Gender bender

Name a cover that is better than the original sung by the opposite gender.

Angel by Lucinda Williams and Charles Marvel. (Jimi Hendrix)
Wall of Death by Shawn Colvin. (Richard Thompson)

jpwarren5806-26-2020 5:18pm

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millercarbon Details Discussions Posts This discussion 12,531 posts 06-26-2020 at 05:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Holly Cole, Allison Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0u9W4aVxo
bkeske Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,568 posts 06-26-2020 at 06:31pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Sundays - Wild Horses
nicotico Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 187 posts 06-26-2020 at 06:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Aretha’s cover of “Respect” (Otis Redding)
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,408 posts 06-26-2020 at 07:13pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Joan Osborne's version of Slim Harpo's "Shake Your Hips." Smokin' hot! Her version of "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" is also fantastic, though maybe not "better" than the original by Jimmy Ruffin.
three_easy_payments Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,097 posts 06-26-2020 at 07:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete From the opposite end, in 1956 Elvis leveraged his popularity to sell 10 million copies of "Hound Dog" which was originally performed by Big Mama Thornton in 1952. Big Mama's version was infinitely better and helped shape rock and roll for guys like Elvis who profited to an incredible degree from her work on this particular cut.

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