Cover Hits for better or worse

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LUCILLE
Original, Little Richard
Cover Hollies
Little Richards version better, but Hollies were one of the all time greatest British Bands

BONNIE MARONE
Original, Little Richard
Cover, Hush [and others]
Oz 70s band Hush did this song as good as Little Richard
When Hush did the cover they named it Boney Maronie

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I FEEL FINE
BEATLES original
MASTERS APPRENTICES cover

One of the alltime great singles, done exceptionally well by Mcartneys mob
The Masters version is a much slower tempo, and very good as well
The Beatles do it better

MY GIRL
THE TEMPTATIONS original
MASTERS APPRENTICES cover

Nice song, The Temptations slightly better

[RustyCage]

Chris Cornell - Billie Jean

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HARPER VALLEY PTA
Original
Jeannie C Riley
Cover
Allison Durban

Jeannies version had more oomph than Allisons , and a lot better version
Allison was a better looking gal though

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HEY JUDE
Original
The Beatles
Cover
By the Centrals supporters, live at Aami Stadium Grand Final daze

[Interceptor]

From Grand Funk Railroad's 1971 album 'Survival', a garage-like cover of the Stones' 'Gimme Shelter'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M9E7BsbHd0&feature=related

[RustyCage]

He has such an amazing voice

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American Woman
Original by Guess Who
Cover by Lenny Kravitz
Guess Who wins this one hands down

[The Real Number 3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpRD2bLxY0

Dave Grohl doing Tiny Dancer

[Il Duce]

there is a band/group called Gregorian and they cove a whole bunch of songs by doing them in gregorian chants (as the name says) some pretty good covers in there.

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Jean Genie [David Bowie]
Blockbuster [Sweet]
Does anyone think the beat on both these songs are similar ?

Jean Genie released November 1972
Blockbuster released in January 1973

[southee]

Jeff Beck - A Day in the Life. (Beatles)

Nails it !!! Great version

[Leaping Lindner]

Jean Genie [David Bowie]
Blockbuster [Sweet]
Does anyone think the beat on both these songs are similar ?

Jean Genie released November 1972
Blockbuster released in January 1973

Don't know about that, but you ever noticed the similarity between "Jean Genie" and The Yardbirds, version of Bo Biddley's "I'm a man"?? It's ....shall we say...close.

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Jean Genie [David Bowie]
Blockbuster [Sweet]
Does anyone think the beat on both these songs are similar ?

Jean Genie released November 1972
Blockbuster released in January 1973

Don't know about that, but you ever noticed the similarity between "Jean Genie" and The Yardbirds, version of Bo Biddley's "I'm a man"?? It's ....shall we say...close.

Yes Ive just listened to Im a Man by those sensational Yardbirds
The beat from this song and the beat from Jean Genie is very very close

Just for the RECORD I consider the Im a Man version by the Yardbirds to be a better version than Bo's version

ONE
By Three Dog Night
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Johnny Farnham

Johns version is better

[Leaping Lindner]

Jean Genie [David Bowie]
Blockbuster [Sweet]
Does anyone think the beat on both these songs are similar ?

Jean Genie released November 1972
Blockbuster released in January 1973

Don't know about that, but you ever noticed the similarity between "Jean Genie" and The Yardbirds, version of Bo Biddley's "I'm a man"?? It's ....shall we say...close.

Yes Ive just listened to Im a Man by those sensational Yardbirds
The beat from this song and the beat from Jean Genie is very very close

Just for the RECORD I consider the Im a Man version by the Yardbirds to be a better version than Bo's version

ONE
By Three Dog Night
+
Johnny Farnham

Johns version is better

Harry Nilson - who wrote it - still the best IMO

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Richard Cory

Simon + Garfunkel
Wings
Them

S+G have not heard their version
Wings was OK
Them was better than Wings by a fair way

WHO was Richard Cory
Richard Cory was a poem published in 1897 By Edwin Robinson
Richard Cory put a bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbullet through his head is in the verse and the song

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Im Not Like Everybody Else

The Kinks 1966
Jimmy and the Boys 1979

The Kinks just as the better version

Jimmy and the Boys were an Australian new wave band in the 70s +80s
I had never heard of them until I heard them sing this song on an album titled Full Boar[various artists]

[Leaping Lindner]

Im Not Like Everybody Else

The Kinks 1966
Jimmy and the Boys 1979

The Kinks just as the better version

Jimmy and the Boys were an Australian new wave band in the 70s +80s
I had never heard of them until I heard them sing this song on an album titled Full Boar[various artists]

I always felt Jimmy and The Boys made it a different song. No doubt the original has an early punk feel to it. Just really highlights was a truly great songwriter Ray Davies is.

Jimmy and The Boys....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ69kSzm ... re=related

The Kinks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCmnnCXf ... re=related

[OnSong]

Weezer - Unbreak My Heart (Toni Braxton)

[Strawb]

Fall at you feet. James blunt please don't sing this.