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Far Cough UKunt
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Covered songs better than the original.

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Subjective, I know but anyway:

Hurt - Johnny Cash - original - Nine Inch Nails
This Flight Tonight - Nazareth - original - Joni Mitchell
In My Life - Johnny Cash - original - The Beatles
The Price of Love - Bryan Ferry - original - The Everly Brothers

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Probably not better, but a good cover and RIP

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Swiss. wrote: 23 Oct 2025, 16:49 OK maybe not. Still I like really it.

I do think this is better 
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OK maybe not. Still I like really it.

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Cowboy Junkies - Ooh Las Vegas (original by Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris)

Link: https://youtu.be/SGxm1j5NsFU?si=GkbsXdUMwal2QS6D
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Carter USM covering Trouble by Shampoo
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Twist and Shout by The Beatles 
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Swiss is gonna love this one. And if he doesnt, he's such a gayer..







Ok, technically a sample but I don't care. Both bangers.
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Rock and,indeed, Roll

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Rubble again" wrote: 14 Oct 2025, 17:54 I often do something similar to 'Cover to Cover' in class, the students complete the missing lyrics and then write which version they prefer. Post Modern Jukebox, a group with assorted guest singers, do covers in different music styles and have some interesting stuff.
Nice idea, although depending on the ages of the students, I would personally be prepared for some 'interesting' replacement lyrics!
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Ok this was written by Neil Diamond but not sure he performed it before or after this version

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mallard wrote: 14 Oct 2025, 18:53 I prefer the Rufus Wainwright version, having said that, both are better than Coen’s
I'd like to hear his dad take the piss out of it. It's awful whoever does it.
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mallard wrote: 14 Oct 2025, 18:53 I prefer the Rufus Wainwright version, having said that, both are better than Coen’s
Not aware of that one - I'll need to sniff it out. Thanks.
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I prefer the Rufus Wainwright version, having said that, both are better than Coen’s
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Has Jeff Buckley's  "Hallelujah" raised it's pretty little head yet?
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I often do something similar to 'Cover to Cover' in class, the students complete the missing lyrics and then write which version they prefer. Post Modern Jukebox, a group with assorted guest singers, do covers in different music styles and have some interesting stuff.
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zebthecat wrote: 12 Oct 2025, 16:09
Bungo wrote: 12 Oct 2025, 15:23
Swiss. wrote: 12 Oct 2025, 15:06
But it's not originally a Nirvana song is it ? 😊
The statement stands on its own merit.👍😉
This version of the riff precedes both.

Good point...very similar. 
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Bungo wrote: 12 Oct 2025, 15:23
Swiss. wrote: 12 Oct 2025, 15:06
Bungo wrote: 09 Oct 2025, 09:48 Nirvana never sounded this good...



 
But it's not originally a Nirvana song is it ? 😊
The statement stands on its own merit.👍😉
This version of the riff precedes both.

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Swiss. wrote: 12 Oct 2025, 15:06
Bungo wrote: 09 Oct 2025, 09:48 Nirvana never sounded this good...

 
But it's not originally a Nirvana song is it ? 😊
The statement stands on its own merit.👍😉
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Bungo wrote: 09 Oct 2025, 09:48 Nirvana never sounded this good...



 
But it's not originally a Nirvana song is it ? 😊

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I come back to this quite a lot, a nice easy Sunday album. 

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Talking of George Harrison- I got my Mind Set in You

Respect-Aretha Franklin 
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