best cover versions

Listeners to BBC Radio have just voted for 'the top cover versions':
BBC Music - BBC Music - BBC Music asked YOU to vote for your favourite cover versions ever. Now here are the results!

And it made for interesting listening:
BBC News - Ten hits you may not know were cover versions

It became a big story in itself:
BBC News - Pet Shop Boys' Always On My Mind tops cover version vote

In fact, some would say a cover version can be 'better' than the original - and there have been lots of other lists made:
10 Cover Songs Better Than the Originals
Which cover versions are better than the original song? | Music | theguardian.com

And this makes a good subject for an English Lesson:
ESL Forums • View topic - Song Covers... New Versions!

The song voted number seven in the BBC was:



JOE COCKER -With A Little Help From My Friends- 1969 Woodstock.. - YouTube

Notice how he plays with the rhythm - totally different from the original.

Here's a very good exercise looking at the use of stress:
Beatles 1-Create Your Own Worksheets for "With A Little Help From My Friends"

Finally: what about from this:
Papa was a Rolling Stone- The Temptations (Full Version) - YouTube

... to this:
George Michael - Killer/Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Official Video) - YouTube
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