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Remakes that are better than the original? Blinded By The Light - Manfred Man originally done by Bruce Springsteen Signs - Tesla originally done by Five Man Electrical Band I Do Love Your - GQ originally done by Billy Stewart Do you remember lying in bed
With your covers pulled up over your head? Radio playin' so no one can see - The Ramones | |
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Respect ~ Aretha Franklin (orig. Otis Redding) Who's Loving You ~ Jackson 5 (The Miracles) Going In Circles ~ Gap Band (Friends Of Distinction) Get It On ~ Power Station (T Rex) Yesterday ~ En Vogue (The Beatles) Silent Night {1980 version} ~ The Temptations (traditional) Got To Get You Into My Life ~ Earth, Wind, & Fire (The Beatles) I Heard It Through The Grapevine ~ Gladys Knight & The Pips/Creedence Clearwater Revival (The Miracles) Stoned Soul Picnic ~ Swing Out Sister (Laura Nyro) Blowin' In The Wind ~ Stevie Wonder (Bob Dylan) I Got My Mind Set On You ~ George Harrison (James Ray)
[Edited 11/30/10 10:06am] You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Some might not know what I'm talking about or probably will disagree but I think the Carpenters remake on The Mamas and the Papas California Dreamin was done very well. | |
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I think that one is the grandaddy of all successful remakes!
How about;
I Will Always Love You ~ Whitney Houston (orig. Dolly Parton) By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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Chantay Savage - I Will Survive originally done by Gloria Gaynor Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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"Now That We Found Love - Third World, originally done by The O'Jays. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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Yesterday ~ En Vogue (The Beatles)
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The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now (The Valentinos) The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (Kai Winsing) The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles) The Beatles - Twist & Shout (Top Notes / Isley Bros.) Bryan Ferry -A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan) Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton) Aerosmith - Train Kept a Rollin' (Johnny Burnette & the RN'R Trio) Eric Clapton - Cocaine (JJ Cale) Eric Clapton - After Midnight (JJ Cale) Blondie - The Tide is High (The Paragons)
and practically ANY cover that Elvis Presley did. The list could be endless. Face it, like it or not. Call him a "thief" if you want, but hell, he was the best "thief" the music business has ever seen...
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Right off the top of my head....
a-ha "Say Hello Wave Goodybe" original by Soft Cell,, never even heard this song till a-ha chose to do it on the radio acoustic live...amazing
a-ha "Crying in the Rain" original by the Everly Brothers, a-ha nail this song combo of lead vocals by morten harket and the harmony parts with Paul Savoy, plus it was their only cover-single, huge hit worldwide
a-ha "Question of Lust" original Depeche Mode, its close but a-ha really added a new dimension to it, would love to hear Depeche re-do this song themselves, its a song, that a-ha said, never got enough attention.
"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You" is way better than Prince's original.
The Spinners version of "Cupid" is way better than Sam Cooke's. | |
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Rockin' Robin -Michael Jackson Smile- Michael Jackson Come Together- Michael Jackson (yea I said it House Of The Rising Sun- The Animals
“The only male singer who I’ve seen besides myself and who’s better than me – that is Michael Jackson.” – Frank Sinatra | |
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well that's right, one of the few successful covers of a Prince original... | |
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It's All About The Pentiums ~ Weird Al (Benjamins ~ Puff Daddy) Midnight Hour ~ Roger Troutman & Mighty Clouds Of Joy (Wilson Pickett) I Wanna Testify ~ Johnnie Taylor (The Parliaments) Wedding Bell Blues ~ 5th Dimension (Laura Nyro) Lay Lady Lay ~ Isley Brothers (Bob Dylan) The Real Thing ~ Meta Roos (Sergio Mendes And The New Brasil 77) This Masquerade ~ George Benson (Leon Russell) That Lady ~ Isley Brothers 1973 (Who's That Lady ~ Isley Brothers 1964) You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (originally by Bob Dylan)
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UB40 -- I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (originally by Elvis) | |
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I like this better than the UB40 version. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Damn, a Softones sighting. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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I really love Jermaine Jackson's version of Daddy's Home.
MJ's version of Smile and Come Together are wonderful!!
Love Prince's version of A Case of U, Betcha By Golly Wow, and Crimson and Clover.
I love Larry Graham's version of When We Get Married.
Ike and Tina's version of Proud Mary.
And I can't remember the group...but the remake of Free Bird I really like..
Whitney's version of I Will Always Love You.
Britney Spears version of You Got It All.
I kinda like Micheal Bolton's version of When A Man Loves A Woman better..
George Strait's version of Love Sick Blues.
LeAnn Rimes version of Blue was superb! Prince is GORGEOUS. I'm inspired. GOD is GREAT. Is there anything else to say? lol | |
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Many of Luther Vandross' remakes are better than the originals....
"Since I Lost My Baby" (originally done by the Temptations) "Superstar" (originally done by the Carpenters,although I think someone else did it before them?) "If Only For One Night" (originally done by Brenda Russell)
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It's OK. But even A*Teens' version is better than that (and I don't even like A*Teens!)
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Donny Hathaway - "Whats Going On"(Marvin) Sly Stone - "Qe Sera Sera(Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"(Doris Day) Chaka Khan - "Move Me No Mountain"(Love Unlimited) Lauryn Hill - "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"(Frankie Valli) Marlena Shaw - "Go Away Little Boy"(Nancy Wilson) Phyllis Hyman - "Betcha by Golly Wow"(The Stylistics) Roger Troutman - "Heard It Through the Grapevine"(Marvin) D'Angelo - "I'll Stay"(Funkadelic) Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"(Big Maybelle) Tina Turner - "Lets Stay Together"(Al Green) Creative Source - "Who's He, And What Is He to You?"(Bill Withers) Isaac Hayes - "Walk On By"(Dionne Warwick) Nina Simone - "I Put A Spell On You"(Screamin' Jay Hawkins) Stephanie Mills - "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore"(Prince) Gladys Knight - "The Makings Of You"(Curtis) Aretha Franlin - Well, the woman owned almost everything she touched.
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DJ Miko -- What's Going On? (originally by 4 Non-Blondes)
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Those are the "originals" in my book, seeing as other versions of these songs do nothing for me, but Michael's takes on these songs are flawless IMO. MJ Fan 1992-Forever
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*Bump*
George Michael - I Can't Make You Love Me
MJ Fan 1992-Forever
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ah hell naw | |
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It's a cool cover from Roy, but better.. [Edited 12/1/10 8:43am]   National Funk League✮✮ | |
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some of these are mind-boggling. is there a pandemic of brain damage going around the org? | |
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Oh hellz naw.... aint no way Stephanie knocked out a better version of HCYDCMA than the man himself. No Prince pie for you!