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  • steveledzepsteveledzep Frets: 1174
    Sesh said:
    James' So Long, Marianne and Lloyd Cole's Chelsea Hotel are great covers of Leonard Cohen songs. I prefer them but perhaps sometimes I think I find Cohen's originals are just a bit slow and a bit of pace brings them to life. 
    I agree.  Have a listen to the album Famous Blue Raincoat by Jennifer Warnes.  A great album of LC covers affectionately known as "Jenny sings Lenny".
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72344
    I think Leonard Cohen is like Bob Dylan - a lot of people think their songs are better sung by other people because they’re “great songwriters but can’t really sing”... but when you really listen, in almost every case the original version is the best.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • fobfob Frets: 1430

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  • NeillNeill Frets: 941
    What about Status Quo's reworking of "Junior's Wailing". 

    The original recording by the band Steamhammer was a decent enough heavy 12 bar blues but Quo's version on the 1976 live album is one of the all time great moments in rock - IMHO.   I'm having that played at my funeral. 
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  • AK99AK99 Frets: 1578
    "Fire" - Pointer Sisters version vs. Brucie's

    "We wish you a Merry Christmas" by The Greedie B@stards (Jones/Cook/Gorham/Lynott) vs anybody else's version. ever :)
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  • slackerslacker Frets: 2238
    The Fall's version of Lost in Music is sublime.

    Happy Mondays version of Step On takes the John Kongas verse a step up (sic), 

    Teddy Pendergast did a better version imho of don't leave me this way than the communards and Harold Melvin and the blue notes (which he sang on so he covered himself)

    Soup  dragons I'm Free  (stones).

    The carpenters version of calling occupants of interplanetary craft Is the definitive one.

    I call both versions of Mad World a draw.





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  • HabaneroHabanero Frets: 252
    Dominic said:
    Word Up
    Cameo v Korn

    I was going to say the version by Gun.
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22835
    Habanero said:
    Dominic said:
    Word Up
    Cameo v Korn

    I was going to say the version by Gun.
    They're all good.
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  • slackerslacker Frets: 2238
    Philly_Q said:
    Habanero said:
    Dominic said:
    Word Up
    Cameo v Korn

    I was going to say the version by Gun.
    They're all good.
    Little mix ?
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  • DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5471
    The best Tool cover you will ever hear.



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  • DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5471
    Ike & Tina Turner's version of Proud Mary is a classic, and miles better than the Creedence Clearwater Revival original which just plods along.
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22835
    Sorry to drag this thread back from the dead, but I'd never heard this cover version until last weekend.  I don't think it's better than the original, but I'm very surprised (a) that they chose to record it and (b) that it's really rather wonderful.

    The Beautiful South - Don't Fear The Reaper


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  • Hurling_FruitmigHurling_Fruitmig Frets: 679
    Personal Jesus

    Johnny Cash v Depeche Mode
    I'll get a round to buying a 'real' guitar one day.
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  • pmbombpmbomb Frets: 1169
    Hurling_Fruitmig said:
    Personal Jesus

    Johnny Cash v Depeche Mode
    Also Desperado - murdered by the Eagles rescued by Johnny. Honourable mention for Won't Back Down too.
    Feedback http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/113945/

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  • RockerRocker Frets: 4982
    Don Williams recorded his take of the Merle Haggard song 'Sing me back home', and I think it is better than the original.
    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. [Albert Einstein]

    Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9099
    pmbomb said:

    Also Desperado - murdered by the Eagles rescued by Johnny.


    Every version on that list is a better version than the turgid arse gravy by the Eagles!…
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  • DontgiveupyourdayjobDontgiveupyourdayjob Frets: 3822
    Is this a cover of 'One' by U2, or a cover of 'One' by Metallica? Or is technically both?

    Who cares, either way it's frigging tremendous...


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