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I could do this as an extention of the similar thread I started some time last year (ooh makes even December seem long ago saying that), but TBH although a new vs old, having a gender specific rule helps keep the sidetracking down (I hope).
Recently someone (I do not know who) covered Franky Goes to Hollywood's "Power of love" not to be confused with all the other power of love songs around, I half recognised the words from the intro "Keep the vampires from your door." etc, but as it's not a song I listen to often (ie maybe 10 times in my life, not that I was counting) it didn't jump out at me as a cover at first just maybe using a similar line, till a more familiar part came up.
I'm undecided if this one is better as I have only heard it briefly on occasions on the works radio when set to Heart instead of Kiss FM.
No more I love you's by Annie Lennox or the I never knew it was a cover of The lover speaks till Bennet the sage did a video, I'll say original.
Leona Lewis had a different arrangement for her version of Snow Patrols Run instead of yet another woman singing Karaokie on prime time TV which I class Xfactor etc as, the arangement alone is a tonal shift, but I'm not a fan of the song by either to really put it in a head to head.
Cindi Lauper (sp) and her version of I drove all night, the big O was reletively unknown to me and my peers till the movie pretty woman got his single more airplay and a few others he did sprang out, I got this on whatever of her albums it was and a best of (well two almost identical best of's) and having a woman telling the story of how she "Drove all night, woke you from your sleep to make love to you." even with the "is that all right, I drove all night." after it, well it seem's less rapey.
Speaking of the old Big O, Rebekah Del Rio and her version of Crying (Lorando) from Mulholand Drive, big win for Del Rio.
I got the youtube clip on my phone and played it to a co worker and she asked if I understood it,
"in a way I do," then when the key part came on I sang along in English and she then recognised the song.
Again someone I never found out the name of a few years ago covered Elton John's your song, both versions I'm meh about, but the cover looses points as the woman from the Lorando paragraph loved the song and cranked the works radio up high and as the walls are tiled it bounced the sounds around that I could not stand to hear it.
Patty (Patti?) Smith and Prince's When does cry, Guy upstairs is very anti cover in general, but I think her's owns, pitty she didn't play it Live the two times I've seen her.
I'm not exactly sure where I am going with this save for asking if you can add to the list with songs by other artists, preferably with a bit about why you think it is better or worse than the male original.
Exclusions, male composer but first known release is a female vocalist, as that a cover does not make
EG Because the Night by Patty Smith, although afaik co written with Springsteen in a let me finish that song for you kinda way, I don't think that ever made it onto one of his own LP's and if it did it would no doubt be after making his the cover.
Duet's are alowed, hell the cover of "master and servant" sounds better as a duet discussing their roles in a joint venture rather than a one sided aproach, even though the words are the same and rabit in the moon's waiting for the night came from the same tribute album and I love both almost equally, with a slight bias to the cover, cos she sounds georgeous, but then again so does Pam Ayres.
EG of duet or similar colaborations
Mark Ronsons Vallery with Amy Winehouse on vocals, even though it now has a mild lesbian / girl crush slant to it.
Quick shout out to DJ Sammy and the candle light mix of Bryan Addams Heaven, the faster vocal mix is shite but the normal speed vocals and minimalistic arrangement is brilliant.
Now over to you
Recently someone (I do not know who) covered Franky Goes to Hollywood's "Power of love" not to be confused with all the other power of love songs around, I half recognised the words from the intro "Keep the vampires from your door." etc, but as it's not a song I listen to often (ie maybe 10 times in my life, not that I was counting) it didn't jump out at me as a cover at first just maybe using a similar line, till a more familiar part came up.
I'm undecided if this one is better as I have only heard it briefly on occasions on the works radio when set to Heart instead of Kiss FM.
No more I love you's by Annie Lennox or the I never knew it was a cover of The lover speaks till Bennet the sage did a video, I'll say original.
Leona Lewis had a different arrangement for her version of Snow Patrols Run instead of yet another woman singing Karaokie on prime time TV which I class Xfactor etc as, the arangement alone is a tonal shift, but I'm not a fan of the song by either to really put it in a head to head.
Cindi Lauper (sp) and her version of I drove all night, the big O was reletively unknown to me and my peers till the movie pretty woman got his single more airplay and a few others he did sprang out, I got this on whatever of her albums it was and a best of (well two almost identical best of's) and having a woman telling the story of how she "Drove all night, woke you from your sleep to make love to you." even with the "is that all right, I drove all night." after it, well it seem's less rapey.
Speaking of the old Big O, Rebekah Del Rio and her version of Crying (Lorando) from Mulholand Drive, big win for Del Rio.
I got the youtube clip on my phone and played it to a co worker and she asked if I understood it,
"in a way I do," then when the key part came on I sang along in English and she then recognised the song.
Again someone I never found out the name of a few years ago covered Elton John's your song, both versions I'm meh about, but the cover looses points as the woman from the Lorando paragraph loved the song and cranked the works radio up high and as the walls are tiled it bounced the sounds around that I could not stand to hear it.
Patty (Patti?) Smith and Prince's When does cry, Guy upstairs is very anti cover in general, but I think her's owns, pitty she didn't play it Live the two times I've seen her.
I'm not exactly sure where I am going with this save for asking if you can add to the list with songs by other artists, preferably with a bit about why you think it is better or worse than the male original.
Exclusions, male composer but first known release is a female vocalist, as that a cover does not make
EG Because the Night by Patty Smith, although afaik co written with Springsteen in a let me finish that song for you kinda way, I don't think that ever made it onto one of his own LP's and if it did it would no doubt be after making his the cover.
Duet's are alowed, hell the cover of "master and servant" sounds better as a duet discussing their roles in a joint venture rather than a one sided aproach, even though the words are the same and rabit in the moon's waiting for the night came from the same tribute album and I love both almost equally, with a slight bias to the cover, cos she sounds georgeous, but then again so does Pam Ayres.
EG of duet or similar colaborations
Mark Ronsons Vallery with Amy Winehouse on vocals, even though it now has a mild lesbian / girl crush slant to it.
Quick shout out to DJ Sammy and the candle light mix of Bryan Addams Heaven, the faster vocal mix is shite but the normal speed vocals and minimalistic arrangement is brilliant.
Now over to you
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