MickyDolenz said:

namepeace said:

I'd agree on all but Wham! (though it's a hand-in-glove cover)

I didn't know Thelma's was a remake until the mid-1990s.

Hell I didn't know until the mid-2010s!

namepeace said:

MickyDolenz said:

I didn't know Thelma's was a remake until the mid-1990s.

Hell I didn't know until the mid-2010s!

I bought a Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes compilation that was newly released at the time and it was on there. I didn't know they did the song at all and thought theirs was the remake until I looked at the copyright dates.

^^Some of those have several versions. Maybe you should be more specific

Most Grace Jones songs.

phunkdaddy said:

I'm with you on the Pips version of Grapevine. As much as Seals and Crofts version of Summer Breeze ain't no way in hell I'm taking their version over the Isleys. Listening to the song anticipating the buildup to Ernie Isley's soaring lead guitar gives me a Ruuuush everytime. That boy took notes very well from Hendrix.

The Isleys always found ways to make songs their own, but the only Isleys cover I enjoyed better than the original version was "Hello, It's Me." I love "Breeze" and "Spill The Wine," but they took "Hello" and made it their own.

The king of remakes!

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alphastreet said:

I feel for you Come together Nothing compares to you Who's loving you How come you don't call me anymore Break my stride Tonight's the night Cruel summer Total eclipse of the heart

is there a version you like better than Prince version?

Ms. Dolly Parton is the QUEEN of Country, a brilliant Artist/Writer/Producer/Business Woman...Who does not Love Dolly?....Anyways....I like Whitney's I Will Always Love you 100 X's better...

"Passionate Kisses" by Mary Chapin Carpenter

People never remake the Monkies.

I thought this would be about films. When did cover versions of songs start to be called "remakes"?

2freaky4church1 said:

People never remake the Monkees.

MickyDolenz said:

I much prefer Prince's version of 'When Will We Be Paid' than the original.

Herbie Hancock ft. Raul Midon I Just Called To Say I Love You

India Arie Heart of the Matter

"Who Is He And What Is He To You" - Creative Source

"Superstition" - Quincy Jones

NorthC said:

MickyDolenz said:

I don't like The Doors at all other than 1 song, and Light My Fire isn't it. I've only heard 4 or 5 songs by them and wasn't really interested. They're one of those acts I've heard very little. Really I heard the Minnie version of Light My Fire first. I wasn't aware it was a remake like I wasn't aware Blinded By The Light & Respect were remakes. Then later I heard the Jose Feliciano solo version. I didn't hear The Doors version until the late 1980s on some TV commercial. Before that I hadn't heard them at all. Most of my relatives either listened to R&B, soul, blues, or gospel. Maybe a few jazz & country listeners, but there was nobody who listened to The Doors or white groups in general for the majority of them, except acts like AWB, Teena Marie, Tom Jones, Elvis, & Doobie Brothers. As far as CCR, I like the long jam at the end, which the Gladys Knight & The Pips & Marvin Gaye versions don't have. Kind of what other bands of the time like Vanilla Fudge & Rare Earth were doing. Technically Marvin's was recorded first, but Berry Gordy didn't like it so didn't release it and put out Gladys version. I like their versions though.

Jim Morrison, when he wasn't busy letting his thingy dangle outside of his leather pants, was actually a very good blues singer. The Doors did some pretty good versions of Back Door Man and Crawling King Snake.

I agree that those are great covers. They also covered Muddy Waters' "Rock Me", Barrett Strong's "Money" and Them's "Gloria" but for these I think the originals are better.

CherryMoon57 said:

"Who Is He And What Is He To You" - Creative Source

"Superstition" - Quincy Jones

QJ recorded a version of this, and you thin is better?

214 said:

CherryMoon57 said:

"Who Is He And What Is He To You" - Creative Source

"Superstition" - Quincy Jones

QJ recorded a version of this, and you thin is better?

I am not saying it is better, just that I prefer it.

Beyonce - Resentment (first recorded by Victoria Beckham)

Brandy and Ray J - Another Day in Paradise (both are great but I like this one more)

I Know (I'm Losing You)

many people have recorded this song....but I love the kickass remake

from 1987 by The Uptown Girls

Gladys Knight and The Pips-Midnight Train to Georgia

Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations- I'M Gonna Make You Love Me

Luther Vandross-A House Is Not A Home

The Isley Brothers-Hello

Aretha Franklin-You Send Me

🌴 Nature Boy ~ George Benson

ThePanther said:

Comser said:

Madonna - American Pie

yeh and Everyday is a winding road by prince...

Joan Jett and Living Colour do some of the best remakes around

George Michael's version of "Papa was a Rolling Stone" and MJ's version of Come Together, if you compare it to the original, the Beatles version sounds like a demo tape.