Covers that are better than the original

This may not be the best cover of Red House although I like the guitar work. I went to high school with the guitarist for one year. HE was a corporate CEO who became a professional musician after he retired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUTLGUqv2o

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Faith Hill performs ABBA's The Winner Takes It All.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JqxSRVU0qk

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@wandeljw,

Nice

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The Hollie's first 45 was a cover of a Coasters B-side. (Ain't That) Just Like Me.
Bummer I can't find the Coasters version.

As you can hear, "I Saw Her Standing There" had a big influence on British bands.

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I hesitate to say that this cover is better than the original, but I really love this:

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marvin doing a beatles tune...

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technically, I'm not sure which is cover, Beatles or Stones, for "I Wanna Be Your Man", since McCartney wrote it but Stones recorded first. Anyway, Stones version is definitive IMO.

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@yitwail,

I agree

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A truly great acapella performance of "Like A Prayer"

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Gypsy Kings--Hotel California

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@raprap,

What do you think?

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@panzade,

It is the same chord progression--and at the time I liked Jethro Tull much better then the Eagles--

My opinion of Hotel California by the Eagles was it never seemed to end, but that feeling about the song changed the first time I saw the Great Lebowski.

Since then I've become a Dudeist.

Rap

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@raprap,

speaking of chord changes, how many tunes have Louie/Louie chords? notable ones, to me anyway, are:

La Bamba
Twist & Shout
Sweets For My Sweet
Wild Thing
Hang On Sloopy

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@yitwail,

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a common theme in much classical music.

Rap

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@raprap,

Well, i had fun researching original lyrics to "Ah! Vous dirai-je Maman". Never did realizie it's also the ABC song. But not sure how it relates to Louie, Louie.

Quote:

Ah! Vous dirai-je Maman
Ce qui cause mon tourment ?
Papa veut que je raisonne
Comme une grande personne
Moi je dis que les bonbons
Valent mieux que la raison.

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I was once an Ian Anderson fan. However, after seeing an old tape of Anderson chatting with Letterman when all three of us were around 35, I was totally turned off to the flutist. I thought him insolent and snobbish. I found the song by Jethro Tull boring, although I still love several Tull songs and have a few on some of my youtube playlists (around 50 and counting).

I always found Hotel California bombastic but the Gypsy Kings rule! Great cover and much better than either original.

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@plainoldme,

Covers are always better to the young 'uns.

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@Rockhead,

I always forget how much I love Marvin Gaye's voice. Thanks for posting that - I hadn't heard that version before.

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@Rockhead,

sweeeet

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