Writer's Block: Cover me

[seawasp]

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The two that come to mind for me are "Magical Mystery Tour" which Ambrosia did much better than the Beatles, and "MacArthur Park" which Donna Summer did much better than, um, whoever that guy was who sang it before.

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[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Richard Harris?

[alex swavely (from livejournal.com)]

I like Anthrax's cover of Got the Time better than Joe Jackson's.
Ditto The Commitments' Midnight Hour and Royal Crown Revue's Beyond the Sea.

[laurahcory1.livejournal.com]

My standard answers are Aretha Franklin's version of "Respect" and Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower."

[gary-jordan.livejournal.com]

Dolly Parton's Theme Song was what, "I Will Always Love You"? Been done better.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

Manfred Mann covered Springsteens "Blinded by the Light" (or whatever its real title is.. I could have it wrong)

[von-krag.livejournal.com]

Just about any Ray Charles cover...

[sorek.livejournal.com]

Etta James' "At last" was not original to her, but is the definitive version (and has itself been covered by beyonce)

The Beatles' "Little help from my friends", the Joe Cocker version is quite different and is remembered by many for being used as the theme song to the series "The Wonder Years"

[chuk-g.livejournal.com]

I second the Anthrax comment but my all-time favourite cover artist is Johnny Cash, especial his version of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt".

[hallerlake.livejournal.com]

REM's cover of First We Take Manhattan is pretty awesome