Comments on: 7 Original Recordings that Blow the Remakes Away

By: toastmaster

toastmaster — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:00:28 +0000

After hearing Jimi Hendrix’s version of “All Along the Watchtower”, Bob Dylan actually liked it so much that he resolved to play it more like Hendrix did. Just a little something to add on top.

By: wolfie

wolfie — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:53:12 +0000

Like Dylans,and Hendrix and Dave Masons version of watchtower

By: giles

giles — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:03:43 +0000

echoing those who brought up that neil diamond wrote “i’m a believer” for the monkees. his version is technically the remake and shouldn’t be on the list.

especially because if you allow that, then it’s ridiculous not to have “nothing compares 2 u” on the list/ prince’s version is miles beyond sinead o’conner’s.

By: tim

tim — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:32:08 +0000

A really amazing cover-adaptation has to be Mary Ann Redmond’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I am Looking For”, cover of the already awesome U2 song, she treats it more like a ballad making it a completely different tune than U2’s pop-ish original.

Listen to it here – 3rd MP3 audio track listed on the right sidebar:

http://www.visualcv.com/maryannredmond
Thanks for your list!

By: imblackyall

imblackyall — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:29:35 +0000

worst offender for me is the “smells like teen spirit” cover of wich we do not speak.

By: karen

karen — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:06:16 +0000

I don’t know who re-did it, but they turned a song about ecology and protest by Joni Mitchell into soda pop. Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi should have been left alone.

By: Kryptos

Kryptos — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:07:04 +0000

I much preferred Robbie Williams’ version of “Angels” over Jessica Simpson’s. I have no problem with remakes, but she embarrassed herself (even further) by remaking a song that was only a few years old. At least wait until the original has “aged” a little bit before attempting to remake it.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:20:46 +0000

anything by The Carpenters, there is a longing in her voice that can’t be replicated.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:12:51 +0000

Paul McCartney’s latter day cover of Yesterday was certainly not necessary, imho.

Also, I prefer Jimi’s version of AATWT over Bob’s.

By: Rocky

Rocky — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:29:37 +0000

I’ll put in my two votes. I was glad to see someone mention “Last Kiss”. Interesting history on that. I always thought it was originally performed by J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers. It was actually originally written (and performed) by Wayne Cochran, and then redone the next year by J. Frank Wilson. I think the Wilson version is by far the best, but that’s possibly personal bias because I loved that song so much for so long before I heard the (much different) Pearl Jam version.

Oh, and 2nd but more importantly–I felt like I wanted to punch a hole through my radio when I first heard Sheryl Crow squawking “Sweet Child of Mine”. How dare you!