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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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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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How much does George Harrisons' son look like his old man? 


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Sarge wrote: 10 Oct 2025, 22:06 Paul Young is good for a few covers. 
im going to get pelters for this but on No Parlez he  covered Love Will Tear Us Apart and its a cracker.



 
 
 
I saw him at Wembley Arena (not performing) earlier this year. He was walking very stiffly with a walking stick after an accident in 2024. Hopefully he'll be making a full recovery.
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Gladys knights cover of Chris Christophersons help me make it through the night
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Sarge wrote: 10 Oct 2025, 22:06 Paul Young is good for a few covers. 
im going to get pelters for this but on No Parlez he  covered Love Will Tear Us Apart and its a cracker.




 
I also preferred Paul Young’s version of Love Will Tear us Apart 
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Paul Young is good for a few covers. 
im going to get pelters for this but on No Parlez he  covered Love Will Tear Us Apart and its a cracker.



 
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Nirvana never sounded this good...


 
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One of my all time favourite covers.



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I could have picked any number of tunes from this album.

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DJ Sammy.   Heaven
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Little footnote, perhaps for "Unchained Melody", if it's not already had a mention?
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Una paloma blanca - The Wurzels
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Far Cough UKunt" wrote: 08 Oct 2025, 09:36
Bungo wrote: 08 Oct 2025, 08:23
It was a bit surreal as if you looked up, there was Cher sat in the balcony.
I don't BELIEVE that. 😁
I see what you did there...😁
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Bungo wrote: 08 Oct 2025, 08:23 I was at an fairly small Bon Jovi show at the Astoria in the early 90s. They opened with what was a truly remarkable cover of With A Little Help From My Friends. 

Like them or not it was a magnificent display of sheer pro musicianship. The backing vocals alone were vast in their scale and precision. Been to so many gigs and that moment really stood out as special.

It was a bit surreal as if you looked up, there was Cher sat in the balcony.
I don't BELIEVE that. 😁
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Mike Oxsaw" wrote: 08 Oct 2025, 05:58 Does "Only You" by the Flying Pickets count?
That reminds me...Alison Moyet - Love Letters
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I was at an fairly small Bon Jovi show at the Astoria in the early 90s. They opened with what was a truly remarkable cover of With A Little Help From My Friends. 

Like them or not it was a magnificent display of sheer pro musicianship. The backing vocals alone were vast in their scale and precision. Been to so many gigs and that moment really stood out as special.

It was a bit surreal as if you looked up, there was Cher sat in the balcony.
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Does "Only You" by the Flying Pickets count?
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I'm a bit undecided on this. But it's a great cover, by great singers of a great song. Happy memories of this time, out and about and following the hammers. 

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Love is The Answer - England Dan & John For Coley (Utopia)

These Days - Glen Campbell (Jackson Browne)

With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker (Beatles)


 
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