Have you ever liked a cover version of a song better than the original? which?

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• that was mine

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  by Someguy on March 2nd, 2008

• I agree. This was a much better version.

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  by Evildeadexorcist on November 28th, 2008

• i was going to say that=D
  and i like a day to remember's version of since you've been gone

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  by danip99 on July 5th, 2009

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• Yup.

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  by Gideon on January 22nd, 2008

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• agreed!

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  by weeniemuffin on December 6th, 2007

• Quiet Riot wasn't the first? I'm so much a child of the 80s that I didn't even know it WAS a cover

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 16th, 2008

• poor slade. and great name, by the way.

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  by SomeSayMarryMoney on December 16th, 2008

• What can I say? I have been an Adams fan ever since I first read THHGTTG.

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 23rd, 2008

• I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't remember Slade. Not only were they one of my favourite bands during my school days, but I still love them now after 35 years. In fact, Slade In Flame is a "must-have" album.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 15th, 2009

• Thank you, AndyB. I grew up in the 1970's but don't remember too much of Slade, I "re-discovered" them within the last decade or so, and I must agree they were an awesome, rockin band who, unfortunately, never got their true due!

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  by EvangelineOFire on May 1st, 2009

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• Yep, have to agree with you, too! +3

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  by An American Girl on June 26th, 2008

• yay, thanks
  
  yeah he just packs so much emotion into that song, it's so powerful

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  by dreamingoutloud on June 26th, 2008

• That is an AMAZING song.

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  by ImNotAnonymous-COAT of Maestro-ness on June 27th, 2008

• Well, I like the Trent Reznor version better, and I hate hearing the Johnny Cash version, but I am going to give you +6 for at least knowing that the Cash didn't write the song. :)

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  by branciforte3241 on August 9th, 2009

• The original is amazing, too.

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  by ImNotAnonymous-COAT of Maestro-ness on August 9th, 2009

• lol thanks I know people who try to fight with me and said Cash wrote the song but i give credit where credit is due :P

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  by dreamingoutloud on August 12th, 2009

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• the cover was good but its not even close to RJD's version...

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  by roger_trekkie on December 16th, 2008

• I liked their cover, but in my opinion I don't know about better...

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  by bye bye on August 9th, 2009

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• Gob did a good remake of that song too.

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  by Dedao Capoeira-seed on December 7th, 2007

• Deadsy does a kicking version as well.

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  by Evildeadexorcist on November 28th, 2008

• Gobsmack, Dedao? And going to look up Deadsy, evildeadexorcist.
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  That is one of my favorite songs.

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  by Arisztid on November 28th, 2008

• After you hear Deadsy's version, let me know what you think.

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  by Evildeadexorcist on November 28th, 2008

• Just did (YouTube is a blessing). That has a wholly different feel to it. I still prefer Tea Party because of the absolute bleakness but this is better than the original by far.

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  by Arisztid on November 28th, 2008

• Not Godsmack, just GOB.

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  by Dedao Capoeira-seed on November 29th, 2008

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• You stole half my answer!

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  by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on December 8th, 2007

• : P

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  by Gina on December 8th, 2007

• I like Metallica's version better too

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  by huggabunchable on February 28th, 2009

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• A tragic as a loss can get IMO. Agree.

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  by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on March 2nd, 2008

• I agree with you on that one, Lady Fuschia. "New England" is a great song, but Billy Bragg's voice is friggin' awful. On the other hand, Kirsty McColl had a lovely voice and she's been sadly missed these last few years.

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  by Andy B has left AB on November 20th, 2008

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• Agreed on Manson. I also like his version of Personal Jesus better than the Depeche Mode original.

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  by Taylor on November 9th, 2008

• I haven't heard Manson's version, but the Eurythmics original was PANTS! I like a lot of the Eurythmics stuff, but Sweet Dreams is relentlessly awful, and sadly, it's still the most-played Eurythmics song on the radio.

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 16th, 2008

• with that said, you need to listen to Manson's cover of it. same lyrics, but way different, sounds alot more haunting

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  by Dominicanito Lindo on December 16th, 2008

• Pity Manson hasn't changed the lyrics. That's one song that could do with a lyrical rewrite. The original lyrics are just meaningless doggerel.

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

• I disagree about that. The lyrics are few, for sure, but I think it's just a song about 'life' or possibly more specifically, stardom or fame and the types of people you encounter. 'Everybody's looking for something'. There are users and those that will be used in their quest. "who am I to disagree?". It's just a fact of life. Then 'hold your head up, moving on, keep your head up, moving on', saying to take it in stride and keep to your own mission.
   
  Regardless, Manson's version makes it more 'personal' and sexual in its context. That's the way I see it.

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  by Taylor on December 26th, 2008

• i agree with that last part. i think the song is more violent and definately darker than the original

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  by Dominicanito Lindo on December 26th, 2008

• I LOVE Manson's darker version of Sweet Dreams. It's one of my favorites! Manson's music is dark, but fantastically edgy!

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  by Christine on January 2nd, 2009

• agreed

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  by Dominicanito Lindo on January 2nd, 2009

• I don't think the lyrics of "Sweet Dreams" flow properly. It sounds like a load of lines discarded from other songs and thrown together willy-nilly. It's just a hodgepodge of unrelated thoughts.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009

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• I do like Elton John's cover of Pinball Wizard, and possibly, it does have a slight edge over the original. Don't get me wrong, I love the Who myself, but Elton seemed to inject more fire and energy into his version. Maybe it's that great rocking piano.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009

• I agree with you 100% I think Elton did equally well with his cover of The Beatles' Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

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  by SABOTEUR on January 13th, 2009

• Yes, that's an excellent cover version as well. Strange as it may sound now, I actually heard Elton's version first. Even though I knew it was a Beatles song, I remember Elton's version in the charts (in 1974) whereas the Beatles original was an LP track and never a single. Also, because of the drug references in the lyrics, the original version might not have been played on the radio at the time.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 14th, 2009

• Elton John - I agree.
  Smokey Robinson - terrible song, wasn't much anyone could do with it.
  Ike and Tina - SACRILEGE! NOBODY did that song better than Creedence.

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  by Sloonybartfast on February 13th, 2011

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• I agree wholeheartedly. Downloaded this on I-tunes not to long ago and average playing it at least twice a day.

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  by Evildeadexorcist on November 28th, 2008

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• I never liked the song "Jolene" all that much to start with. Dolly Parton has done loads of better songs, like "Here You Come Again", "Love Is Like A Butterfly", "9 To 5" and her duet with Kenny Rogers, the Bee Gees-penned "Islands In The Stream".

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

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• i love that album!!! " i was a fiend, before i became a teen, i melted micrphones instead of cones of ice cream!"

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  by Seraphim Shinobi on January 24th, 2008

• E F F E C T =D

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  by Scooot on January 24th, 2008

• woo!

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  by Seraphim Shinobi on January 24th, 2008

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• bobs seger version was way better,lol

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  by bigkado69 on December 11th, 2007

• To each their own. However, I AM a little curious as to why you say that unless it is solely to yank my chain. (Unformatted text can't convey dry humor too well sometimes.)
  I always thought "Turn the Page" was a little on the dark side with a touch of anger and resentment that Bob Seger failed to convey. Metallica is better at dark/angry than either Bob Seger or John Williams.

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  by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on December 11th, 2007

• Did not know about the Rammstein cover of Barbie Girl. I'll have to check it out.

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  by Evildeadexorcist on November 28th, 2008

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• Agreed, Joe, you are gonna get murdered for that. No probs with Marianne, but Placebo's version of "Running Up That Hill"? Pur-LEASE!!! NOBODY beats Kate Bush at that. Nobody at all.

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 23rd, 2008

• And I'm afraid that you CAN'T do a better Working Class Hero than John Lennon (unless of course you're referring to a different song by the same name).

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  by Mithol on February 24th, 2009

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• agreed, but John Belushi does a better Joe Cocker

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  by Esteban-- Smartest Pumpkin on December 8th, 2007

• he's got some mean air guitar skills.

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  by yup. on December 9th, 2007

• and air piano.

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  by Esteban-- Smartest Pumpkin on December 9th, 2007

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• I also like Dave Matthews Band's version of "All Along the Watchtower".
  And I have no problem bragging that in August I was backstage at the Bob Dylan concert at Red Rocks. :)

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  by Dedao Capoeira-seed on December 7th, 2007

• lucky, did you get to talk to him at all?
  i've been to a concert, but that's the closest i got.

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  by weeniemuffin on December 7th, 2007

• No, he's very paranoid. I was there with one of his personal assistants from New York and I was told that if I approached him or tried to talk to him, I'd be thrown out. I did get the chance to meet the crew and Tony the bass player from the band. It was a great time regardless of Bob Dylan's paranoia.

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  by Dedao Capoeira-seed on December 7th, 2007

• i could understand his paranoia. being in that business for so long. it would be so weird to actually meet a famous person though. like i'd want to be all stupid and fangirly and be like "omg i luff yew" but then you'd just want to be like "....hey. you're cool."
  
  
  ...ya know? maybe?

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  by weeniemuffin on December 7th, 2007

• Yeah, I'd probably just try to play it cool. I imagine the overexcited route would have gotten old 5 minutes into the first time anyone famous ever heard it.

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  by Dedao Capoeira-seed on December 7th, 2007

• haha, yeah, definately. i'd probably just end up petting his face wondering if it was a dream.

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  by weeniemuffin on December 8th, 2007

• I have reiterated this on a few threads - Dylan was a great poet, but only an average (or slightly below) composer and a crap performer. I enjoy anybody's cover of his songs over the originals. Case in point - I love PP&M's version of "Blowin' in the Wind" (and the Seekers' version beats that!) but I can't stand listening to Dylan attempting to perform it.

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 23rd, 2008

• See if you like Me First and the Gimme Gimme's version of Blowin' in the Wind...

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  by Dedao Capoeira-seed on December 24th, 2008

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• agreed! (even though i still <3 the beatles)

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  by weeniemuffin on December 6th, 2007

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• Dylan was a great poet. Pity he couldn't sing. The only thing he did worse than sing was play(?) the harmonica.
  I don't necessarily agree with your last sentence, though. If you heard the cover first and HATED it, then heard the original years later, you may realise it's an OK song, and it was just the way the other performed it that you hated.

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  by Sloonybartfast on January 13th, 2009

• Nobody can say, "I like Dylan's version of Watchtower better than Hendrix'".

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  by XenoMAN on August 10th, 2009

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• Well, I can't say I totally agree, because I've been a Led Zep fan for over 30 years. Nevertheless, Rolf's version of "Stairway" was OK as a novelty, and certainly better than the bland version by Far Corporation, which sounds like Westlife with guitars.

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

• Rolf is a legend, I laughed when people cried over that, it was only a song, was it any worse than Sheryl Crow's 'Sweet child 'o' mine'?

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  by Lerxst on February 20th, 2009

• It was far better than Kelly Osborne's abortion of "Papa Don't Preach".

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  by Sloonybartfast on February 13th, 2011

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• I haven't heard that one either.

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

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• How about The Hooters' version? Considering that Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian wrote it anyway ...

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 22nd, 2008

• Never heard it before. I'll look for it and take a listen sometime.

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  by Anonymous on December 22nd, 2008

• Actually, I never heard that they recorded it ...
  
  I heard them do it live in 1985 at the Hordern in Sydney (before they knocked it down to build Fox studios). Unless you ever saw the Hooters play live, or unless someone sneaked a tape recorder into a live show then released it as a bootleg, chances are that you won't be able to find it. I know I've never found it, despite poring through platterlogs and scanning Kazaa, limewire and various torrents.
  
  Sorry.

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  by Sloonybartfast on January 7th, 2009

• Yeah, that's what a lot of bands I've heard of doing, but that's ok. Just wanted to take a listen.

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  by Anonymous on January 7th, 2009

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• Sacrilege!
  Actually, I've just listened to it and it's a great cover, but I love the Dire Straits version and I love Mark Knopfler's recognisable guitar and voice

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  by Beany on December 16th, 2008

• I haven't heard the Killers doing that song, but I bet they have killed it. From what I've heard of the Killers, they're as horrible as their name.

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 16th, 2008

• Youtube it, it's a better cover than you'd think (but it's still no Dire Straits)

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  by Beany on December 16th, 2008

• I like Knopfler's guitar - but he doesn't really sing the lyrics or even attempt to. He's a bit like a latter-day Rex Harrison - he speaks the lyrics and gets away with it.
  That said, I love Dire Straits. "Twisting By the Pool", "Sultans Of Swing" and "Walk Of Life" are among my fave songs.

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 22nd, 2008

• Knopfler's "speak-singing" is what makes "Sultans Of Swing" sound so cool. It wouldn't be the same without it. In that way, it's very similar to Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side".

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

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• Cash's Hurt is a key one

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  by Beany on December 16th, 2008

• Yeah, he did a lot of good covers; I really like his version of U2's One too, though I didn't put it in the list as I like it equally, not more.

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  by Sid on December 16th, 2008

• I don't like the original version of "Last Christmas" anyway, so I daresay any cover of it would be better (unless it was McFly, in which case it might be worse). I also don't like the song "Jolene" all that much, although I like some of Dolly Parton's songs. I agree on the Hendrix version of "All Along The Watchtower". Faith No More's version of "Easy" was OK except for the fact that they skipped a verse.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009

• I don't like the original Jolene or Last Christmas either, so as you say it isn't hard to improve on them, but I do really like both cover versions, not just because they are better than the mediocre originals.

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  by Sid on January 14th, 2009

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• I'm impressed. You can even actually spell his name. Incidentally, how can that big fat guy AND his name both fit on a small Polynesian island?

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 22nd, 2008

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• I like both versions of Lady Marmalade, it's a great song, but why, when they sing it, do they pronounce it "Marmalad"?

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 16th, 2008

• Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 22nd, 2008

• I know what that means, I was 13 when Labelle scored with the song, and I was doing French in school at the time.

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

• Hey, Andy: My thinking is it's all to with the fact the song takes place in probably the French quarter in New Orleans, and that she is Creole. Marmalade is pronounced with the short 'a' sound in French, only in English is it pronounced like Marma-laid.

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  by karaokeron on January 7th, 2009

• Is "marmalade" the same word in French as it is in English? I didn't know it was.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009

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• Actually, "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" was freaking awful by the Eurythmics. I like a lot of their other stuff, but that song really is the pits. I don't know why, but it still gets played on the radio more than any other Eurythmics song. My favourite of theirs is "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves". Even the Spice Girls cover of that was better than "Sweet Dreams".

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

• Marilyn Manson never did anything worth listening to, either original or cover. "Sweet Dreams" went from fairly good by Eurythmics to f*#king awful by Manson. He's an Alice Cooper wannabe - and an Emo.

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  by Sloonybartfast on February 13th, 2011

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• This is a far superior version. Pete's voice alone makes this one of my favorite covers.

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  by Evildeadexorcist on November 28th, 2008

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• I don't think I've heard the Shadows Of Knight's version of "Gloria", although I remember a friend buying a copy from a record fair some years ago. Them's version is terrific, and Jimi Hendrix also did a good version.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009

• The Shadows of Knight is the one they play on the radio usually.
  I had Shadows of Knight 45's when I was a kid, they came from some relative's collection. My favorite songs of theirs are Light Bulb Blues and Oh Yeah.

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  by Tallyman on January 13th, 2009

• Ah, you're American. Sorry, I didn't realise. I'm British myself, and the Shadows Of Knight's version, while it was a hit in the States, wasn't a hit here in the UK. Them's version was a top 10 hit here, coupled with "Baby Please Don't Go" as a great double-sider.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 14th, 2009

• Yeah, I have Baby please dont go by Them too! A rockabilly guy in Chicago played a version that sounded like the Them version. I have a coupla bluesmen doing Baby Please dont go also.

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  by Tallyman on January 15th, 2009

• Van Morrison's SOLO version of Gloria was actually better than the Them version imo. And Shadows Of Knight's version didn't make it to the top 10 here in Australia either (not saying it's not good, but I prefer Van's).

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  by Sloonybartfast on February 13th, 2011

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• By "Simple Man" do you mean the Lynyrd Skynyrd song? If so, then I'll stick with the original.

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

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• i seriously think you're the only other person who knows of ill nino other than me and 2 friends
  and i LOVE that version =)

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  by miRi hates social norms and regulations on June 27th, 2008

• I know it, right? They are so freakin good. It makes me wonder why no one else listens to them.

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  by Squirrel Face on June 27th, 2008

• no clue, but i'm glad that they still do their thing and make awesome music =)

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  by miRi hates social norms and regulations on June 27th, 2008

• What's their newest album called? I havn't gotten it yet.

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  by Squirrel Face on June 27th, 2008

• enigma i think
  i need to get it too

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  by miRi hates social norms and regulations on June 27th, 2008

• That's the one released under the Cement Shoes label, right?

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  by Squirrel Face on June 28th, 2008

• yup :)

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  by miRi hates social norms and regulations on June 28th, 2008

• Yeah, I'll have to get that one.

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  by Squirrel Face on June 30th, 2008

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• Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby's hand in mine....great song! +3

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  by An American Girl on June 26th, 2008

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• Wow, better than Dexie's Midnight Runners? I'll have to check this out! Thanks! +3

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  by An American Girl on June 26th, 2008

• Cool, hope you like the Save Ferris version, too! They're a ska band with a female vocalist. It's more upbeat than the original - not that I didn't like the original!

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  by Berkeley on June 26th, 2008

• One more for the ole iPod!

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  by An American Girl on June 26th, 2008

• I must admit, I still prefer Dexy's Midnight Runners. Must be my Irish ancestry.

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  by Sloonybartfast on February 13th, 2011

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• Cake's version of "I Will Survive" is atrocious. It's so bad, I'd rather listen to Westlife. Only McFly could possibly do it worse.

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  by Andy B has left AB on December 23rd, 2008

• I thought it was great with the trumpet. I'm not familiar with Westlife or McFly so I would surmise that you and I do not share the same musical tastes (thank God!) Anyway, I can't believe you'd comment me just to tell me that! It's a sad sad world.

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  by MissFerly on December 23rd, 2008

• Where have you been for the last 10 years? Mars? I don't like Westlife and I like McFly even less, but both have had a string of smash hits over the last few years. As for my musical tastes, I have over 1000 vinyl albums and 1000 CD's ranging from 50's rock 'n' roll to recent hits by singers like Duffy, Gabriella Cilmi and Sarah Bareilles. The vast majority of my collection is from the 60's and 70's.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009

• Dude, I don't care.

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  by MissFerly on January 13th, 2009

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• I heard the Hendrix version of "Watchtower" first, even though I knew all the time that it was a Dylan song. When I heard Dylan's version I thought it was funny, because it sounded so much like Dylan singing that song. If you know what I mean.

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009

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• OMG you just HAVE to be f*#king joking.

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  by Sloonybartfast on February 13th, 2011

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• Yes!

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  by kliederbugel on January 24th, 2008

• NOTE: You Spin me Right Round was a remake of the Dead or Alive song.

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  by BigDaddyBS on June 27th, 2008

• Ok, I wonder why I thought it was Orgy

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  by Rescuer Treesaw on June 27th, 2008

• Actually, it was DOPE, but their's was a remake of DoA's. ;-)
  Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwdAc1Dzfg
  Dope's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIUOKBMUv4

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  by BigDaddyBS on June 27th, 2008

• And Marilyn Manson is an Alice Cooper wannabe. I hate his/her(?) guts, his/her voice, everything about him/her is totally wrong. There is no justice when Elvis, Lennon and Cobain die while idiots like Manson live.

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 23rd, 2008

• WOW! thanks for the opinion

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  by Rescuer Treesaw on December 23rd, 2008

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• I didn't know Alanis Morrissette had covered "My Humps", and I still don't know why. That said, however, it couldn't be much worse than the original, since the song itself is so abysmal! It's the worst song I've heard by the Black Eyed Peas ("Shut Up" is the best).

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009

• There are only 2 Black Eyed Peas songs I can stand - I prefer "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" to "Shut Up", but only just.

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  by Sloonybartfast on February 13th, 2011

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• Heresy!!!

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  by Sloonybartfast on December 16th, 2008

• Yeah! HERESY!!!!

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  by Andy B has left AB on January 13th, 2009