So there is a lot of people who tried covering one or two of Prince's songs.

Me included tried it...

And also included are artists, Prince offeredsongs to cover.

But who who would you think did the best?

My Top 5:

1. I Feel For You by Chaka Kan

2. Manic Monday by the Bangles

3. Kiss by Tom Jones & the Art of Noise

4. Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead o'Conner

5. 5 Women by Joe Cocker

How Come U don't Call me Anymore by Alica Keys also fits the bill, I think. A little too much tho.


But what do YOU Think?

Embrace said:

So there is a lot of people who tried covering one or two of Prince's songs.

Me included tried it...

And also included are artists, Prince offeredsongs to cover.

But who who would you think did the best?

My Top 5:

1. I Feel For You by Chaka Kan

2. Manic Monday by the Bangles

3. Kiss by Tom Jones & the Art of Noise

4. Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead o'Conner

5. 5 Women by Joe Cocker

How Come U don't Call me Anymore by Alica Keys also fits the bill, I think. A little too much tho.


But what do YOU Think?

I can't believe your choice for #3, that song is horrendously done by him!!!!

rainbowchild said:

1 Nothing Compares 2 U- Sinead O'Connor 2 I Feel 4 U- Chaka Khan 3 When U were Mine- Cyndi Lauper 4 How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore- Alicia Keys 5 The Beautiful Ones- Mariah Carey with Dru Hill

All women interestingly

rainbowchild said:

3 When U were Mine- Cyndi Lauper

Good choice!

But Ani di Franco would be an even better candidate with her version I think

Adorecream said:

I can't believe your choice for #3, that song is horrendously done by him!!!!

haha

Tom Jones is really great and he introduced the horns to Kiss

He made it a bigger classic than it was already

Sure, it's no Prince, duh, cuz it's Tom Jones and the Art of Noise.

dandan said:

rainbowchild said:

1 Nothing Compares 2 U- Sinead O'Connor 2 I Feel 4 U- Chaka Khan 3 When U were Mine- Cyndi Lauper 4 How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore- Alicia Keys 5 The Beautiful Ones- Mariah Carey with Dru Hill

All women interestingly

Women are interesting

Embrace said:

Muse always irritated me, but I have to say their Sign O the Times version is pretty heartfelt.

BobGeorge909 said:

Embrace said:

haha

Tom Jones is really great and he introduced the horns to Kiss

He made it a bigger classic than it was already

Sure, it's no Prince, duh, cuz it's Tom Jones and the Art of Noise.

Tom Jones BLOWS...and his kiss cover BLOWS even more than he does...if that's possible.

I was sure to expect some of these reactions.

Keep'em coming.

So, what are your favorites Bob?

bonatoc said:

Muse always irritated me, but I have to say their Sign O the Times version is pretty heartfelt.

never heard it.

Going to check it out. Thanks for the suggesting

Embrace said:

1. Manic Monday by the Bangles
2. 5 Women by Joe Cocker

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These two aren't covers.

Embrace said:

Jarle Bernhoft - The One

BartVanHemelen said:

Embrace said:

1. Manic Monday by the Bangles
2. 5 Women by Joe Cocker

.

These two aren't covers.

As usual Bart, technically speaking, you are right. I give you that.

So I agree with you that in the strict definition of the term these are not 'covers'.

But only because Prince or somebody else, didn't release these tracks first.


However, I am sure Prince must have recorded, yet not released these tunes, some time before Joe and the Bangles did.

Wouldn't you think the same, since he wrote these songs?

And what would be your favourite 'covers'?

Embrace said:

bonatoc said:

Muse always irritated me, but I have to say their Sign O the Times version is pretty heartfelt.

never heard it.

Going to check it out. Thanks for the suggesting

This performance in particular :

^tight

Singing still sucks tho

BobGeorge909 said:

Mitch Ryder

never heard of it, thanks.

Sounds pretty good actually.

controversy99 said:

1. Dump, Skinny MF with a high voice, entire album of covers, interesting interpretations 2. Warren Zevon & REM, Raspberry Beret 3. Foo Fighters, Darling Nikki 4. Chaka Kahn, Feel for U 5. Sinead, Nothing Compares 2 U

Funny, I guess: Ani's cover of Wne you were mine is on youtube, but the sound of Foo Fighter's cover of Darling Nikki has been suppressed, because of an "underlying" copyrightclaim.


I hhave heard it before tho and was not so impressed.

I am going to check out the Raspbery beret covers.

oh, wait a second, anybody ever heard Tina Turner's cover of Let's pretend we're married?

I think she performed it live.

Probably not a cover either in the technical sense Bart, but still she played it.

Jus heard a version of Let's pretend were married by 'Schoolfish'.

Obviously they cannot keep up with the pace of the beat lol

'If I Was Your Girlfriend,' by TLC: true to the original?

'Erotic City,' by Semisonic: pretty cool?

Embrace said:

oh, wait a second, anybody ever heard Tina Turner's cover of Let's pretend we're married?

I think she performed it live.

Probably not a cover either in the technical sense Bart, but still she played it.

Starting @ 08'00''

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Tina knows how to keep the beat...

Seriously, I looked for Raspbery Beret covers on youtube.

But all I got was juvenile metro guys, dancing with eachother in some club

Looky, looky... What have we here?


Living Colour - 17 Days

Jesus and The Mary Chain ...bet Street

Semisonic - Erotic City

Tricky - When Doves Cry

Patti Smith - When Doves Cry

Eels - If I Was Your Girlfriend (wait for it)

Self - Let's Pretend We're Married (this one!)

...

Too many! Gotta go to work... Have a blast.

Oh, and by the way, going the opposite direction, I found this.

Embrace said:

Embrace said:

^tight

Singing still sucks tho

Co-sign. That's a great cover but the vocals are weak. Never heard it before.

Wasn't there a whole album of various artists covering Prince? I seem to remember Ice-T covering "Head".

Angelsoncrack said:

Embrace said:

'If I Was Your Girlfriend,' by TLC: true to the original?

'Erotic City,' by Semisonic: pretty cool?

I prefer TLC's cover of 'get it up', if I was you girlfriend is still good but I think the original kind of feel of the song with Camille singing was lost in the cover (and any other really, it's just one of those songs)

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