METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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Alien Ant Farms trumps Michael Jackson's original.
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[Music] 10 years of Cover versions that absolutely SPANK the originals .......... over to you
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1muqnajccgI
BIG piledriving sound . . . not that Buffalo Springfields version is in any way poor.
BIG piledriving sound . . . not that Buffalo Springfields version is in any way poor.
Just reminded myself of this via another thread. A few words changed but....This eviscerates the original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQFKMar4x-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQFKMar4x-w
Norman Potting
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Prompted by hearing him played on the wonderful "Planet Rock" and subsequently rummaging in his back catalogue. Nice hair.
I love this thread. it made me go back and search for covers I've only just remembered and suddenly you unearth some real gems, like this one for example.
I remember the original by The Boxtops and Joe Cockers version back in the early 70's but this live version by Joe must have been recorded just before he died and is simply stunning.
The Temptations original is a Motown classic that I loved, but this version by The Faces put a whole new slant on it. This was recorded about the time I saw them live at the Top Rank Suite with Nazareth supporting them, what a night that was!
Talking of Nazareth, Joni Mitchell loved this version of her song apparently.
And I can't leave The Sensational Alex Harvey Band out of this thread.
I remember the original by The Boxtops and Joe Cockers version back in the early 70's but this live version by Joe must have been recorded just before he died and is simply stunning.
The Temptations original is a Motown classic that I loved, but this version by The Faces put a whole new slant on it. This was recorded about the time I saw them live at the Top Rank Suite with Nazareth supporting them, what a night that was!
Talking of Nazareth, Joni Mitchell loved this version of her song apparently.
And I can't leave The Sensational Alex Harvey Band out of this thread.
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Is it PotG?
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Back in the day I wasn't that keen on the original by Cream, but then decades later I heard this live version by Jack Bruce with Gary Moore.
get that board down!
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This is without doubt the winner astonishing!
studio150
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Surprised you haven't posted this on your exclusive Mr. Kitty thread also
Surprised you haven't posted this on your exclusive Mr. Kitty thread also
I do have some sense of proportion.
Very little, I admit
Pevenseagull
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GREASED WEASEL
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In an hour's time (12.15) on BBC4 - 'Ultimate cover versions at the BBC'. Could be interesting?
Stato
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It's been on before and it's fairly uninspired. This thread spanks it. Spend an hour listening to some of the links on here again. Here's another that I don't think has been posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVu4e_SIvlQ