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what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original?

The first ones to come to mind are Whitney’s version of I Will Always Love You and Allen Stone’s Georgia On My Mind but I would love to hear other contributions as well! I feel like there are a lot of songs where a covered version gets more popular than the original and people end up not realizing that it is a cover (ex. i had a friend that genuinely believed the Jonas Brothers wrote Year 3000). so, what‘a a song that was written by one artist but (figuratively) owned by another?

kazana
inscrutable
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@jimcrane since you mentioned it, if you’ve not heard, check out the Canadian Tenors version … very different treatment from most and probably my favorite.

And can’t wait for the new doc to be more widely available.

mksun
430 posts
 

Feeling Alright - Joe Cocker

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

jimcrane
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@inscrutable, thanks for the rec! I hadn’t heard their version before. You’re correct that it’s a unique approach to the song, and a really good one. Beautiful harmonies and strong individual singing. 

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larsman
1,779 posts
 

@rrm - how is it compared to Kris Kristofferson's original? 

jpwarren58
619 posts
 

Lyle Lovet's version of Friend of the Devil

 

Hard for me to admit, but it is better. 

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