What are some remakes that you enjoy more than the original song? My favorite cover is Scott Weiland's version of "But Not Tonight", originally by Depeche Mode.

theVelvetRoper said:

Johnny Cash - "Hurt"

Juliana Hatfield covering the Police's "Every Breath You Take"

Here are some remakes that I like more than the originals...


***"Superstar" by Luther Vandross---I like the Carpenters' original version,but Luther just takes this song and makes it his own.


***"Giving Him Something He Can Feel" by EnVogue---yes,I like it better than Aretha's version

I'm gonna be the first person to say this -

Nothing Compares 2 U
by Sinead O'Connor



Just beautiful. The Prince version is a nice song and all, but it's absolutely nothing compared to the power of Sinead's version.

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Bill Jones - Loving Hannah
Gipsy Kings - Hotel California

I Saw Him (Her) Standing There by Tiffany

Seriously though, Frente give Bizarre Love Triangle a good
workout.

I like the original version but the cover of Mad World (Tears For Fears) in the movie Donnie Darko is wonderful ( I think it's by Gary Jules)
- Tori Amos cover of Smells like teen spirit
...

"Life Can Be So Nice" - Otan

D'Angelo's "Cruisin'"

Shapeshifter said:

I agree with this one. It's bare and raw and captures everything that Trent intended, without the sampled fuzz and techno angst. Just him and a guitar or two and WOW it's awesome...

nothing compares 2 u by sinead (the family)
tonight's the night by janet (rod stewart)
pretty much any tori amos cover except enjoy the silence
everyday is a winding road by prince (sheryl crow)
one of us by prince (joan osborne)
most of the covers david bowie does (especially let's spend the night together, pablo picasso and try some, buy some)

wrap it up - eurythmics
back door man - doors
summertime - janis joplin
just my imagination - prince


bands that i like and hate the covers they did:

dead or alive - pop life (prince), even better than the real thing (u2), why's it so hard (madonna)... WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

prince - everyday is a winding road... BARF!

Madonna - american pie... horrid!!!

david bowie - Alabama Song.

DJ506 said:

Yeah. That's kickass too!

I Feel 4 U-Chaka Khan
Jive Talking-Chaka Khan
Signed, Sealed, Delivered-Chaka Khan
The End Of A Love Affair-Chaka Khan
God Bless The Child-Aretha Franklin
Let It Be-Aretha Franklin
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thang-Aretha Franklin
Untill U Come Back 2 Me-Aretha Franklin
Our Love-Mary J Blige
I'm In Love-Mary J Blige
Whats Going On?-Donny Hathaway
Giving Up-Donny Hathaway
Get Toghether-Tina Turner
I've Been Loving U 4 Too Long-Tina Turner
Lets Stay 2ghether-Tina Turner
I Can't Stand The Rain-Tina Turner

And mostly

Can't Take My Eyes Off U-Lauryn Hill

TTD: "Who's loving You" and "A Change Is Gonna Come"

One Of Us by Prince - I hate the original!

Trina Broussard's cover of Minnie Riperton's Inside My Love
Rahsaan Patterson's cover of Randy Crawford/Crusaders's Streetlife
Twice/D'Angelo's cover of Cameo's Sparkle
Erykah Badu's cover of Rufus/Chaka Khan's Hollywood
Maxwell's cover of Kate Bush's This Woman's Work
Gladys Knight and the Pips cover of Curtis Mayfield's The Makings of You
Roger Troutman's cover of Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine
D'Angelo's cover of Roberta Flack's Feel Like Making Love

crazyhorse said:

How could I forget that one?! That has to be one of my favorites!
[This message was edited Thu Feb 5 13:52:47 PST 2004 by theVelvetRoper]

good topic!


for me, there are SO MANY..

here's the "short list", off the top of my head:


song : original/remade by

Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me : Aretha/Luther Vandross
- Luther simply took this too another level; so much so that I see this 1 as Aretha doing his song!

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart : Bee Gees/Al "love & happiness" Green
- I've even heard the Bee Gees say that Al did this song better than they did. absolutely no argument here

For The Good Times : Willie Neslon(?)/Al "full of fire" Green
- anybody see a trend here?

Crusin : Willian "Smokey" Robinson/D'Angelo
- the homeboy from my hometown improved considerably on the silky smooth original from the prolific Motown crooner.

I Heard It Through The Grapevine : Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & the Pips/Roger
- the early 80s version by the MASTER of the vocoder "talk box" is BY FAR the funkiest version of "Grapevine" &, dare I say it, the best I've heard..

I Can't Make You Love Me : Bonnie Raitt/Prince
- well, I can't diss "Nce" all the time, & this was done back when he still had a tiny trace of "reality" & perspective in him..


there are probably a few others I could post,
they simply escape me right now.

for the most part, I find remakes to be clearly inferior to their predecessors..

a lot of mltijchr's picks are nice. I like:

"My Favorite Things": John Coltrane

"A House Is Not A Home": Luther Vandross

thanks, namepeace!

but please tell me-
who did the original of "A House Is Not A Home"?
for a long time, I thought Luther was the 1st, then later I thought I might have heard someone else do it, but I'm not sure now..!

One of Us - Prince
A Case of U (live 1st Ave '83) - Prince
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - Heart
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Red Hot Chili Peppers
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

mltijchr said:

I thought "grapevine" was a CCR song, not marvin/gladys??

There's a bunch of covers I didn't even know existed until this thread!

Good job, orgers!!!

mltijchr said:

Looks like some great choices but when did Prince cover "I Can't Make You Love Me"? Not much of a fan of the Roger "Heard it Through the Grapevine" and I think Marvin Gaye did it first (he did it best, I think). I also think that Kris Krisstofferson might have done "For The Good Times" (I think he wrote it) but Al Green does it justice, along with ever cover he does!

Serious said:

What albums is TTD's "A Change Is Gonna Come" taken from?

VinnyM27 said:

In 1996,on the 'Emancipation' album!!

MrSquiggle said:

ME too. I think i cried watching the video. (don't tell nobody)