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"Heard It Through The Grapevine" Roger covering Marvin Gaye. You beat me to it.....that's one of my favorite covers. Another one of my favorites is "Knock on Wood" by Ammii Stewart. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Raijuan said:  Thanks fucking insaine
PANDURITO said:  I like that cover - more than the original, in fact.  But imagine if Rosie had sung it instead of Sinead? One can wish..... | |
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Johnny Cash: 'Hurt', 'One', 'Bridge over troubled water'
AC/DC: 'Baby, please don't go', 'School Days' Blue Cheer: 'Summertime Blues' Jimi Hendrix: 'All along the watchtower' Creedence Clearwater Revival: 'Suzie Q', 'Heard it through the grapevine' | |
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D'angelo - She's Always in my Hair Covering  "Thinking like the Keys on Prince's piano, we'll be just fine" | |
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vainandy said: blackguitaristz said
"Heard It Through The Grapevine" Roger covering Marvin Gaye. You beat me to it.....that's one of my favorite covers. Another one of my favorites is "Knock on Wood" by Ammii Stewart. 
I also prefer Stacy Lattisaw's 1981 cover of "Love On A Two-Way Street" mainly because the original version by the Moments sounds as if it was recorded in a basement...lol...actually,their version is also a remake,the song was first done by a woman whose name I can't recall. | |
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jacktheimprovident said: I usually don't like covers, and I never feel a cover should replace the original whether it improves it or not, but even a stickler for originality like to me has to admitt when a cover version is better than the original (or at least as good) Here's a few of my picks
Gotta Get You Into My Life (Earth Wind and Fire, The Beatles) Night On the WatchTower (Hendrix, Dylan) Respect (Aretha, Otis Redding) Shake Rattle and Roll (Bill Haley, Big Joe Turner) Hound Dog (Elvis, Big Mama Thorton) Feel free to include rap covers, even though I despise them in principle Night On the WatchTower (Hendrix, Dylan) ] dont u mean all along the watchtower | |
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jacktheimprovident said: Prince - One of us
Damn straight, that's the best cover from Emancipation...betcha by golly wow my ass   | |
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blackguitaristz said: Here's one :
Hell yeah! I wanna gonna list that. My favorite cover right now is Gladys Knight's cover of Curtis Mayfield's The Makings Of You."We Can Work It Out" The Beatles covered by Stevie Wonder. Stevie's version destroys The Beatles. | |
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paligap said:[quote Star Of A Story- George Benson covering Heatwave[/quote]Oh my!! I think I love you!  | |
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blackguitaristz said "Heard It Through The Grapevine" Roger covering Marvin Gaye. nope, it was Marvin who already did the cover version, Gladys Knight recorded it already one year EARLIER (1967) anyway I agreee, I also love Rogers version the best! Vanglorious... this is protected by the red, the black, and the green. With a key... sissy! | |
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Dancelot said: blackguitaristz said "Heard It Through The Grapevine" Roger covering Marvin Gaye. nope, it was Marvin who already did the cover version, Gladys Knight recorded it already one year EARLIER (1967) anyway I agreee, I also love Rogers version the best! | |
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paligap said: Thse are some of the versions I like, though some people may prefer the originals....
Star Of A Story- George Benson covering Heatwave I had no idea this was a cover! A beautiful song…you’ve just reminded me I need to go out and buy that album. [Edited 9/16/04 7:33am] | |
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Stevie Wonder's "We Can Work It Out"
Aretha Franklin's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Somwehere" Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You" (not that Prince's was bad, but the 80s pop-locking hip-hop like beat along with Stevie's harmonica solos and samples is far better than the Purple One's) Sly Stone's "Que Sera Sera" Luther Vandross's "A House Is Not A Home" and "Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (of course ReRe ripped it, but it was nice to hear Lutha do line of it with a soft orchestra backing him up). D'Angelo's "Cruisin'" | |
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Luv4oneanotha said: sosgemini said: 
prince ruined that song...i dont even think he understood the meaning of it... 
 
right... ABSOLUTELY CO-SIGN, AND MOST OF THE TIMES, HE DOES. Prince: "I MUSTN'T DESTROY OTHER PEOPLE'S SONGS"  "America is a continent..." |
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TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said: jacktheimprovident said: Damn straight, that's the best cover from Emancipation...betcha by golly wow my ass Yeah, the original is far better With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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PANDURITO said: So true, her version is the best With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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DavidEye said: "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer (1978) ---it kills the original version!
"Superstar" by Luther Vandross (1983) ---more dramatic than The Carpenter's version. "Got To Get You Into My Life" by Earth Wind and Fire (1978) ---it's hard to top the Beatles,but EW&F pulls it off with ease. You know I'm not sure if the Carpenters orginally did "Superstar". There is a rare early 70s/late 60s album of Cher's that includes the song, which I think predates the Carpenters verison. I would be almost sure that Cher's verison was a cover as well though. The Carpenters certaintly had the biggest hit with it. | |
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LightOfArt said: many of The Beatles covers
People that covered Beatles songs? Joe Cocker's "Have A Little Help..." is the best verison! | |
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Serious said: TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said: I'm sorry but Prince's cover of that makes me wanna
Yeah, the original is far better are you talkin' about betcha by golly wow or one of us | |
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wind beneath my wings - original by gladys knight - covered by bette midler
if u dont know me by now - original harold melvin and the blue notes - covered by patti labelle and simply red ( sorry i love both of them) i hate to say it but is anyone going to even recognize - i will always love you - original dolly parton - covered by whitney houston will you still love me tomorrow - (cant remember the original - covered by roberta flack | |
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jacktheimprovident said: Serious said: Yeah, the original is far better are you talkin' about betcha by golly wow or one of us I am talking about One of us . I really liked that song, but Prince's version doesn't do it for me. I can't stand Prince's version of betcha by golly wow either, but i never cared for the original With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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love2thenines said: wind beneath my wings - original by gladys knight - covered by bette midler
nah....Whitney's cover version is superior to that... now I know you didn't hear that one  | |
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agotajonesmartha said: love2thenines said:
wind beneath my wings - original by gladys knight - covered by bette midler
nah....Whitney's cover version is superior to that... now I know you didn't hear that one i missed that one ...need to check that out | |
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PANDURITO said: Shame on you. The Family's version was much better | |
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TheDeacon said: PANDURITO said: Shame on you. The Family's version was much better No it wasn't. Family's chord arrangement was much less interesting! I can prove this with music theory! Nevermind those triphop-ish drums! What hotness! | |
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Untill You Come Back To Me- Aretha Franklyn (originally Stevie Wonder)
Who's Loving You- Jackson 5 (Temptations) I Heard It Through The Grape Vine- Marvin Gaye (Gladys Knight and the Pips) I'm Going Down- Mary J. Blige (Rose Royce) Summertime- Fantasia Barrino (George Gershwin/"porgy and bess" soundtrack) Superstar- Luther Vandross (the Carpenters) Walk On By- Isaac Hayes (Dionne Warwick) A House Is Not a Home- Luther Vandross (Burt Bacharack/Dione Warwick) I Will ALways Love You- Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton) Emotions- Destiny's Child (Bee Gees) Michael never stopped! | |
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SefraNSue said: Untill You Come Back To Me- Aretha Franklyn (originally Stevie Wonder)
Who's Loving You- Jackson 5 (Temptations) I Heard It Through The Grape Vine- Marvin Gaye (Gladys Knight and the Pips) I'm Going Down- Mary J. Blige (Rose Royce) Summertime- Fantasia Barrino (George Gershwin/"porgy and bess" soundtrack) Superstar- Luther Vandross (the Carpenters) Walk On By- Isaac Hayes (Dionne Warwick) A House Is Not a Home- Luther Vandross (Burt Bacharack/Dione Warwick) I Will ALways Love You- Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton) Emotions- Destiny's Child (Bee Gees)   | |
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VoicesCarry said: SefraNSue said: Untill You Come Back To Me- Aretha Franklyn (originally Stevie Wonder)
Who's Loving You- Jackson 5 (Temptations) I Heard It Through The Grape Vine- Marvin Gaye (Gladys Knight and the Pips) I'm Going Down- Mary J. Blige (Rose Royce) Summertime- Fantasia Barrino (George Gershwin/"porgy and bess" soundtrack) Superstar- Luther Vandross (the Carpenters) Walk On By- Isaac Hayes (Dionne Warwick) A House Is Not a Home- Luther Vandross (Burt Bacharack/Dione Warwick) I Will ALways Love You- Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton) Emotions- Destiny's Child (Bee Gees) Yep, I liked their reworking. Unfortunately, several young R&B wanna -be's have tried to emulate their version. My ears are still bleeding from a rendition I heard on American Idol a couple of years ago.  Michael never stopped! | |
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my prerogative (britney spears, bobby brown) | |
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