Music lovers: Original vs. Cover Versions
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Song: A little help from my friends
Original: Beatles
Cover: Joe Cocker
The live version from Woodstock is my favorite song of all time
...and is the definitive version imo. It's tough to pull a song away from the Beatles, but Cocker just owned it.0 -
Sweet Dreams - Original Eurythmics
Remake - Marylin Manson
I love them both but the MM remake has a dark quality I really like.
Also 'Like a Prayer' - Madonna
Remake Bigod 20
Remake is awesome.
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No, Tainted Love was horrible, but it WAS different from the original. It was done for a soundtrack to an absolute *kitten* movie, so with that it mind it kind of gets a pass.
Love love LOVE the Manson version of this one.Reel Big Fish doing 99 Red Balloons!
Yes!
Obscure one -
Song: Down in the Park
Original: Gary Numan (of "Cars" fame - song not band)
Cover1: Marilyn Manson
Cover2: Foo Fighters
All versions great, but Foo Fighters rock it
Manson notoriously pulls off a great cover. I know I'm opening myself up to flaming on that one, but he has perfected the art of taking an extremely well known song (Personal Jesus, Tainted Love, Sweet Dreams) and turning it on it's head.
I actually agree with this.....but I will also disagree, because I'm on the internet and that's what Al Gore invented it for. Manson's 'Tainted Love'....not great0 -
Lovesong-The Cure
Cover-Adele
I really love both of them, but I like how Adele put her own spin to it & made the song sound like her own!0 -
Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Sting
Love this version!
Song: Boys of Summer
Original: Don Henley
Cover: The Ataris
The cover is 100X better than the original.0 -
Downtown Train
Original - Tom Waits
Cover - Rod Stewart
As a huge Tom Waits fan, it pains me to say, the Rod Stewart cover is certainly the definitive. Doesn't mean it's better :-P
Definitely not better.
Sweet Jane
Original: Velvet Underground
Cover: Cowboy Junkies
I love both but Cowboy Junkies win because as mush as I love VU, Lou Reed makes me want to kill myself.0 -
Sweet Dreams - Original Eurythmics
Remake - Marylin Manson
I love them both but the MM remake has a dark quality I really like.
Also 'Like a Prayer' - Madonna
Remake Bigod 20
Remake is awesome.
Bigod 20!!! That launched me immediately back to college. Yes - great cover of "Like a Prayer."0 -
No, Tainted Love was horrible, but it WAS different from the original. It was done for a soundtrack to an absolute *kitten* movie, so with that it mind it kind of gets a pass.
Love love LOVE the Manson version of this one.Reel Big Fish doing 99 Red Balloons!
Yes!
Obscure one -
Song: Down in the Park
Original: Gary Numan (of "Cars" fame - song not band)
Cover1: Marilyn Manson
Cover2: Foo Fighters
All versions great, but Foo Fighters rock it
Manson notoriously pulls off a great cover. I know I'm opening myself up to flaming on that one, but he has perfected the art of taking an extremely well known song (Personal Jesus, Tainted Love, Sweet Dreams) and turning it on it's head.
I actually agree with this.....but I will also disagree, because I'm on the internet and that's what Al Gore invented it for. Manson's 'Tainted Love'....not great
Pass handed out.
I'm a big fan of his version of 'I Put a Spell on You'0 -
Here are a few of my favorites:
Song: Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Original: Soft Cell (Yes, of "Tainted Love" fame.)
Cover: David Gray
Winner: David Gray. Hands down.
Song: Hallelujah
Original: Leonard Cohen
Cover: Jeff Buckley
Winner: Jeff Buckley. Though I'd argue that Rufus Wainwright's cover is pretty fantastic, too.
Song: Oh! You Pretty Things
Original: Peter Noone
Cover: David Bowie
Winner: David Bowie. Always David Bowie. Especially Hunky Dorey-era Bowie.
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Song: The Man Who Sold the World
Original: David Bowie
Cover: Nirvana
Winner: Nirvana. I don't even particularly like Nirvana, but this cover really is excellent.0 -
Song: We Belong
Original: Pat Benetar
Cover: Lowen & Navarro
Deninitive - L&N
(They wrote it for her, BTW)0 -
Not sure how many ppl woulda ever heard this cover but everyone knows the original:
original : Sir MixAlot
cover: ph8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNbsMKUNOE 0 -
.Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Sting
Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Fixed this0 -
Speaking of Muse... I think they definitely redefined 'Feeling Good' and gave it new life. That is simply an awesome cover song!0
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.Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Sting
Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Fixed this
No, not really. I'll take Sting's version over SRV's0 -
Radar Love - Original Golden Earring Covered by White Lion. Golden Earring's is the better of the 2 by a thin line imo
Simple Man - Original: Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover: Shinedown. I love, love, love Shinedown's version! One of my all time fav songs.0 -
Song--Take me to the River
Original--Al Green
Cover--the Talking Heads
Song--Blinded by the Light
Original--Bruce Sprinsteen
Cover--Manfred Mann
Both of these the cover is so much more well known than the original that most people don't even realize the original exists.
I am a huge fan of cover songs, and enjoy hearing the different take an artist puts on a song..0 -
Oh, and a really fun one:
Song: B****es Ain't S***
Original: Dr. Dre
Cover: Ben Folds
Winner: This is a hard one. The original is a classic, but Ben Folds' cover is so friggin' fun. I'm giving it to Ben Folds.0 -
You read my mind. That song has been done to DEATH, but their version is amazing. Piss off, Michael Buble.Speaking of Muse... I think they definitely redefined 'Feeling Good' and gave it new life. That is simply an awesome cover song!0 -
.Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Sting
Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Fixed this
No, not really. I'll take Sting's version over SRV's
Hendrix version is always the best but Concrete Blonde has the best cover.0 -
Song--Take me to the River
Original--Al Green
Cover--the Talking Heads
Song--Blinded by the Light
Original--Bruce Sprinsteen
Cover--Manfred Mann
Both of these the cover is so much more well known than the original that most people don't even realize the original exists.
I am a huge fan of cover songs, and enjoy hearing the different take an artist puts on a song..
I argue with a buddy of mine all the time over Blinded by the Light. He likes Manfred Mann, I stick with the original on that one.0 -
Song: Boys of Summer
Original: Don Henley
Cover: The Ataris
The cover is 100X better than the original.
I don't know...it made me sad when they switched up the lyrics to say "a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac." Only because it hurts me to think of a Blag Flag sticker as a senseless embrace of nostalgia.0 -
.Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Sting
Song: Little Wing
Original: Hendrix
Cover: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Fixed this
No, not really. I'll take Sting's version over SRV's
Hendrix version is always the best but Concrete Blonde has the best cover.
I'll have to check that one out.0 -
There are a lot of great cover songs out there. Which ones do you believe have become the definitive version of the song?
I'll start with an easy one.
Song: China Girl
Original: Iggy Pop
Cover: David Bowie
The Bowie version is easily the definitive version (though, to be fair, he co-wrote the song)
Feel free to debate or post a new one.
Yeah, well, I have a hard time with this because without the original, the copy cat wouldn't be able to do it. So, mad respect to the original creators of the art. With that said, to me, Van Halen's version of "You Really Got Me" klilled the Kinks version.0 -
Totally forgot that one. I've loved him for a long time, though his recent stuff is pretty craptastic. His covers are almost better than his original stuff.
No, Tainted Love was horrible, but it WAS different from the original. It was done for a soundtrack to an absolute *kitten* movie, so with that it mind it kind of gets a pass.
Love love LOVE the Manson version of this one.Reel Big Fish doing 99 Red Balloons!
Yes!
Obscure one -
Song: Down in the Park
Original: Gary Numan (of "Cars" fame - song not band)
Cover1: Marilyn Manson
Cover2: Foo Fighters
All versions great, but Foo Fighters rock it
Manson notoriously pulls off a great cover. I know I'm opening myself up to flaming on that one, but he has perfected the art of taking an extremely well known song (Personal Jesus, Tainted Love, Sweet Dreams) and turning it on it's head.
I actually agree with this.....but I will also disagree, because I'm on the internet and that's what Al Gore invented it for. Manson's 'Tainted Love'....not great
Pass handed out.
I'm a big fan of his version of 'I Put a Spell on You'0 -
Ben Folds can do no wrong.Oh, and a really fun one:
Song: B****es Ain't S***
Original: Dr. Dre
Cover: Ben Folds
Winner: This is a hard one. The original is a classic, but Ben Folds' cover is so friggin' fun. I'm giving it to Ben Folds.0 -
Song: Boys of Summer
Original: Don Henley
Cover: The Ataris
The cover is 100X better than the original.
I don't know...it made me sad when they switched up the lyrics to say "a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac." Only because it hurts me to think of a Blag Flag sticker as a senseless embrace of nostalgia.
The Ataris took that song and turned it into pure pop bullsh!t. The Eagles version is far superior in every way, shape, and form.0 -
Ben Folds can do no wrong.Oh, and a really fun one:
Song: B****es Ain't S***
Original: Dr. Dre
Cover: Ben Folds
Winner: This is a hard one. The original is a classic, but Ben Folds' cover is so friggin' fun. I'm giving it to Ben Folds.
absolutely!!!
When I saw him live last year he covered a Ke$ha song. Couldn't tell you which one, but it was great. That guy is rather amazing0 -
Song--Take me to the River
Original--Al Green
Cover--the Talking Heads
Song--Blinded by the Light
Original--Bruce Sprinsteen
Cover--Manfred Mann
Both of these the cover is so much more well known than the original that most people don't even realize the original exists.
I am a huge fan of cover songs, and enjoy hearing the different take an artist puts on a song..
Wow! I have to admit I didn't know "Take me to the River" was a cover. Talking Heads version clearly definitive (and on heavy rotation on my playlists)0 -
Song: Twist & Shout
Original: The Isley Brothers
Cover: The Beatles.
Winner: The Beatles. Duh. As if there's some kind of argument here. Pfft.0 -
Song: I Walk the Line
Original: Johnny Cash
Cover: Live
For me, this is a toss up. I really like the original, but I also dig Live's version of it.0
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