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I believe that Manfred Mann's versions of "Spirits in the Night" and "Blinded by the Light" are far superior than the Bruce Springsteen versions...I think Springsteen's are the original ones.

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Mother of God. I no longer want cochleas.
Please kill me.
Mother of God.
Why.
Oh sweet Jesus.
Why.

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There's a whole album of his cover songs. Horrid. Horrible. Retched. Forget cochleas, after they go it's the tympanic membrane.

And then you sever the 8th cranial nerve.

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Please, I know what you're talking about, I got a degree in brainology and shit.

Jesus Cal, are you having one of those flurries or whatever they are? At least 25 posts. At first I thought the forum had been real busy since my last visit when I opened the most recent posts link and then I saw your name was everywhere. What triggers it off?

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

I see you've never studied brainology.

The Blood, Sweat & Tears version of Without Her (different song) blows the socks off the original Harry Nilsson version.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover version of Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower.

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Bill Frisell's instrumental trio version of Madonna's Live to Tell

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I mentioned this already, but here's a link to Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung covering Radiohead. From the album Tub Gurnard Goodness.

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Zappa's version of Ravel's Bolero

Red Hot Chili Peppers' version of Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground

Yes version of Paul Simon's America

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Badlands' version of 'Fire and Rain'

Deodato's version of Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Phish's version of Also sprach Zarathustra
Suzy Q - Johnny Winter (at Rockpalast)
Whipping Post - FZ
Time After Time - Miles Davis

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Elvis Costello wrote "Girls Talk" but Dave Edmunds perfected it.''

The Byrds could have made a career out of doing nothing except Dylan's songs. Their version of "My Back Pages" is amazing.

Deep Purple's version of Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman" smokes the original.

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Oh come on.

Bolero performed by Zappa is an amusing distraction.
Performed by an orchestra, accompanied by a mental image of boning Bo Derek, is a beautiful thing.

I think Dave Edmunds cut the single first though i agree it is much better DE is a good producer
Similar case The Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses they cut the single first not so good though tuff to say i just got used too RS version.

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Arf you out of your fucking mind.

But orchestras usually don't play a reggae or mariachi arrangement of the composition, which btw was meant to be an orchestration (i.e. arrangement) exercise...

How many ways can I arrange this repetitive melody and still keep it interesting? Zappa succeeded. I wish he also could have done it with a complete orchestra, but then he would never do it, given the amount of his own compositions in need of play... Besides, I never heard the original Ravel's Bolero.

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Sweet Jane by The Cowboy Junkies is better than the Velvet Underground original version.

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I remember when that came out and Lou Reed said something like that being the his favorite cover of that song. Maybe having something to do with other versions skipping the Heavenly Wine and Roses section.

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Mott The Hoople's version of Sweet Jane is KILLER!!

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Bonus points fo the hand up your sweater.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZQnNB3BOPM

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