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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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.
big_greg Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,554 posts 06-26-2020 at 08:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Not sure about better, because I love both versions - Rickie Lee Jones, Show Biz Kids (Steely Dan)
edcyn Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,876 posts 06-26-2020 at 08:46pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Buck Owens' Together Again performed by Emmylou Harris. Okay, nearly everything cross-gender covered by Emmylou Harris.
hodu Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 312 posts 06-26-2020 at 08:55pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Kate Bush's "Rocket Man."
isochronism Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,893 posts 06-26-2020 at 09:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete John Hart's Jazz Guitarist instrumental version of Joni's Both Sides Now. Fantastic IMO!

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