Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

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difalcojr said:
Like Butterfield's blues version better. Pop is OK, but doesn't have Michael Bloomfield. Think the Monkees learned to play the musical instruments only after they started their band, if I remember right. "East/West" isn't really a blues song, too. It was like one of a kind. Too bad they all did not stay together longer as a band.
They were all were all musical but they were put together for the TV show. Not much live footage of them playing live unfortunately.
Hendrix supported them at one point? That was a weird combo!
Did not last.
 
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difalcojr said:
Which version do you like best? The Buddy Holly original?



Or this cover by Blind Faith with Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker:



Or this Santana cover?


Sorry but that is a very awkward style and a mistake for Buddy Holly. As well as the covers. Peggy Sue is Buddy Holly.
 
Buddy Holly, although definitely not one of my favorite songs. My favorite song is, esp. for its punctured rhythm


And I want to mention this hommage to Buddy Holly by my favorite Punk (!) band:
 
' On a crowded avenue' Oh how I miss New York City
 
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This claimed cover of the Doo Wop song above, by the Skyliners sounds exactly the same?
 
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morrobay said:
Sorry but that is a very awkward style and a mistake for Buddy Holly. As well as the covers. Peggy Sue is Buddy Holly.
Sounds good to me, anyway, all his songs. Peggy Sue, especially, good video, thks. Remember that the Flamingo's song was very good for slow dancing. Cover does sound just the same. Cows in New York City?!
How about this old original with three somewhat different covers? I like them all.







 
. Not bad for a white boy
 
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difalcojr said:
Which version do you like best? The Buddy Holly original?



Or this cover by Blind Faith with Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker:



Or this Santana cover?


Blind Faith, speaking of:

 
Here is Led Zepellin's Rock and Roll song with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth dancing to it.

 
BillTre said:
Here is Led Zepellin's Rock and Roll song with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth dancing to it.


Ha ha that made my day. Rita Hayworth and John Bonham, I think they would have got on.
Fred Astaire is iconic to a certain age in the UK. Rock and Roll Led Zep though?
Brilliant just brilliant. Thanks Bill.
 
This floored me @robphy To see you youngsters playing Rush is something, YYZ? Not the easiest.
They don't look at each other! Am I taken aback because they are young, girls AND from Indonesia? Yes! I just didn't think that sort of music was a thing in that neck of the woods.

 
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And Led Zep. This is one of my favourite tracks

 
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I think these boys bested the original. And when they arrived in the U.S a lot of bands (Doo Wop) ... we're looking for work.
 
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e_jane said:
Is it totally awful that, when my kid was doing a report on Michael Jackson in high school, we listened to various versions of "Man in the Mirror" and... we liked the "Glee" version better than the original? o:)
As a kid I loved "Fame" American TV series in the 1980s. Pretty sure they did a lot of covers.
When I saw what the format of Glee actually was, I thought cheerleading? Really?
It's Fame though 2.0, my niece loved it. So, fair enough!
 
robphy said:
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BABYMETAL Gimme Chocolate!! [Cover mix](English Vocal) #2 (2016)


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Er ok. The YT images look pretty weird but I will give them a go!
 


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