Good day dear mates! In our world you can often hear many covers on excellent original songs. And sometimes even singers who sang original version confirm that cover turned out more popular or better than original version. And here I'd like to introduce you examples of such cases.
And to begin I'd like from the song Nothing Compares 2 U which associates of course with Sinéad O'Connor who unfortunately died on 23th July 2023 but it was written by Prince. And just 6 years later when this song sang Sinéad O'Connor it turned out more popular than original song.
First of all let's listen original version with Prince. This song he wrote for his side project Family band in 1986.
And now let's compare it with cover version with Sinéad O'Connor.
Just feel this emotions how are they bright and great. It sounds like song has been written for her voice. But Sinéad O'Connor once mentioned that once she had a run-in with Prince over that song and it almost got physical. However, he later admitted that Sinéad's version is better.
Now let's move to another one great song. Which I think every fan of Nirvana knows. At this time I'm talking about song The Man Who Sold The World.
Yes it's also cover. And originally this song of David Bowie. You can find it on his second album which was also called The Man Who Sold The World. But well known Bowie became just after his third album
And now Nirvana version. And here I choose video from Unplugged concert on MTV.
But the most important thing that when you are hearing just intro you can feel that this music of Nirvana from their world, their accords. Seems like Bowie wrote song for them.
I can say it's a sign of great cover when listener doesn't know who originally wrote the song. And this information has the virtue of encyclopedic knowledge.
At this time I want to take you to the France and United Kingdom! First let's listen original version Waterloo Road.
I think from the first notes and chords you'll feel like you've heard something like this somewhere. And you'd be right. The cover of this song brought a lot of fame to a famous French singer - Joe Dassin
But in this case of course we can say that this song can be considered like translation and almost new song not just a cover.
So as a conclusion I can say this part of my compilation includes great hits and authors who now rests it peace but their songs are still with us and will stay in our hurts! And I hope you enjoyed today's music selection, and travelling back to the future without leaving the Hive. 😎 The post goes for #threetunetuesday challenge run by @ablaze.
