Covers you heard first. . .

[sloopjohnc]

And kinda still use as your frame of reference for the song vs. the original

[Loki]

I was around 13 when April Wine started releasing recordings. It was a long time before I knew they were covers







Hadn't heard much JD when I heard this version.....trying to be as objective as possible but I still prefer NIN




When Bryan Hyland covered Curtis, I hadn't heard the Impressions original

[harvey k-tel]

Pretty much everything on this...

[NMB]

Pretty much any cover on a 60s Beatles or Stones album.

[clive gash]

Ten years (no YouTube in those days lads) before I heard the original.

[Deebank]

[Kinkhurt]

I was first acquainted with this one at early Sisters Of Mercy gigs, along with the Stooges 1969.



I was once at a Sisters gig in Leeds and Iggy was in the audience for the last bit, when they rolled '69
out, he seemed to approve.

[The Slider]

[pcqgod]

Loads of "Nuggets"-type things, from covers by 70's/80's garage revival bands like Chesterfield Kings, The Nomads, The Cramps, etc.

I still think this Chesterfield Kings recording is better than the original by The Choir.

[Dayodead]

Most of the early Beatles covers, Most of The Cramps covers and "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell...

[sloopjohnc]

Pretty much any cover on a 60s Beatles or Stones album.

Beatles covers for me, but really only Not Fade Away and Time is On My Side from the Stones.

[naughty boy]

Pretty much everything on this...

Same for me. I might have heard the original 'Shapes of Things' first.

[sloopjohnc]

Pretty much everything on this...

Same for me. I might have heard the original 'Shapes of Things' first.

They played the Bowie version of Friday on My Mind a lot on FM radio. It wasn't until a long time later than I knew the Easybeats did it.

[zoomboogity]

Pretty much any cover on a 60s Beatles or Stones album.

Beatles covers for me

Especially Words Of Love (the sound of the lead guitar does it for me every time) and Twist And Shout.

Lots of Dylan songs as done by The Byrds and Fairport Convention.

Theme One by Van Der Graaf Generator.

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 introduced me to a lot of Brazilian composers: Jobim, Jorge Ben, Edu Lobo, Marcos & Paulo Valle, Gilberto Gil...

And, of course:

[harvey k-tel]

And, of course:

Har! I think that's the first version of that I heard, too.

[Nikki Gradual]

About half the tracks on this:

[trans-chigley express]

Status Quo- Rockin All Over The World
In fact I still have never heard the original

Manfred Mann’s Earthband -Blinded by the Light

Grace Jones - Private Life and Walking in the Rain

Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray

[The Slider]

^^ all of those

[Ranking Ted]

Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Saint Etienne

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