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donkey
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« on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 14:56:16 »

As we have no game today I thought I'd start this thread... and it's sister one, too.  Only rule is to post both the cover and original for comparison.  Also, just because you prefer the cover doesn't mean you think the original is shit.

I open with...



Original

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« Reply #1 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 15:02:40 »

How odd. I was just playing this cover version this morning, which I think is actually better than the original:



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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 15:06:02 »

And while we're surfing this particular wave, JC adds serious weight to the DM tune:



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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 15:17:56 »

As we have no game today I thought I'd start this thread... and it's sister one, too.  Only rule is to post both the cover and original for comparison.  Also, just because you prefer the cover doesn't mean you think the original is shit.

I open with...



Original


Saw the thread title and that's exactly what I came in here to post! Amazing track.
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 15:18:10 »

An excuse to post something King's X related



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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 15:53:06 »






Most of the stuff on Kicking Against the Pricks stands up well when compared to the originals.
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 16:03:28 »

Always liked the work of Marc Almond... so give this

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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 16:11:22 »

   This didn't float my boat in 68....

   

   But this did

 

  Julie Driscoll fired my teenage lad imagination, I wanted to find a mysterioius bird like her.
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 16:33:56 »

No-one but Reg remembers the 1968 original, but this cover is gorgeous. Ironically, the two divas got on so badly they couldn't bear to stick around to make a video:



Original:
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 16:52:02 »

r.e.s.p.e.c.t


original good



cover, better

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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 17:17:23 »

Hurt by JC would definately be up there for me.

Here is a good one. Written by Prince for The Family originally.



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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 17:18:43 »

Another favourite of mine.



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« Reply #12 on: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 20:18:29 »

   This didn't float my boat in 68....

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mlzUHxNMV8

   But this did

 

  Julie Driscoll fired my teenage lad imagination, I wanted to find a mysterioius bird like her.

Here you go Reg  Wink

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« Reply #13 on: Sunday, December 1, 2019, 08:12:44 »

No More I Love Yous.

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« Reply #14 on: Sunday, December 1, 2019, 08:20:41 »

As we have no game today I thought I'd start this thread... and it's sister one, too.  Only rule is to post both the cover and original for comparison.  Also, just because you prefer the cover doesn't mean you think the original is shit.

I open with...



Original


I only discovered this song this year....and it was the Johnny Cash version I heard first. I was gobsmacked to discover that it was a cover version... the JC version sounded so incredibly personal and heart rending, I couldn't believe it wasn't the original... amazing song...blows the NIN version out the water...
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