The other day I was listening to a playlist I have which has songs by different women. One particular song came on that I really enjoy and I was thinking about how much I like her version more than the original or other versions of the song. It was Drove all night sung by Cyndi Lauper. I believe Roy Orbison did the original and Celine Dion has done a cover of this song as well but it’s Ms. Lauper’s that I enjoy the most.
Then I was thinking about other covers which I like more than the original. Here are few:
- Ball of Confusion, preferred version by Love and Rockets
- Take a Chance on Me, preferred version by Erasure
- Hurt, preferred version by Johnny Cash
- Girl, You’ll be a Woman Soon, preferred version by Urge Overkill
Then I was thinking of the covers I hate:
- Blue Monday, hated version by Orgy
- Pretty Woman, hated version by Van Halen
So over to you, which covers do you love or hate?
Oh…I like that Orgy Cover.
a truly aweful cover? Try “I Will Survive” by Babes in Toyland. Really, really really bad. But so bad as to be almost amusingly so. Like William Hung.
Cake did a fantastic version of I Will Survive. I wish I had a copy, because it is so amazing!
I also really love a cover that the Indigo Girls do of the Grateful Dead’s Uncle John’s Band.
I realize that The Beatles are sacred to some but I love Candy Flip’s version of Strawberry Fields. And thanks to caramama I just downloaded Cake’s verion of I Will Survive. Forgot how much I love it, thanks!
preferred versions:
Hallelujah, preferred version by Jeff Buckley (I liked it before American Idol got a hold of it)
Get Down Make Love, preferred version by Nine Inch Nails. after hearing this on a b-side, i decided to find the queen version. very bad.
one of the worst:
A Night Like This, covered by Smashing Pumpkins. the original by the Cure is one of my favorites, and i’m just glad the smashing pumpkins only put that song on a b-side. the only reason i heard it is because i own every song the pumpkins put out
La Folle – that hurts that you like the Johnny Cash version of Hurt.