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Entire album
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Ok, follow me here
Has there ever been someone covering their own song this muchā¦
In 1982, David Coverdale and the original version of Whitesnake recorded the following song on the album āSaints and Sinnersā:
It didnāt dent the US charts
5 years later, with a completely different version of Whitesnake, (and a new hairstyle), Coverdale covered his own song for the eponymous āWhitesnakeā album- with a different arrangement, and lead solo by Adrian Vandenberg.
He then re-recorded it the same year with yet another version of Whitesnake, different players, as a radio edit, with another arrangement. This version went to #1 in the US.
FWIW, I think the 87 Album version is the nazz, and the one iāll always associate with the song in my mind.
trivia- note the change from āhoboā to ādrifterā in the versions. The producers felt the yanks would mis-hear itā¦
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Oh, and this. Take back my original ābest sample/coverā claim and replace it with this
perfection
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A bit different
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Look, I know that musical taste is subjective and all that, but it needs to be said ā¦ most of these covers are not even close to being as good, let alone better than the original and a lot of them are just plain terrible.
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Iām sure there must be a way to make a U2 song worse than the original, but I havenāt heard it.
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The Unseen cover of Beat It is pretty good.
Someone look it up and post it.
Arguably everything LZ ever put out is a candidate for this thread.
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I love how the most shamelessly commercial pop acts of the 70s - and donāt get me wrong, Kiss were absolutey great at what they did - are now some sort of sacred cow.
Becauseā¦ baby boomers.
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All we need is the entire back catalogue of āMe First & The Gimme Gimme;sā & this thread will be complete ā¦
In lieu of that, this (these)ā¦
01 - 00:00 - The Times They Are a-Changing 02 - 02:04 - Rainbow Connection 03 - 04:23 - City of New Orleans 04 - 07:28 - Summertime 05 - 09:39 - All My Loving 06 - 11:36 - Straight Up 07 - 14:35 - Over the Rainbow 08 - 16:08 - Country Roads 09 - 18:18 - Sloop John B 10 - 20:27 - Jolene 11 - 22:15 - Uptown Girl 12 - 24:37 - Hats Off To Larry 13 - 26:59 - Desperado 14 - 29:28 - Lady 15 - 31:50 - San Francisco 16 - 33:39 - I Believe I Can Fly 17 - 36:43 - End Of The Road
Summertime (0:00:07) Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (0:02:46) Dannyās Song (0:05:44) Leaving On A Jet Plane (0:09:02) Who Put The Bop? (0:13:45) Straight Up (0:16:16) Jolene (0:20:18) Ghost Riders In The Sky (0:22:22) I Will Survive (0:26:10) Sloop John B (0:29:26) Nobody Does It Better (0:32:18) Science Fiction Double Feature (0:35:33) Mandy (0:38:46) Crazy For You (0:42:17) I Believe I Can Fly (0:44:46) Isnāt She Lovely (0:48:46) Different Drum (0:51:37) All My Lovinā (0:55:35) Songs Of The Silent Age (1:01:56) Country Roads (1:06:17) Rocket Man (1:08:22) End Of The Road (1:12:38)
- Sloop John B (Beach Boys) 2. My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion) 3. Seasons In The Sun (Terry Jacks) 4. Annieās Song (John Denver) 5. Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead OāConnor) 6. I Only Want To Be With You (Dusty Springfield) 7. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles) 8. Mandy (Barry Manilow) 9. Runaway (Del Shannon) 10. All Out Of Love (Air Supply) 11. Uptown Girl (Billy Joel) 12. I Am A Rock (Simon & Garfunkel) 13. Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole) 14. San Francisco (Scott McKenzie) 15. Over The Rainbow (Judy Garland) 16. Aināt No Sunshine (Bill Withers) 17. Never Tear Us Apart (INXS) 18. Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
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Something a little newer (from an old fart like me)
Arctic Monkeys
[https://www.youtube.com/embed/bpOSxM0rNPM]
Chvrches version (I do like it better)
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Good
Great
Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
Frente
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I donāt know if Frente bettered the original, but they really brought out the lyrics to that song in a way that the original didnāt.
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I know, and a lot of the time unacknowledged. Then they had the arrogance to sue anyone who sampled them etc. I love them, but aware of the complex double-standards.
Both of those should be shot into the middle of the sun.
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