Covers that are better than the original...

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  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Is it on YouTube, Paul?
  • PaulDPaulD
    edited February 2018
    Yes:



  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Thanks, Paul. I'll give it a listen.

    A quick tip: If you just paste the share URL straight into Chews it comes up as above.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    I realised a few seconds in, this is a Tom Waits song. And I'm a huge Tom Waits fan... 'nuff said ;-) 
  • PaulDPaulD
    Worth knowing about YouTube, thanks. I like Tom Waits too but prefer Diana Krall rendition of Temptation.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Yeah. It is a good version.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Get your lug 'oles around this!

    Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments



  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Not really a cover (Hugh Cornwell is on it), but how about a mariachi version of Golden Brown?:


  • uglymusicuglymusic
    And, while we're in the mood for the Stranglers' finest, there is this unmatched version, of course:


  • uglymusicuglymusic
    edited February 2018
    Go on, I dare ya!

  • cj66cj66
    uglymusic said:
    Get your lug 'oles around this!

    Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments



    That's pretty cool!
  • cj66cj66
    edited February 2018
    uglymusic said:
    Go on, I dare ya!

    Certainly kept the mood of the original! I am tempted to prefer this!
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    cj66 said:
    uglymusic said:
    Get your lug 'oles around this!

    Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments



    That's pretty cool!
    I think so, too. Seems that was a one-off. Couldn't find anything else by them.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    cj66 said:
    uglymusic said:
    Go on, I dare ya!

    Certainly kept the mood of the original! I am tempted to prefer this!

     I was hoping someone would protest about Ribot and Co's version :-)
  • cj66cj66
    As I've been having a BOC fest of late I was reminded of this, although the original is fine in its own right, it sounds like a first, rough draft in comparison to BOC's cover....




  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Whaaaat?


  • cj66cj66
    Oh she's weird and she's wonderful(sic).

    Hey man, what a groovy scene B)

    Snap, crackle and k-pop?
  • cj66cj66
    How about some disco Pink Floyd?!




  • uglymusicuglymusic
    cj66 said:
    Oh she's weird and she's wonderful(sic).

    Hey man, what a groovy scene B)

    Snap, crackle and k-pop?
    How dare you quote Elton John (OK Bernie Taupin) at me!

    I was liking it until she suddenly flips out in the middle. 

    You want her for breakfast, you naughty man?!
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    cj66 said:
    How about some disco Pink Floyd?!





    Maybe not. But it is an apt revenge for my effort. 
  • cj66cj66
    edited October 2018
    Getting back on track I was reminded of....

    Simply Red's cover of Talking Heads " Heaven".







  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Sacrilege! 

    I now realise I know the track, but had managed to forget it! :-)

    Mick Hucknall. What a squandered talent.
  • cj66cj66
    Just reminded of another.
    Grace Jones' version of Private Life stonks the original.




  • uglymusicuglymusic
    cj66 said:
    Just reminded of another.
    Grace Jones' version of Private Life stonks the original.




    Yup. I'd go along with that.
  • AlanAlan
    I can't say better than the original, but I've always had a real thing for Beth Orton (full stop), and William Orbit's version of 'don't want to know 'bout evil'.




  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Alan said:
    I can't say better than the original, but I've always had a real thing for Beth Orton (full stop), and William Orbit's version of 'don't want to know 'bout evil'.




    But as a John Martyn fan, I'll stick to the original ;-)
  • AlanAlan
    Well, I love JM too, but Beth can do no wrong IMV. John Martyn does a very interesting cover of Portishead's 'Glory Box' which is well worth seeking out.


  • uglymusicuglymusic
    I'll have to add that to the list.
  • cj66cj66
    Erm....




  • AlanAlan


    I'm not going to stick my neck out and say that this is the best version, but I always find it interesting:

    Amazing Grace, Ani Difranco
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