G'z up, who's down for this parlour game?
All genres of music are welcome and the covers don't necessarily need to be better than the originals, just dope in their own right.
Only two rules here:
1. The song must exist on wax. Partially to appease the diggers and partially to stop anyone posting videos of indie lasses doing ukulele covers of Rap songs.
2. You must list the song you post to avoid the thread being a graveyard of dead YouTube embeds in the future.
Fair? Let's play!
Last edited by BB; 13-11-20 at 06:07 PM.
Snoop - Lodi Dodi
DJ Jazzy Jeff ft. Peedi Crakk - Brand New Funk 2k7
Best Rap cover versions ever in my book.
Top 3 examples of artists covering their own songs/songs by their own group.
Howlin Wolf - Evil (psychedelic verdion)
ESG - Moody (Spaced Out)
Maceo & The Macks - Soul Power '74
I like the o.g Doors song, but let's be honest here - these 2 versions absolutely body it:
Young Holt Unlimited - Light My Fire
Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire
Willie Wright - Right on for the Darkness
Deep Heat - Do It Again
Ken Booth - Is it Because Im Black?
Last edited by Bob Disaster; 13-11-20 at 06:35 PM.
Hypnotical Gases - Keeping my proboscis out of the dirt.
Erma Franklin’s cover of ‘Light My Fire’ is my favourite version
A killer edit from Ryuhel The Man dropped on wax on a limited Japanese 45 a few months ago. Well worth picking up if you find one for a decent price.
Smith & Mighty - ‘Walk On’
A certified Bristol classic and the finest version of this Bacharach masterpiece.
What’s a song that never gets old and every cover is usually good?
Sunny is battered but that songs kind of annoying.
I’m going Hurt So Bad
Nancy Holloway is the one.
Mystic Moods Easy version
Little Anthony OG is no slouch
Not even these dorks the Lettermen can fuck it up
Nancy Wilson, Willie Hutch, Delfonics and loads more all do decent versions.
Hypnotical Gases - Keeping my proboscis out of the dirt.
Mystic Harmony - ‘Night Over Egypt’
Lovers rock cover version of The Jones Girls classic reissued on 12” by the always on point Backatcha last year.
2 Tone was a good little genre for cover versions wonnit?
The Specials - Monkey Man
Madness - One Step Beyond
The Beat - Tears Of A Clown
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