Posted May 30, 200817 yr Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know Kirsty MacColl - A New England Madness - It Must Be Love Blondie - Denis KC & The Sunshine Band - It's The Same Old Song Marsha Hunt - Walk On Gilded Splinters Belinda Carlisle - The Scientist Soft Cell - The Night Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars Groove Cutters - We Close Our Eyes Freemasons ft Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky Carol Hitchcock - Get Ready Sandra - Everlasting Love Gina G - I Can't Make You Love Me And the worst cover I have ever heard must be: Jessica Simpson - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - truly horrible!
May 30, 200817 yr Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know Kirsty MacColl - A New England Madness - It Must Be Love Blondie - Denis KC & The Sunshine Band - It's The Same Old Song Marsha Hunt - Walk On Gilded Splinters Belinda Carlisle - The Scientist Soft Cell - The Night Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars Groove Cutters - We Close Our Eyes Freemasons ft Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky Carol Hitchcock - Get Ready Sandra - Everlasting Love Gina G - I Can't Make You Love Me And the worst cover I have ever heard must be: Jessica Simpson - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - truly horrible! Your list is bizarre in so far that I agree with : Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know Kirsty MacColl - A New England Madness - It Must Be Love Blondie - Denis But the again I disagree with: KC & The Sunshine Band - It's The Same Old Song Marsha Hunt - Walk On Gilded Splinters Belinda Carlisle - The Scientist Soft Cell - The Night Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars Groove Cutters - We Close Our Eyes Freemasons ft Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky Carol Hitchcock - Get Ready Sandra - Everlasting Love Gina G - I Can't Make You Love Me
May 30, 200817 yr I agree with you on these ones Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind(liked Elvis version too) Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know Kirsty MacColl - A New England Madness - It Must Be Love Blondie - Denis Not this one however Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand :puke2:
May 31, 200817 yr My favourite version of Always On My Mind is Elvis', but what I like about The Pet Shop Boys is that they put their own stamp on it and took it in a different direction - it wasn't just a straight copy of the original and I like that.
May 31, 200817 yr agree with others here.... some are better Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On.......... sorry but the supremes orig was superb! Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know Kirsty MacColl - A New England Madness - It Must Be Love............ id say equal, i really like labi sifres original Blondie - Denis the others werent a patch on the orig. but i could continue the list here and upset tip again by likeing 'michelle' by the overlanders more then the beatles orig ! :P
May 31, 200817 yr but i could continue the list here and upset tip again by likeing 'michelle' by the overlanders more then the beatles orig ! :P And I could do the same with Wet Wet Wet's version of the Troggs' Love Is All Around :P
May 31, 200817 yr Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On Edited May 31, 200817 yr by Euro Music
May 31, 200817 yr Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know Kirsty MacColl - A New England Madness - It Must Be Love Blondie - Denis KC & The Sunshine Band - It's The Same Old Song Marsha Hunt - Walk On Gilded Splinters Belinda Carlisle - The Scientist Soft Cell - The Night Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars Groove Cutters - We Close Our Eyes Freemasons ft Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky Carol Hitchcock - Get Ready Sandra - Everlasting Love Gina G - I Can't Make You Love Me And the worst cover I have ever heard must be: Jessica Simpson - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - truly horrible! I have to totally disagree with you regarding: Doctor & The Medics and Carol Hitchcock
May 31, 200817 yr And I could do the same with Wet Wet Wet's version of the Troggs' Love Is All Around :P :lol: you bugger!
May 31, 200817 yr Aerosmiths 'Come Together' is outstanding, far better than the original (which is hard to beat).
May 31, 200817 yr tbh theres quite afew of beatles tracks that were covered in the 60's that are equal to or superior to the original... that isnt a very common occurance. joe cockers version of 'with a little help from my friends' is THE defining version for me.. cliff benett and the rebel rousers 'got to get you into my life' also is brilliant st louis union 'girl' was good too maybe the beatles were trying too hard to produce a quantity of quality music that in some cases they didnt do the best versions?... just a passing thought.
May 31, 200817 yr I only actually like two of those songs to begin with - New England and The Night. Loved Kirsty's New England and as much as I do like Soft Cell - I hate their version of The Night. I really like Santana's cover of the Zombies' 'She's Not There'. Norma
May 31, 200817 yr Author Didn't think many would agree with my choices :lol: but I did forget one: Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U - which is by far and away superior to the original (as far as I'm concerned)
May 31, 200817 yr Didn't think many would agree with my choices :lol: but I did forget one: Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U - which is by far and away superior to the original (as far as I'm concerned) nothing wrong with personal preferances m8.... i tend to believe though that the first version of a track you hear tends to be your fav... its the one you get used too.
May 31, 200817 yr I think I do like Carpenters cover of "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" instead of the Neil Sedaka original's version...I have never heard the original version of "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelletes but Carps cover is better than the beatles one.
June 1, 200817 yr tbh theres quite afew of beatles tracks that were covered in the 60's that are equal to or superior to the original... that isnt a very common occurance. cliff benett and the rebel rousers 'got to get you into my life' also is brilliant st louis union 'girl' was good too I fully agree with you here Rob - Another good version of GIRL was by a group called The Truth that was out at the same time as St. Louis Union but it peaked at only #27. Another one was Wilson Pickett's version of Hey Jude in 1969. This peaked at #16. Edited June 1, 200817 yr by Euro Music
June 2, 200817 yr Here's some that I prefer to the originals.... HIM - Solitary Man/Wicked Game (they also do a fantastically Gothic version of "Don't Fear The Reaper", but Blue Oyster Cult's orig still edges it for me...) Jesus and Mary Chain - Guitar Man (PISSES on Elvis...) Johnny Cash - Hurt (I love Nine Inch Nails, but Johnny was just so near death at this stage, and his covering of this song just so right, barely raising his voice above a cracked whisper - more reciting the lyrics as poetry than actually singing - it just touched me more emotionally than Trent's version did. I was honestly almost in tears) Sid Vicious - My Way (just bloody HILARIOUS :lol: ) Ministry - What A Wonderful World (The last song they played from the last show they'll ever do in London.. So, yeah, it had poignance and a touch of melancholy, even though it was PUNK ROCK AS FUKK... :w00t: ) The Clash - Bank Robber/I Fought The Law A Perfect Circle - Imagine (Done in a completely different key, sounding far more downbeat, the lyrics tinged with darkness and melancholy rather than hope.. But then, considering the times we are living in now, as opposed to a spirit of Detente which punctuated Lennon's original, what the fukk is there to be positive about.....?)
June 2, 200817 yr I prefer the Creepers' cover of "Baby's On Fire" to Brian Eno's original. Don't know if many people have heard either version though :D
June 2, 200817 yr B)-->QUOTE(Neil B @ Jun 2 2008, 04:04 PM) 1962555[/snapback]I prefer the Creepers' cover of "Baby's On Fire" to Brian Eno's original. Don't know if many people have heard either version though :D find them on youtube for us then :)
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