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Showing Original Post only (View all)The cover is better than the original. [View all]
For example,
The Bangles version of 'Hazy Shade of winter' by Simona and Garfunkel.
or
'Hurt' from the NIN as covered by Johnny Cash.
Have fun.
peace,
Noodleboy
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I posted "Blinded by the Light" in a previous similar thread awhile ago and got taken to task.
Arugula Latte
Apr 2012
#72
Nina Simone's version of "Strange Fruit" is better than Billie Holiday's release
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#27
I gotta agree with my wife; both Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf are really good ideas
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#42
Nothing about technology; I am talking about vocal chops (technique, range, phrasing, etc.)
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#50
I don't know how the fact "it was news in 1939" has anything to do with individual performances
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#71
You are the one who responded with "bullshit", and you are the one is how now tangled up in his...
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#95
Fairport Convention's cover of "I'll Keep It With Mine" is better than Bob's
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#37
Nice. CCR didn't do too bad with it either. CCR also nailed Suzie Q, an old Dale Hawkins tune.
bluesbassman
Apr 2012
#47
"Love is Strange": Buddy Holly's version is better than Mickey & Sylvia's. n/t
LeftinOH
Apr 2012
#59
Waiting for the Bus - I Got a Line on You- Gimee Shelter-Highway 61-Guitar Man
Mopar151
Apr 2012
#89