If criteria is artists song integrity (I mean not simple copy/paste song), as for example was Cat Power's - Satisfaction or Johnny Cash's - No Expectations






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This my favourite

JJF >>>>>>> Youngblood <<<<<<< JJF............Leon Russell.......Concert for Bangladesh

that alt-country cover is absolutely amazing! piano x)
thanks a lot.

BTW it was from 1995.

Streets Of Love by Matthew Ryan sound quite interesting ... found it after JJF finished.

Hard to beat this, as cover versions go. They even get the promo version 'yeah yeah' bit in the intro.

Frampton Live had a good version of JJF

johnny winter does the best cover:

Aretha Franklin with Keith

I always liked this one, I'm sure Brian would have loved it.







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I always liked this one, I'm sure Brian would have loved it.







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This Ananda Shankar cover of JJF is simply FANTASTIC though his cover of "Light My Fire" is far less interesting.

I remember listening to Ravi Shankar on NPR ~ 8-10 years ago and he talked about his own range of influences including Western classical music, jazz and French (cinema and language). He also talked a bit about his family. What was striking in all of this was that for someone with as deep and impressive a musical ancestry as Ravi Shankar, he pointedly referenced his nephew Ananda Shankar who he noted was brilliant.

Ananda Shankar was really the first in India to bridge EAST-WEST melodies. Though I was really young then, I still remember with immense clarity, his impressive EAST WEST dance and music choreographies on Indian television and particularly his fusion of Indian and Western Classical music.

He was way ahead of his time as Ravi Shankar noted in his NPR interview and sadly quite under recognized even in India. This version of JJF is a landmark in "World Music" way before the terminology became popular and/or cool. What a song - what a version!!!



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Hard to beat this, as cover versions go. They even get the promo version 'yeah yeah' bit in the intro.

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Oh god what kind of music? truly horrible,i only like the country version,others,just awful,what are they,kids playing in a sand storm?

Next question is,who else have or can write a song as original as this?

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Oh god what kind of music? truly horrible,i only like the country version,others,just awful,what are they,kids playing in a sand storm?

Next question is,who else have or can write a song as original as this?

you didn't like the johnny winter version?

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marko
Next question is,who else have or can write a song as original as this?

Marko my intention, when started a post, was exactly same as you say.. Not copy/paste song as Winter or Frampton. But my English is broken, or some people don't read carefully.
One more example Randon Daughters - Child Of The Moon

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marko
Next question is,who else have or can write a song as original as this?

Marko my intention, when started a post, was exactly same as you say.. Not copy/paste song as Winter or Frampton. But my English is broken, or some people don't read carefully.
One more example Randon Daughters - Child Of The Moon

maybe i don't understand. are you saying the winter version sounds exactly like the stones version and has no artistic merit?

I never got why the Aretha Franklin version was supposed to be any good. It's bland at best if you ask me.
This is much better IMO:




Also, Leon Russell did a far more country flavoured version than the rocky Bangladesh Benefit one. My dad has it on a DVD, and that's my fave cover version of JJF, but I can't find it on YouTube.

JumpingKentFlash

Love this one : - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band



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maybe i don't understand. are you saying the winter version sounds exactly like the stones version and has no artistic merit?

yes! only guitar exibitions.

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maybe i don't understand. are you saying the winter version sounds exactly like the stones version and has no artistic merit?

yes! only guitar exibitions.

huh? the winter version sounds nothing like the stones version even without the long guitar solo's.

Tastes are diff. I give up. Here is only one real version...



compared only with this






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I like this cover




much better than this one

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Streets Of Love by Matthew Ryan sound quite interesting ... found it after JJF finished.

Never heard of it before.It's different and gives the words another interpretation somehow.Interesting, yeah . .

Flamin Groovies version is the best attempt at an uncoverable song, no one can duplicate the power of the Stones masterpiece and certainly no one can come close to the rythmn guitar playing on that song.