sole man wrote:
old guy 73 wrote:
Too lazy to go through the entire list. Did anyone mention Crazy by Patsy Cline? (Willie Nelson original)
Yes, and they linked to a rare live version that was particularly good.
* Just kidding
sole man wrote:
old guy 73 wrote:
Too lazy to go through the entire list. Did anyone mention Crazy by Patsy Cline? (Willie Nelson original)
Yes, and they linked to a rare live version that was particularly good.
* Just kidding
My single Alive hasn't been covered by anyone.
Original is the best version to date.
Crazy -Nelson wrote it and may have sung it live but Cline recorded and released a record fall '61 Nelsons record was not out until fall '62. On a lot of the songs from singer/songwriters the wrote > performed live >recorded the song>released the record timeline is less than clear.
haven't heard anyone do 'what a feeling' better than the original.
sweet sweet jane wrote:
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane.
The live version of Sweet Jane from Rock and Roll Animal is by far the best one:
https://youtu.be/7FdWPeHFAMkMy cover of Dark Eyes.
Greg wrote:
My single Alive hasn't been covered by anyone.
Original is the best version to date.
https://youtu.be/9PbF5k6TZVQ
Who?
malmo wrote:
m a c wrote:
Oops. This one is Heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wShmbjqP3WUIncidentally the Battle of Evermore is the only recording by Led Zeppelin that included a guest vocalist.
Yep -- Sandy Denny.
Here she is doing a cover of her own. Richard Thompson on guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7RMiUjN8qwHang on! Is that list on page 1 trying to say that the Aretha Franklin version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is better than S&G's original???
As good a singer as Aretha Franklin was, that particular song can't compare to the brilliant piano opening, the orchestral arrangement and the emotional vocal crescendo of the original.
Dr. Feelgood said, "Metallica's Turn the Page is better than Seger's." Huh??? What has this guy been smoking?
Not sure it's been mentioned (too lazy to read the whole thread), but I think REM's cover of "Draggin' The Line" is better than the original, which is mighty good itself.
PP&M did a lot of Dylan songs and IMO did them much better. I just love their harmony (and Noel Paul Stookey's rich baritone) and don't care much for Dylan's voice (the exception being "Lay Lady Lay"). "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" and "Blowin' In The Wind" ... and of course "The Times, They Are A-Changin'" are good examples of PP&M covers of Dylan songs.
Practically any cover by The Seekers is better than the original, even if the original is fantastic - "California Dreamin'" and "Island Of Dreams" to name two beautiful originals. Dusty Springfield is jaw-droppingly awesome on "Island Of Dreams." But nobody beats Judith. Judith even did "Yesterday" as hauntingly well as Paul McCartney did, and I can't think of too many covers of Beatles songs that are in the same zip code as the originals.
Orgy’s Blue Monday was better than New Order.
Sweet Nell Fenwick wrote:
Hang on! Is that list on page 1 trying to say that the Aretha Franklin version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is better than S&G's original???
As good a singer as Aretha Franklin was, that particular song can't compare to the brilliant piano opening, the orchestral arrangement and the emotional vocal crescendo of the original.
Dr. Feelgood said, "Metallica's Turn the Page is better than Seger's." Huh??? What has this guy been smoking?
Not sure it's been mentioned (too lazy to read the whole thread), but I think REM's cover of "Draggin' The Line" is better than the original, which is mighty good itself.
PP&M did a lot of Dylan songs and IMO did them much better. I just love their harmony (and Noel Paul Stookey's rich baritone) and don't care much for Dylan's voice (the exception being "Lay Lady Lay"). "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" and "Blowin' In The Wind" ... and of course "The Times, They Are A-Changin'" are good examples of PP&M covers of Dylan songs.
Practically any cover by The Seekers is better than the original, even if the original is fantastic - "California Dreamin'" and "Island Of Dreams" to name two beautiful originals. Dusty Springfield is jaw-droppingly awesome on "Island Of Dreams." But nobody beats Judith. Judith even did "Yesterday" as hauntingly well as Paul McCartney did, and I can't think of too many covers of Beatles songs that are in the same zip code as the originals.
Good post. - So true, Aretha's version of "Bridge over Troubled Waters" can't hold a candle to the original.- not even close. Likewise, Metallica's "Turn the Page" version of Bob Seeger's classic. In both cases, they just lack the range, And had they been original compositions, they never would have become the hits on the scale as the originals.
But i have to draw exception of your comparison of REM's cover to Tommy James' "Draggin' the Line". The REM version sounds flat compared to the raw edge of the original, and strikes me as little more than a stylized re-hashing riding on the coattails of what can only be viewed as a much more articulated, "muscular" interpretation.
As for your attempt to denigrate those Dylan masterpieces - I can only admire your courage to take those on....
The Mercy Seat - Johnny Cash (c)/Nick Cave (o)
As for your attempt to denigrate those Dylan masterpieces - I can only admire your courage to take those on.
Who said I was denigrating the songs? I think the melodies are catchy and pleasing and the lyrics are classic and poignant. It's just Dylan's voice that kind of rubs me the wrong way - certainly when compared to PP&M. And there are loads of people who get that feeling.
In "American Pie," I sometimes wonder if Don McLean wrote "... a voice that came from you and me" intending to refer to the "voice" as the sentiment of the public at the time (i.e., the root of contemporary folk music) and as Dylan's singing voice sounding like that of an ordinary, untrained guy.
Sweet Nell Fenwick wrote:
As for your attempt to denigrate those Dylan masterpieces - I can only admire your courage to take those on.
Who said I was denigrating the songs? I think the melodies are catchy and pleasing and the lyrics are classic and poignant. It's just Dylan's voice that kind of rubs me the wrong way - certainly when compared to PP&M. And there are loads of people who get that feeling.
In "American Pie," I sometimes wonder if Don McLean wrote "... a voice that came from you and me" intending to refer to the "voice" as the sentiment of the public at the time (i.e., the root of contemporary folk music) and as Dylan's singing voice sounding like that of an ordinary, untrained guy.
Fair enough. I read a music review that said if you want to end a perfectly good friendship, just bring up the topic of religion, politics, or Dylan's voice.
It might be a worthy music discussion - 'singers voices that are so bad, they're good.'
"American Pie" sure was a great song by any standard, though. Thanks for that.
Yeah, I guess I'm just one of those guys who prefers a much more mellow sound than Dylan had. But some people do prefer his originals to any covers. I once posted PP&M's version of "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" on A$$book and somebody responded with "I prefer the Robert Zimmerman version." Not me, though! I also vastly prefer Manfred Mann's "Mighty Quinn" to the Dylan version.
It might be a worthy music discussion - singers voices that are so bad, they're good.
Joe Cocker?
I don't think Cat Stevens, David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) and Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) had particularly pleasant singing voices (I can't sat they were outright bad) but their voices often worked extremely well for the songs they performed, particularly for Cummings, who displayed incredible energy and power (listen to him on "Share The Land"). Dylan's voice also worked well in a way given the content of his lyrics. The fact that he sounded like a regular Joe with not a particularly good singing voice might have made his anti-war songs and social upheaval songs seem like they really did come from the people.
Oops - forgot to add Rod Stewart to the list of singers who made it big without having very good singing voices (at least IMO).