Cover versions that sounded exactly like the original

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Geri Halliwells - Raining Men.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Down in Awse-tralia one of the latest Australian idols has released an exact replica of 'what about me?' - and wasn't once enough?
Apparently though it's a heartfelt version - you cant ask for much more...

― pineapples, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 10:10 (nineteen years ago) link

I Touch Myself, Saucy Monky [sic]. The lack of imagination evidenced by the record is infuriating.
(Is it a worldwide hit? I've heard it on the radio here, but that could simply be because one of the co-vocalists is Irish.)

― Palomino (Palomino), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 11:32 (nineteen years ago) link

The pre-'Being Nobody' Liberty X's take on Mantronix's 'Got To Have Your Love'.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 12:21 (nineteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

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"original backing track, minus the vocal"
Dave Edmunds did that w/ "Heart of The City."
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I think (Nick Lowe's?) manager Jake Riviera was responsible for that. I remember reading somewhere Dave saying "What do I want do release 'Heart of the City' for? That was Jake's idea!"

Speaking of Dave Edmunds, what about the Juice Newton version of "Queen of Hearts"? Wasn't that exactly the same arrangement as the original, only less rocking, so as not to offend sensitive country music listener ears?

― Ken Lauterbach (Ken L), Thursday, 11 November 2004 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link

The Bunnymen's "People are Strange" was a bit too close to the original (they even had Manzarek playin' keyboards) to be interesting.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 11 November 2004 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link

The Boo Radley's cover of "There she goes"
The libertines cover of "Lazy Sunday"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 11 November 2004 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link

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