Cover Better Than The Original

Cover of Warren Zevon's "Keep Me in Your Heart for a While."

 

I think Tom Petty still has the edge, but Johnny did it proud.

 

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (1919 )
"A post-World War I song, with lyrics by American actor Gene Lockhart and music by Canadian-born concert pianist Ernest Seitz.

This became a signature song of Les Paul and Mary Ford in the 1950's.



Recorded by Willie Nelson (on Moonlight Becomes You, 1993).

Live performance with Paul Buskirk on the electric mandolin and Paul Schmitt on the piano. Can't nail down the date. Maybe 2004?

 

Original,

 

I didn't remember the title,had to listen to ir to recall the song, good choice Beth.

 

I should have included the original, done by Hall and Oates. I think Cee Lo Green is underrated; his range is incredible.

 

Not "better than the original," but I enjoyed them just the same.

 

Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - Phil Collins 1998 (Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969 )

This is more like a karaoke version. It sounds like the original instrumental sound track, except vocals and additional drums. The older man is George Martin, who produced many of the Beatles songs, including the Abbey Road album.



There is no need to provide a link to the original 3 song sequence because it is always taken down from YouTube eventually. However there is a live version with both Paul McCartney and Phil Collins (1997).

 

Wow, I was actually shocked by this one. Canned Heat's big 70's hit "Going Up the Country" was apparently plagiarized from this 1928 song, "Bull Doze Blues" by Henry Thomas.



Not exactly a cover, though.

 

I love this song no matter who sings it.



and of course, the original...

 

"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden. Original



Cover by Steve and Eydie:

 

There are more from the Lounge-A-Palooza album:

"She Don't Use Jelly" from the Flaming Lips:



The cover from Ben Folds Five: