Music lovers: Original vs. Cover Versions

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  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Only Girl
    Original: Rihanna
    Cover: Boyce Avenue (youtube)

    FAR prefer Boyce Avenue's cover of almost anything they do..so awesome!

    I've been listening to their cover of Katy Perry's The One That Got Away. Like it very much.

    I disagree with a LOT of the 'better' covers people have listed here but I've got to say ANYTHING is better that Katy fcking Perry!
    And this is why I love you.
  • thecrass
    thecrass Posts: 79 Member
    Song - Redemption Song
    By - Bob Marley
    Cover - Joe Strummer
    or the rare version - Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash.

    Love all 3

    Joe Strummer AND Johnny Cash??? As in together? I have to own this for that match-up alone.

    Yep its on a rarites album, Johnny was ill and the solo joe strummer version was released as a single after Joe had died, its on the streetcore album, Listen to the version with them both on youtube :-)
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member
    I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this one yet:

    Song: Cum On Feel the Noize
    Original: Slade
    Cover: Quiet Riot

    Not necessarily one of my favorite songs, but the Quiet Riot version is clearly the definitive version (at least in the U.S.).

    Agreed. I think QR also improved on their "Mama we're all crazy now."
  • Eaglesfanintn
    Eaglesfanintn Posts: 813 Member
    Song: Subdivisions
    Original: Rush
    Cover: Jacob Moon

    Love or hate Rush, nobody has been able to do a good cover - there are plenty of crappy ones out there. Jacob Moon does a really nice job on this song, though
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4vd9OVLO7Q&feature=related
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
    Only Girl
    Original: Rihanna
    Cover: Boyce Avenue (youtube)

    FAR prefer Boyce Avenue's cover of almost anything they do..so awesome!

    I've been listening to their cover of Katy Perry's The One That Got Away. Like it very much.

    I disagree with a LOT of the 'better' covers people have listed here but I've got to say ANYTHING is better that Katy fcking Perry!
    And this is why I love you.

    Smoooch!!! x
  • I'm a DJ and I find some remixes that I like better than the original like FFDP Under & Over it Kill the noise remix..
  • thecrass
    thecrass Posts: 79 Member
    Song - Sabotage
    By - Beastie Boys
    Cover - Cancer Bats

    Nice heavy version of that song.
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    I'm a DJ and I find some remixes that I like better than the original like FFDP Under & Over it Kill the noise remix..

    a remix is not a cover, it is a bastardization of music and should be destoryed.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    I'm a DJ and I find some remixes that I like better than the original like FFDP Under & Over it Kill the noise remix..

    a remix is not a cover, it is a bastardization of music and should be destoryed.
    ^^We have a winner.
  • Free falling
    Original: Tom petty
    Cover: John Mayer
    I like johns version

    Skinny love
    Original: Bon Iver
    Cover: Birdy
    I like birdys version

    So many more
    Shelter and young blood covers by birdy are good
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    I'm a DJ and I find some remixes that I like better than the original like FFDP Under & Over it Kill the noise remix..

    a remix is not a cover, it is a bastardization of music and should be destoryed.
    ^^We have a winner.

    im not A winner,,,I am THE winner.
  • Tat2dDom624
    Tat2dDom624 Posts: 1,226 Member
    Song - Smokin' In The Boys Room

    By - Brownsville Station

    Cover - Mötley Crüe
  • redfroggie
    redfroggie Posts: 591 Member
    Nothing Compares 2 U
    Original: Prince
    Cover: Sinead O'Conner

    Sinead O'Conner's version is better.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    I'm a DJ and I find some remixes that I like better than the original like FFDP Under & Over it Kill the noise remix..

    a remix is not a cover, it is a bastardization of music and should be destoryed.
    ^^We have a winner.

    im not A winner,,,I am THE winner.
    Well EXCUUUUSE me.

    Winner winner, chicken dinner.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Nothing Compares 2 U
    Original: Prince
    Cover: Sinead O'Conner

    Sinead O'Conner's version is better.
    Yea, too bad she couldn't keep her trap shut long enough to have a decent career.
  • Alone , from heart!! love thoses girls signing,,and there is a young thing signing it too, i could care less of her name,, but i faaking hate it,lol give me the real stuff, not a heart signer wanna be..... thoses girl rock too much to have anyone else but them signing any of their songs,,,,
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Alone , from heart!! love thoses girls signing,,and there is a young thing signing it too, i c ould care less of her name,, but i faaking hate it,lol gove me the real stoff, not a heart signer wanna be.....
    Trying to decipher what was said in this post made my head hurt.
  • thecrass
    thecrass Posts: 79 Member
    Song - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
    By - Otis Redding
    Cover - Pearl Jam (and loads of others)

    Love the Pearl Jam cover Eddie has a gr8 voice.

    Song - Cowboy Song
    By- Thin Lizzy
    Cover - Supersuckers

    Love the Supersuckers version (cause i got to sing the end of it at one of there shows after i asked them to play it during an interview :-) i was so drunk hehe)
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    Free falling
    Original: Tom petty
    Cover: John Mayer
    I like johns version


    :noway:
  • Krizzo87
    Krizzo87 Posts: 14,186 Member
    Song: "It ain't Me, Babe"
    Original: Bob Dylan
    Cover: Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

    I'm a die hard Cash fan...so my choice is easy. :)
  • myth4ever
    myth4ever Posts: 372
    NIN - Hurt
    Johnny Cash - Hurt

    I like Johnny Cash's version :)

    same here.....

    Nothing Compare to U

    Sinead O Connor version
    or
    Prince....
  • 1960HikerDude
    1960HikerDude Posts: 215 Member
    Song: Big Ten Inch Record
    Orignal: Bull Moose Jackson
    Cover: Aerosmith

    I've heard both versions. Aerosmith's version is better. The lyrics are VERY risqué. It's amazing since the original was released in
    the 1940's
  • NWCyclingBeast
    NWCyclingBeast Posts: 157 Member
    Song: Girlfriend is Better
    Original: Talking Heads
    Cover: Umphreys McGee

    Umph had been known to seamlessly tear it up when it comes to covering some classic stuff, but they have a soft spot for a lot of Talking Heads material... This is one of my favorite Talking Heads covers that they perform live.
  • RilantheFirebug
    RilantheFirebug Posts: 207 Member
    Neither of these are necessarily better...just depends on the mood. :)

    Song: Love Song
    Original: The Cure
    Best Cover (there are a zillion): 311

    Song: Boys of Summer
    Original: Don Henley
    Cover: The Ataris
  • stina0t2
    stina0t2 Posts: 62 Member
    Song: Landslide
    Original: Fleetwood Mac
    Cover 1: Smashing Pumpkins
    Cover 2: Dixie Chicks

    Winner: Dixie Chicks
  • NIN - Hurt
    Johnny Cash - Hurt

    I like Johnny Cash's version :)

    Agreed. The Cash version is definitive and even Reznor prefers it to his own.

    Song: All Along the Watchtower
    Original: Dylan
    Definitive: Hendrix

    GOOD ONE! Love the Hendrix version.
  • still havnt found what im lookin for by disturbed better than U2

    rocky mountain way by gossmack better than joe walsh

    time by godsmack better than pink floyd
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Song: Landslide
    Original: Fleetwood Mac
    Cover 1: Smashing Pumpkins
    Cover 2: Dixie Chicks

    Winner: Dixie Chicks
    I think the original is easily the best, but I'll agree Dixie Chicks do a decent job. The Smashing Pumpkins version of that song makes me want to jam pencils in my ears.
  • Song: Whiskey in the Jar
    Original: Irish folk song
    Cover: Metallica

    Metallica also covered "Turn the Page," but I like both theirs and the original equally. I almost always prefer original versions, but I like to hear what new twists some artists put on cover tunes.
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    Song: Whiskey in the Jar
    Original: Irish folk song
    Cover: Metallica

    Metallica also covered "Turn the Page," but I like both theirs and the original equally. I almost always prefer original versions, but I like to hear what new twists some artists put on cover tunes.

    I think the Thin Lizzy version is the best.