ezbass Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Gun's version of Word Up vs the original - tough call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Siouxie and the Banshees version of Dear Prudence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1417305428' post='2619094'] Siouxie and the Banshees version of Dear Prudence. [/quote] Well OK, that's the [i]second[/i] cover that's better than a Beatles original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1417261147' post='2618617'] I know I'm being an insufferable smart arse, but I didn't, maybe it was mentioned in this thread, if it wasn't it should have been [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247193-hits-with-cover-versions/page__st__30__p__2578219__hl__cover%20versions__fromsearch__1#entry2578219"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247193-hits-with-cover-versions/page__hl__cover%20versions[/url] [/quote] I didn't know Rod's version was a cover until ET mentioned it. The posts were just my humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1417252230' post='2618526'] It probably is. But everyone knows it's Rod Stewart's song. Even the Stereophonics said it was a cover of Rod Stewart's! [/quote] Sorry I missed the joke first time. 🌚 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 No, Dion's version of Ruby Baby wasn't the original, but it was the most known. Not sure who recorded the original, although I do remember Bobby Darin doing a version and before that, someone released a version in the 50's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 http://youtu.be/CpANME0IS0o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417336820' post='2619167'] http://youtu.be/CpANME0IS0o [/quote] Ah...yer, that's the one....lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1417338075' post='2619173'] Ah...yer, that's the one....lol.... [/quote] Of course, it's a Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller song so, while the Drifters version may well be the original public release of the song, the Drifters are not themselves the origin of the song. The distinction between 'original' and 'cover' often breaks down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1417187580' post='2617988'] Really? The Beatles version is OK, but I can't stand Joe Cockers version all the histrionics just seem so fake to me. [/quote] Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pst62 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Ramones - Baby, I Love You. (Ronettes) Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust. (Bowie) The Stranglers - Walk On By. (Dion Warwick) The Damned - Looking At You. (MC5) Judas Priest - Diamonds And Rust. (Joan Baez) Judas Priest - Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (Fleetwood Mac) UFO - Alone Agian or....(Love) Paul Gilbert 2 Become 1 (Spice Girls) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I knew that Lieber & Stoller wrote a lot of hits, but just been to Wiki and there are a few there I didn't realise were written by them, or at least collaborations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyDog Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417338500' post='2619181'] Agreed. [/quote] Disagreed, very much so. Starting to feel quite lonely here in the pro-Cocker camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417336137' post='2619162'] Sorry I missed the joke first time. 🌚 [/quote] It's my sense of humour. Sometimes it's a bit too dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1417340178' post='2619196'] Disagreed, very much so. Starting to feel quite lonely here in the pro-Cocker camp. [/quote] I like Cocker usually, and certainly liked the Grease Band but not that cover as the definitive version. I also don't get why anyone would think that every Dylan cover is better. Hendrix's version of [i]Like a Rolling Stone[/i] is nothing on the Dylan version, IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1417338931' post='2619185'] I knew that Lieber & Stoller wrote a lot of hits, but just been to Wiki and there are a few there I didn't realise were written by them, or at least collaborations. [/quote] For anyone with an interest in Leiber & Stoller this is a must have: Joan Morris & William Bolcom "Other Songs By Leiber and Stoller'. Released in the 70s on the Nonesuch label it has some Leiber & Stoller classics sung by a Mezzo-Soprano with Piano accompaniment. Their version of 'Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots' is worth the price alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I prefer Led Zeppelin's cover of Rolf Harris's Stairway to Heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billfaro Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1417344046' post='2619245'] I prefer Led Zeppelin's cover of Rolf Harris's Stairway to Heaven. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1417344046' post='2619245'] I prefer Led Zeppelin's cover of Rolf Harris's Stairway to Heaven. [/quote] I read somewhere that Harris had never heard the Led Zeppelin (or any other) version and so learned the song merely from the sheet music as he didn't want to be influenced by anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417355293' post='2619440'] I read somewhere that Harris had never heard the Led Zeppelin (or any other) version. [/quote] I wish that i'd gone through most of my life not hearing it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417250341' post='2618506'] Two years before Rod Stewart was the Chris Farlowe version of Mike D'Abo's Handbags and Gladrags. [/quote] They'll be saying next that Sailing isn't a Rod original. Is nothing sacred? Edited November 30, 2014 by BetaFunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1417356068' post='2619459'] They'll be saying next that Sailing isn't a Rod original. Is nothing sacred? [/quote] If we must ... http://youtu.be/poDjuRlaNAg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417357600' post='2619494'] If we must ... [media]http://youtu.be/poDjuRlaNAg[/media] [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Rod Stewart, like him or not, does have a long record (no pun intended) of interpreting other people's songs (and making them his own) as well as writing his own. It was also true of the Faces, e.g. Maybe I'm Amazed, I Know I'm Losing You etc. [media]http://youtu.be/SLhoLkTyNkM[/media] Edited November 30, 2014 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1417305575' post='2619097'] Well OK, that's the [i]second[/i] cover that's better than a Beatles original. [/quote] There must be some decent covers of the songs on Let it Be to swell the ranks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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