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cemaphonic

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29. Probably a bit obvious, but "Nothing Compares 2 U."

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Aug 4, 2014, 07:57 PM

Aug 2014

Sinead O' Connor took one of Prince's throwaway songs performed by one of his 80s side projects and made magic with it. Prince even tried to reclaim the song on a later album, but didn't quite cut it:

I seem to prefer Rolling Stones covers to the original, so here's a few:
Angi:

Dead Flowers:

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New Mix Tapes: Remakes better than the original [View all] LynneSin Aug 2014 OP

"Mr. Tambourine Man" Coventina Aug 2014 #1

"I Fought the Law" Coventina Aug 2014 #2

The Clash could do a remake of a Nickelback song and make it 100x more awesome LynneSin Aug 2014 #4

Hahahaha! Good point!! Coventina Aug 2014 #5

I'll take the Bobby Fuller Four's version over both. malthaussen Aug 2014 #7

"Love is All Around" Coventina Aug 2014 #3

Mostly I prefer originals, but... malthaussen Aug 2014 #6

Since you have a tie in your OP, here's mine: Coventina Aug 2014 #8

A win for Johnny Cash: Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". KamaAina Aug 2014 #17

Mentioned in the OP! Coventina Aug 2014 #21

If only she'd put it in bold like the others. KamaAina Aug 2014 #22

She's a sneaky one, for sure! Coventina Aug 2014 #23

You have no idea. KamaAina Aug 2014 #24

Here's two more... Archae Aug 2014 #9

"Louie, Louie" - Motorhead sakabatou Aug 2014 #10

Best version of Louie Louie is The Sonics: cemaphonic Aug 2014 #28

Off the direct topic but.... Coventina Aug 2014 #11

Here's the top 25 songs played on my Ipod LynneSin Aug 2014 #14

No Zep?! KamaAina Aug 2014 #18

Ipod can't track what I listen to on vinyl LynneSin Aug 2014 #25

What's vinyl? KamaAina Aug 2014 #26

What they make hotel wallpaper out of. jmowreader Aug 2014 #27

Yeah, I can't give you my top 25 from iTunes because Coventina Aug 2014 #20

The obvious one for me... Chan790 Aug 2014 #12

I like the "unplugged" version of Layla Earth Bound Misfit Aug 2014 #13

Couple from Credence Clearwater Revival... bluesbassman Aug 2014 #15

Mrs. Robinson. GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #16

"a bad Queen song"?? KamaAina Aug 2014 #19

Probably a bit obvious, but "Nothing Compares 2 U." cemaphonic Aug 2014 #29

Faith No More's version of "Let's Lynch the Landlord" Throd Aug 2014 #30

Animals - "House of the Rising Sun" cemaphonic Aug 2014 #31