Best Cover Song
Best Cover Song
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:02pm
Who in your opinion did the best cover of someone else's song?
I like Bette Midler's cover of Joni Mitchell's "For Free" I think she did a better job than Joni, turning Joni's ballad into an uptempo.
I also like Greg Laswell's version of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." His version creates a new meaning to the song. Not better than Cyndi's version, just different.
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#2Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:19pm
Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah", just forget about all the overexposure.
This may make short work of your thread, but here's the Top 50 according to a BBC poll (reported in The Guardian), with Pet Shop Boys at No.1.
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Updated On: 1/20/15 at 04:19 PM
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#4Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:34pm
Greg Laswell - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Aron Wright/Jill Andrews - We Built This City
Karise Eden - It's a Man's World
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:44pm
"but here's the Top 50 according to The Guardian"
A British newspaper and they don't even list Cilla Black's "Anyone Who Had A Heart" which put Black on the musical map.
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#6Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:47pm
"I also like Greg Laswell's version of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." His version creates a new meaning to the song. Not better than Cyndi's version, just different."
I agree with that. That's what i think of Glee's cover of "No One is Alone" from Into the Woods. They created a new meaning.
"Touch the Sky" by Julie Fowl from Disney's Brave covered in a nice rock touch by PelleK from YouTube.
Jeremy Little's version of "If I Only had a Brain"
"My Sacrifice" by Creed. Covered by Boyce Avenue.
#7Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:50pm
"A British newspaper and they don't even list Cilla Black's "Anyone Who Had A Heart" which put Black on the musical map."
That's because Dionne's is better sung and produced. 
(It's always hard with songs from that era as often a song would be recorded by multiple performers--particularly between the UK and US--around the same time and, even if done a year or so later, it wasn't really considered a cover the way we think of now.)
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:51pmBut Cilla's version outsold Dionne's in the UK.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:54pm
Going with Eric's idea that multiple versions of a song could be released and not considered a cover (and this isn't really a cover because it's her song):
I enjoy both versions of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow." The Shirelles upbeat is fun, but Carole King makes her song more introspective.
But I guess that example is not really a cover.
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#10Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 4:58pmCher's "The Shoop Shoop Song"!
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#11Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 5:06pmI'm really fond of Avant and KeKe Wyatt's cover of MY FIRST LOVE originally recorded by Rene Moore & Angela Winbush.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#13Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 5:33pm
"But Cilla's version outsold Dionne's in the UK."
Yes, but in this case I don't think Dionne's was officially released domestically in the UK (was it?) Regardless, they were saying "best" :P
The Zombies have a great cover of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow--I agree with you about King's and the original Shirelles. (Actually The Zombies also have a great cover of The Look of Love, though nothing tops Dusty's for me.)
I know this is predictable from me, but as much as I love Jimmy Webb's production for Richard Harris, I would much rather listen to Donna Summer's MacArthur Park. And I would MUCH rather listen to her disco-fied Could it Be Magic than Manilow's.
Howabout Bette Davis Eyes? I prefer Carnes synth version to the country-ish original by Jackie DeShannon (who wrote it.)
#14Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 5:37pmI've always liked Big Yellow Taxi covered by Counting Crows.
....but the world goes 'round
#15Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 5:41pm
"Rocket Man" - Kate Bush
"It's Oh So Quiet" - Bjork
"MacArthur Park" - Donna Summer (for you, Eric!)
Edit - Oh, you've already mentioned it!
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Updated On: 1/20/15 at 05:41 PM
#16Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 5:50pm
Lea Michele's version of Alanis Morisette's "Uninvited".
Okay, I just threw that in to see if Jordan was still paying attention.
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#17Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 6:58pm
"Mony, Mony" Billy Idol
"Has He Got A Friend For Me?" by Maria McKee
"Sweet Jane" Cowboy Junkies
"Acid Queen" Tina Turner
"Proud Mary" Ike and Tina Turner
"Bless The Telephone" Kelis
"I Fought The Law" The Clash
"What If God Was One of Us?" Prince
"Feel For You" Chaka Kahn
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#18Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 7:00pm
"But Cilla's version outsold Dionne's in the UK."
Selling more units doesn't make it better. If they ranked their top 50, and someone isn't listed, perhaps they just didn't make the cut?
Enjolras15
Swing Joined: 1/8/15
#19Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 11:24pm
Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
All of Me - Callabro
True Colours - Shane Filan
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler (originally sung by Sheena Easton)
You Raise Me Up - Westlife
You Needed Me - Boyzone
Baby I Love Your Way - Will to Power
#20Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 11:27pm
"You Raise Me Up - Westlife"
I like their version "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
#21Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/20/15 at 11:41pm
Over here waiting for someone to say Hurt by Johnny Cash like
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Updated On: 1/20/15 at 11:41 PM
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#23Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/21/15 at 12:04am
Not best, but my favorites:
Chelsea Hotel No. 2 - Lana Del Rey
Lovely Day - Alt-J
Updated On: 1/21/15 at 12:04 AM
Miranda3
Featured Actor Joined: 8/20/11
#24Best Cover Song
Posted: 1/21/15 at 2:51amThis is an oldie. Morgana King's wonderful jazzy cover of Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." Stevie said it is the best version of the song he has ever heard.
