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Wed Jun-17-09 02:40 PM
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Remakes of songs that are better than the originals. |
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Tops on my list: Wall of Voodoo's remake of "Ring of Fire". It's stark, weird, unsettling and all-around kick-ass.
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:48 PM
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1. The Residents version of Teddy Bear |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFTFIcvz6oAlso, staying with Elvis tunes, the Dead Kennedys version of Viva Las Vegas kicks ass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HopguzRmq0s
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:49 PM
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2. Johhny Cash's version of NIN's "Hurt" |
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Not a huge Cash fan, but that was unbelievably moving.
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:54 PM
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6. I gotta agree with you on that one. |
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:18 PM
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Thu Jun-18-09 12:00 AM
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43. I was thinking that, and then I saw you list it. |
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:49 PM
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:59 PM
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10. And Faith No More's "Easy" |
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:08 PM
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16. much better than the original! |
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:52 PM
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4. It sure as hell isn't this current version of A-Ha's "Take On Me" |
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:52 PM
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5. Nights in White Satin:Dickies |
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:56 PM
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The Paragons recorded it originally in the 60s in Jamaica. Blondie perfected it the next decade.
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:59 PM
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9. Huh. I did not know that was a remake... |
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I LOVE Blondie btw. You actually learned me somthin!:P
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:02 PM
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Every girl wants you to be her man But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn
Doesn't really rhyme, does it?
Every man wants you to be his girl But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn
It's forced but it rolls off the tongue better.
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Wed Jun-17-09 02:58 PM
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8. I Always Liked CCR's Version of "Midnight Special" |
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But I'll probably be taken to task for saying that.
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:03 PM
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Covered by the Grateful Dead
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:06 PM
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13. Rise Against - "Any Way You Want It" |
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:06 PM
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14. UB40 - Can't Help Falling in Love |
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:07 PM
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Edited on Wed Jun-17-09 03:09 PM by AllenVanAllen
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:12 PM
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17. For the Christian crowd: |
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Wed Jun-17-09 11:51 PM
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40. I really enjoy DC Talk. Good choice. |
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:12 PM
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18. Zappa's cover of "Stairway To Heaven" |
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:13 PM
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:16 PM
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20. Blondie's Hanging on the Telephone |
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Suck it music snobs.
Yes the Nerve, or whatever the hell band did the original, had a certain charm.
But Deborah Harry just rocks.
Of course the original is a little more believable.
Who the hell would leave Deborah Harry hanging on the telephone?
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:17 PM
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Have to agree. They play the original every now and again on The Ramones punk show on Sirius. Anyhow, it's not really that great.
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Wed Jun-17-09 03:54 PM
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23. Whitney Houston's version of I Will Always Love You |
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Wed Jun-17-09 04:07 PM
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24. Hendrix-All Along the Watchtower...The Beachboys-Cottonfields |
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and not better , but equally good; just different: Levon Helm-Atlantic City, and Al Wilson-Lodi
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Wed Jun-17-09 04:54 PM
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25. Ray Charles--Yesterday |
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Wed Jun-17-09 05:00 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmHVU0BUTF4Sad songs and Waltzes.. cake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTA5KhkaNUQSAD SONGS AND WALTZES (originally by Willie Nelson) This is a cover by Merle Haggard and I think i like this version better than Willies too
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Wed Jun-17-09 05:15 PM
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28. Brothers Johnson - "Strawberry Letter 23" |
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Wed Jun-17-09 11:25 PM
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36. Actually, if that was a serious question... |
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Shuggie Otis is the son of the legendary R&B bandleader Johnny Otis ( Willie and the Hand Jive, etc)and was considered a teenage guitar prodigy in the late 60's/ early 70's...played bass on Frank Zappa's Peaches En Regalia...
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Wed Jun-17-09 11:42 PM
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39. No, it wasn't a serious question. It was facetious, or rhetorical, whichever you prefer... |
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:)
I know who Shuggie Otis and his father are, I was just saying that The Brothers Johnson (IMHO) obliterated his version of that song with theirs. I'd even go so far as to declare it one of the best songs of the 70's, honest to God.
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Wed Jun-17-09 11:57 PM
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41. OK ,wasn't sure, but agree about Brothers Johnson -a classic |
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Edited on Wed Jun-17-09 11:57 PM by abq e streeter
my old roommate saw them relatively recently in NY ( 2 or 3 years ago maybe; said they were still great) and wore his Brothers Johnson t-shirt to the Springsteen concert we went to in Denver this April. A street vendor saw Gene in that shirt when we were walking around downtown Denver that afternoon, and made a big deal over it, saying he didn't know that anybody but him still was into them, and Gene started raving about what a great show it had been etc...:toast:
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Wed Jun-17-09 11:59 PM
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42. Yeah, I'm actually a young 'un myself. I actually first heard that song via "Jackie Brown." |
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Wed Jun-17-09 05:18 PM
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Wed Jun-17-09 08:50 PM
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30. Elbow's cover of "Independent Woman" |
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Wed Jun-17-09 08:53 PM
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31. Mad World covered by Gary Jules. |
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Wed Jun-17-09 09:12 PM
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Beautiful version of the Tears for Fears tune.
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Wed Jun-17-09 09:50 PM
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33. Aerosmith's remake of "Come Together." |
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I can guess some of the reactions that will get, but I am a hardcore Beatles hater. Not by choice, I just am. Can't stand 'em. I would guess that any remake of any Beatles song would be preferable to the original (to me, that is), even if the version were country or rap ( :puke: ).
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Wed Jun-17-09 09:55 PM
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34. Aretha's version of "Respect" |
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She owns the song.
Even though the original was written, and recorded by the late and very great Otis Redding.
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Wed Jun-17-09 11:30 PM
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37. I can't believe no one , including myself, had thought of this one till you did... |
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Otis at Monterrey: "this girl, she just TOOK this song, but I'm still gonna do it anyway".
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Wed Jun-17-09 10:07 PM
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35. Van Halen - You Really Got Me |
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Nothing against the Kinks original, great for the times, but Van Halen improved on it drastically. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2TyVuYL8bM
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Wed Jun-17-09 11:31 PM
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38. Marvin Gaye-Grapevine, and Aretha again-left Dionne Warwick's original version of |
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Edited on Wed Jun-17-09 11:32 PM by abq e streeter
I Say a Little Prayer in the dust
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Thu Jun-18-09 12:02 AM
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44. Johnny Cash's version of Ring of Fire. |
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Thu Jun-18-09 12:04 AM
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45. suprisingly, Mandy Moore's remake of "Umbrella" by Rhianna |
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