[Music] 10 years of Cover versions that absolutely SPANK the originals .......... over to you

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

SO bloomin' gorgeous

 

[BN9 BHA]

THREAD COMPLETED!

https://youtu.be/8PLE3IjTRb8

Why have I not seen this before? I honestly had to put my tea down then………wonderful

 

[Is it PotG?]

Sorry Leonard, this is tops mate.

 

[studio150]

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Original by Devo

https://youtu.be/Fww4Md5pKQ8

The cover that spanks the original.by Demented Are Go

https://youtu.be/Wo2biIkKjIk

 

[Lethargic]

https://youtu.be/CZHWy6W00oM

I didn't think you could improve on Led Zeppelin but this is just quality.

 

[jakarta]

Al Green wonderful song but this gives it another dimension.

Maybe it's the Big Suit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM

 

[studio150]

Leo Sayer has just released a whole album of Beatles covers, they are certainly all different from the originals as illustrated by:

 

[jimhigham]

Heard my daughter listening to this recently. She’s 22 and had no idea it was a cover. I rather like it. Not a complete reimagining but takes what was an out and out pop tune and gives it just a little more menace in the chorus.

 

[Seagull58]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNsCpmHbltU

Much as I like Van the Man this version knocks it out of the park. So much energy.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Probably put this up before

But worth repeating. When MBV followed up the greatest album of all
time by releasing 2 songs in 20 years ... A cover of Wire and a cover of Louis Armstrong

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LUBcqs0Z9QA



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1fajvqa50Jc

 

[Pevenseagull]

Bongwater, Screaming Jay Hawkins, The Pussywillows and one of The Grateful Dead cover Roky Eriksson

Get past the screaming bit, it's wonderful

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ewp1ETyIilM

 

[Pevenseagull]

Adaption of folk song popularised by Lead Belly ... Possibly recorded under the influence of something or other


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Asb4l5thyM8

 

[birthofanorange]

https://youtu.be/CZHWy6W00oM

I didn't think you could improve on Led Zeppelin but this is just quality.

Did you see them in Brighton (December 1990)? The Event, I think it was.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

 

[studio150]

I had survived until today without knowing that Boney M had covered this Marley classic. I assume someone must like this version.

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[Stato]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agL9ftHYrRQ&t=1s

Strange one this. 'Ca Pleine Pour moi' (Apparently translating as 'It's all working out for me') wasn't actually a cover version, but the Belgian producers took the backing track and used it to make both the French language hit and an English language song with different lyrics called 'Jet Boy Jet Girl' by the band Elton Motello. This was news to me. I've just looked into it having heard the Elton Motello song for the first time today on a punk compilation. It's probably not news to old fans of The Damned as they covered it. It sounds like Sensible on the vocals of their version.

Like most people I obviously know 'Ca Pleine Pour Moi' far better and would say that the singer on that does a more impressive job on the 'Ooh ooh ooh ooh' than his English counterpart. The English song is a fascinating thing though. The lyrics are completely different and, given their content you can see why it didn't chart like the Bertrand version. I don't know which I prefer, but I've posted the Plastique version so as not to cause offence. The English one is a gay love song, be warned that it contains reference to acts that are still illegal, even today following the equalising of the age of consent. It also has a bit of violent imagery, reference to glue sniffing and a refrain so blatant that it certainly wouldn't have snuck past the daytime radio censors. The story behind the record is here: http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/eltonmotello.htm and there is a translation of the nonsense that Plastique (or was it Plastique) is singing here: https://genius.com/Genius-english-t...-ca-plane-pour-moi-english-translation-lyrics

Fascinating stuff for a music geek like me.

 

[Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper]

"Party All The Time" by Eddie Murphy is an absolute bop IMHO...however I absolutely adore the cover from New Jersey progressive rock & metal/jazz fusion band Thank You Scientist. Genuinely in the conversation for my favourite cover of all time. Also love that the commitment to parodying the video for the original.

 

[Pevenseagull]

"Seals and Crofts" good

this better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4YklqpJaUQ&ab_channel=TobyC