Entertainment & Music Who did it better?

[RelaxMax]

 

[GotTheGoodes]

Tallica. Only because they're my fav band though....

 

[Matty_G]

I still stand by Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal is better than MJ's. Come at me.

 

[Shell]

I still stand by Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal is better than MJ's. Come at me.

Once upon a time id smash your face in for that comment. But I dont mind aafs version (now).

 

[raskolnikov]

L J Hooker

 

[Predator35]

Bob Seger. Massive fan. Also enjoy Metallicas version.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I reckon Great White did an awesome cover of Ian Hunter's song Once Bitten Twice Shy.

Slightly better than the original.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

I don't think it's better but Disturbed do a ridiculously awesome version of Sound of Silence.

 

[FoolCat]

I still stand by Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal is better than MJ's. Come at me.

Absolutely agree, they changed the lyrics for the better as well

 

[FoolCat]

I don't think it's better but Disturbed do a ridiculously awesome version of Sound of Silence.

Haha my mum shares this on Facebook everytime she sees it. It is awesome though.

 

[perthblue]

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[DroopStDanny]

Nobody apparently.

 

[RelaxMax]

Tallica. Only because they're my fav band though....

I like Bob's arrangement

But prefer Jon's vocals

Especially when he lets rip at the end

 

[the_interloper]

I'm voting for Stevie Ray, unbelievable player who did Jimi better than Jimi

 

[Gough]

Honourable mention to Duane Allman too.

 

[Plugger35]

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For me Cake's 90s cover version beats the Gloria Gaynor original by the length of the Flemington Straight.

Cake just made that song their own and took it to new levels with that chugging bass line along with guitar and trumpet solos that were off the chain.

 

[the_interloper]

Honourable mention to Duane Allman too.

*in a. I used to think John Butler was a good slide guitarist then heard this bloke. Pretty sure he's the one who actually wrote the main Layla lick too.

 

[Gough]

****in a. I used to think John Butler was a good slide guitarist then heard this bloke. Pretty sure he's the one who actually wrote the main Layla lick too.

Co writer of Layla, Jim Gordon is currently banged up for killing for killing his mum.

 

[Plugger35]

Best slide guitarist I've seen live is Lucky Oceans, he won grammys when he played with Asleep at the Wheel.

He's been living in Perth for the last 30 odd years along with Hank Marvin from The Shadows and they quite often pop up for gigs around town.



The first time I saw Lucky Oceans play live was at the Festival of Perth back in the 90s when me and a couple of mates were stoned off our tree.

We were standing right next to him and we were blown away by how good he was at the sit down slide guitar, we'd never seen anything like it before.

He also played in an 80s Perth country band called Dude Ranch, he must have felt like Dustin Martin playing in an ammos team.

 

[the_interloper]

Co writer of Layla, Jim Gordon is currently banged up for killing for killing his mum.

Nearly liked that but that's not cool killing your old girl.

 

[the_interloper]

Best slide guitarist I've seen live is Lucky Oceans, he won grammys when he played with Asleep at the Wheel.

He's been living in Perth for the last 30 odd years along with Hank Marvin from The Shadows and they quite often pop up for gigs around town.



The first time I saw Lucky Oceans play live was at the Festival of Perth back in the early 90s when me and a couple of mates were stoned off our tree.

We were standing right next to him and we were blown away by how good he was at the sit down slide guitar, we'd never seen anything like it before.

Didn't know Hank Marvin lived in Perth, well there ya go.

 

[RelaxMax]

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[Plugger35]

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I'll have to give it to The Supremes here but Philco runs them a close second with his 80s cover version.

 

[Gough]

Smokey, and it's not even close.

 

[Plugger35]

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Well it just has to be Roxy Music, like Cake with I Will Survive they made this song their own and took it to new levels.

Bryan Ferry pours emotion into this song with his vocals that the Lennon original lacks, it was Roxy Music's only no.1 in the UK and Australia for good reason.