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Title: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 28, 2011, 09:27:14 pm: Go on.

I'll start

The Crickets - I Fought The Law (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLO3Ny-j1AU&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: nai on January 28, 2011, 09:57:21 pm: Good one

GLORIA JONES- "TAINTED LOVE" (1964) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: nai on January 28, 2011, 10:01:41 pm: Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQriZQbTcjk#)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 28, 2011, 10:12:14 pm: Craig and Charlie who?

500 Miles By Hedy West (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwnNdqpCF8Q#)

(Yes, yes. I know it's a different song, and (I would walk) 500 miles is original. Don't all write in)
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Post by: Will Hunt on January 28, 2011, 10:26:05 pm: YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz7OfuTbCO4#)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 28, 2011, 10:39:50 pm: Kirsty MacColl - They Don't Know (1979) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHnYJgjDQiw#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 28, 2011, 11:16:55 pm: Quote from: nai on January 28, 2011, 09:57:21 pm
Good one

GLORIA JONES- "TAINTED LOVE" (1964) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U#)

You do realise, don't you, anything, and I mean anything I do from now on is nothing more than a desperate rearguard action?
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 29, 2011, 12:53:58 am: And before I go offmans for the weekend...

Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: nai on January 29, 2011, 07:37:58 am: Couple of "Dexy's" tracks:

Remember this on TOTP with a picture of Jocky Wilson behind them?

Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said - live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X86C6kFEA6Y#)

An album track so maybe not as well known

Chuck Wood - Seven Days Too Long (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ZRDeKLyqk#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: nai on January 29, 2011, 07:58:12 am: All mine seem to be from a certain era and genre :-\

Dandy Livingstone- Rudy, A Message To You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWWUQNSV2E#)

Dear Prudence-The Beatles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ppmdvXsMBE#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: nai on January 29, 2011, 08:20:32 am: John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (1971) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=056Qdo_cmCM#)
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Post by: SA Chris on January 29, 2011, 10:49:52 am: The original original

Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain (Live in Chicago - 1979) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_MDIYhPH0#)

One of many of his songs covered to death.
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: 205Chris on January 29, 2011, 07:25:41 pm: James Ray - I've Got My Mind Set On You (Parts 1 & 2) [Stereo - 1962] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuqGm6FwZgY#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: Duma on January 29, 2011, 09:39:18 pm: Great thread.
Express Yourself - Charles Wright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYi8lA9y_BY#ws)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: grumpycrumpy on January 30, 2011, 10:34:15 am: As this version was released after P.P. Arnold's technically it's a cover version ...... Still brilliant though ....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBccr-aLu4l# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBccr-aLu4l#) ..... And he sold it to her for thirty quid ......
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on January 31, 2011, 08:27:53 pm: Jacques Brel - Le moribond (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-3YFPxLuCo#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: nai on January 31, 2011, 09:32:26 pm: Marvin Gaye - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tzY309xuYE#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: nai on February 18, 2011, 09:28:35 pm: Who'd have thought it

The Paragons- Tide is High (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwSPmT3ujU&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 18, 2011, 09:40:06 pm: Quote from: nai on February 18, 2011, 09:28:35 pm
Who'd have thought it

The Paragons- Tide is High (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwSPmT3ujU&feature=related#)

Did you not know the majority of Mistress Harworth and her merry band of troubadours finest examples of their oeuvres were covers?*
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(I still prefer Blondie's versions tho'

But still. Randy and the Rainbows were honest enough to be grateful, way back when in the 1980's

[off topic]

Randy and the Rainbows - Debbie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhoGQz2xT6M&feature=related#)

[/off topic]

* a function of "needing to get out more", age, pedantry, and sheer bloody-mindedness
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: nai on February 18, 2011, 09:53:36 pm: I never knew, no wonder she had to do so many comebacks, obviously made nothing from royalties.

even the most unlikely ones

The Nerves - Hanging on the Telephone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Kh4wCiDz0#ws)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 18, 2011, 10:11:08 pm: jimmie driftwood---the battle of new orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKk3Q8CgNCE#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: robertostallioni on February 18, 2011, 10:16:10 pm: I prefer Lonny's voice.

Lonnie Donnegan - The Battle Of New Orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI4t0NpF3z8#)

What about this with the Bandits "Snowman"

Jerry Reed & Glen Campbell - "Battle of New Orleans" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw5ILRiYAbo#)

its all avoiding the issue though. This is like pouring liquid chocolate into your ears

Empire Total War: Johnny Cash The Battle of New Orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CvlhvcwD5s#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: robertostallioni on February 18, 2011, 10:39:19 pm: I get it now. They should have been on the covers thread. Ok. Here we go....

This was my first vinyl musical memory, while sitting on my grandpa's knee, playing with his old 7"s.

Tommy Steele - Little White Bull (1959) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ZCywkPtBQ&playnext=1&list=PL7C6EEC3ECEA625F4#)

No covers of this....flawless..

Neil Diamond - Song sung blue 1974 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru6oaMLzXYA&feature=related#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 19, 2011, 11:17:49 am: Quote from: robertostallioni on February 18, 2011, 10:16:10 pm
I prefer Lonny's voice.

Lonnie Donnegan - The Battle Of New Orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI4t0NpF3z8#)

What about this with the Bandits "Snowman"

Jerry Reed & Glen Campbell - "Battle of New Orleans" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw5ILRiYAbo#)

its all avoiding the issue though. This is like pouring liquid chocolate into your ears

Empire Total War: Johnny Cash The Battle of New Orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CvlhvcwD5s#)

No Johnny Horton?

Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans 1959 Best Video Quality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsRK3DNoa_Q#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: robertostallioni on February 20, 2011, 08:48:44 pm: Quote
No Johnny Horton?

Bit homoerotic for me :lol:

One of mum and dads first "tapes". Billy Joel, an innocent man. This was (obviously) about his main squeeze, Christie Brinkley.

Blokes dancing round cars? - Oozes Testosterone....

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jy0YmvGc6o#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 25, 2011, 12:14:02 am: - and to follow up the other thread, here's how it should have sounded

(sadly. original artists unavailable)

http://bit.ly/MolBd (http://bit.ly/MolBd)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: SA Chris on February 25, 2011, 09:06:06 pm: Funkier than any chilli

Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZ3ZG_Wams#)

also

Stevie Wonder - As (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYQfWJNWe3I#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: fried on February 26, 2011, 11:26:29 am: Crazy Horse / I Don't Want To Talk About It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN8uiFnkz-w&feature=player_detailpage#)

Hadn't heard this for a while, but thought I'd educate the missus a bit last night.

Also gives me the chance to use that desert emoticon for another reason (if I can find it!)

:tumble:
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Post by: SA Chris on February 26, 2011, 09:22:12 pm: A Fugees double header (two times)

The Delfonics"Ready Or Not Here I Come(Cant Hide From Love)" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezMoBz2EEMI#)

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpNdMIAnKko#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: robertostallioni on February 26, 2011, 09:29:46 pm: Ice-T 99 Problems.

NSFWoteva.

Ice T 99 Problems (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bicN4ryVQSI#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: robertostallioni on March 03, 2011, 08:44:13 pm: Glenn Madeiros can fuck right off

George Benson - Nothing's Gonna Change (Original) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21RVgBu5o2c#)

Georgey B has got form... this is like rubbing Galaxy in your ears. GurglingGussetsGuaranteed.

George Benson singing "In Your Eyes" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o24dxeqYKgg#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: robertostallioni on March 03, 2011, 09:38:46 pm: PIRATES!
This could never have a cover. ever.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oul-fXmiVAM)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: robertostallioni on May 21, 2011, 10:23:51 pm: My Toot Toot - Rockin' Sidney (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2gp_BConUo#)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: fried on October 06, 2011, 06:01:15 pm: The Ronettes - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZovCE4byCY#)

I didn't even know this was a cover until last night's circulatory Bert Jansch wake.
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: robertostallioni on October 08, 2011, 10:03:20 pm: Cat Stevens - Father and Son (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-7c4VNGOgU#ws)

Cat Stevens - The First Cut Is The Deepest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBccr-aLu4I#)
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Post by: robertostallioni on October 12, 2011, 03:02:24 pm: Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IfHDi-2EA#)
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Post by: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on April 11, 2012, 12:57:12 am: TOGETHER FOREVER - RAB NOAKES (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC-k3yTd8Rg#)

(120 days be damned!)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: Percy B on August 08, 2012, 09:47:43 pm: Sorry Lemmy, Formby was first.....
Ace of Spades - George Formby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bDepUPeYC4#)

or maybe not...
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: Jaspersharpe on November 09, 2012, 12:58:44 pm: I'll put this where it's supposed to be then.....

The Knife - Heartbeats on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/10377992)
Title: Re: Best non-cover versions.
Post by: Muenchener on November 12, 2012, 10:19:08 am: Quote from: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on February 19, 2011, 11:17:49 am
Quote from: robertostallioni on February 18, 2011, 10:16:10 pm
I prefer Lonny's voice.

Lonnie Donnegan - The Battle Of New Orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI4t0NpF3z8#)

What about this with the Bandits "Snowman"

Jerry Reed & Glen Campbell - "Battle of New Orleans" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw5ILRiYAbo#)

its all avoiding the issue though. This is like pouring liquid chocolate into your ears

Empire Total War: Johnny Cash The Battle of New Orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CvlhvcwD5s#)

No Johnny Horton?

Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans 1959 Best Video Quality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsRK3DNoa_Q#)

I'm coming rather late to this one, but I hated Cornershop's version of The Battle of New Orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNM0Od9rcMI#ws)

so much that I deleted it from my music collection to avoid ever accidentally listening to it again, even though I normally like Cornershop and being from Leicester is a major point in Tijinder Singh's favour.

(Oops, this probably belongs in Worst Cover Versions)