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
You fuckers?
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 29 Sep 2025, 11:28
by Swiss.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 28 Sep 2025, 11:00
by Takashi Miike
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 28 Sep 2025, 09:58
by honky cat
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 22:41
by claypole
I feel for you. Chaka Khan
sweetest girl. Madness
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 21:00
by violator
Depeche Mode - Route 66
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 20:29
by honky cat
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 11:35
by only1billybonds
Zeb
I used to drink in the Ruskin Arms,East Ham high street. The lead singer of the resident band was a Scot and they did 'Next ' and 'Framed'. If you closed your eyes, you'd swear Harvey was on the stage.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 11:34
by only1billybonds
Zebra.
I used to drink in the Ruskin Arms,East Ham high street. The lead singer of the resident band was a Scot and they did 'Next ' and 'Framed'. If you closed your eyes, you'd swear Harvey was on the stage.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 11:10
by zebthecat
frank marker" wrote: ↑27 Sep 2025, 07:29
Good morning everyone. This one opens up an interesting tangent.
Scott Walker. Jacky.
Alex Harvey. Next
Bowie. Amsterdam.
The original versions all by Belgian singer / songwriter / actor Jacques Brel of course. Amsterdam was what led me to discovering Brel, who sang in French. Luckily I have enough of a smattering of the language to be able to cope with the lyrics of his songs. I now prefer the original Amsterdam, but not the original 'Au suivant' - Next.
So, any more examples like these? Isn't there an Elvis song in Italian (I'm no expert there). Anyone prefer the original forign language version of a song to the English translation version (often butchered to make it rhyme). Any examples where both are great (Amsterdam) or one is awful?
Next is superb. Alex Harvey could really do self hate and disgust.
Faith Healer is a classic too.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 10:41
by ,
Those were the days, it was a hit for Mary Hopkins and it originated as a Russian folk/romance song.
Paul McCartney played a big part in the musical arrangement and it became a big hit in this country in 1968.
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Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 08:41
by only1billybonds
I remember that film Frank, found it very disturbing at the time.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 08:38
by Gank
frank marker" wrote: ↑27 Sep 2025, 07:29
Good morning everyone. This one opens up an interesting tangent.
Scott Walker. Jacky.
Alex Harvey. Next
Bowie. Amsterdam.
The original versions all by Belgian singer / songwriter / actor Jacques Brel of course. Amsterdam was what led me to discovering Brel, who sang in French. Luckily I have enough of a smattering of the language to be able to cope with the lyrics of his songs. I now prefer the original Amsterdam, but not the original 'Au suivant' - Next.
So, any more examples like these? Isn't there an Elvis song in Italian (I'm no expert there). Anyone prefer the original forign language version of a song to the English translation version (often butchered to make it rhyme). Any examples where both are great (Amsterdam) or one is awful?
99 Luftbalon is better than 99 red balloons
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 08:24
by frank marker
Thanks Billy, I am aware of the German one but will look up the French one. The German one appears in the Film Chsitiane F. I think.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 07:36
by only1billybonds
Frank.
There's a version of 'Heroe's sung by Bowie in German. There's also a version of the same song in French knocking about somewhere.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 07:31
by frank marker
Also...
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 07:29
by frank marker
Good morning everyone. This one opens up an interesting tangent.
Scott Walker. Jacky.
Alex Harvey. Next
Bowie. Amsterdam.
The original versions all by Belgian singer / songwriter / actor Jacques Brel of course. Amsterdam was what led me to discovering Brel, who sang in French. Luckily I have enough of a smattering of the language to be able to cope with the lyrics of his songs. I now prefer the original Amsterdam, but not the original 'Au suivant' - Next.
So, any more examples like these? Isn't there an Elvis song in Italian (I'm no expert there). Anyone prefer the original forign language version of a song to the English translation version (often butchered to make it rhyme). Any examples where both are great (Amsterdam) or one is awful?
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 26 Sep 2025, 23:56
by only1billybonds
Scott Walker. Jacky.
Alex Harvey. Next
Bowie. Amsterdam.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 26 Sep 2025, 23:48
by only1billybonds
Scott Walker. Jacky.
Alex Harvey. Next
Bowie. Amsterdam.
Yeah right. Lets look at my most recent posts on the ''What are you Listening to Now Thread"
The Cult
Sisters Of Mercy
The Cure
Yeah right Europop. .Mugged off again you sad stalker. Stop trolling me. It's embarrassing.
Yeah but Swiss you thought Dave Brubeck wrote Golden Brown you bellend!
What's that got to do with the fact you made a complete lie of a statement that I only listen to europop? You are trying to deflect the fact of being mugged of you mong.
Oh dear Swiss are you ok? 1. I think it was Far Cough that accused you of loving Europop not me and 2. Its you that are deflecting you called me a twat after you mistook a Dave Brubeck video of Take 5 for the original version of Golden Brown, which you have neatly avoided again!
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 26 Sep 2025, 22:45
by oioi
Swiss. wrote: ↑26 Sep 2025, 15:38
Sorry Dolly...Whiteney gets it.
Yawn
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 26 Sep 2025, 17:12
by Mike Oxsaw
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft.
Love the Klaatu original, but the Carpenters version has a much more slick production.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Posted: 26 Sep 2025, 16:04
by mallard
Debatable whether it’s better, but this is a damn good cover…
Far Cough UKunt" wrote: ↑22 Sep 2025, 15:49
Swiss is europop loving bellend.
Yeah right. Lets look at my most recent posts on the ''What are you Listening to Now Thread"
The Cult
Sisters Of Mercy
The Cure
Yeah right Europop. .Mugged off again you sad stalker. Stop trolling me. It's embarrassing.
Yeah but Swiss you thought Dave Brubeck wrote Golden Brown you bellend!
What's that got to do with the fact you made a complete lie of a statement that I only listen to europop? You are trying to deflect the fact of being mugged of you mong.
