Brilliant "re-imagining" of songs that actually work ...

[Sadact7]

Could you explain WHY?
Otherwise we're just going to have people posting their favourite music, aren't we?

I know it's bad form to quote yourself, but I was right, wasn't I?
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What I wanted was new versions of old songs that made you interpret the LYRICS in a surprising way.
Still, once you post a topic it's out of your hands, and maybe there just aren't as many remakes that do that as I asssumed.

That’s going to be a very fucking short thread to be fair.

But, in that spirit, how about this. The White Stripes’ cover of Jolene by Dolly Parton.

The original is a sickly sweet saccharine country song about a woman’s insecurity, the White Stripes’ turn it into a visceral rock number with barely contained jealous madness.

[JimmyDee]

If jimmo invited us to a party he'd smash his own house up halfway through and call us all cunts.

By "us" I assume you meant to say 'everyone but me'

Be fair though, ghost-o, I did say that any thread is out of the OPs hands once posted. It's more like when teenagers issue a general invitation to a party when their parents are away for the weekend.

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Edited to add ... I have now cleaned-up my original fucked-up quote.

[JimmyDee]

The White Stripes’ cover of Jolene by Dolly Parton.
The original is a sickly sweet saccharine country song about a woman’s insecurity, the White Stripes’ turn it into a visceral rock number with barely contained jealous madness.

That conforms to my spec, but I wouldn't call the original sickly-sweet. I think it's rather good that she doesn't slut-shame The Other Woman, but asks her, calmly, "you could have ANY man in town, why choose my husband? Pick on someone single, why don't you?" It shows a certain maturity, don't you think?

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Fair fucken fucks to all of that Big J

[Basualdo]

[Reg]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you THIS version of "Heartbreak Hotel" that matches the lyrics, unlike the jolly Elvis track, that made HH sound like a Disco .


John Cale, off of Velvet Underground, and not JJ Cale, btw. Him that did the viola on "Venus in Furs".
Any more?

Wi' the greatest respec', I wouldn't describe the Elvis original as "jolly" - one of the things that made it so extraordinary at the time was its raw emotion.

John Lennon famously said that Elvis died when he went in the army. John Cale remarked that he died when he heard this version of Heartbreak Hotel.

Incidentally, Slow Dazzle is a great album - I love his Brian Wilson tribute. (Cale's pop albums of the early Seventies are all good.)

[colinthewarriormonkey]

Could you explain WHY?
Otherwise we're just going to have people posting their favourite music, aren't we?

I know it's bad form to quote yourself, but I was right, wasn't I?
- - -
What I wanted was new versions of old songs that made you interpret the LYRICS in a surprising way.
Still, once you post a topic it's out of your hands, and maybe there just aren't as many remakes that do that as I asssumed.

That’s going to be a very fucking short thread to be fair.

But, in that spirit, how about this. The White Stripes’ cover of Jolene by Dolly Parton.

The original is a sickly sweet saccharine country song about a woman’s insecurity, the White Stripes’ turn it into a visceral rock number with barely contained jealous madness.

Jolene played at 33rpm sounds amazing

[colinthewarriormonkey]

Tainted love

[JudgeTedd]

Shaun Ryder and the boys did a great re-imagining of this number.

[Carlos J]

Like both of them.

[AlcoholBrazil]

Dear Prudence .....Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Red Red Wine........UB40. Even Neil Diamond said he prefers their version.

[Reg]

Red Red Wine........UB40. Even Neil Diamond said he prefers their version.

UB40's effort is OK, but it's just an inferior copy of Tony Tribe's version.

[JudgeTedd]

A slight variation on the theme. Two very different covers of a song.



And



I can’t decide who sings it better, Marriott or Plant?

[Arty Morty]

Dear Prudence .....Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Red Red Wine........UB40. Even Neil Diamond said he prefers their version.

Over produced.

[Sid Pervcat]

Dear Prudence .....Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Red Red Wine........UB40. Even Neil Diamond said he prefers their version.

Over produced.

And McGeoch had fucked off by then.

Fat lad out the cure plays on it I think.