yea, i know, this is any oxymoron, but i think that some bands do beatles songs as good if not better then the original versions. if i could choose any band that has done their songs, beatles or solo, i would have to say U2. Their Helter Skelter is actually pretty well done, and they also extended on john's God with...get this, God Part II (whoa, the title guy is a genius ) but seriously, even when they screwed up on Sgt peppers for Live 8 with mr. Paul, they still sounded pretty good.
who do u think has done beatles songs (or solo) the best, or worse as the case may be.
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I like Joe Cockers With a Little Help from my Friends and Oasis I am the Walrus and of course the Stones I Wanna be your Man But prefer the Beatles versions!
OK, well, I like Ms. Bassey's cover of Something. Like juniorsfarm said, it's all about opinion! Anyway, the Crosby, Stills and Nash version of Blackbird on the Allies live album is good, as well as the studio version of it on the CNS 4 CD box set I've got, which might be deleted now.
This is a 'splitting hairs' point here -- but is "I Wanna Be Your Man" by the Stones really a cover version.... or is the Beatles' version a cover of the Stones?
I ask this because didn't John and Paul write this for the Stones, and then they (the Beatles) recorded it themselves? And (no offense Ringo), but the Beatles considered it a throwaway song by letting Ringo sing it.
Therefore, a cover of a Stones song that the Beatles originally wrote. Is that possible?
Hee! Here's the web definition of "cover song": recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else; "they made a cover of a Beatles' song"
In this case, you would be... um, half right?
So the Stones did record IWBYM first, and they had a hit with it, right? So that meets the definition.
But as the authors, Lennon/McCartney must have already had their arrangement in mind. In which case, they wouldn't be inspired by or adapting the Stones version (which I think is implied in "cover" though not overtly stated) but just went ahead and did what they were going to do anyway. Or so I imagine.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
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Don't know if this qualifies as a cover, more a series of covers, but I really liked the Stars on 45 Beatles Medley from 1981. The session singer they used for John sounded a helluva lot like him (you'll hear him at about 1:31). For those who don't know what in God's holy name I'm blathering about, clicky below
Have to agree with Joe Cocker's WALHFMF, although I also adore his version of Come Together from the movie Across the Universe.
'Did you ever hear of the Seattle Seven? That was me.... and... six other guys.'
Don't know if this qualifies as a cover, more a series of covers, but I really liked the Stars on 45 Beatles Medley from 1981. The session singer they used for John sounded a helluva lot like him.
Bas Muijs. There's some information on him on this board somewhere.
Welcome he Dude! But bloody hell, that's a terrible song!!!
Hehe... Thanks for the welcome, and I agree. The other Stars on 45 stuff was pretty excruciating but the Beatles Medley resonated with me at the time. Maybe because it was released shortly after John was killed, I dunno. It just has a particular place in my heart
'Did you ever hear of the Seattle Seven? That was me.... and... six other guys.'
Hehe... Thanks for the welcome, and I agree. The other Stars on 45 stuff was pretty excruciating but the Beatles Medley resonated with me at the time. Maybe because it was released shortly after John was killed, I dunno. It just has a particular place in my heart
That's some weird shaped heart!
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) but seriously, even when they screwed up on Sgt peppers for Live 8 with mr. Paul, they still sounded pretty good.
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