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Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 08 May 2018, 13:00
by Selby White
Even Sting admitted this was better than his origional


Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 09 May 2018, 08:07
by Selby White

Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 09 May 2018, 20:20
by Deleted User 3289
Rainbow cover of The Yardbirds classic.


Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 11 May 2018, 23:19
by Get the kettle on
Yeah VHTM, it is a cracking version by Big Country. I remember the first time I heard it too and I thought it was fantastic.

Here's another Big Country cover of Neil Young song, Rockin in the Free World. I've got this on a limited edition record, sounds great on my set up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mj76kOmg4g

Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 12 Aug 2018, 20:35
by Deleted User 3289
IMO a great cover by Bowie. Originally sang by Johnny Mathis. You gotta love Wiki ;)


Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 21 Aug 2018, 21:57
by BrighouseWhite
When you have the composer & original artist and the President of the United States in the audience singing along, you know you're doing well
Sara Bareilles - You've Got a Friend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UmVBqRsYJk

Have been trying to embed the video into the post but without success

Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 02 Oct 2018, 16:54
by Selby White


Knew this was a cover but always assumed from a reggae artist. Last week heard the Neil Diamond original and was quite surprised.

Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 02 Oct 2018, 22:42
by Deleted User 5081
Selby White wrote:

Knew this was a cover but always assumed from a reggae artist. Last week heard the Neil Diamond original and was quite surprised.
I grew up listening to UB40 and many other reggae bands that i still like to listen to. UB40 were in my opinion one of the best cover version bands of their time. :thumbup: I used to try and find the original artists to most of their covered songs and some of them were also as impressive.

Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 05 Oct 2018, 23:34
by Get the kettle on
Got another one by Big Country. A cover of Roxy Music's Prairie Rose.

I got my hands on this version a few weeks ago and I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcOqYVsqydM

Re: Great Covers of Great Songs

Posted: 31 Oct 2018, 20:54
by Deleted User 3289
One of the many covers of Simon & Garfunkel's - The 59th Street Bridge Song. A Blues version by The Ford Blues Band.