 95October 9, 2020 10:48 AM

Olivia Newton-John did a good cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" in 1976.

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by Anonymousreply 96October 9, 2020 10:50 AM

My favorite version of "I Will Always Love You" is the one by Linda Ronstadt.

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by Anonymousreply 97October 9, 2020 10:53 AM

I love Cyndi Lauper's version of What's Going On. I like the original as well.

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by Anonymousreply 98October 9, 2020 1:17 PM

I love obscure records. Whitney really killed the Curtis Mayfield song "Look into your Heart".

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by Anonymousreply 99October 9, 2020 1:39 PM

Listen to this live version of Aretha's "Baby I Love You" by Whitney Houston. Easily better than the original.

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by Anonymousreply 100October 9, 2020 1:43 PM

It's great to see Whitney let her hair down, so to speak, but that in no way is better than Franklin's.

by Anonymousreply 101October 9, 2020 1:47 PM

R11 looks like a Kristen Wiig parody.

by Anonymousreply 102October 9, 2020 1:54 PM

R.E.M. covers "Summertime."

This was released as the B-side of a 7" single in 1990 as a Holiday Single sent out to members of the band's fan club at Christmas. The A-side was "Ghost Reindeer in the Sky."

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by Anonymousreply 103October 11, 2020 8:04 AM

I like Elis Regina's version of Trem Azul

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by Anonymousreply 104October 23, 2020 10:21 AM

I love Trijntje's version of This House is Empty Now

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by Anonymousreply 105October 23, 2020 10:26 AM

Harvest Moon / CASSANDRA WILSON

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by Anonymousreply 106November 10, 2020 9:22 PM

Royals.

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by Anonymousreply 107November 10, 2020 9:25 PM

Fuck r106 's trump loving bitch

by Anonymousreply 108November 10, 2020 10:15 PM

This is probably closer to a remake than a cover, it’s so close to the original. But the Jackson 5 “ABC” isn’t a great recording and this fixes that — plus it keeps the bubble gum pop alive and kicking. And whoever this girl is, what a phenomenal voice.

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by Anonymousreply 109November 10, 2020 11:09 PM

A classic Motown recording isn't a great recording? Do you smoke crack?

by Anonymousreply 110November 10, 2020 11:13 PM

The quality of the recording isn’t great, no. And no, I don’t smoke crack. Love the song though.

by Anonymousreply 111November 10, 2020 11:18 PM

I love Joan Osborne's take on Dolly's "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"

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by Anonymousreply 112November 10, 2020 11:19 PM

Mariah Carey - I'll Be There

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by Anonymousreply 113November 10, 2020 11:27 PM

What exactly is wrong with the recording?

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by Anonymousreply 114November 10, 2020 11:29 PM

Excellent cover of an excellent song.

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by Anonymousreply 115November 10, 2020 11:36 PM

Dave Hause (love him!) plays Patty Griffin (love her!) on a 5-song EP. Really love this one.

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by Anonymousreply 116November 11, 2020 12:08 AM

Say Goodbye to Hollywood.

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by Anonymousreply 117November 11, 2020 12:14 AM

Kudos to R77. Great pick, I love what the Doobies do with that song.

by Anonymousreply 118November 11, 2020 1:15 AM

Kudos to R77. Great pick, I love what the Doobies do with that song.

by Anonymousreply 119November 11, 2020 1:15 AM

Two totally different covers, but both great:

Carpenters doing a ballad version of the Beatles "Ticket To Ride"

Donna Summers disco version of Manilow's "Could It Be Magic?"

by Anonymousreply 120November 11, 2020 1:42 AM

Amanda Cole.

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by Anonymousreply 121November 11, 2020 4:12 AM

I really love the Roxy Music, Brian Ferry version of "Like A Hurricane" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)

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by Anonymousreply 122November 11, 2020 7:17 AM

Oleta Adams has done some fantastic covers.

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by Anonymousreply 123November 11, 2020 7:50 AM

Grace Jones - La Vie en Rose

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by Anonymousreply 124November 11, 2020 1:08 PM

I love Tom Moulton's production and arrangement. But the song is not suited to Grace Jones' very limited voice. It was meant to be fronted by a singer called Teresa Wiater (not Waiter).

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by Anonymousreply 125November 11, 2020 2:59 PM

Britney Spears, Kid Rock...? What are you people smoking?

by Anonymousreply 126November 11, 2020 4:16 PM

The Beatles' version of Buddy Hollly's "Words of Love." One of the best things they ever did.

by Anonymousreply 127November 11, 2020 5:01 PM

Africa

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by Anonymousreply 128November 11, 2020 5:44 PM

The Air That I Breathe - KD Lang

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by Anonymousreply 129November 11, 2020 5:48 PM

Should there be a thread of indecent covers?

by Anonymousreply 130November 11, 2020 5:51 PM

Gareth Gates singing 'Unchained Melody'

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by Anonymousreply 131November 11, 2020 5:51 PM

Barcelona's version of Taylor Swift's Love Story.

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by Anonymousreply 132November 11, 2020 5:54 PM

I like Flying Picket's version of Only You more than Yazoo's original.

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by Anonymousreply 133November 11, 2020 6:05 PM

Ane Brun does great covers. This is one of my favorites.

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by Anonymousreply 134November 11, 2020 6:24 PM

Aaron Tveit's live version of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (here interspersed with "Boyfriend").

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by Anonymousreply 135November 11, 2020 6:33 PM

"Che Gelida Manina" from La Boheme - Aaron Tveit (start at 4:44 if it doesn't do so automatically).

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by Anonymousreply 136November 11, 2020 6:50 PM

Never heard of Amanda Cole, but she has a freaking amazing voice!!

Yet non-singers like Madonna and Taylor Swift are multi-millionaires. Life is sure not fair. Their success proves a ridiculous gimmick and artifice seems more important to the general public than actual talent and having a great voice.

by Anonymousreply 137November 11, 2020 9:25 PM

The Best.

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by Anonymousreply 138November 15, 2020 10:43 AM

Repost:

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by Anonymousreply 139November 15, 2020 10:53 AM

I think this is a tremendous version of a song I've loved since my teenage years.

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by Anonymousreply 140November 30, 2020 5:41 PM

lordy mercy he is beyond fug

by Anonymousreply 141November 30, 2020 5:51 PM

Ugh..no...just NO

by Anonymousreply 142November 30, 2020 6:29 PM

This. It's a shame Lauryn Hill went downhill in the ensuing decades.

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by Anonymousreply 143November 30, 2020 6:51 PM

Eye In The Sky by Parralox

by Anonymousreply 144November 30, 2020 7:38 PM

About OP's post: I will never understand the popularity of "Big Yellow Taxi," a cutesy song that gets cuter every single time I hear it, which is way, way too often. Joni's cutesy giggle at the end may be the worst moment in her recording career.

Adam Duritz has an obscene mouth. In OP's photo, what, exactly, is he about to do? Eat the microphone? Blow the microphone?

by Anonymousreply 145November 30, 2020 8:56 PM

Smooth Criminal

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by Anonymousreply 146November 30, 2020 9:19 PM

I’m on Fire covered by Tori Amos

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by Anonymousreply 147December 1, 2020 7:50 AM

Proud Mary covered by Tina and Ike

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by Anonymousreply 148December 1, 2020 7:53 AM

What about the indecent song covers?

by Anonymousreply 149December 1, 2020 9:12 AM

CCR - I heard it through the grapevine

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by Anonymousreply 150December 1, 2020 9:13 AM

[quote]Eye In The Sky by Parralox

Nice one. I like their cover of "The Number One Song in Heaven" better than the original.

As good as Disturbed's version of "Sound of Silence" is, I'm most grateful for it inspiring the Pentatonix version.

Big thanks to whoever shared the Norbert Leo Butz cover. I'll be listening to that all day.

by Anonymousreply 151December 1, 2020 12:34 PM

Parralox... Pentatonix... are these, cameras?

by Anonymousreply 152December 1, 2020 12:51 PM

Ask your doctor if Parralox is right for you!

I hated this song until I heard it sung by someone with a decent voice. Now I think it's good-cheesy and not annoying-cheesy.

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by Anonymousreply 153December 1, 2020 12:58 PM

Pentatonix always seems so smug, overwrought, and humorless.

by Anonymousreply 154December 1, 2020 12:59 PM

↑ a new level of self-awareness ↑

by Anonymousreply 155December 1, 2020 2:08 PM

Robyn's cover of Hyperballad was nice but she didn't do anything new/different with the song. Björk's cover of Joni Mitchell's "Boho Dance" is more interesting.

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by Anonymousreply 156December 1, 2020 2:58 PM

Always liked a-ha's cover of The Everly Brothers' "Crying in the Rain" -- especially live with Anneli Drecker providing harmony.

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by Anonymousreply 157December 1, 2020 3:06 PM

Valerie - Amy Winehouse

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by Anonymousreply 158December 2, 2020 5:49 AM

peformance art?

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by Anonymousreply 159December 3, 2020 12:49 PM

I love Peter Gabriel. In fact, I never heard any Harry Styles before this version of "Sledgehammer." Damn, this kid is good.

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by Anonymousreply 160December 3, 2020 1:00 PM

I like his cover of "Juice" (he actually sings it whereas Lizzo's vocal is less driving). But nothing else I've heard from him has grabbed me.

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by Anonymousreply 161December 3, 2020 1:03 PM

And of course Lizzo returned the favor

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by Anonymousreply 162December 3, 2020 5:00 PM

John Cale covering Nico's Frozen Warnings.

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by Anonymousreply 163December 3, 2020 5:20 PM
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by Anonymousreply 164December 3, 2020 5:44 PM
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by Anonymousreply 165December 3, 2020 7:29 PM

Ok going way back and to a different language with this one, but Luis Miguel's Alguien Como Tu, a Spanish version of Diane Warren's Someone In Your Life, is more enjoyable than Peabo Bryon's ballady version of it

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by Anonymousreply 166December 4, 2020 5:41 PM

R165 good one

by Anonymousreply 167December 5, 2020 1:21 AM

Better than The Eagles and Linda!

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by Anonymousreply 168December 5, 2020 4:25 AM

[quote]lordy mercy he is beyond fug

Who the hell are you talking about?

by Anonymousreply 169December 5, 2020 4:34 AM

Why did I think this was John Mayer that did the cover of Big Yellow Taxi?

by Anonymousreply 170December 5, 2020 4:43 AM

[quote]I love Peter Gabriel. In fact, I never heard any Harry Styles before this version of "Sledgehammer." Damn, this kid is good.

Isn't a cover song supposed to bring something different to the original? Isn't a band, or singer, supposed do their own take on a cover version? Much in the same way the person upthread complained that Robyn's version of Bjork's Hyperballad "didn't do anything new/different with the song", neither did Harry. He even sounded a bit like Peter Gabriel! Next time he needs to pick a more difficult Peter Gabriel song.

Harry and his band basically performed the Peter Gabriel version note for note, like a cover band, what's the point?

Harry's band is excellent, I will give him that much.

by Anonymousreply 171December 5, 2020 9:46 AM

Such a depth of knowledge about midcentury rock music on here. Found a number of gems.

Speaking of midcentury musicians, Johnny Cash's cover on Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" is a classic

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by Anonymousreply 172December 5, 2020 11:47 AM

Kyle Craft's take on Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2" - he has a great voice for this song

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by Anonymousreply 173December 5, 2020 11:48 AM

Unexpected cover of Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed" by Etta James, turns it into an almost-blues song

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by Anonymousreply 174December 5, 2020 11:50 AM

And in a similar vein, Bettye Lavette covering The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" with Daltrey and Townsend (and for some reason, Streisand) in the audience.

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by Anonymousreply 175December 5, 2020 11:52 AM

Still baffled as to why some YouTube links show up with preview thumbnails on DL and others don't. I'm working on the theory that videos with ads on them don't show up as thumbnails.

by Anonymousreply 176December 5, 2020 11:53 AM

Nancy Wilson and Peabo Bryson cover Sondheim’s Loving You

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by Anonymousreply 177December 5, 2020 11:55 AM

[Quote] Isn't a cover song supposed to bring something different to the original?

Actually, no. Cover versions were designed to eclipse the original and win a chart battle.

by Anonymousreply 178December 5, 2020 11:57 AM

Reba McEntire - Fancy

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by Anonymousreply 179December 5, 2020 11:58 AM

Another one--- Killers do a fairly faithful rendition of Dire Straits while updating it, Brandon Flowers is almost rapping the lyrics (spoken word?) and they pick up the pace little too.

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by Anonymousreply 180December 5, 2020 12:03 PM

^^Dire Straits "Romeo and Juliet"

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by Anonymousreply 181December 5, 2020 12:04 PM

Another unexpected one: Lemonheads Evan Dando covering Abba's "Knowing Me, Knowing You" --the acoustic guitar turns it into a completely different song.

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by Anonymousreply 182December 5, 2020 12:10 PM

Taylor Swift - Riptide

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by Anonymousreply 183December 5, 2020 12:29 PM

R178 I would totally watch a YouTube channel called Chart Battle, where a song and it’s covers and how they compete are discussed.

by Anonymousreply 184December 5, 2020 1:12 PM

Jessie J - MIchael Jackson’s Rock with you

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by Anonymousreply 185December 5, 2020 2:27 PM

WHET the YouTube previews?

Without them, threads like this look like long series of empty grey boxes.

Thanks to the posters who wrote in titles, original performers, and cover version performers.

by Anonymousreply 186December 5, 2020 3:13 PM

Boyce Avenue are the Cover Kings--that's all they do and they have a huge audience for it.

Their take on 1D's "What Makes You Beautiful" is one of their best, they slow it down to an acoustic ballad with just a few guitar chords as background to singer's voice.

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by Anonymousreply 187December 5, 2020 3:22 PM

I think Muriel turns off YouTube previews periodically.

by Anonymousreply 188December 5, 2020 3:25 PM

[quote]Actually, no. Cover versions were designed to eclipse the original and win a chart battle.

That's a total load of bollocks.

A cover song, especially when being done by an already well known band or a famous singer, is basically supposed to bring something different to the original. A cover version can even be performed in a different style of music than the original, doing so, shows talent and vision.

A cover song should not necessarily "eclipse the original and win a chart battle", how silly and absurd. Are you 12?

by Anonymousreply 189December 5, 2020 11:01 PM

No, you twit. "Cover version" meant a version of the song to cover/render the original less successful in the charts.

by Anonymousreply 190December 5, 2020 11:09 PM

[Quote] A cover version can even be performed in a different style of music than the original, doing so, shows talent and vision. A cover song should not necessarily "eclipse the original and win a chart battle", how silly and absurd. Are you 12?

You have little sense of popular music history.

by Anonymousreply 191December 5, 2020 11:09 PM

For example. Here is "Eddie My Love" by The Teen Queens, a black group. It was released in Jan 1956.

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by Anonymousreply 192December 5, 2020 11:12 PM

A cover version by the Fontane Sisters was rush released on the heels of the original.

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by Anonymousreply 193December 5, 2020 11:12 PM

The intent by Dot Records was to cover not only the song but THE RECORD by the Teen Queens. The Fontane Sisters peaked at #11 on the Hot 100, while the Teen Queens rose to #14.

by Anonymousreply 194December 5, 2020 11:15 PM

Lorde - Silver Springs cover of Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac song. I don't know much about Lorde or her singing voice but, this live performance with the big soul singer women picking up the brunt of the song. i love the gospel back up singer women like Elvis had. You know? When I heard this rock and soul version I was blown away. Whether you like Stevie or not she's not an easy act to follow except for the country landslide. My favorites by her are the c/w After The Glitter Fades and Gypsy.

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by Anonymousreply 195December 5, 2020 11:20 PM

Speaking of Lorde, here's "Royals."

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by Anonymousreply 196December 5, 2020 11:29 PM

[quote]You have little sense of popular music history.

This moron is even MORE clueless about cover versions: "No, you twit. "Cover version" meant a version of the song to cover/render the original less successful in the charts."

Wow, so many in this thread know so little about pop music in general. Most cover versions are usually never huge hits like the original artist's version of a song. Again, what totally clueless responses.

R191, you don't anything about me. People like R191 seem to love to argue about the things they know so little about. A cover version should always bring a new take on the original. The cover version need not improve or be 'better' than the original, just different and perhaps make clueless people seek out the original recording. End of discussion.

For example, ALL these versions of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood are EXCELLENT: The Animals, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity and Joe Cocker. ALL these versions are worth hearing. Nina Simone did the original version, in 1964. It goes without saying, Nina's version is amazing.

I've actually worked in the music biz, over 30 years. How old are you 20? A teen? I also have many working musicians in my family, an uncle was a record producer and there are currently in-demand session musicians in my family.

I reckon I know a hell of a lot about many genres of music than most people arguing here. I sure know more about what makes a record successful.

It's laughable to post that a cover version :"meant a version of the song to cover/render the original less successful in the charts."

Where the hell do some of you conjure up such utter bullshit? 😂 🤣😂 🤣

by Anonymousreply 197December 5, 2020 11:51 PM

[Quote] A cover version should always bring a new take on the original.

How are you going to enforce your little rule?

by Anonymousreply 198December 5, 2020 11:54 PM

[Quote] I've actually worked in the music biz, over 30 years.

Then you should know the origin of the term "cover version."

by Anonymousreply 199December 5, 2020 11:55 PM

Eurythmics - Something In The Air. One thing Annie didn't ruin.

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by Anonymousreply 200December 6, 2020 12:00 AM

[quote]Dylan's tunes sound so much better when they are coming out of the mouth of someone else.

So true!

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by Anonymousreply 201December 6, 2020 1:07 AM

[quote]Dylan's tunes sound so much better when they are coming out of the mouth of someone else.

Same with Joni Mitchell. Once someone else rid the song of her airy-fairy style, you realized she had some good songs.

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by Anonymousreply 202December 6, 2020 1:13 AM

The first time I heard this, I thought it was brilliant. I interpreted it as a shy boy questioning his sexuality.

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by Anonymousreply 203December 6, 2020 1:17 AM

Shawn Mendes' cover of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You".

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by Anonymousreply 204December 6, 2020 1:23 AM

Sloop John B by Josh Lee Turner and the touring cast of Simon & Garfunkel. Live from the back of a tour bus. Very impressive.

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by Anonymousreply 205December 6, 2020 1:24 AM

Aretha’s I say a little prayer for you

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by Anonymousreply 206December 6, 2020 2:18 AM

[quote]Aretha’s I say a little prayer for you

Yuck! Aretha makes the back up singers do all the heavy lifting. And the few bits she does "sing" she sounds like a screaming seal.

by Anonymousreply 207December 6, 2020 2:24 AM

Whitney’s I’m Every Woman

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by Anonymousreply 208December 6, 2020 2:35 AM

Gus Gus covering Depeche Mode's Monument.

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by Anonymousreply 209December 6, 2020 4:31 AM

Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U

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by Anonymousreply 210December 6, 2020 4:36 AM

Wow, R70! I'm a Donna Summer lover, and I'd never heard/seen that. Now I've listened to/watched it three times. Thank you!

by Anonymousreply 211December 6, 2020 6:40 AM

Whitney always skipped out on singing the bridge to "I'm Every Woman" live. She didn't have the range.

by Anonymousreply 212December 6, 2020 10:40 AM

Itchycoo Park

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by Anonymousreply 213December 6, 2020 11:18 AM

Now that the Christmas season is here, here's the only good cover of Fairytale Of New York, covered by by the Whistlin' Donkeys and Maria Connolly:

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by Anonymousreply 214December 6, 2020 11:24 AM

Berlin Project's ska cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice"

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by Anonymousreply 215December 6, 2020 11:39 AM

If ska is not your thing, The Gourds do a country/bluegrass cover of Gin and Juice

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by Anonymousreply 216December 6, 2020 11:41 AM

Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Creep

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by Anonymousreply 217December 7, 2020 2:42 AM

Leona Lewis - Run (Snow Patrol)

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by Anonymousreply 218December 7, 2020 2:47 AM

Martin Gore - In a Manner of Speaking (Tuxedomoon)

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by Anonymousreply 219December 7, 2020 2:56 AM

All Angels - Nothing Compares 2 U

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by Anonymousreply 220December 7, 2020 3:03 AM

Mari Wilson - Cry Me A River.

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by Anonymousreply 221December 9, 2020 7:10 AM

Morrissey doing Laura Nyro's classic "Wedding Bell Blues"

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by Anonymousreply 222December 9, 2020 8:02 AM

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (Avril Lavigne)

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by Anonymousreply 223December 9, 2020 9:10 AM

“In the Morning” (Bee Gees cover live version from 1968) by Nina Simone.

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by Anonymousreply 224December 9, 2020 9:45 AM

Toni Basil's "Mickey" (originally "Kitty" by Racey)

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by Anonymousreply 225December 11, 2020 1:57 AM

Another one by Pet Shop Boys ... Always on My Mind.

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by Anonymousreply 226December 12, 2020 7:10 AM

Orville Peck covers Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy, heartbreak, this time with a Country twang, ensues.

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by Anonymousreply 227December 12, 2020 7:26 AM

Do Me Baby, Prince cover

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by Anonymousreply 228December 12, 2020 8:23 AM

I think Grace Jone’s version of “La Vie en Rose” is fantastic. She sings/interprets that song as though she wrote it herself.

by Anonymousreply 229December 12, 2020 1:29 PM

Funny you say that as Jones aped the singer for whom the track was intended.

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by Anonymousreply 230December 12, 2020 1:48 PM

The Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye

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by Anonymousreply 231December 12, 2020 11:25 PM

Push The Button - The Worst Cover Band Of The World

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by Anonymousreply 232December 12, 2020 11:30 PM

Romeo Void's version of "Wrap It Up" (Sam & Dave)

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by Anonymousreply 233December 13, 2020 1:23 AM

Steps does the Bee Gees - Tragedy

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by Anonymousreply 234December 13, 2020 1:40 AM

Jackie Trent's big, brassy ballad version of "It's Not Unusual"

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by Anonymousreply 235December 13, 2020 2:51 AM

Bruce Springsteen covers The Bee Gees

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by Anonymousreply 236December 13, 2020 4:13 AM

Dance/club versions of slower ballads can be hit or miss, usually more of the latter, but I really liked this upbeat version of Coldplay's Viva La Vida.

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by Anonymousreply 237December 13, 2020 4:18 AM

russell watson - volare

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by Anonymousreply 238December 13, 2020 6:23 AM

Pet Shop Boys - Go West

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by Anonymousreply 239December 13, 2020 6:27 AM

Cake - I Will Survive

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by Anonymousreply 240December 13, 2020 6:34 AM

Erasure - S.O.S.

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by Anonymousreply 241December 13, 2020 6:36 AM

R240 see r165

by Anonymousreply 242December 13, 2020 6:36 AM

The lounge version of Baby Got Back by Richard Cheese

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by Anonymousreply 243December 13, 2020 6:44 AM

Just discovered this great cover/medley of The Royalettes/Deniece Williams' 'It's Gonna Take A Miracle' and Little Anthony & The Imperials' 'I'm On The Outside (Looking In)' done as a medley.

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by Anonymousreply 244December 13, 2020 6:47 AM

You don't own me - The Blow Monkeys

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by Anonymousreply 245December 13, 2020 6:50 AM

I've always loved this Hi-NRG cover of The Monkees' '(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone' by Modern Rocketry.

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by Anonymousreply 246December 13, 2020 6:59 AM

Dwight Yoakam - Suspicious Minds

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by Anonymousreply 247December 13, 2020 7:00 AM

Love this cover of Velvet Underground's 'Femme Fatale' by Genevieve Waite (produced by John Phillips). Even better than the original!

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by Anonymousreply 248December 13, 2020 7:05 AM

I've been listening to this soulful cover of 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix' by (Aretha's sister) Erma Franklin for so many years that I have no idea who did the original. Glen Campbell? Who cares!

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by Anonymousreply 249December 13, 2020 7:13 AM

The only version of 'New York State Of Mind' I've ever cared about was recorded by Johnny Mathis. Sorry Billy Joel!

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by Anonymousreply 250December 13, 2020 7:18 AM

Emma Bunton - Crickets Sing For Anamaria

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by Anonymousreply 251December 13, 2020 7:26 AM

Karen really brings out the pathos of the song, but you also sense she is singing her own truth. “And as for fortune and as for fame, I never invited them in, though they seemed to the world they were all I desired.”

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by Anonymousreply 252December 13, 2020 7:34 AM

Cher - Walking in Memphis

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by Anonymousreply 253December 13, 2020 7:40 AM

Cher wasn’t the originator of Walking in Memphis? How can that possibly be?

by Anonymousreply 254December 13, 2020 7:44 AM

Favorite Cher cover #1: Her early 70s take on the Jazz standard 'By Myself'. Love her vocals here and Sonny Bono's arrangement.

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by Anonymousreply 255December 13, 2020 7:58 AM

Sonny did arrangements? Like Richard Carpenter? Did not know that!

by Anonymousreply 256December 13, 2020 8:01 AM

Favorite Cher cover #2: Her Late 60s cover of Bonnie Bramlett's 'Groupie (Superstar)'. Bonnie's version will always be my favorite but Cher's is in my Top 5 versions of this song. Unlike Karen Carpenter, Cher (and her arranger) got it right. The song's about a tough Groupie Chick who fell in love after the one night stand. The Carpenters took it an entirely different place. I like the earlier versions more.

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by Anonymousreply 257December 13, 2020 8:05 AM

Yes, 256. Sonny was never a singer. He was actually a talented musician/arranger who worked closely with Phil Spector early in his career. His arrangements all had a distinctive sound and were heavy on the drums. Here's a great example, an early Cher single 'Dream Baby'.

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by Anonymousreply 258December 13, 2020 8:11 AM

Kim Gordon doing Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" karaoke-style as part of her side project Ciccone Youth. I'm sure Madonna had this video in mind when she performed Express Yourself in military drag on the Reinvention Tour

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by Anonymousreply 259December 13, 2020 5:01 PM

Love this although I don't speak a word of French.

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by Anonymousreply 260December 13, 2020 10:36 PM

The Sweet - Relections

by Anonymousreply 261December 13, 2020 11:27 PM

Bananarama - Nathan Jones

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by Anonymousreply 262December 14, 2020 12:28 AM

R3 The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall

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by Anonymousreply 263December 14, 2020 12:31 AM

R263 I literally just heard this last night and had now clue who sang it. It is so awesome! Thanks!!

by Anonymousreply 264December 14, 2020 1:35 AM

Unfortunately, there is no long version of this available, but Katherine Ho does a great version of Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You in Mandarin for a Panda Express commercial.

by Anonymousreply 265December 14, 2020 1:50 AM

^^^ Sorry, here's the video.

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by Anonymousreply 266December 14, 2020 1:52 AM

Aretha covers Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell

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by Anonymousreply 267December 14, 2020 5:15 AM

Gloria Estefan - Everlasting Love

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by Anonymousreply 268December 14, 2020 5:55 AM

Metallica performs Ennio Morricone's 'Ecstasy of Gold' from 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' film score.

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by Anonymousreply 269December 14, 2020 6:01 AM

A bit OT, but I never understood the accolades given to The Carpenters. They were mediocre popsters at best. They produced bland music, they had no actual image. They made disposable pop music. I'd compare them with someone as dull as Taylor Swift, her success is also incomprehensible.

Karen's voice was so bland, there was nothing unique about it. Their music was incredibly MOR and extremely depressing. I cringe when I hear their music. It's amazing that so many talented and famous musicians seem to praise them. There have also been tribute albums. Weird.

They tortured the song Superstar. Karen couldn't be any more off in her interpretation of that song.

I'm totally baffled. I have actually working musicians in my family, session musicians and touring musicians, they are as baffled as I am.

by Anonymousreply 270December 14, 2020 6:03 AM

Shoop Shoop Song

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by Anonymousreply 271December 14, 2020 6:17 AM

Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (written and recorded by a band called Klaatu)

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by Anonymousreply 272December 14, 2020 6:32 AM

[quote]Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (written and recorded by a band called Klaatu)

Please, STOP!

by Anonymousreply 273December 14, 2020 7:00 AM

[Quote] They made disposable pop music.

And yet, their music has lasted.

by Anonymousreply 274December 14, 2020 2:58 PM

Blondie - "Denis"

(Clem on drums, one of the best.)

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by Anonymousreply 275December 15, 2020 9:27 AM

Foo Fighters covering Drake's "Hotline Bling" as part of their Hanukkah Series

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by Anonymousreply 276December 15, 2020 2:54 PM

A bit more out there, from the same series

Foo Fighters cover Peaches' "Fuck The Pain Away"

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by Anonymousreply 277December 15, 2020 2:56 PM

Two male singers dark reworkings of two different famous songs. Both are spine-tingling.

1. Lyle Lovett's version of 'Mack the Knife'

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by Anonymousreply 278December 15, 2020 3:17 PM

2. Frank Ocean turns 'Hotel California' into 'American Wedding'. Banned because jealous Eagles don't understand what a hommage is.

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by Anonymousreply 279December 15, 2020 3:19 PM

McFly, 'You're The One That I Want'.

Quite a sexy take, but still with all the campy fun of the original. There's two male vocalists, so it's pretty gay.

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by Anonymousreply 280December 15, 2020 7:16 PM

Norman Connors (featuring Phyllis Hyman) 'Betcha By Golly Wow' - The recording that put Phyllis Hyman on the map. A lot of people think that the original version was by The Stylistics, who had the hit version, but it was actually first recorded years earlier by Connie Stevens as 'Keep Growing Stronger'.

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by Anonymousreply 281December 15, 2020 9:18 PM

For reference here's Connie Stevens' 'Keep Growing Strong' aka 'Betcha By Golly Wow'.

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by Anonymousreply 282December 15, 2020 9:21 PM

Lisa Stansfield covering Phyllis Hyman’s You know how to love me

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by Anonymousreply 283December 16, 2020 5:58 AM

R281 Prince did the best version of, 'Betcha By Golly Wow!', on his EMANCIPATION record.

Just, ignore the ridiculous music video.

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by Anonymousreply 284December 16, 2020 9:21 AM

Queens Of The Stone Age do some killer covers.

Their sultry and slinky take on 'Never Say Never', originally by the criminally-underrated Romeovoid, is up there.

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by Anonymousreply 285December 16, 2020 9:24 AM

QOTSA also ably covered The Kinks 'Who'll Be The Next In Line?', giving it some raw raspy rockabilly flavour.

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by Anonymousreply 286December 16, 2020 9:26 AM

I’m sorry but Phyllis Hyman may be the most talented person who ever existed, but with a name like that I can never get past it to actually listen to her.

by Anonymousreply 287December 16, 2020 10:44 AM

How silly of you.

by Anonymousreply 288December 16, 2020 2:18 PM

While The Captain and Tennille's breakout hit was a Neil Sedaka cover, here is Toni Tennille doing Smokey Robinson.

No, I cannot explain the dress.

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by Anonymousreply 289December 16, 2020 9:05 PM

Love Spit Love - How Soon Is Now

After the Psychedelic Furs went on "hiatus" lead singer Richard Butler formed a new band, Love Spit Love. They were asked to record this cover for the soundtrack of The Craft, and of course it was used as the theme song for Charmed.

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by Anonymousreply 290December 17, 2020 6:37 AM

Shake from The Supremes' album: We Remember Sam Cooke

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by Anonymousreply 291December 17, 2020 6:39 AM

Lola Falana adds a little soul to Peggy Lee (start at 4:30)

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by Anonymousreply 292December 17, 2020 6:51 AM

Song starts at 1.02

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by Anonymousreply 293December 18, 2020 10:40 AM

I don’t know who this is or what show they are referencing, does London have a Britney Jukebox musical?, but this by far elevate the original.

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by Anonymousreply 294December 18, 2020 7:58 PM

Annie Lennox - River Deep, Mountain High

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by Anonymousreply 295December 19, 2020 3:57 AM

I think there's a Max Martin juke box musical.

by Anonymousreply 296December 19, 2020 4:01 AM

Bossa Nova Beatles - Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 - Daytripper (sung by Lani Hall and Bibi Vogel)

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by Anonymousreply 297December 19, 2020 5:02 AM

Alex Newell - Boogie Shoes

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by Anonymousreply 298December 19, 2020 6:21 AM

Blondie + Philip Glass

Heart of Glass - Crabtree Remix

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by Anonymousreply 299December 19, 2020 7:04 AM

Strawberry Fields Forever by Candy Flip

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by Anonymousreply 300December 19, 2020 9:04 AM

R300 The Soup Dragons - I'm Free

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by Anonymousreply 301December 19, 2020 5:25 PM

This is becoming a hit this month - Ritt Momney's cover of Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On"

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by Anonymousreply 302December 19, 2020 5:40 PM

^^and to answer the inevitable question, Ritt is a 20 year old Mormon from SLC

by Anonymousreply 303December 19, 2020 5:41 PM

Stones covering Dylan

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by Anonymousreply 304December 19, 2020 6:51 PM

Bryan Adams played 'Wild Thing' at least a dozen times during his 1990s lives.

He and his band give it a space-rocky, bombastic resonance and a celebratory slant. It's pretty different.

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by Anonymousreply 305December 20, 2020 10:32 AM

^^and to return that serve; Aurea does a fantastic cover of Bryan Adams' early forgotten disco cut, 'Don't Ya Say It'.

Love how she makes it kind of loungey and with a 50s-60s sound.

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by Anonymousreply 306December 20, 2020 10:34 AM

Phoebe Snow - Every Night

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by Anonymousreply 307December 22, 2020 10:39 PM

Cathy Dennis reworks Fonda Rae's "Touch Me (All Night Long)"

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by Anonymousreply 308December 29, 2020 4:35 AM

The same f***ing person is posting all these songs. Just stop already! Most of these covers you post are shit.

by Anonymousreply 309December 29, 2020 4:42 AM

R309 so simple, don’t listen to it.

by Anonymousreply 310December 29, 2020 4:45 AM

Trini Lopez - If I Had a Hammer

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by Anonymousreply 311December 29, 2020 10:30 PM

@ R309 Sheena Easton - Jimmy Mack

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by Anonymousreply 312December 30, 2020 9:07 PM

Chaka Khan’s I feel for you

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by Anonymousreply 313December 30, 2020 9:35 PM

“The Immigrant Song” by Karen O, Trent Raznor and Atticus Ross

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by Anonymousreply 314December 30, 2020 9:37 PM

Tori Amos - Whole Lotta Love/Thank You mash-up

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by Anonymousreply 315December 30, 2020 9:37 PM

T - Like a Prayer

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by Anonymousreply 316December 30, 2020 9:39 PM

T - Livin’ On a Prayer

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by Anonymousreply 317December 30, 2020 9:41 PM

T - Smells Like Teen Spirit

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by Anonymousreply 318December 30, 2020 9:41 PM

Big Black - The Model (Kraftwerk)

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by Anonymousreply 319December 30, 2020 10:08 PM

Bonnie Pointer's Disco remake of the Elgin's "Heaven Must Have Sent You"

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by Anonymousreply 320December 31, 2020 6:09 AM

This would have been a great cover if Donna Summer didn't keep calling it MacArthur's Park.

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by Anonymousreply 321December 31, 2020 6:16 AM

The Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye" by the Communards

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by Anonymousreply 322December 31, 2020 6:17 AM

Goin' Out of My Head - Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66

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by Anonymousreply 323December 31, 2020 6:19 AM

Goin' Out of My Head - Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66

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by Anonymousreply 324December 31, 2020 6:19 AM

Dead or Alive’s cover of ”That’s the Way I Like It” is one of the few covers that it better than the original IMO.

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by Anonymousreply 325December 31, 2020 6:22 AM

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

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by Anonymousreply 326December 31, 2020 6:27 AM

Bananarama - Venus

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by Anonymousreply 327December 31, 2020 6:28 AM

You can always tell when someone who was young in the eighties has invaded the thread.

by Anonymousreply 328December 31, 2020 6:29 AM

"Kiss" - Tom Jones and Art of Noise

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by Anonymousreply 329December 31, 2020 6:34 AM

"Kiss" - Tom Jones and Art of Noise

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by Anonymousreply 330December 31, 2020 6:34 AM

If you could read my mind

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by Anonymousreply 331December 31, 2020 6:55 AM

No Doubt - It’s my life

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by Anonymousreply 332December 31, 2020 6:59 AM

Vengaboys - Shalala

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by Anonymousreply 333December 31, 2020 7:01 AM

R331 That shit is terrible. It's a sad folk love song. They've turned it into a fast tempo dance pop debacle

by Anonymousreply 334December 31, 2020 7:09 AM

I like the Viola Wills version.

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by Anonymousreply 335December 31, 2020 7:11 AM

Fern Kinney - Groove Me

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by Anonymousreply 336December 31, 2020 7:34 AM

BOY TOWN GANG - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

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by Anonymousreply 337December 31, 2020 7:47 AM

I like this cover of Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

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by Anonymousreply 338December 31, 2020 7:52 AM

Over the rainbow

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by Anonymousreply 339December 31, 2020 7:57 AM

M People’s Padlock

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by Anonymousreply 340December 31, 2020 8:03 AM

Itchycoo Park

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by Anonymousreply 341December 31, 2020 8:05 AM

Willie Hutch - California My Way

Willie wrote the song but it was first recorded by the 5th Dimension in 1967 and his version didn't come out until 1973.

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by Anonymousreply 342December 31, 2020 3:26 PM

Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods - Who Do You Think You Are

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by Anonymousreply 343December 31, 2020 3:49 PM

R323 The Word - The Carnival - (1969)

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by Anonymousreply 344January 3, 2021 12:39 AM

I still can't get over OP. That's literally one of the worst, most shiteous covers of a song ever recorded, and s/he started the thread with it?

SLAP!

by Anonymousreply 345January 3, 2021 12:43 AM

[quote] Ritt Momney's cover of Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On"

A terrible, terrible version.

by Anonymousreply 346January 3, 2021 12:44 AM

Fine Young Cannibals takes on "Suspicious Minds" with backing vocals by Jimmy Sommerville.

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by Anonymousreply 347January 3, 2021 1:22 AM

R309 Girls Aloud - Jump

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by Anonymousreply 348January 3, 2021 3:53 AM

From the Jamiroquai thread.

Jay Kay and his amazing band's version of Bad Girls, live in Verona Italy, 2002. In the pouring rain no less.

It's amazing. It's also amazing no one in the band got electrocuted!

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by Anonymousreply 349January 9, 2021 11:01 PM

Not that amazing.

by Anonymousreply 350January 9, 2021 11:30 PM

[quote]Not that amazing.

Really 'Miss Ross'?

Bad Girls was by Donna Summer not Diana Ross! It was actually Donna's most famous album. Give up your gay card kid.

If you posted that torturous Tori Amos shit upthread, no wonder you don't have a fucking clue.

by Anonymousreply 351January 9, 2021 11:37 PM

[Quote] Really 'Miss Ross'?

Really.

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by Anonymousreply 352January 10, 2021 12:12 AM

[Quote] Really 'Miss Ross'?

Really.

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by Anonymousreply 353January 10, 2021 12:13 AM

Donna Summer

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by Anonymousreply 354January 10, 2021 12:49 AM

R349 Thanks for that. Loved it! R354 That's way better than the original or Chrissy Hynde version.

by Anonymousreply 355January 13, 2021 12:42 PM

Thanks R349, had never seen that!

by Anonymousreply 356January 28, 2021 5:19 PM

Feeling Good - George Michael

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by Anonymousreply 357January 28, 2021 6:49 PM

The screen cap at the top of this thread is unaccountably annoying. I think it’s the tongue.

by Anonymousreply 358January 28, 2021 7:53 PM

Marilyn Manson

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by Anonymousreply 359February 1, 2021 9:57 PM

I'm still offended that some sad, demented soul thought the Counting Crows' version of Big Yellow Taxi was "decent."

It is AURAL RAPE!

by Anonymousreply 360February 1, 2021 10:02 PM

R359 Really? That's a terrible cover. But then again so is the original.

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by Anonymousreply 362March 11, 2021 7:50 PM

Rozalla - I Love Music (1994)

Head this recently and really like it

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by Anonymousreply 363March 12, 2021 9:40 AM

[quote][R359] Really? That's a terrible cover. But then again so is the original.

You do know who did the original, don't you? It wasn't Soft Cell.

by Anonymousreply 364March 14, 2021 3:23 AM

r150, weren't they the original artists?

by Anonymousreply 365March 14, 2021 3:34 AM

I have a soft spot for Kim Basinger's version of Let's Do It from "The Marrying Man"

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by Anonymousreply 366March 14, 2021 3:39 AM

^on second thoughts I guess standards don't count, disregard!

by Anonymousreply 367March 14, 2021 3:45 AM

R103 I'm so glad I found this thread. On my first night of college, I went to a frat party and the first song I heard was "Summertime" but I never knew who was performing it. That is the version I heard. I always thought it was appropriate since it was at the College of Charleston.

by Anonymousreply 368March 14, 2021 3:53 AM

R365 No. And CCR wasn’t even the first to cover the song.

by Anonymousreply 369March 14, 2021 3:56 AM

Marty Casey during the Rock Star INXS competition covering Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time"

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by Anonymousreply 370March 14, 2021 7:01 AM

Did you ever think you'd hear a salsa version of a song by The Cure?

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by Anonymousreply 371March 14, 2021 7:28 AM

No Doubt’s cover of It’s My Life was, is an abomination. My life long loathing of Geen Stefanik is justified.

by Anonymousreply 372March 14, 2021 9:42 AM

I’m loving many of these recommendations. Also feeling very old and slightly sad. Mary!

by Anonymousreply 373March 14, 2021 9:51 AM

Just like heaven

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by Anonymousreply 374March 15, 2021 6:58 PM
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by Anonymousreply 375March 20, 2021 1:56 PM
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by Anonymousreply 376March 21, 2021 12:23 AM

The Staple Singers covering Talking Heads' "Slippery People"

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by Anonymousreply 377March 21, 2021 12:54 AM

King of Pain by Alanis Morisette. Enjoy her vocals much better than Sting. Less poppy than the original.

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by Anonymousreply 378March 21, 2021 3:42 AM

[quote] King of Pain by Alanis Morisette.

I prefer Alanis' cover of "My Humps."

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by Anonymousreply 379March 21, 2021 3:49 AM

Wherever I lay my hat (That’s my Home). Paul Young Marvin Gaye’s original is jaunty and fun, but Young’s version is more how you would expect Gaye to ding the song.

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by Anonymousreply 380March 21, 2021 3:49 AM

George Michael’s cover of Roxanne

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by Anonymousreply 381March 21, 2021 5:37 AM

Blonde Twink Nipple Flash....2:27 mark....You're welcome...

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by Anonymousreply 382March 21, 2021 5:47 AM

r96 I also like this version of Jolene from Goth-Pop group Strawberry Switchblade.

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by Anonymousreply 383March 21, 2021 5:54 AM

This ....Must have been Love......A slow romantic version.....

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by Anonymousreply 384March 21, 2021 6:01 AM

R378 Interesting. Thanks!

by Anonymousreply 385March 21, 2021 10:48 PM

Landslide

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by Anonymousreply 386March 24, 2021 10:41 PM

Every time I see this I want to slap the OP.

by Anonymousreply 387March 24, 2021 10:47 PM

George Benson - The Other Side of Abbey Road

This entire album is astonishing from start to finish.

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by Anonymousreply 388March 24, 2021 10:49 PM

This lady is right in the pocket.

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by Anonymousreply 389March 24, 2021 11:05 PM

CORVYX's version of "Anyone"

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by Anonymousreply 390March 25, 2021 4:56 AM

R379

That video is more transcendental than anything Sting ever attempted.

by Anonymousreply 391March 25, 2021 5:15 AM

Nirvana does Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World"

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by Anonymousreply 392March 25, 2021 7:01 AM

[quote][R150], weren't they the original artists?

You seriously thought Creedence Clearwater Revival made the original version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"?

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and number two on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single to date.

The Miracles were the first to record the song in 1966, but their version wasn't released until August 1968 when it was included on their album Special Occasion.

The Marvin Gaye version was the second to be recorded, in the beginning of 1967, but only the third to be released. It was placed on his 1968 album In the Groove, a year and a half later, where it gained the attention of radio disc jockeys, and Motown founder Berry Gordy finally agreed to its release as a single in October 1968, when it went to the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart for seven weeks from December 1968 to January 1969 and overtook the Gladys Knight & the Pips' version of being the biggest hit single on the Motown label (Tamla).

The Gaye recording has since become an acclaimed soul classic.

In 1998 the song was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value. In 2004, it was placed 81 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. And on the commemorative fortieth anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 issue of Billboard magazine in June 2008, Marvin Gaye's "Grapevine" was ranked sixty-fifth.

In addition to being released several times by Motown artists, the song has been recorded by a range of musicians including Creedence Clearwater Revival, who made an eleven-minute interpretation for their 1970 album, Cosmo's Factory."

by Anonymousreply 393March 26, 2021 12:35 AM

Queens of the Stone Age do Romeo Void's "Never Say Never" (I might like you better if we slept together).

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by Anonymousreply 394April 6, 2021 2:41 AM

The Slits version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine is my favorite.

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by Anonymousreply 395April 7, 2021 9:17 PM
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by Anonymousreply 396April 26, 2021 6:51 PM

The Cure's "Friday I'm in Love" ... Spencer's in love with Alistair on Glee.

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by Anonymousreply 397April 27, 2021 1:03 AM

The Sweet’s version of “Reflections”.

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by Anonymousreply 398April 30, 2021 2:41 AM

The Sweet, “Tom Tom Turn Around”.

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by Anonymousreply 399April 30, 2021 2:53 AM

Couple of British boys do Martha and the Vandellas.

God, Mick Jagger has a large mouth.. lol

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by Anonymousreply 400April 30, 2021 6:50 AM

“Reach out, I’ll be there” - what was left of Sweet with Paul Mario Day of Iron Maiden on vocals.

by Anonymousreply 401May 6, 2021 11:13 PM

“Reach out, I’ll be there” - what was left of Sweet with Paul Mario Day of Iron Maiden on lead vocals.

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by Anonymousreply 402May 7, 2021 12:43 AM

The only way is Up

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by Anonymousreply 403May 13, 2021 10:02 AM

Culture Club’s cover of David Bowie’s ‘Starman’

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by Anonymousreply 404June 19, 2021 1:39 PM

Creep

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by Anonymousreply 405July 14, 2021 9:56 PM

Here's one that's cool, a little bizarre, and certainly a different arrangement.

Peggy Lee does Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People"

Sly's version came out November 1968; Peggy did this May 1969.

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by Anonymousreply 406July 27, 2021 6:44 AM

Peter Gabriel’s cover of ‘The Book of Love’, originally written and performed by the gay singer-songwriter, Stephen Merritt

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by Anonymousreply 407July 27, 2021 7:18 AM

^ StephIn

by Anonymousreply 408July 27, 2021 7:19 AM

Garbage & Screaming Females do "Because The Night"

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by Anonymousreply 409July 28, 2021 9:37 AM

Eddie Vedder’s “Room at the Top”

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by Anonymousreply 410July 28, 2021 11:24 AM

Losing my religion

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by Anonymousreply 411August 4, 2021 4:39 AM

R.E.M. does The Troggs' "Love is All Around Me"

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by Anonymousreply 412August 5, 2021 5:46 AM

Rock with you

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by Anonymousreply 413August 14, 2021 8:38 AM

Phil Everly's version of "The Air I Breathe", which was released in between the original version, written and sung by Albert Hammond, and the more famous version released by The Hollies.

Everly's version was produced by Duane Eddy, arranged by Warren Zevon, and had James Burton on guitar. It's said to be the version that inspired The Hollies to record the song.

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by Anonymousreply 414August 15, 2021 8:53 PM

Love is a battlefield

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by Anonymousreply 415September 11, 2021 4:25 AM

Lulu did Bowie.

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by Anonymousreply 416September 11, 2021 4:50 AM

French chanteuse Imany’s rendition, with 8 cellos, of this Madge classic does take it to a whole different level

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by Anonymousreply 417September 20, 2021 2:39 PM

Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere

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by Anonymousreply 418December 1, 2021 2:50 AM

George Michael's cover of Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me

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by Anonymousreply 419December 1, 2021 3:12 AM

Siouxsie and the Banshees doing Bob Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire" - Top of the Pops - 1987

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by Anonymousreply 420December 2, 2021 6:12 AM

Old Man

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by Anonymousreply 421January 7, 2022 6:52 AM

We're not in Kansas anymore.

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by Anonymousreply 422February 3, 2022 9:39 PM

Teenage Michael Jackson did a decent job on the original, but it's a great song that was crying out for an interpretation by an actual adult who had some clue as to what the song was about. Chaka tore it up and made the MJ version seem like a corny novelty.

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by Anonymousreply 423February 3, 2022 10:05 PM

R225 Another cover of that cover is Zebrahead's version of "Mickey" - which took Basil's version, yet left lyrics as she sang them, so it's actually a guy singing about another guy.

I always thought it would be fun to see a version of Basil's video with a male cheerleader singing about his downlow relationship with the closeted captain of the football team ..lol.

It's quite a bit faster with more of a pop punk spin.

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by Anonymousreply 424February 7, 2022 2:14 AM

Cyndi's Prince cover should have been a hit:

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by Anonymousreply 425February 7, 2022 3:16 AM

Laura Branigan and her drag friends:

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by Anonymousreply 426February 7, 2022 3:19 AM

Did Laura Branigan ever say no to covering someone else's hit?

by Anonymousreply 427February 7, 2022 3:23 AM

David Byrne:

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by Anonymousreply 428February 7, 2022 3:23 AM

George Harrison did a cute version of the old Bing Crosby/Grace Kelly duet, "True Love"

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by Anonymousreply 429February 7, 2022 3:51 AM

Gentlemen Prefer Barbara.

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by Anonymousreply 430February 7, 2022 4:20 AM

Janet - Tonight’s The Night

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by Anonymousreply 431February 7, 2022 4:42 AM

Pretenders' cover of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young."

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by Anonymousreply 432February 7, 2022 6:11 AM

Pet Shop Boys "It's A Sin" done by Elton and Years & Years (Olly Alexander).

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by Anonymousreply 433February 12, 2022 12:00 AM

Dolores O’Riordan covering Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way. I get goosebumps listening to this.

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by Anonymousreply 434April 24, 2022 3:07 AM

Blondie - Denis

Footage from rehearsal.

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by Anonymousreply 435April 25, 2022 9:25 AM

Sam Ryder - This Woman's Work

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by Anonymousreply 436June 28, 2022 7:49 AM

Carly Simon & James Taylor do Inez & Charlie Foxx's rendering of "Mockingbird"

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by Anonymousreply 437June 28, 2022 8:58 AM

Wombats - Running up that hill

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by Anonymousreply 438June 28, 2022 10:02 AM

Aretha Franklin's Bridge Over Troubled Water

Ry Cooder's cover of Johnny Cash's Get Rhythm

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by Anonymousreply 439June 28, 2022 10:18 AM

Nillson's cover of Badfinger's "Without You". Don't even get me started on Mariah Carey's version. Blech!

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by Anonymousreply 440June 28, 2022 11:46 AM

Groovin’

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by Anonymousreply 441July 15, 2022 4:00 AM

Silk Sonic's cover of "Love's Train"

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by Anonymousreply 442July 15, 2022 4:25 AM

Shanice - Lovin' You

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by Anonymousreply 443August 20, 2022 10:35 AM

emmylou harris - on the radio

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by Anonymousreply 444August 31, 2022 8:14 AM

Let's Hear It For The Boy

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by Anonymousreply 445November 10, 2022 8:41 PM

Pink - Hopelessly Devoted To You

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by Anonymousreply 446November 29, 2022 8:49 AM

Vienna

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by Anonymousreply 447December 4, 2022 7:08 PM

How 'Bout Us

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by Anonymousreply 448December 16, 2022 4:59 AM

Richard Cheese, "WAP"

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by Anonymousreply 449January 5, 2023 6:14 AM

swipe your nose like a credit card on Steve & Eydie singing Black Hole Sun

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by Anonymousreply 450January 5, 2023 6:27 AM

Disturbed - Sound of Silence

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by Anonymousreply 451January 5, 2023 6:54 AM

Hell David Draiman killed that live, too.

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by Anonymousreply 452January 5, 2023 6:57 AM
by Anonymousreply 453February 28, 2023 12:38 AM

Wtf?

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by Anonymousreply 454January 15, 2024 3:43 PM
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