Covers that are better than the originals

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Post by Livin' Ra Mento Loco » Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:15 am

gabrielle aplin's the power of love is in my eyes VASTLY superior to frankie goes to hollywood's version

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Post by LaFraise92 » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:24 pm

Soft Cell's cover of "Where Did Our Love Go?", it's the B-side to Tainted Love and is surprisingly good.
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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by ALF » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:24 am

FootballPsycho wrote:gabrielle aplin's the power of love is in my eyes VASTLY superior to frankie goes to hollywood's version
Agree with this.

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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by L8RS » Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:32 am

The Streets - Your Song > Elton John - Your Song > Ellie Goulding - Your Song.
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Post by biggeordiedave » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:37 am

Star-Lord Mehdi wrote:The Streets - Your Song > Elton John - Your Song > Ellie Goulding - Your Song.
I haven't heard The Streets murdering Your Song but I imagine it will be deeply dreadful like the rest of his s****.
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Post by beatski » Sat Jan 10, 2015 1:55 am

<laugh> thats possibly the worst cover i've ever heard


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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by L8RS » Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:34 am

fatbastard wrote:
Star-Lord Mehdi wrote:The Streets - Your Song > Elton John - Your Song > Ellie Goulding - Your Song.
I haven't heard The Streets murdering Your Song but I imagine it will be deeply dreadful like the rest of his s****.
Mike Skinner is wicked mate. Genuinely a great lyricist and his tone is on point, always.
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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by Ramone » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:46 pm

Star-Lord Mehdi wrote:
fatbastard wrote:
I haven't heard The Streets murdering Your Song but I imagine it will be deeply dreadful like the rest of his s****.
Mike Skinner is wicked mate. Genuinely a great lyricist and his tone is on point, always.
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Post by Colback's Orange Tufts » Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:44 pm

I quite liked his first album. Loads of pop songs have empty lyrics
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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by beatski » Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:44 pm

turn the page was pretty good, thats it though.

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Post by jpg » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:58 am

FootballPsycho wrote:gabrielle aplin's the power of love is in my eyes VASTLY superior to frankie goes to hollywood's version
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Ramone wrote:
Star-Lord Mehdi wrote:
Mike Skinner is wicked mate. Genuinely a great lyricist and his tone is on point, always.
I'm not trying to pull you
Even though I would like to
I think you are really fit
You're fit, but my gosh don't you know it
I mean, he's basically Shakespeare.
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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by beatski » Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:30 am

FootballPsycho wrote:gabrielle aplin's the power of love is in my eyes VASTLY superior to frankie goes to hollywood's version
Huey Lewis does it best

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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by L8RS » Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:47 am

'We first met through a shared view.
She loved me and I did too.'

One of the best lyrics there is, tbh.
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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by Southern fairy » Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:03 pm

Muse - Feeling good.

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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by B4E » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:23 pm

Southern fairy wrote:Muse - Feeling good.

Surely!
Good shout.

I put forward this:

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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by beatski » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:48 pm

<disgrace> Surely not

The singer in muse sounds like a cat being castrated with a cheese grater, could never come close to doing Nina Simone justice.

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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by B4E » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:25 pm

Beatski wrote:<disgrace> Surely not

The singer in muse sounds like a cat being castrated with a cheese grater, could never come close to doing Nina Simone justice.
The way you have wrote that suggests you haven't heard it, here it is just in case



I like the song better personally and i like Matt Bellamy's voice.
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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by Ramone » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:57 pm

Matt Bellamy is a laughably bad singer and a mediocre guitarist at best.
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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by B4E » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:31 am

Ramone wrote:Matt Bellamy is a laughably bad singer and a mediocre guitarist at best.
There's no real way to debate his voice since that's subjective (you must listen to Muse all the time if his voice makes you laugh) but to say he's a mediocre guitarist is a bit harsh. Clearly he can play the guitar to a good standard, some of his songs have pretty difficult melodies and that, and his improvisation is pretty skilled. I'm a fan so i'm obviously biased, but I'm trying to be objective in saying that he is more than a mediocre guitarist.
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Re: Covers that are better than the originals

Post by beatski » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:47 am

listen to him say 'reeds' at the start <puke>

awful, awful singer.

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