Page 5 of 5
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 8:59 pm
by Sunny
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 3:09 pm
I'm sat in a Jamaican theme bar, they've just played Max Romeo - chase the devil (according to my phone).
I never knew Prodigy's Out of Space was a cover!
Mental

. And that line makes way more sense in context

Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:14 pm
by Yorick
Just heard Born To Be Wild by Slade live.
Rather good

Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:30 pm
by KungFooBob
Maybe not better, but just as good.
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 8:18 am
by Yorick
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:30 pm
Maybe not better, but just as good.
Hate it. Shit singer compared to Ozzy.
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 11:50 am
by Ditchfinder
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:03 pm
by Nordboy
I've never heard of Pomplamoose before? I liked that so am currently listening to some of their other stuff, including quite a few different mashups. They really are quite good.

Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:37 pm
by MyLittleStudPony
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:58 pm
by MrLongbeard
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 2:07 pm
by Saga Lout
Linda Ronstadt singing Roy Orbison's Blue Bayou
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:19 pm
by Taipan
Okay, not better, but I love the playing for change stuff and this version is superb and it does have JPJ in!
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:29 pm
by Druid
Taipan wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:19 pm
Okay, not better, but I love the playing for change stuff and this version is superb and it does have JPJ in!
In a similar vein, this is a playing for change version of Soulshine. Originally an Allman Brothers song, Warren Hayes was a one time member and a hugely underrated guitarist
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:13 pm
by KungFooBob
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:36 pm
by mangocrazy
Just seen this. It's an over-long, inferior version of the Plump DJ's reworking of I feel love - generally known as 'Donna Kebab'.
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2026 3:33 pm
by Yorick
I've heard this on the wireless many times and loved it.
Just seen the video and wow!!!
.
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 4:25 pm
by gremlin
Nordboy wrote: Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:03 pm
I've never heard of Pomplamoose before? I liked that so am currently listening to some of their other stuff, including quite a few different mashups. They really are quite good.
Should have listened more carefully....
gremlin wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 3:09 pm
Pomplamoose!
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 7:44 pm
by Nordboy
Yorick wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 3:33 pm
I've heard this on the wireless many times and loved it.
Just seen the video and wow!!!
.
I really do like the proper orchestra doing modern stuff. Ministry of sound and pete tong both do club classics with full orchestras and it's great. Listen to it a lot when I'm on my Peloton.
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2026 8:49 am
by gremlin
Nordboy wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 7:44 pm
I really do like the proper orchestra doing modern stuff. Ministry of sound and pete tong both do club classics with full orchestras and it's great. Listen to it a lot when I'm on my Peloton.
See if you can get tickets for the House and Garage Orchestra. Always a good show, with old skool* acts doing their stuff and covers with an orchestra in the background. Saw them at the Camden Palace a while back and at Brixton prior to that. Both bloody good nights.
This one always brings the house down.
*Has to be spelt like that. It's the law.
Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2026 1:53 pm
by Yambo
Yorick wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 3:33 pm
I've heard this on the wireless many times and loved it.
Just seen the video and wow!!!
.
It's a month shy of 3 years since I posted that Lucie Silvas cover!

Re: Cover versions that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 1:24 pm
by gremlin
Wonderwall, done chilled.