― Hillary, Sunday, 11 September 2005 02:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Atari 2600, Sunday, 11 September 2005 08:07 (eighteen years ago) link
haha
"Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" - William Shatner
I think (equally horrible, but not as entertaning as Bill Shatner)Andy Williams did a Beatles song or two also, can't remember
― Atari 2600, Sunday, 11 September 2005 08:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Sunday, 11 September 2005 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link
I love all versions by Sgt. Pepper for classical guitar by Branimir Krstic, especially my best song ever "A day in the life".
― DorianG, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― fletcher dexter, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Souxsie and the Banshee's "Helter Skelter" shits all over the weak-ass Motely Crue version.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Burr (Burr), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 05:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― laurent darde, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 12:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Also love Brasil 66's samba-ized cover of "Day Tripper."
― mike a, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew k, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Thursday, 23 March 2006 10:01 (eighteen years ago) link
also, Edu Lobo, "Hey Jude"...Ted Nugent, "I Want To Tell You"...Harvey Averne, "THe Word"...The Jam, "Taxman"...(I mean, "Start!")
― hank (hank s), Thursday, 23 March 2006 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link
ihttp://comics.heritageauctions.com/highlights/beatles/todayandyesterday.jpg
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 23 March 2006 14:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― hank (hank s), Thursday, 23 March 2006 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 23 March 2006 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 23 March 2006 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― retrokid, Friday, 24 March 2006 11:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 25 March 2006 04:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 25 March 2006 05:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Trevor Wood, Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― AJ, Thursday, 4 May 2006 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― gregor vox (Gregor Vox), Thursday, 4 May 2006 14:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 4 May 2006 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically (musically), Thursday, 4 May 2006 15:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― dan (dan), Thursday, 4 May 2006 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― wilder penfield, Friday, 19 May 2006 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link
everything is better with clarinet!
― Keywords: revenge, knife, granddaughter, demonic-possession, rock-star, eel (Aus, Friday, 19 May 2006 11:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― christoff (christoff), Monday, 22 May 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― jean-michel Robert, Monday, 29 May 2006 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Other than that, I generally have a problem with Beatles cover versions. Simply because the originals are too good.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 29 May 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 29 May 2006 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Daniel Ash - "Day Tripper"
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 29 May 2006 22:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 29 May 2006 23:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Monday, 29 May 2006 23:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Monday, 29 May 2006 23:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 00:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jackson Boxer (JacksonB), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 05:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Stevie Wonder's version of "We Can Work It Out" runs circles around the original, and I don't say that lightly.
Werd.
I liked David Cook's (American Idol 7) version of Day Tripper. He might have jacked that from someone else but I don't care.
― youcangoyourownway, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
It has to be Money by the Flying Lizards surely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_iQZiVD_zA
― moley, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I've always liked Coroner's version of "She's So Heavy" quite a bit.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Just heard for the first time (my bad) Bill Withers' version of "Let It Be"; it's awesomely beautiful. Ramsey Lewis' LP of Beatles covers--Mother Nature's Son--is wonderful, too.
― inhibitionist, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:44 (fifteen years ago) link
David Grisman's band has done a pretty moving instrumental version, all mandolined-up and shit, of "Because".
Lol Coxhill's take on "I'm The Walrus" is also great.
― t**t, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 10:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Arcwelder did a great version of "I Am The Walrus," superfast, stripped-down, with no attempts at mimicking the 'cellos or tape effects. Worked amazingly (and surprisingly) well.
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 13:06 (fifteen years ago) link
So then what, if any, are the few cases in which the cover version actually surpasses the Beatles original?
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
This was mentioned upthread as part of the Motown Beatles covers album, and it warrants more attention (BSJ, I think it surpasses the original):
Let It Be - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Gladys gave one of her absolute best performances on that. (I also welled up during the gospelly version of "Let It Be" in Across the Universe.)
― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't heard a lot of those, but the original versions of those are so great, I don't see how ALL of them could surpass.. Maybe a few do..
What bothers me about this thread is that it's supposed to be a list of the "best beatles covers. ever." and instead people are just listing random cover versions..
Stevie Wonder seems to have been mentioned here a lot.. it's hard to say which version I like better, because the Beatles version is great for so many reasons (one of the true Lennon/McCartney penned songs, John's bridge w/ changing time signature, and the harmonium!!!) ... however Stevie Wonder's version simply killed it.
I also still think The Cyrkle's "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" may surpass the original. It helped me to better appreciate the original version. There's changing key signatures constantly throughout the song, which somehow works in this case.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh my mistake, I thought you were suggesting all of those Motown covers were better.. Yeah the Gladys Knight version is lovely.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link