# Good Remakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 1999, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648 "1999-09-03T18:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/21 "1999-09-04T03:09:00Z")
I liked Axel Rose’s version of \* Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door \* and Toby Keith’s country rendition of Sting’s \* I’m So Happy \* * * * “…send lawyers, guns, and money…” ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/22 "1999-09-04T03:21:00Z")
Marvin Gaye’s remake of “Heard it Thru the Grapevine” beat the hell out of Gladys Knights. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/23 "1999-09-04T18:06:00Z")
I was always fond of the Pet Shop Boys version of “You Were Always on My Mind.” Some of the Beatles remakes from the “Sgt. Peppers…” movie soundtrack were pretty good. I liked the Bee Gees version of “Oh, Darlin’” and Aerosmith’s “Come Together.” Mostly I like remakes that are DIFFERENT than the originals. So many artists remake a song as a tribute or something and make it exactly the same, what the hell for? (Mariah Carey’s “Without You” anyone? Blech!) OH, and Skee-lo’s version of “Mr. Morton” from the “Schoolhouse Rock Rocks” album is priceless! Ditto for “My Hero, Zero” by The Lemonheads. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/24 "1999-09-04T19:09:00Z")
I like Joe Cocker’s covers of most everything, starting with “With a Little Help From My Friends”. Generally, I prefer most anyone’s cover of any Dylan song, except for “Girl From The North County” or is it “Country”? And I’ll even admit that I prefer Riders In The Sky covers of most any Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, etc songs. * * * **R** anger **J** eff \*The Idol of American Youth \* ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/25 "1999-09-05T04:55:00Z")
Speaking of Joe Cocker, he did a very good cover of _Unchain My Heart_. The video was very cool too. Ray Charles (no relation) did an earlier version, but I’m not sure even that was the original. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/26 "1999-09-05T07:12:00Z")
Yes, **Joe Cocker’s** covers of A Little Help From My Friends and She Came In Through The Bathroom Window are excellent, maybe better than The Beatles originals. Speaking of **The Beatles** , I love 'em, but I gotta disagree with pldhennison. Twist And Shout by the **Isley Brothers** is far superior to the Fab Four’s. **UB40 with Chrissi Hynde** did a great version of I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher). I like the **Guns’n’Roses** cover of Heaven’s Door. I like the **Jimi Hendrix** cover of All Along the Watchtower. I like **The Byrds’** cover of Mr. Tambourine Man. I like the **Mother’s Finest** cover of Mickey’s Monkey. I like the **LeAnn Rimes** cover of Unchained Melody. I like the **Juice Newton** cover of Angel of the Morning, but it doesn’t beat the original by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_? The all-time BEST remake ever was Johnny B. Goode done by **Peter Tosh** …I love ya, Chuck, but P.T. wiped you out on this one! All these exceptions (and more) aside, I really don’t much care for remakes as a rule. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/27 "1999-09-05T08:51:00Z")
I can’t believe I’m \ saying this, but C-c-eline \ Dion’s version of \ The Beatles’ “Here, There and Everywhere” is \ excellent. I have to add a third for the Cowboy Junkies. Walking After Midnight is just haunting, as is Sweet Jane. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/28 "1999-09-05T19:12:00Z")
Sinéad O’Connor’s cover of All Apologies is beautiful. * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” OpalCat’s site: [http://opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com) The Teeming Millions Homepage: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/29 "1999-09-05T19:13:00Z")
Jimmy Buffett’s ‘Brown-eyed Girl’ ---
**Author:** ![popokis5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@popokis5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/popokis5)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/30 "1999-09-07T05:33:00Z")
“My Maria” by Brooks and Dunn is probably my favorite. The new “Last Kiss” is pretty good too. Also “Little Sister” by Dwight Yokum. ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/31 "1999-09-06T18:57:00Z")
Dwight Yoakam’s “Wichita Lineman” blows the original away. I also slightly prefer his “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” to Queen’s, but I’m a sucker for that country twang. I also like Phil Collins’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” better than the Supremes’ or the Dixie Chicks’ versions. I heartily dislike Sinead O’Connor, but her version of Elton John’s “Sacrifice” is terrific. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/32 "1999-09-06T19:05:00Z")
Oh yeah, and **Fiona Apple’s** rendition of Across The Universe (by The Beatles) is breathtakingly beautiful! Never knew that song could be **sexy** … ---
**Author:** ![J\_String](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@J\_String](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_String)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/33 "1999-09-11T20:00:00Z")
Dream Theater: “Perfect Strangers” Celtic Frost: “Mexican Radio” Dokken: “From the Beginning” (yup, the ELP tune… surprisingly good version of it too!) ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648/34 "1999-09-11T22:32:00Z")
I’m all about the remake of “Sweet Jane” by the Cowboy Junkies. Alana Davis’ adaptation of “32 Flavours” (originally by Ani DiFranco) is wonderful. I’m kinda partial to Tia Carrere singing “Ballroom Blitz”, that one chick (name, anyone?) who sang “Kung Fu Fighting” for Beverly Hills Ninja, and Tori Amos doing “Smells Like Teen Spirit”… that’s probably just the “anything boys can do, girls can do better” creeping out of me. I also like (another band name forgotten) the remake of “Come On Eileen”. The Corrs do a really good job with Stevie Nicks’ “Dreams”. ## I’m a Beatles fan, but I love the cover of “Tomorrow Never Knows”, done by Our Lady Peace for The Craft soundtrack. Peter Gabriel’s “I Have the Touch” was covered (also for The Craft) by Heather Nova, and I really like that one, too. Veni, Vidi, Visa … I came, I saw, I bought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-remakes/7648.md?page=1)