Covers better than the original
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"Its all over now" covered by the Rolling Stones....."Twist and Shout" covered by The Beatles....and "Don't let me be misunderstood" covered by the Animals.
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Very funnyDevils_Advocate wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 8:36 pmHere you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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Couldnt resist but here you go for real this time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RSojXOZJWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1hzJmU7Dzc
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The Bowie album " Pin ups" is full of great covers the best one in my opinion the Easybeats.."Friday on my mind"
https://youtu.be/f7heEHFfjkU
https://youtu.be/f7heEHFfjkU
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One of the best covers ever, and generally thought of as being the original, but which it isn't:
The Temptations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eKA15PGadI
The Temptations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eKA15PGadI
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Nazareth's cover of Joni Mitchell's. "" This Flight Tonight"" was a bit tasty.
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Glen Campbell does an entire album of covers, it's called "meet glen campbell" and it is absolutely superb. Recorded after his alzheimers diagnosis, and it's well worth a listen. Treat yourself.
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Re: Covers better than the original
Covers of
Green day
U2
Foo Fighters
Travis...who would have thought that,? I'm off to give it a listen.
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Not read all the way through but this may have been mentioned. Mrs Robinson by the Lemonheads
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https://youtu.be/vrlXhpuLfeo
30 Seconds from Mars - Stronger (Kanye West Song)
Originally done for Radio 1's live lounge which has seen some brilliant, and horrible, covers over the years.
This was voted as the best one a few years ago now.
30 Seconds from Mars - Stronger (Kanye West Song)
Originally done for Radio 1's live lounge which has seen some brilliant, and horrible, covers over the years.
This was voted as the best one a few years ago now.
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Glen Campbell covering my all time favourite Green Day track....rather well ..
https://youtu.be/nQb9LPz_19w
https://youtu.be/nQb9LPz_19w
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The original by Bon Ivor - https://youtu.be/Dz5s5C6sAt0
The Birdy cover - https://youtu.be/aNzCDt2eidg
Birdy was only 14 when she recorded it I think and smashed it out of the park
The original by Bon Ivor - https://youtu.be/Dz5s5C6sAt0
The Birdy cover - https://youtu.be/aNzCDt2eidg
Birdy was only 14 when she recorded it I think and smashed it out of the park
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Brilliant from George Michael on that version .the best version of somebody to love is from Montreal 1981 ...now that will never be beaten...but as you say an excellent performance from George Michael
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https://youtu.be/tckkHyWfNNQ
Willie Nelson - The Scientist (Coldplay)
I'm a big Coldplay fan but this cover is better than their original.
https://youtu.be/J06yQb4lbPk
I also prefer this cover of Heroes by Motorhead, an opinion which may result in an angry mob but I don't care
Willie Nelson - The Scientist (Coldplay)
I'm a big Coldplay fan but this cover is better than their original.
https://youtu.be/J06yQb4lbPk
I also prefer this cover of Heroes by Motorhead, an opinion which may result in an angry mob but I don't care
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"Mr. Tambourine Man" - by the Byrds is far better than the Bob Dylan version.
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https://youtu.be/9UVjjcOUJLE
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold, better than Stings original.
https://youtu.be/9XaS93WMRQQ
Bad Wolves - Zombie.
Slightly different to the original Cranberries version because they were meant to be doing it with Dolores, but she died, so they recorded and released it anyway in her memory and the profits went to Dolores' family.
In some ways it is better than the Cranberries original.
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold, better than Stings original.
https://youtu.be/9XaS93WMRQQ
Bad Wolves - Zombie.
Slightly different to the original Cranberries version because they were meant to be doing it with Dolores, but she died, so they recorded and released it anyway in her memory and the profits went to Dolores' family.
In some ways it is better than the Cranberries original.
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Couple of shockers there mate... Thread was going really well there for a time.GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 9:25 pmhttps://youtu.be/wDe60CbIagg
Pet shop Boys - Always On My mind
My favourite version.
Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds
So you've just selected two recordings by Elvis - both covers by him i know, but Elvis made them what they are (gotta admit i AM a fan, but not blinkered) that are considered brilliant, and you reckon the shockingly bad covers by FYC and PSB are better? In the league table of cover versions, they are famous for being relegated from the NW Counties deputy reserve fifth team league for being very very ****.
Someone's put you up to this haven't they? You're just messin...
Well done, you caught me. Hook line and sinker there mate... i've bit like a good 'un.
edit: Eva Cassidy just rescued you there...
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Its all about opinionbobinho wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:04 pmCouple of shockers there mate... Thread was going really well there for a time.
So you've just selected two recordings by Elvis - both covers by him i know, but Elvis made them what they are (gotta admit i AM a fan, but not blinkered) that are considered brilliant, and you reckon the shockingly bad covers by FYC and PSB are better? In the league table of cover versions, they are famous for being relegated from the NW Counties deputy reserve fifth team league for being very very ****.
Someone's put you up to this haven't they? You're just messin...
Well done, you caught me. Hook line and sinker there mate... i've bit like a good 'un.
I just happen to prefer them compared to Elvis'
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Never seen that, or them, and didn't expect that!!what_no_pies wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:09 pmThis is my favourite ever cover. Everyone knows the original...
https://youtu.be/MmwFnoMoDDg
Brilliant cover, why have they never released that?!?
Also
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Not read through all this thread but my view is that no cover is better than the original. Simply because the original is how the song is meant to sound. There can be better vocals, production, you can prefer the cover but for me the original is always the best
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Susan Boyle...with a better version than the Stones?
https://youtu.be/Yb3XAP0c8WU
https://youtu.be/Yb3XAP0c8WU
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Hendrix is probably in here a few times.
Hey Joe - what you doin' with that gun in your hand?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwMrBb2x1Q
Hey Joe - what you doin' with that gun in your hand?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwMrBb2x1Q
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Anyone who went on the Turf in the late 80s will remember that one. I reckon that, You’re the Voice and You Win Again were the only three records the club owned back then.GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 9:25 pmhttps://youtu.be/wDe60CbIagg
Pet shop Boys - Always On My mind
My favourite version.
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One of those where it's actually pretty hard to tell what song it is.
I love this, another Dylan cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qXxOSYZi7U
I love this, another Dylan cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qXxOSYZi7U
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Arctic Monkeys cover of Girls Aloud's Love Machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAgGpUo5bg4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAgGpUo5bg4
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Your song by Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge better than Elton John original
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'Woodstock' by Matthews' Southern Comfort.
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'Woodstock' by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
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It’s too late ( Carol King) covered by Gloria Estefan.
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It’s too late ( Carol King) covered by Gloria Estefan.
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Their version of Live And Let Die ain't exactly shabby either, and I loved the original also, but they somehow manage to take an iconic song and make it their own, which isn't easy to do.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9vAItORgEBosscat wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 5:31 pmKnocking Heavens Door by Guns and Roses not too shabby
https://youtu.be/f8OHybVhQwc
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Limp Bizkit give it some George Michael
https://www.loudersound.com/features/10 ... he-sublime
https://www.loudersound.com/features/10 ... he-sublime
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Rod Stewart’s version of ‘You Keep Me Hangin On’ always does it for me.
https://youtu.be/jK4iKWpgfyo
https://youtu.be/jK4iKWpgfyo
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Tiny Dancer - Ben Folds
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Brilliantwhat_no_pies wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:09 pmThis is my favourite ever cover. Everyone knows the original...
https://youtu.be/MmwFnoMoDDg
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I think that's rather like saying that you can't improve a car or other equipment by modding it. It's usually not true.Herts Clarets wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:17 pmNot read through all this thread but my view is that no cover is better than the original. Simply because the original is how the song is meant to sound. There can be better vocals, production, you can prefer the cover but for me the original is always the best
I don't like to listen to songs on principles - for example some people won't listen to certain singers or bands because they're not 'cool'. I just hear what it sounds like and what emotions it gives me. An example is this:
Billy Roberts - Hey Joe (supposedly the original author)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziiNzFWZog
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3JsuWz4xWc
Marmalade - Hey Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw1HX4bpWMU
All interesting. I like the the Hendrix and Marmalade versions. Marmalade are probably not considered 'cool'. Hendrix version is not exactly the same as the recorded version. Indeed singers, even of original works, change their songs so what is an original anyway? I heard the Hendrix version first and that has an impact on our choices. I've often found that going back to the original is a disappointment. Some writers are good writers but poor musicians.
New interpretations can bring different elements to a song. For example:
Don Gibson - Lonesome Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z4kPGcmyPI
Neil Young - Lonesome Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_yH5ItSgU
If you listen to music only on principles you are missing out.
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"Under my Thumb" a cover version of the Stones song, ensuring all royalties the Who accrued from sales of the record went to barrister's fees to help Jagger en Co when they got busted on some trumped up drugs charge.
"B side was cover of Stones "The last time"
"B side was cover of Stones "The last time"
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Johnny Winter - Jumpin Jack Flash, all the energy (+ some) of the Stones but with proper guitar players.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQPlU5q1CBI
Neil Young's Pocahontas by Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch enhanced by Dave's unique picking on his 1935 $35 Epiphone guitar, persist through the banter at the start.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iliCadW0s5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQPlU5q1CBI
Neil Young's Pocahontas by Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch enhanced by Dave's unique picking on his 1935 $35 Epiphone guitar, persist through the banter at the start.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iliCadW0s5Q