other than the beatles by
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 15:54 (fifteen years ago)
Michelle Shocked
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 15:56 (fifteen years ago)
fats domino? he sounds kind of bewildered by the song tbh. haven't heard too many cover versions of this.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 16:59 (fifteen years ago)
One of my top 10 Beatles songs. I've heard a couple of versions but I still haven't heard one that I'd rather play instead of the original.
Here's a list of covers I found on secondhandsongs
1 Lovely Rita The Beatles June 1, 19672 Lovely Rita Peter Knight & His Orchestra 19673 Lovely Rita Fats Domino October 19684 Lovely Rita Roy Wood 19765 Lovely Rita Michelle Shocked 19886 Lovely Rita Big Daddy 19927 Lovely Rita The Nields May 27, 19978 Lovely Rita Branimir Krstic 20049 Lovely Rita Beatlejazz March 29, 200510 Lovely Rita Les Fradkin April 1, 200711 Lovely Rita Easy Star All-Stars Featuring Bunny Rugs and U Roy
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 19:19 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jllgPly6sc
― lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 19:21 (fifteen years ago)
second mark g on michelle shocked's "lovely rita". orginally appeared on NME's sgt. pepper knew my father comp. lovely is the word.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT0Aqja6rWw
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 20:17 (fifteen years ago)
^ also includes sonic youth's "within you without you" and the fall taking a stab at "a day in the life" (!). both surprisingly good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwoMjnoXn3Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_-8B5P0MR0
not a great album overall tho. curse of well-intentioned kitchen sink comps.
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 20:29 (fifteen years ago)
Yeah, about 50% alright/good, and 50% "plz destroy"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:41 (fifteen years ago)
way back in the day I had a friend w/super-heavy NY accent and I would bust his chops by making him try to say this song title:
luhvly riter metah made (or something like that)
definitely my favorite "version"
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 01:05 (fifteen years ago)
I don't know their version of LR but the Nields are pretty wonderful.
― banjoboy, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 04:24 (fifteen years ago)