Round 1: "Nothing Compares 2 U" vs "Monkberry..." *CLOSED*

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Round 1: Best Covered Song?

Poll ended at February 16 18, 10:31 am

Nothing Compares 2 U
8
67%
Monkberry Moon Delight
4
33%
 
Total votes: 12

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Round 1: "Nothing Compares 2 U" vs "Monkberry..." *CLOSED*

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http://challonge.com/GRB_cover_tourney_20 has all the tourney info.

Round 1: Round of 32!

#7: ZigZagCardsFan's "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Chris Cornell


Originally performed by Prince:


#28: ghostrunner's "Monkberry Moon Delight" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins


Originally performed by Paul McCartney:
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Re: Round 1: "Nothing Compares 2 U" vs "Monkberry Moon Delig

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I like the Capital Cities version of Nothing Compares to you...


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Curious to see how this does. Screamin' Jay Hawkins is really underrated IMO.

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Re: Round 1: "Nothing Compares 2 U" vs "Monkberry Moon Delig

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I should've included this version of Chris Cornell's rendition instead. It's even better than the one above.


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Struggling with this one. I love both songs.

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I've always known her wrote it, but I didn't know Prince actually sang it. I thought he wrote it for Sinead O'Connor.

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stlouie_lipp wrote:I've always known her wrote it, but I didn't know Prince actually sang it. I thought he wrote it for Sinead O'Connor.
He wrote it for a side project, The Family, which never took off. Not sure if Sinead heard it somewhere or it got shopped to her. Prince never recorded it until after Sinead made it a hit.

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