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The best Beatles covers (other musicians covering Beatles songs)
6 May 2010
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npad21
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Stevie Wonder’s We Can Work It Out has to be the best one by far.
I think it might be the only one I actually care for enough to play it in my rotation. I’m extremely picky about Beatle covers and I think most of them are garbage.

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6 May 2010
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I completely forgot about Keith Moon’s In My Life .

It’s beautiful if you consider the kind of person he was when he was stripped of the silliness. Shows his other side well.

 

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You'd probably laugh and say that we were worlds apart…

6 May 2010
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Aerosmith did justice to Come Together .

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7 May 2010
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GAWD, I hate Aerosmith.

7 May 2010
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Fiona Apple’s “Across The Universe ” is quite good.  Love the way she sings it simply and honestly, like John.

In the video, look for John C. Reilly stealing (saving?) 45s from the smashed jukebox.

7 May 2010
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Zig said:

Aerosmith did justice to Come Together .


 

I think someone mentioned that song on the worst covers thread…

7 May 2010
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McLerristarr said:

Zig said:

Aerosmith did justice to Come Together .


 
I think someone mentioned that song on the worst covers thread…


 

…and we all know what opinons are like – including mine.

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7 May 2010
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Booker T and the MG's did a really weird Beatles cover called “Medley Avenue” which is just a instrumental form of Abbey Road and it just mashes up some of the songs together like a medley. It's pretty cool, it's basically using an organ for the vocals, but they're a really tight funk band that definitely adds a uniqueness that is very “Beatle-like”. And recently the Easy Starra-hard-days-night-ringo-9 All Stars did their version of Pepper with Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Dub Band which is just a reggae version of the album but it's pretty cool. I don't really like straight covers, although I would definately recommend YouTubing Yolanda Adams and Billy Preston's version of Imagine …it nearly brought a tear to my eye the first time I heard it. I don't know if anyone could really duplicate an actual Beatles tune all that well though, even though I'm sure it's been done.

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15 May 2010
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I’ve just heard Eleanor Rigby by that genius Ray Charles. Amazing soul version.

I'd like to say "thank you" on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition.
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16 May 2010
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Another discovery: Revolution by Stone Temple Pilots.

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16 May 2010
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I don’t know if this has been mentioned but Something by Frank Sinatra.

"The best band? The Beatles. The most overrated band? The Beatles."

16 May 2010
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All My Loving ” as covered by Chet Atkins and Suzy Bogguss.  Chet’s plays is just plain awesome!

 

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17 May 2010
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Now I can post What I had been listening:

 

Ray Charles:

 

Stone Temple Pilots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..3EmfAClrhs

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17 May 2010
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I like the movie Across The Universe cover Why Don’t We Do it In the Road sung by Dana Fuchs.

I know this is a terribly awful thing for me to say, but personally I like the cover better than the original version with Paul singing.a-hard-days-night-john-7

 

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20 May 2010
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20 May 2010
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This has always been a favourite of mine since I discovered it- not sure how to embed things here, hope you can see it.

20 May 2010
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I can see it just fine. a-hard-days-night-john-3 That was pretty good.

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21 May 2010
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Marcelo said:

Now I can post What I had been listening:

 

Ray Charles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..e0iI6k4NHE

 


 

When the song started I was like “Uh?” but as while I was listening to it I was blown away. What a way to take a song with such unique style and make it your own and at the same time, making you feel what the original writer intended.

Thanks for sharing Marcelo. I see that Ray Charles did other Beatles covers. I’m checking them.

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21 May 2010
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I remember reading that Ray Charles said “he’d heard them a few times” and they weren’t his thing but “they’re alright.”
Then he proceeds to make a memorable cover. =P

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2 June 2010
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A friend of mine found an album by Vladimir Tkachenko and Viktor Molchanov. I’ve just heard it .. and it’s fantastic!!

 

Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……

Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…

Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.

Beware of Darkness… 

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