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Remakes of Popular Songs - Which One Is Better - The Original Or The Remake...?
4/06/11 | MplsSteve

Posted on 04/06/2011 8:48:39 PM PDT by MplsSteve

You know, I started thinking about popular music and how artists do remakes of popular songs.

Here are two songs - one from the original artist and the other who re-did it. Which version was better?

"I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" The Byrds (1965)- from the album "Mr Tambourine Man"

"I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" Tom Petty (1989) - from the album "Full Moon Fever"

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"The First Cut Is The Deepest" Rod Stewart (1976) - from the album "A Night On The Town"

"The First Cut Is The Deepest" Sheryl Crow (2003) - from the album "The Very best Of Sheryl Crow"

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Yes, I know that other artists have done versions of these songs too. If you think another artist has done a better version, let's hear about it.


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To: sleddogs

The Guess Who, hands down.


101 posted on 04/06/2011 9:57:12 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Errant

Nah, Sid Vicious’ “My Way” was the best, it was the perfect song for the credits of “Goodfellas”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIXg9KUiy00


102 posted on 04/06/2011 9:57:53 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Errant

Nah, Sid Vicious’ “My Way” was the best, it was the perfect song for the credits of “Goodfellas”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIXg9KUiy00


103 posted on 04/06/2011 9:57:58 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: sleddogs

I personally like the Guess Who version, but Lenny didn’t stink it up - he just wasn’t as good.


104 posted on 04/06/2011 9:58:24 PM PDT by ExTxMarine ("Convictions are more dangerous to truth than lies." ~ F. Nietzsche)
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To: buccaneer81

The stereo separation on Garfunkel’s is especially nice.


105 posted on 04/06/2011 9:58:48 PM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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To: Richard Kimball
This isn't anyone famous, but he does a heck of a cover of Marty Robbins/Clint Eastwood's Honky Tonk Man

Honky Tonk Man

106 posted on 04/06/2011 9:59:37 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (Proud member of the Keepers Of Odd Knowledge (KOOK))
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To: Revolting cat!

The best!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PoUsRibtE


107 posted on 04/06/2011 9:59:53 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: upsdriver

Garfunkel’s had that mid 70s feel to it (I was 12 when it was released.)


108 posted on 04/06/2011 9:59:55 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: MplsSteve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGkOzikMg10


109 posted on 04/06/2011 10:00:02 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: buccaneer81
I think Benson did a superior job ["This Masqeurade"]. Just me.

You're not alone since Benson netted the Grammy for his cover. I'm pushing 70 so my tastes tend toward the more conventional and I found Benson's styling too jazzy. OTOH, I'm aware that the Carpenters are often derided as elevator music. Yet the sweet purity of Karen Carpenter's voice appeals to me.

Here's a few others that may go against the grain of younger FReepers:

Love Portion #9 - I like the remake by The Searchers better than the original by the Clovers. I think the rather spartan guitar licks are what draws me to the remake.

I Almost Lost My Mind - Pat Boone's version is easier on my ears than Ivory Joe Hunter, who wrote and performed it. Note the absence of the /sarc tag. I just like his smooth delivery in his treatment of this, especially Pat's "Boo Hoo" at the very end. Pat Boone made the song accessible to people of my generation. It's a shame that he's not treated as a serious musician by so many. He contributed a great deal to our culture.

110 posted on 04/06/2011 10:00:37 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: MplsSteve

I prefer the original “Gloria” by Umberto Tozzi, the original “Crazy” by Seal and the original “Baby I Love Your Way” by Peter Frampton. I like the cover of “Iko Iko” from the movie “Rain Man.” I like both versions of “Do it Again” by Steely Dan and Paul Hardcastle. I like Tom Tom Club’s version of “Under the Boardwalk.”


111 posted on 04/06/2011 10:04:38 PM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
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To: buccaneer81

I thought so too, till my son played them side by side. I now think Lenny Kravitz’s version is the best.


112 posted on 04/06/2011 10:04:52 PM PDT by sleddogs
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To: re_nortex

The Carpenters were very talented. My Mom (who passed two years ago at 84) had all their albums. I can listen to them today with fond memories.


113 posted on 04/06/2011 10:05:01 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: re_nortex

Love Portion #9 - I like the remake by The Searchers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rXhXLsNJL8


114 posted on 04/06/2011 10:05:36 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: sleddogs

Having seen the Guess Who live a few times probably skews my preference.


115 posted on 04/06/2011 10:07:21 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: MplsSteve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vankaSlfSr0


116 posted on 04/06/2011 10:07:38 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: upsdriver
Got My Mind Set On You......... George Harrison

I never knew that Harrison's version was a remake until this posting confirming once again that FR has the proverbial smartest people in the room regardless of the subject. Politics, guns, finance and music.

I got to like Harrison's version since it was everywhere on the radio in the 80's and it's very catchy. Or as Mr. White of Play-Tone would say:

SNAPPY!


117 posted on 04/06/2011 10:07:54 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: MplsSteve
Alone Again Or - Love

Alone Again Or - The Damned

One of my all-time favorite guitar openings.

118 posted on 04/06/2011 10:08:03 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: re_nortex
Love Portion #9 - I like the remake by The Searchers better than the original by the Clovers.

I agree!
119 posted on 04/06/2011 10:08:09 PM PDT by ExTxMarine ("Convictions are more dangerous to truth than lies." ~ F. Nietzsche)
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To: re_nortex

Were you a “Rocker” in the 50s?

Johnny Burnett and the Rock’n’Roll Trio The Train Kept a Rollin’

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

vs The Yardbirds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd1gRHk28IE&feature=related


120 posted on 04/06/2011 10:10:28 PM PDT by upsdriver (to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
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