Unusual and GOOD cover versions

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Better than the original?

Hardly unusual.
And far more MOR radio US friendly than than the original. . . .not that the original isn't already radio friendly .

 

[SpookyFrank]

This is a much better song without that coke-addled prick Clapton and his shit Hendrix impressions.

 

[blossie33]

This is a much better song without that coke-addled prick Clapton and his shit Hendrix impressions.

Yes, that's really nice!
Have you read the history of the band?

Rotary Connection - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Interesting.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Yes, that's really nice!
Have you read the history of the band?

Rotary Connection - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Interesting.

Yeah I've heard of them because of Minnie Riperton who I love. They made an album with Howlin Wolf, which he hated, and then put the fact he hated it in big letters on the cover

 

[purves grundy]

No, but I found an awful Italo version:

Probably not the one but it's ace!

rooster burns & stetson revolting?



they've made a interesting medley of specials and morricone too, dunno if i'm completely sold
otherwise there's a swing version with richard cheese.

None of the above, although there are some crackers among those. It's this

 

[hipipol]

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

None of the above, although there are some crackers among those. It's this

Obviously not the same tune, but do they even use the same chords?

 

[Fez909]

just stumbled on this nice disco version of Otis:




eta: apparently the Otis version is a cover...by quite a few years. First recorded in 1932! Wow

 

[nogojones]

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[nogojones]

 

[hipipol]

 

[hipipol]

 

[ska invita]

liking this cover of VOodOo Raay - unusual but works

 

[blossie33]

I love that - it's from a compilation album I see, the DJ/artist is Sultan Shakes.

 

[surreybrowncap]

 

[ska invita]

I love that - it's from a compilation album I see, the DJ/artist is Sultan Shakes.

Heard it played out on the weekend, sounded good on a system.


I checked the rest of the comp but it's not really me.
Couldnt see a lot of other tunes by Sultan Shakes out there at all tbh.

 

[blossie33]

Heard it played out on the weekend, sounded good on a system.


I checked the rest of the comp but it's not really me.
Couldnt see a lot of other tunes by Sultan Shakes out there at all tbh.

I had a look at that too - not really me either
I can't see very much about him on the web, was wondering if he was a UK artist.

Edit to add, he's on FB but not posted anything since 2019.

 

[surreybrowncap]

 

[ska invita]

liking this cover of VOodOo Raay - unusual but works

off the back of that this might be of interest..,this track from 1990 is not a remix of Voodoo Ray but Joey blatantly went in the studio and thought how can i rip it off in every single way:

 

[blossie33]

Gosh yes he did, didn't he

 

[Sprocket.]

 

[ska invita]

Checking out a bit of Biily Preston from wathcing the Beatles doc - this is from 1969 and the album that came out on the Beatles Apple label (album also feat George Harrison Ginger Baker Keith Richards and Eric Clapton)
This is an interesting take on Hey Joe:


also on that album title track That's The Way God Planned It seems to be a play on Let It Be

 

[nogojones]

 

[Elpenor]

Always liked this cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart by June Tabor & the Oysterband

 

[A380]

What when the cover version is better and more well known than the Dr Hook original?

 

[zahir]

 

[zahir]

 

[zahir]

 

[hipipol]