The Johnsons, Judy Collins (both 1968) and Clannad with Paul Young (1991) all had hit versions.  None of these charted in NL?


Nope. Clannad and Paul Young came closest, but that one got stuck in bubbling under section.

And here I always thought they were the same.  I know Boyzone did some cover of a 70s song though lol


Oh, they've done plenty of 'covers', which I'm afraid don't hold a candle to the originals, but that's just me...

From memory they've tackled...

'Working My Way Back To You' (Four Seasons/Spinners)
'Love Me For A Reason' (Osmonds)
'Father And Son' (Cat Stevens)
'Words' (Bee Gees)
'Baby Can I Hold You' (Tracy Chapman)
'When The Going Gets Tough' (Billy Ocean)
'You Needed Me' (Anne Murray)

This cover-fest also spilled over onto fellow Irish pap group Westlife... :P

I'll Be There-Mariah Carey featuring Trey Lorenz(Jackson 5)
Blue Monday-Orgy(New Order)
Can;t Get Enough of Your Live-Taylor Dayne(Barry White)
Everlasting Love-Gloria Estefan(Carl Carlton)

Oh, they've done plenty of 'covers', which I'm afraid don't hold a candle to the originals, but that's just me...

From memory they've tackled...

'Working My Way Back To You' (Four Seasons/Spinners)
'Love Me For A Reason' (Osmonds)
'Father And Son' (Cat Stevens)
'Words' (Bee Gees)
'Baby Can I Hold You' (Tracy Chapman)
'When The Going Gets Tough' (Billy Ocean)
'You Needed Me' (Anne Murray)

This cover-fest also spilled over onto fellow Irish pap group Westlife... :P


Father and Son was the one I was thinking of, but I completely forgot they did Words and You Needed Me lol

I thought Westlife did a good job with Uptown Girl, but their other covers (Mandy, I Have A Dream, Seasons in the Sun) were a bit too sappy

In no particular order:

"Cruisin" - Huey Lewis with Gwyneth Paltrow (original by Smokey Robinson; I'd still like to hear his version sometime!)
"Funky Town" - Pseudo Echo (original by Lipps Inc)
"Everybody Plays The Fool" - Aaron Neville (original by The Main Ingredient)

...and some others which I'll probably think of later.

Father and Son was the one I was thinking of, but I completely forgot they did Words and You Needed Me lol

I thought Westlife did a good job with Uptown Girl, but their other covers (Mandy, I Have A Dream, Seasons in the Sun) were a bit too sappy


As to Westlife's versions of Mandy, I Have a Dream, et. al. being too sappy....wouldn't you say the originals were, too?  ;)  ;D  :D  (Never actually having heard Westlife's covers, I can only go by the originals)

As to Westlife's versions of Mandy, I Have a Dream, et. al. being too sappy....wouldn't you say the originals were, too?   ;)   ;D   :D  (Never actually having heard Westlife's covers, I can only go by the originals)


In a way yes, but they weren't as sappy.  lol

In a way yes, but they weren't as sappy.  lol


Well, since I have no reason to doubt your judgment..... :P

There was a version of "No Matter What" by Def Leppard that got some play here a few years ago  when they released a greatest hits album. That might be the one that got mentioned before...

There was a version of "No Matter What" by Def Leppard that got some play here a few years ago  when they released a greatest hits album. That might be the one that got mentioned before...


That may have been the one I was thinking about.  Thanks!  :)

Orgy - Blue Monday
Disturbed - Shout 2000
Van Halen - You Really Got Me
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Lacuna Coil - Enjoy The Silence
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Social Distortion - Ring Of Fire
Disturbed - Land Of Confusion
Aerosmith - Come Together
Guns 'N' Roses - Live And Let Die
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Ra - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
White Lion - Radar Love
Staind - Sober
Van Halen - (Oh) Pretty Woman
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Billy Idol - L.A. Woman
Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days
The Ataris - The Boys Of Summer
Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar
Metallica - Turn The Page
Motley Crue - Smokin' In The Boys' Room

Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" and "The Night" are very good covers.. Nirvana's "Man Who Sold The World" is exceptional as well, though they lost the atmosphere the Bowie original created.

Johnny Cash's "I Hung My Head"... beautiful cover. He perfected that song.

Which reminds me.. Hendrix ruined "All Along The Watchtower"... Frank Marino and Mahoghany Rush, on the other hand, did a very good version of it.

Three I really like, that don't seem to have been mentioned yet:

Sting's cover of Hendrix' "Little Wing"
Metallica's cover of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page"
Laura Branigan's cover of Jennifer Rush's "Power of Love" (I HATED Celine Dion's!!!)

A few of my favorites:

I heard It Through The Grapevine....CCR

House Of The Rising Sun...Frijid Pink

Got To Get You Into My Life...Earth, Wind and Fire

I found a new cover that I really like.

It's Alice Cooper's song Poison, and is covered by Groove Coverage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U77bsDnC4w

This is perhaps the sweetest cover I have ever heard....

The late Eva Cassidy singing Sting's Fields of Gold.....quite emotional....(she passed way too young).. :\'(

The sound is either way out of sync or maybe a different song...but I prefer to see the artist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs

I found a new cover that I really like.

It's Alice Cooper's song Poison, and is covered by Groove Coverage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U77bsDnC4w


That's over 4 years old ;D  'Tis a great version though :)


One of my most favourite cover songs of recent is 'Uninvited' by Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke.  I always hated the Alanis Morissette original; it sounded like nails on a chalkboard.  What the Freemasons did was turned a song I hate into one of my favourite songs of 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ydHhuCH_0

I was gonna make a thread related to cover songs, but I'll just say it here instead: ;)

I have a little semi-rant because I've noticed people lots of times will give it crap on BOTH sides. Like, you'll see diehard fans of the original will hear a new version and go "Ah this is trash, it's got nothing on the one I grew up with". On the other hand, people who like the cover might hear the first version and go "Oh man this sucks compared to the new one, it's boring" or whatever.

I see this exchange going on alot, which is disappointing 'cause lots of times I personally like both (even if I might prefer an '80s original over, say a 2005 cover). On the flipside, alot of '80s songs which were covers of '50s and '60s songs made me go back and get into the original! So to me both are positive.


To the people who love the originals - I'd say there's nothing wrong with putting a new spin on something. It's not descrating something you're partial to, it's just being presented in a way that fits the current time or a different style. Just look at it as new music with an added retro influence, rather than the other way around. Plus you can usually hear traces of a song in any cover, even if it's just fitting the basic singing formula of the original.

To people who like the covers - I'd say have some respect for where a song you like came from. Lots of times, singers or bands probably cover a song because THEY like it, or grew up with it, so it's like paying tribute. If it weren't for that one, "your version" wouldn't exist.

I have seen some good ones names here, Motley Crue's Smokin' in the Boys Room is classic.


I am probably all alone in this, but I loved White Lion's cover of Radar Love by Golden Earring. 

That's over 4 years old ;D  'Tis a great version though :)


One of my most favourite cover songs of recent is 'Uninvited' by Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke.  I always hated the Alanis Morissette original; it sounded like nails on a chalkboard.  What the Freemasons did was turned a song I hate into one of my favourite songs of 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ydHhuCH_0



ya..I should have said, "a cover that is new to me" :D

Hands down IMO the best remake EVER for me is Gary Jules' version of Mad World by Tears For Fears.

Gary Jules  (Best Song Ever)    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4


Tears For Fears  (should I even both putting a link, lol)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZRib_aAQFQ

I am probably all alone in this, but I loved White Lion's cover of Radar Love by Golden Earring. 


Also like it  8)

Also enjoy the music video

I think the best covers are where they add something new to their version, but sometimes just doing an almost identical version updated for whenever it comes out, works really good too. Here's some I really like:

You Can't Hurry Love, and True Colors - Phil Collins
It's My Life - No Doubt (I like this MORE than the '80s original!) ;)
The Boys of Summer - Ataris
But it's Alright - Huey Lewis
You Keep Me Hangin' on - Kim Wilde
California Girls - David Lee Roth
Don't Dream it's Over - Sixpence None the Richer
Somebody's Baby - Phantom Planet
King of Pain - Mudvayne
The Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater (it was an old blues song)
Loco-motion - Kylie Minogue

I have seen some good ones names here, Motley Crue's Smokin' in the Boys Room is classic.


I am probably all alone in this, but I loved White Lion's cover of Radar Love by Golden Earring. 


Some awful Christian pop and did "Prayin' in the Boys Room"
("Because everybody knows that prayin' ain't allowed in school!")
Now. yer gonna do some prayin' boy! An' you better pray good!

Also like it  8)

Also enjoy the music video


It is a great video.

* BUMP *  ::)


In the seemingly never ending series of Umbrella covers, I bring you The Baseballs...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2177pHMT0


The Baseballs are a German trio that so far have released one album with rockabilly covers. "Umbrella" was their first single, the second was "Hot N Cold".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltAGuuru7Q

Truly wonderful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltAGuuru7Q

Truly wonderful!


Indeed it is.  8) Wasn't it used in a commercial fairly recent?

Indeed it is.  8) Wasn't it used in a commercial fairly recent?


Ah, never mind. I realized it was used in a Dutch commercial, so you wouldn't know.