I prefer Johnny Rivers' version of
Baby, I need your Lovin' over the original while I like both Johnny Rivers and Johnny A's versions of
Poor Side of Town equally well. Johnny A's version of
Wichita Lineman is preferred over Glenn Campbell's as is Johnny's version of the
Wind Cries Mary.
Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & the Shondell's over the Joan Jet version.
Drift Away - Dobie Gray over Uncle Cracker.
Ashes to Ashes - Tears for Fears over David Bowie
Groovy Kind of Love - Phil Collins version is the best.
I will listen to Vanilla Fudge's version of
You Keep Me Hanging On before I listen to the Supremes version. This song was on the charts at least 4 times, BTW.
Going to a Go-Go - Definitely the Miracles version.
Oddly enough, both versions, Huey Lewis and JJ Jackson's versions of
But It's Aright both sound equally well to me.
I would give the nod to Mellencamp's version of
Wild Night over Van Morrison ever so slightly.
Van Halen's version of
You Really Got Me over the Kinks.
Santana's version of
Black Magic Woman and
Oye Como Va over both originals.
Peter Gabriel's version of
In Your Eyes over Chris Gaines by a Southern Country Mile, since I'm a Southerner in the Bible Belt.
David Lee Roth's version of
Tobacco Road
The original "
Dancing in the Streets" over both Van Halen and David Bowie's version.
Beatles version of the
Taxman over Stevie Ray Vaughn's.
Both Aerosmith's and the Beatles' version of
Come Together are equally liked.
The Animals
Dirty Old Town/It's My Life over the David Johansen version.
Roxy Music's version of "
More Than This" than whoever brought it back out in the mid to late 1990s.
Maynard Ferguson's live performance of
Hey Jude was always outstanding. The recorded version - not so much.
Wrap it Up - Fabulous Thunderbirds over Sam & Dave.
Guns 'n' Roses version of
Knocking on Heaven's Door is the best version in my opinion.
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