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  • wendyapple
    wendyapple Posts: 323 Member
    The Outfield did Your Love in 1985 but the Butchies did it over in 2004 and i think it was a hell of a lot better.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpyeq-umnu0
  • Diana8923
    Diana8923 Posts: 147 Member
    Ain't No Sunshine - Eva Cassidy !!!
  • InnerConflict
    InnerConflict Posts: 1,592 Member
    Carrie Underwood did I told you so by Randy Travis. He came out and said that she did it better himself. Now I love Randy Travis and I am usually one to prefer the original versions better, but I can't decide who did it better.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbycvUQzVD8

    Posted this one last night. I think Carrie does it better.
  • tiffany484
    tiffany484 Posts: 17
    Ellie Goulding's cover of Elton John's 'Your Song'

    Listen to it and see if you can bring yourself to disagree!

    ^^ This - LOVE that song. However, I wouldn't say its "better" just different, and well done.

    Also - I'm in a rock cover band and sing all SORTS of songs originally sung by men and the crowd loves it

    Queen - Fat Bottom Girls
    Queen - Tie your Mother Down
    Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
    Aerosmith - Last Child
    Jet - Cold Hard B*tch
    Poison - Talk Dirty
    Audioslave - Show me how to live
    Buckcherry - Next to you
    And the list goes on...
    Do what you want - forget your "friend"'s opinion.
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    Carrie Underwood did I told you so by Randy Travis. He came out and said that she did it better himself. Now I love Randy Travis and I am usually one to prefer the original versions better, but I can't decide who did it better.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbycvUQzVD8

    Posted this one last night. I think Carrie does it better.

    Sorry I didnt take the time to read through all of the other posts! I think if I had to pick I would pick her.
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    Go with Paint It Black. Someone on American Idol also performed it very well. It's a great choice for a female vocalist.
  • InnerConflict
    InnerConflict Posts: 1,592 Member
    Carrie Underwood did I told you so by Randy Travis. He came out and said that she did it better himself. Now I love Randy Travis and I am usually one to prefer the original versions better, but I can't decide who did it better.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbycvUQzVD8

    Posted this one last night. I think Carrie does it better.

    Sorry I didnt take the time to read through all of the other posts! I think if I had to pick I would pick her.

    No apology necessary. Just was agreeing with your song choice. Love her voice. Easy on the eyes as well.
  • tedrickp
    tedrickp Posts: 1,229 Member
    Anyone remember that teen pop singer Jojo?

    She is all "growed up" now, her version of Drake's "Marvins Room" is pretty fantastic.

    I feel weird knowing that...
  • samanthajade124
    samanthajade124 Posts: 217 Member
    Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones was covered by Vanessa Carlton, and I love both versions! :)
  • rob1976
    rob1976 Posts: 1,328 Member
    Cat Steven's The First Cut Is The Deepest", redone by Rod Stewart, then redone again by Sheryl Crow

    Bruce Springsteen's "Because The Night", redone by Patti Smith, and then redone again by Natalie Merchant with 10,000 Maniacs

    Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" redone by Sinead O'Connor
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Not famously, but the best karaoke rendition of House of the Rising Sun I have ever heard was done by a woman. It gave me goosebumps it was so good.

    just because it's interesting:

    House of the Rising Sun was originally about prostitution and the house of the rising sun was a brothel, and more commonly sung by women... it's a folk song of uncertain origin

    the Animals' version uses adapted the lyrics so it would make sense being sung by a man, about gambling/a casino rather than prostitution. Personally I think either version could be sung by a man or a women, because there are men who are prostitutes and women who have gambling problems.

    1937 version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15VIDcUMQQI - sung by a woman

    1940s version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ZGrlO7JU4 - sung by a woman

    there are many versions of house of the rising sun on you tube, by men and women, even duran duran... the above two were the oldest ones I could find but it's a very old song so there could be earlier versions out there.

    Anyway I totally love this thread!

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