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re: Spin Off - Covers that are better known than the original and in a different genre
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:58 pm to TFTC
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:58 pm to TFTC
Here's another one that Cyndi Lauper changed into a big pop ballad and was a huge hit... Jules Shear's version is much more subdued, folkish..
She had a couple more hits off that record that were bigger than the originals... The Brains.. Money Changes Everything and Prince's When U Were Mine..
She had a couple more hits off that record that were bigger than the originals... The Brains.. Money Changes Everything and Prince's When U Were Mine..
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 6:29 am
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Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:03 pm to Kafka
Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:07 pm to Kafka
We seem to have abandoned the "different genre" requirement, so I'll just post this:
Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:15 pm to Kafka
Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:18 pm to Ramblin Wreck
I hung my head - Johnny cash. Originally a Sting song.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:25 pm to Kafka
Warning: Do not watch if you are disturbed by people rrrrrrrrrrolling their R's
Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:28 pm to Kafka
Posted on 1/25/26 at 7:03 am to Kafka
quote:
We seem to have abandoned the "different genre" requirement
I thought that was the interesting part...
Posted on 1/25/26 at 7:35 am to Ramblin Wreck
quote:The absolute worst song I have ever heard in my life. I get irrationally angry when I hear it.
Hardly anyone associates the song Red Red Wine with Neil Diamond. Everyone remembers the UB40 reggae version instead.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:38 am to Ramblin Wreck
Almost no one under a certain age knows the original:
Folk
They know either or both:
Reggae/blues
Youtube Link
Hard rock
Youtube Link
Folk
They know either or both:
Reggae/blues
Youtube Link
Hard rock
Youtube Link
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:40 am to TFTC
Lauper's Money Changes Everything was also a cover of a Brains (Tom Gray) song.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:44 am to Ace Midnight
yeah, I mentioned that in the post for All Though the Night...
Many songs on her debut were covers, but she definitely put her stamp on them...
Many songs on her debut were covers, but she definitely put her stamp on them...
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:46 am to Ace Midnight
I think there are a few other Dylan songs that fall into this category..
I believe Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower is the version most people associate with that song... I wasn't sure about Mr. Tambourine man... both versions are pretty well known...
I believe Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower is the version most people associate with that song... I wasn't sure about Mr. Tambourine man... both versions are pretty well known...
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:55 am to TFTC
quote:
yeah, I mentioned that in the post for All Though the Night...
Sorry, I missed it.
quote:
Many songs on her debut were covers, but she definitely put her stamp on them...
I think the Money cover is a masterpiece. Yeah, only 4 of 10 of the tracks were originals - Time After Time (cowritten with the Hooters' Rob Hyman - and the main Hooters, Hyman and Bazilian were key instrumentalists on the record. Hyman has the backing vocals on Time After Time as well.), She Bop, Witness and I'll Kiss You.
And the only original hits were Time After Time and She Bop. Even the "title" track was an old jazz age tune (Sherman, Lewis and Silver).
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:01 am to Ramblin Wreck
Obviously most people know Hallelujah from Jeff Buckley, John Cale or Shrek, but as one of the most covered songs of the late 20th/early 21st Centuries - the original by Leonard Cohen is typically forgotten by folks (again) under a certain age.
(And Cohen couldn't sing to save his life)
So, here's a link to one of the GOAT covers;
Buckley's Hallelujah
(And Cohen couldn't sing to save his life)
So, here's a link to one of the GOAT covers;
Buckley's Hallelujah
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:17 am to Kafka
quote:
We seem to have abandoned the "different genre" requirement
I think mainly you abandoned it. LOL
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:32 am to Ramblin Wreck
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:41 am to Ramblin Wreck
Also more popular than the original:
Thin Lizzy
This is not the original, but one of the first recordings that brought the old Irish folk song to light:
The Dubliners
Posted on 1/25/26 at 11:26 am to Ace Midnight
quote:
I think the Money cover is a masterpiece.
Yeah, its such a good song.. slightly off topic but Will Johnson/Centro-Matic used to cover it live (not sure if they ever recorded it)... it works slowed down and with a more sparse arrangement too
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 11:27 am
Posted on 1/25/26 at 2:30 pm to Kafka
Ian and Sylvia were absolutely the inspiration for Mitch & Mickey.
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