Liking a remake better than the original...

just sometimes.  There are some great ones out there.  There are some songs that are just overdone, but not including those here, I hope.

Since this really requires listening, I am not disguising the links.

My dad really prefers Six Pence None the Richer's version (Link to song) of Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over. (Link to song) I feel there is just no re-doing this song, but forgive me, I fell in love with my husband to the original.

Here are some of my faves:

Bryan Ferry's Jealous Guy which I prefer  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbLgJRQ8TDg

 to John Lennon's  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lLs2dC9NaE

Jamie Cullum's The Wind Cries Mary which I prefer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTdxAVPkUOk

to Jimi Hendrix's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf-Mtd2A1DI

Willing by Linda Rondstadt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Q6kYEuAPg (love her by the way and this is the original, but Little Feat did it first, I think.) Little Feat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrCMlSWlDX8  but then within the last few years some other group did it pretty similarly to Little Feat.

Band of Gold by Belinda Carlisle (no haters, please, cuz I love this song.  I so wanted to be her when I was 17.)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFRooO4j40

to Freda Payne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-tpVZUzElE&feature=related

Together on Solid Gold, this is a hoot.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHdcoHpFHQE

But not so much:

Alison by Linda Rondstadt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAHktlvoZEE&feature=related not as good as the original Elvis Costello http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI4Qel8qvW0&feature=related  which is just a classic, pure and true.

These are a toss up, since they are so different:

Tears for Fears Mad World-bit of trivia-TFF was into Primal Scream, so that is what this is about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXuXikfIYHY

Gary Jules  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4  this video is very cool too and yet another, (so how many have re-done this TFF hit?)  ( I love youtube for this reason, if no other!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViL3e-4WUi0&feature=related  Sara Hickman's version

Tears of a Clown-Smokey Robinson and The Miracles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2E_RSJAhYU&feature=related

The English Beat -which is my fav, and Dave is still rocking it after all these years.  We saw him in Boise a few years ago and he was great.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doyqWt9Ed1k Live version

Original EB version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjnYRD2vm8E&feature=related

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