[Music] Well loved Classic songs made famous by a cover version rather than the original

[seagully]

The winner !

And here is the original

 

[scooter1]

This venus?

https://youtu.be/Mk3HUQ_Llcg

That’s by far my favourite version

 

[Icy Gull]

The original

https://youtu.be/92cF_KCH7TU

And one of my top five singles EVER

https://youtu.be/dOqnk4HPwVE

 

[Jeremiah]

Originally by The Nerves

Yes. This is what came to my mind first -

 

[gazingdown]

Surely this one posted?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4

Far and away the best cover was Jeff Buckley and made it reasonably famous back in the 90s.

Rufus Wainwright covered it later too.
And the less said about that pop idol cover by whatsername, the better

 

[Boys 9d]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoHDrzw-RPg

 

[Godstar]

Hangin’ on the telephone was the first one I thought of too, but this was second - I love rock & roll

Oops, see someone’s already listed it…bugger!

 

[Hugo Rune]

This is a well loved song.

This cover version has not made it famous but if you listen to it, you’ll never want to hear the song again because it is so dire.

https://youtu.be/4_SeMEsx4sA

Axl should have quit singing in the year the original came out.

 

[marlowe]

Hey Joe by the Leaves in 1965 is the earlest known recording. One year later in 1966 Hendrix recorded the more famous version...

https://youtu.be/KWv03Wgz0PQ

 

[lasvegan]

The late, great, Blaze Foley

https://youtu.be/BBx8fRP_UxM

https://youtu.be/uM3YROq_cLY

 

[marlowe]

Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused" was originally written and recorded two years earlier in 1967 by Jake Holmes...

https://youtu.be/pTsvs-pAGDc

 

[marlowe]

Terry Jack's' "Seasons in the Sun" was originally written and recorded in the original French language version by Jacques Brel originally entitled "Le Moribond"...

https://youtu.be/6Jl-R2NhUiI

After achieving success with that Brel composition Jacks returned to Brel's musical catalogue and had further success with Brel's "Ne Me Quitte Pas" which Jacks recorded under the title "If You Go Away"..

https://youtu.be/DTvRfFJJqck

 

[Icy Gull]

Terry Jack's' "Seasons in the Sun" was originally written and recorded in the original French language version by Jacques Brel originally entitled "Le Moribond"...

https://youtu.be/6Jl-R2NhUiI

After achieving success with that Brel composition Jacks returned to Brel's musical catalogue and had further success with Brel's "Ne Me Quitte Pas" which Jacks recorded under the title "If You Go Away"..

https://youtu.be/DTvRfFJJqck

Seeing this post I’ve remembered another Jaques Brel song made much more famous in England

https://youtu.be/nrizIf975_A


The fabulous but troubled Scott Walker

https://youtu.be/eKtZf62BQzM

 

[marlowe]

Another Brel composition made more famous by another artist (in the UK at least) was his "Au Suivant" recorded as "Next" by "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band"

https://youtu.be/uCFBTKT4_tI

https://youtu.be/ZJ52peBDWas

 

[marlowe]

Bowie recorded Brel's "Amsterdam" as the B side to "Sorrow"

https://youtu.be/9p7RNVhHGbY

https://youtu.be/4uPZIG5BHD4

 

[Barrow Boy]

The original.



American clown version.

 

[pearl]

https://youtu.be/8AT_Pbtyid0

 

[pearl]

Hangin’ on the telephone was the first one I thought of too, but this was second - I love rock & roll

Oops, see someone’s already listed it…bugger!

were we all watching Guy Garvey: From The Vaults?

 

[pearl]

Hey Joe by the Leaves in 1965 is the earlest known recording. One year later in 1966 Hendrix recorded the more famous version...

https://youtu.be/KWv03Wgz0PQ

https://youtu.be/rXwMrBb2x1Q

 

[pearl]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4Kneqsk70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PNvopXjbg

and this version by Kula Shaker

https://youtu.be/wh7r_f_rw0c