Who did it better?

[TV and credit cards]

I prefer Amy Winehouse's rendition of Valerie, specifically the uptempo version from her 2007 Glastonbury concert.

 

[TV and credit cards]

I think one of the best covers is Joe Cocker performing the Beatles With a Little Help from My Friends.

 

[TSwizzle]

Linda Ronstadt has a wonderful voice.

Another difficult one for me, Venus;





The Bananarama version musically is a great do over of a classic song. Coupled with the visuals of an excellent video featuring three beautiful sexy women it should be a slam dunk. But the original artists version has that awesome groovy classic 1960s ultra cool vibe about it.

It's a tie!

 

[thebeave]

Speaking of Led Zeppelin, I never really thought it would be possible for a cover version to compete with the original Stairway to Heaven, but Heart's performance of it at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors gave it a run for its money. I think I still have to give it to LZ though.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Mariska Veres vocals does it for me on Venus.


I love both of these versions of Lean On Me. They live in their own space and I couldn't pick one over the other.

 

[TSwizzle]

American icons, Billy Joel and Barry "The Walrus of Love" White singing Billy Joel's classic "Just The Way You Are";





Hmmm, it's a tie for me.

 

[TSwizzle]

Iconic Diana Ross v avant-garde Scottish band The Associates sing Love Hangover;





Two very different styles. I could go either way on this one but The Associates version is more upbeat and Billy McKenzie's voice is immense and just pips it for me.

RIP Billy McKenzie and Alan Rankine.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Do you prefer it in hee haw


or contralto

 

[Politesse]

This one depends entirely on my mood. Is it dancing around the kitchen time?



Or sipping whiskey and chilling in the lounge time?

 

[couch_sloth]

I give Mr. Dylan the nods for the lyrics, but SnC sang it better.

My understatement for the day:
Dylan has never been known for having a great singing voice.

 

[couch_sloth]

I think one of the best covers is Joe Cocker performing the Beatles With a Little Help from My Friends.

I also like Cocker’s version of the Beatles song ‘She Came In Through The Bathroom Window’.

 

[TSwizzle]

Do you prefer it in hee haw

or contralto

Tracy Chapman by a country mile. See what I did there

I’ll get my coat.

 

[TSwizzle]

A classic song that was a big hit;



I went for The Communards version rather than Thelma Houston. The Communards brought in Sarah Jane Morris to perform vocals with Jimmy Sommerville.

 

[TSwizzle]

It's hard to better a John Lennon classic but I think Roxy Music version is the better version, only just.

 

[TV and credit cards]

 

[TV and credit cards]

I like this one.



None of the other covers made the cut.

 

[Thomas II]

 

[Thomas II]

 

[blastula]

Yes did.

 

[ZiprHead]

Love the Disturbed cover. The singer, don't remember his name, was trained from childhood to be a church cantor.