For “I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane”
It was written by John Denver. Peter, Paul and Mary made a huge hit out of it in the late '60s or early '70s.
Since this is about a song, I’ll move this thread to our arts forum, Cafe Society.
And the best version is by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.
Chantal Kreviazuk’s version (see ‘Armageddon’ soundtrack) is the least annoying one I’ve heard.
Is this a game? Can we add more songs? Here’s mine:
Across the Universe
Original: The Beatles (written by John)
Best: Rufus Wainwright
Nah, the best Across the Universe is by Fiona Apple off of the Pleasantville soundtrack. This from a Beatles fan who doesn’t like anything Fiona Apple came near.
All Along the Watchtower
Original: Bob Dylan
Best: Jimi Hendrix
<b>Pressure Drop</b>
Original: Toots and the Maytals
Best: toss up between the original and The Clash
sigh ahh, Mr Strummer, why did the fates have to take you before your Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductions?
“Independent Woman”
Original: Destiny’s Child
Best: This one.
Since someone had to contradict mine …
Pressure Drop as performed by The Specials.
“I Am the Walrus”
Original – The Beatles
Best – Lol Coxhill. Well, maybe not the best, but certainly the strangest.
“Hallelujah”
Original: Leonard Cohen
Best: Jeff Buckley (close 2nd: Rufus Wainwright)
Jealous Guy
Original: John Lennon
Best: Bryan Ferry
This is an interesting site which makes chains of cover versions.
From the home page
"A cover chain is a set of songs in which each song is a cover of a song by the band who covered the preceding song. For instance:
The Wild Stares
song “Babies Falling”
was covered by Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
song “Falling In Love With The Wolfboy”
was covered by Dead Dog
The Dead Dog
song “The Optimist”
was covered by Love, Execution Style"
To play the game…
The original?
Louie Louie by Richard Berry
The best ?
Louie Louie by Iggy Pop from American Caeser
milo
Sorry, the best is Laibach’s cover!
Harli, I don’t know whether to thank you or curse you. If it hadn’t been for this thread, I might not have heard until tomorrow. Now I’ll be up half the night at least.
Damn.
May take me half the night to get the coding right if I don’t remember to preview.
oops!
my bad on two accounts
guess i just had strummer on the brain…
Good answer!
99 Luftballoons
Original: Nena
Best: Goldfinger
Take On Me
Original: AHA
Best: MXPX
I could do this all day…