[Music] Original songs that were NEVER covered with a better version

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

https://youtu.be/tuUoSuO_hfg

Not that other version by someone or other

Quite liked the Kirsty McColl version too.

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

Quite liked the Kirsty McColl version too.

Just listened to both. It's close!

 

[Is it PotG?]

https://youtu.be/tuUoSuO_hfg

Not that other version by someone or other

Weller did a stunning 'live' performance of this on the Chris Evans R2 show when the Ginger one did his show from Black Barn at the launch of True Meanings

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qB9FpfCR8

only just beats this cover. Or does it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuKXYeRCUzI

Actually, no it doesn't. Who knew?

 

[pearl]

not New Order ....

https://youtu.be/zuuObGsB0No

 

[pearl]

Not Grace Jones ....

https://youtu.be/KFPpJGijXPI

 

[pearl]

Not whoever covered this .....
https://youtu.be/u1Cl-h4c1KU

 

[Icy Gull]

Another song that Eric Clapton came up well short on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrnZSLwfzVs

 

[Icy Gull]

Yet another failure by Clapton to improve on the original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81Vx-0uM0k

 

[luppers]

How did Manilow get away with covering this song altering one word and claiming he wrote it ?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Certainly not Manfred Mann