Comments on: THREE ORIGINALS..

By: Josef

Josef — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:12:41 +0000

Blinded by the Light by The Boss.

By: emily

emily — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:52:54 +0000

I really like the bleak, raspy Bob Dylan version of Mr Tambourine man, and the smarmy Byrds version never fails to turn my stomach. Of course that one the cover actually was released before the original, wonder if it would have been overlooked otherwise.

By: Krist

Krist — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:57:53 +0000

wow. all these great ones. hmm maybe a part two?? yes?

By: Sonja

Sonja — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:52:40 +0000

I agree with derek – Erma’s version does beat Janis’s by more than a country mile – a city mile even….

By: International Cover-Up

International Cover-Up — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:31:31 +0000

Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen

Long, long, long – George Harrison

Rappaport’s Testament: I Never Gave Up – Chumbawumba

Nine Inch Nails – Hurt

By: derek

derek — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:29:49 +0000

Actually, Erma Franklin’s original beats Janis by a country mile [IMHO], good though her version is. Familiarity is no measure of quality.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:52:17 +0000

I had no idea I Want Candy was a cover. My entire world view has changed…..

Try the original “Piece of My Heart” by Erma Franklin (Aretha’s older sister), instead of the one recorded by Janice Joplin only a year after.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:50:49 +0000

Or Badfinger even….

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:50:19 +0000

How about Badfiner’s original of “Without You”…Hit versions by Nilsson and Mariah Carey to name a couple.

Check it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_You

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:33:18 +0000

“Respect” by Otis Redding.