Garth Brooks version is absolutely better.Speaking of Dylan, I liked Garth Brooks' version "To Make You Feel My Love" better than Bob's. And I think I like Adele's even more.
Garth Brooks version is absolutely better.Speaking of Dylan, I liked Garth Brooks' version "To Make You Feel My Love" better than Bob's. And I think I like Adele's even more.
This is heresy. I danced on the head table at my wedding to I Will Survive.Thanks to @mj4cy for this thread!
Name a cover of another song that is better than the original.
Cake’s “I Will Survive” is a favorite here. What are yours?
If they were earlier would they be in that Violent Femmes area? Interesting, but not too popular.
Going with 2 country songs here. "Callin Baton Rouge" was originally recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys in 1978 then it became a huge hit for Garth Brooks in 1993
Then to flip this around The Oak Ridge Boys were not the first one to record their big hit "Elvira" The song writer Dallas Frazier released it in 1966 and it only hit 72 on the billboard 100. Kenny Rogers recorded it in 1970 then Rodney Crowell released it in 1978 and it only peaked at 95. Finally the version most know by the ORB became a #1 hit in 1981.
Apparently there are a lot of cover versions of Elvira out there but some are just performances and not actual album recordings: https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/177867/versions They are missing 1 on that list as William Lee Golden and his sons just recently put out an album covering a bunch of classic hits including Elvira and The Eagles "Take it Easy" to name a couple.
I almost tweeted at The Morning Rush Pentatonix's version of Sound of Silence, but I didn't because I didn't want Travis crapping all over the version I thoroughly enjoy.Funny this one is brought into the thread. It was brought up on Morning Rush this morning. Travis pooped all over it, of course.