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Cover songs that are better than the originals

Discussion in 'TC Media' started by KingInTheNorth, Mar 4, 2013.

Discuss Cover songs that are better than the originals in the TC Media area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. MagnificentSeven Charly Musonda CSC

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    No saying this is better than The Beatles, but Paolo’s cover is class.

     
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    Actually purchased a couple tix to go and see these guys in Edinburgh in April.
     
  3. Perfidious Albion

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    Echo&TB, People are Strange.
    Madness, It Must be Love.
    Frank and Walters, Funky Cold Madina.
     
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  4. Sean Daleer Free Palestine Gold Member

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    This is a belter

     
  5. clonbhoy

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    Great shouts, especially the last one. Ended up starting a playlist!


    Happy Monday's -Step On
    Kate Bush- Rocket Man
    The Gossip- Careless Whisper
    The Klaxons- It's Not Over Yet
    The Wedding Present-Make me Smile
    RATM- Maggie's Farm
    RATM- Renegades of Funk
    RATM-The Ghost of Tom Joad
    The Levellers- Subvert
    Manics- Suicide is Painless
    Manics- Umbrella
    Manics- Last Christmas
    Manics-Bright Eyes
    Manics- Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head
    BSP- I am a Cider Drinker
    Therapy?-Diane (slight preference)
    The Housemartins- Caravan of Love
    The Flying Pickets- Only You
    Roxy Music- Jealous Guy
    Elvis Costello- What's so Funny 'bout Peace, Love and Understanding
    Elvis Costello- She
    Elvis Costello - Good Year for the Roses
    Aretha Franklin- REspect
    Joe Cocker- With a Little Help From My Friends
    Luke Kelly- Scorn Not his Simplicity
    Sinéad O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
    Sinéad O'Connor- I Do Not Want What I haven't Got
    Herman's Hermits- I'm Into Something Good
    The Animals -The House of the Rising Sun
    Led Zeppelin- Dazed and Confused
    Kermit the Frog- Once in a Lifetime
    Dusty Springfield- Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
    Dusty Springfield- Son of a Preacher Man
    Dusty Springfield- 24 Hours From Tulsa
    Dusty Springfield- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
    Bjork- It's Oh so Quiet
    Joan Jett- I Love Rock 'n' Roll
    The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man
    Husker Du- Eight Miles High
    THe Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way
    Fun Boy Three- Our Lips are Sealed
    The Lemonheads- Mrs. Robinson
    The Specials-A Message to You, Rudy
    The Beat- Can't Get Used To Losing You
    Pet Shop Boys- Always on my Mind
    Carter USM- Rent
    Jimi Hendrix- All Along the Watchtower
    Jimi Hendrix- Hey Joe
    johnny Cash- One
    Johhny Cash-In My Life
    NiN- Suck
    NiN-I'm Afraid of Americans
    Nirvana- The Man Who Sold the World
    The Pixies-In Heaven
    The Boss- Dream Babydream
    The Boss- Then He Kissed me
    The Boss- 96 Tears
    The Boss- Pretty Woman
    The Boss-Double Shot of my Baby's Love
    The Boss-Do You Love Me
    Boy George- Everything I Own
    Boy George-The Crying Game
    Saw Doctors- About You Now
    The Pogues-Dirty Old Town
    The Pogues- And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
    The Men They Couldn't Hang- The Green Fields of France
    Chumbawamba- The Men Who Smashed The Van
    Dropkick Murphys- Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya
    Ryan Adams- 1989
    Ryan Adams- Black Sheets of Rain
    Ryan Adams- Oxford Comma
    Bouncing Souls- Lean on Sheena
    Beck- Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
    Beck- Everybody's Got to learn Sometime
    Nilsson- Everybody's Talking
    The Jam- David Watts
    The Fall- Victoria
    The Fall-Jerusalem
    The Fall- Lost in Music
    Amy Winehouse-Valerie
    Rod Stewart-First Cut is the Deepest
    The Clash- I Fought the Law
    Siouxsie and the Banshees-Dear Prudence
    Devo- Satisfaction
    THe Kingsmen- Louie, Louie
    The Flying Burrito Brothers- Wild Horses
     
  6. Perfidious Albion

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    Yeah but nae but yeah on some of those.
    A New England, Kirsty McCall.
     
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