Original or cover

[T1 Terry]

On the CD thread, two original v covers have been presented, so here is your chance to post your favourite

I'll start this off with Unchained Melody

This is the original from 1955


This is the Righteous Brothers version from 1965


The version from the movie Ghost


T1 Terry

 

[Rolfe]

I remember singing that with the ship's choir on that South American cruise I may have mentioned once or twice. (I don't like any of these versions.)

 

[Giller]

On the CD thread, two original v covers have been presented, so here is your chance to post your favourite

I'll start this off with Unchained Melody

The version from the movie Ghost


T1 Terry

In this case, cover, that version. but I'm hot clicking it or I'll be sitting here in a pool of my own making, love that movie.

 

[siteguru]

On the CD thread, two original v covers have been presented, so here is your chance to post your favourite

I'll start this off with Unchained Melody

This is the original from 1955


This is the Righteous Brothers version from 1965


The version from the movie Ghost


T1 Terry

You forgot (or didn't know) about this version.

 

[T1 Terry]

You forgot (or didn't know) about this version.

We aren't allowed to see that video over here, colonist discrimination by the UK, shame on you people

T1 Terry

 

[Bam Bam]

On BBC 6 music Craig Charles does a feature where the listeners get to vote on a cover vs. original of a song. A variation is two different songs with the same name (either/or) and another more tenuous one is two songs on the same theme.

It's a good idea!

 

[Biker67]

Definitely the original!
This is the Harry J All Stars version of a track later covered by The Specials...

 

[siteguru]

I didn't remember the name of the song, but the riff was immediately familiar.

A lot of Ska tracks were actually covers.

 

[Eclectic]

Showing my age with this Beatles cover!

 

[Giller]

We aren't allowed to see that video over here, colonist discrimination by the UK, shame on you people

T1 Terry

There are some benefits to being an Australian then.

 

[T1 Terry]

Showing my age with this Beatles cover!

Winner with that one, but he lost so much of his performance and vocal strength when he quite drinking, the demon alcohol, it giveth and it taketh away .....

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

Anyone guess what album this cover is .....


T1 Terry

 

[Ian Key]

Anyone guess what album this cover is .....


T1 Terry

That's 2 seconds of my life I'm not going to get back. How can you think that's an improvement on the perfection of the original.

 

[mGizmo]

Generally speaking I like covers best when they're just totally different from the original... like:

versus


One rare exception would be this cover

of this original

 

[T1 Terry]

or


T1 Terry

 

[EvTek23]

Another interesting one is "Money's to tight".
Most of us know it by Simply Red, and it was a huge hit for them in 1985. The original version however was by the Valentine Brothers in 1982.
It's a split decision on this, original or cover?Both are good, but once you've heard the Valentine Brothers original you might be swayed by its more soulful recording, rather than Simply Red's more rock orientated version.

 

[T1 Terry]

That's 2 seconds of my life I'm not going to get back. How can you think that's an improvement on the perfection of the original.

I doubt they were trying to improve on it, just present it differently, I think both are good in their own right ...
I'm glad they didn't try to do a cover of Wish You Were Here, that would be criminal ..... hearing the story of Sid Barrett wandering in while they were recording it at the Abbey Road studio and none of the band members initially recognised him, then Roger Walters ending up in tears, was probably the beginning of the end of Waters remaining as part of the band ...... a very sad album, but still a favourite

T1 Terry

 

[FunkyWorm]

Generally speaking I like covers best when they're just totally different from the original... like:

versus


One rare exception would be this cover

of this original

Talking of Joni her version of “Woodstock” is the better, IMHO.

 

[Biker67]

I didn't remember the name of the song, but the riff was immediately familiar.

A lot of Ska tracks were actually covers.

Yes, Jamaican SKA existed for decades before the resurgence in the UK in the 1980's