Music lovers: Original vs. Cover Versions

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  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
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    The Clash had like one good album and they beat VH? KUHHHRAZEEEE

    Another definitive VH cover...this from Diver Down

    Song: Pretty Woman
    Original: Orbison
    Cover/Definitive: VH

    Also fits into the pre-'65 cover challenge

    ALso "Ice Cream Man" from VH1 and like half the tunes on Diver Down....Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,455 Member
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    Definitely the NIN/cash Hurt

    Most things Bob Dylan are better as covers. I love his words but can't stand his voice
  • PittShkr
    PittShkr Posts: 1,000 Member
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    Why cant people just write their own damn music?
  • cubizzle
    cubizzle Posts: 900 Member
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    Reel Big Fish doing 99 Red Balloons!
  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
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    Wicked Games
    Original: Chris Isaak
    Cover: Corey Taylor.

    Love the Corey Taylor cover..kind of haunting.
  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
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    Definitely the NIN/cash Hurt

    Most things Bob Dylan are better as covers. I love his words but can't stand his voice

    Coincidentally my favorite Hurt cover is by Sevendust.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    The House of the Rising Sun

    It's an old folklore song so no one can claim it originally, but Bob Dylan released it before the Animals. Which version do you hear on the radio?

    The Animals

    Personally though, I think Muse's version of the song kicks the most *kitten*!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    Also... Lake of Fire

    Originally by the Meat Puppets. Covered by Nirvana.

    Nirvana's version is so definitive that I did not even realize that it was a cover until a couple of months ago!
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
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    Noticing a trend here with a lot of rock covers. So for us music snobs who go a bit more mainstream.

    Make you feel my love
    Original: Dylan
    Cover: Adele

    I don't really feel one is better than the other, but this is good example of how to cover something right. Totally agree with the previous poster's "karaoke" comment.

    Put your own spin on a track if you're going to cover it. It's not hard.
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member
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    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
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
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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

    Song: Scarlett Bagonias
    Original: Grateful Dead
    Cover: Sublime

    Sublime hands down lol
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
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    The Clash had like one good album and they beat VH? KUHHHRAZEEEE


    VH is the ONLY band that EVERY time I hear them I have to change the station immediately!!!!!


    I can not stand more than a few seconds of them. I want to stab my ears with pencils for the seconds it takes me to change the station.
    ^This. I respect their talent, but David Lee Roth's voice makes me want to choke a baby, and Hagar doesn't even count.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
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    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
    Love love LOVE the Manson version of this one.

    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.
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member
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    The House of the Rising Sun

    It's an old folklore song so no one can claim it originally, but Bob Dylan released it before the Animals. Which version do you hear on the radio?

    The Animals

    Personally though, I think Muse's version of the song kicks the most *kitten*!

    Wow...tough call. I have the Muse version and it is awesome, but The Animals had great success with that one.
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
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    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
  • cubizzle
    cubizzle Posts: 900 Member
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    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
    Love love LOVE the Manson version of this one.

    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
  • rickpearce
    rickpearce Posts: 100 Member
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    Funny that as I was reading this a cover came on my playlist:
    Holy Diver
    Original : Dio
    Cover: Killswitch Engage

    Dio probably wins but the kse cover is good.
  • gym_king_carlie
    gym_king_carlie Posts: 528 Member
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    I think Johnny Cash's cover of the Nine Inch Nails song - Hurt is a winner in my opinion, The man in black poured emotion into what was already a pretty awesome song
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
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    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

    This, massive Tom Waits fan, the original is definitely better!
  • rickpearce
    rickpearce Posts: 100 Member
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    Also, the Cash version of Hurt is probably one of the best songs ever recorded IMHO. The whole thing is just raw emotion. It feels like you are talking to the guy and feeling his pain.

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