Total Eclipse of the Heart by Jan Wayne

Mad World. Original by Tears For Fears
Cover by Gary Jules

@ragingloli -...someone likes to dance. :)
@filmfann -I agree.

I like “You Really Got Me Now” from Van Halen slightly better than The Kinks’ original.
Probably because I heard Van Halen’s first.

@rebbel -I like VH’s version better as well.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3vEds2ULiAg
A Case of You – Diana Krall
Better than the original by Joni Mitchell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UV4F2yfEt9o
Song For A Winters Niight- Sarah McLachlan
Better than the original by Gordon Lightfoot

This is funny, personally speaking anyway.
My wife absolutely loves Tainted Love by Soft Cell probably her fave record ever, which is saying something coz she’s heavily into Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath & AC/DC

Anyhoo, I much prefer Marilyn Manson’s cover of the song, a fact that drives her nuts as she thinks it’s utter garbage & destroys the original.
It’s unusual that I like Marilyn’s version at all, let alone better, coz the rest of his stuff is just an awful din, but…it is what it is.

@josie- I agree with that too
I also like Nazareth’s
more than Joni Mitchell’s

@ucme- She needs to fight you! Lol

@lucillelucillelucille Oh she does, me being me, every chance I get I play Manson’s version whenever she’s around, like full blast volume lol.

All I’m saying is, she throws things at me…pans, books, even a chair once.

@ucme – :)

This is a respectable version of the original I like just a tiny bit more.
https://youtu.be/g2NCiNKdCYU

@Vignette -No.

@lucillelucillelucille Much better in person.

@Vignette – His dad.

@lucillelucillelucille I guess it shows how much I miss his dad that I might feel his son’s take was better.

Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” over Leonard Cohen’s although I find the song too over exposed all together at this point.

@janbb -Yep

Although I really enjoy Etta James’ version, I think I like the down to earth version that Eva Cassidy did a little bit better!!! It’s simple, mellow, & calming while still as powerful as Etta’s version of it.

@LadyMarissa -I haven’t heard that version.It’s nice.

@lucillelucillelucille IF you have the opportunity, you really should check out ALL of Eva’s music. She was a lovely soul who shared her heart with her fans. Sadly, she was taken way too soon by cancer & her list is limited. I can’t think of one bad song that she did!!!

@LadyMarissa – I am listening to her cover of Sting’s Fields of Gold. Nice, but I prefer his version.
She does have a beautiful voice.

@LadyMarissa -One more. I really like her cover of Bill Wither’s song

I like Eva Cassidy too.

I have always preferred this version of “Woodstock” to Joni Mitchell’s original though I know I shouldn’t.

@flutherother – I always think of CSNY

@flutherother I recently came across this version of Woodstock that is kinda different but a toe tapper as well. https://youtu.be/fCzSJEpkUYo

- At this point, I think I prefer Johnny Cash’s version of NIN’s Hurt.
– The White Stripes used to do a mean cover of Dolly Parton’s Jolene.
– I always enjoyed Minor Threat’s cover of The Monkee’s “Stepping Stone”.
– Even though I do enjoy The Monk’s I Hate You, I still like The Fall’s cover (renamed “Black Monk Theme pt 1”)
– Gary Jules’ cover of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World is really good.
– Bauhaus’ cover of Brian Eno’s “Third Uncle”.

(probably forgetting a bunch)

I’ll mention that Soft Cell’s Tainted Love is a cover of Gloria Jones version.

Of course you will, of course :D

Jimi Hendrix- All Along the Watchtower > Bomb Dyldo’s original virgin. ;-p

@hmmmmmm -I like the JC version of Hurt better too
I’ll pass on all versions of Jolene XD
The Monkee’s cover is new for me as well as I Hate You
Brian Eno just leads me back to Roxy Music Ty for that:)

Disturbed’s cover of Sound of Silence is more evocative than Simon and Garfunkel’s original.
Sorry, I can’t get the link to load, but it’s easy to find.

@canidmajor -Very,very nice

This Enjoy the Silence remix

Thanks for posting that, @lucillelucillelucille

@canidmajor -Wow that voice!

@ragingloli -Better version :)

One of my favorite albums of all time is Joan Baez’s Any Day Now, a double album of cover of Bob Dylan songs.

@zenvelo – I am not too familiar with her singing/ music.

@zenvelo that’s an ear worm I won’t mind having! I still have the vinyl, Ijust lack a working turntable.

Leo Moracchioli – Hello originally by Adele.

@Coolhandluke – :D

@lucillelucillelucille are you a fan?

@Coolhandluke -I was not a fan of the original so any modification to it is alright with me. ;)

I could love you for that!

@Coolhandluke – :)