R&B covers of Beatles songs

gladhands · Jul 7, 2011

Why are so many R&B covers of Beatles songs better than the originals?

I like the Beatles, but I would much rather listing to the following covers:

"Daytripper" -Hendrix
"Elanor Rigby" - Aretha Franklin or Ray Charles
"A Little Help From My Friends"- Joe Cocker
"Come Together" -Michael Jackson
"We Can Work it Out"- Stevie Wonder
"Gotta Get You Into My Life"- Earth Wind and Fire

DerekS · Jul 7, 2011

Im gonna say this....i know ill catch a lot of flack, but to hell with it. I cant stand the beatles. they were great songwriters.....but horrible musicians and singers. I love most of their songs, when sang and played by someone else.

imageWIS · Jul 7, 2011

Originally Posted by DerekS

Im gonna say this....i know ill catch a lot of flack, but to hell with it. I cant stand the beatles. they were great songwriters.....but horrible musicians and singers. I love most of their songs, when sang and played by someone else.

You are fully entitled to your incorrect opinion.

edmorel · Jul 7, 2011

Originally Posted by DerekS

Im gonna say this....i know ill catch a lot of flack, but to hell with it. I cant stand the beatles. they were great songwriters.....but horrible musicians and singers. I love most of their songs, when sang and played by someone else.

they are undoubtedly incredible songwriters, some of their songs are best done by them (by them I mean John Lennon), others are better when done by someone else.

Dakota rube · Jul 7, 2011

Pretty tough to argue against this one. fyi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ed_The_Beatles

grundletaint · Jul 7, 2011

there's a good stax disc of them on itunes. wilson pickett's hey jude with duane allman is awesome check these out: soulive rubber soulive

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DerekS · Jul 7, 2011

Originally Posted by imageWIS

You are fully entitled to your incorrect opinion.

haha. i know i know.

in stitches · Jul 7, 2011

Originally Posted by imageWIS

You are fully entitled to your incorrect opinion.

yup. sorry D. i love dem beatles.

this is me. really it is.

DerekS · Jul 7, 2011

Originally Posted by edmorel

they are undoubtedly incredible songwriters, some of their songs are best done by them (by them I mean John Lennon), others are better when done by someone else.

I didnt mind him. but their guitars were out of tune a lot of the time. just couldnt get into them....but I really like the covers. some really incredible stuff was done with them.

edmorel · Jul 7, 2011

the definitive Beatles cover was William Shatners "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

imageWIS · Jul 7, 2011

The most original interpretation (IMHO) of the Beatles:

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in stitches · Jul 7, 2011

prob not the best but i enjoy the "while my guitar gently weeps" cover by santana, india.arie and yo yo ma

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runner-guy · Jul 7, 2011

There are better musicians out there. But Lennon and McCartney are without a doubt the greatest songwriters of all time IMO. And by the way, anytime I see one of those American Idol idiots covering a Beatles song I want to smash my TV. Horrible.

in stitches · Jul 7, 2011

Originally Posted by runner-guy

There are better musicians out there. But Lennon and McCartney are without a doubt the greatest songwriters of all time IMO. And by the way, anytime I see one of those American Idol idiots covering a Beatles song I want to smash my TV. Horrible.

especially when they flub the lyrics

ter1413 · Jul 7, 2011

Originally Posted by DerekS

Im gonna say this....i know ill catch a lot of flack, but to hell with it. I cant stand the beatles. they were great songwriters.....but horrible musicians and singers. I love most of their songs, when sang and played by someone else.

+1....

R&B covers of Beatles songs

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