Music lovers: Original vs. Cover Versions
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And this is why I love you.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!0 -
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 :-)0 -
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."0 -
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 0 -
And this is why I love you.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!
Smoooch!!! x0 -
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..0
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Song - Sabotage
By - Beastie Boys
Cover - Cancer Bats
Nice heavy version of that song.0 -
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.0 -
^^We have a winner.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.0 -
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 good0 -
^^We have a winner.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.
im not A winner,,,I am THE winner.0 -
Song - Smokin' In The Boys Room
By - Brownsville Station
Cover - Mötley Crüe0 -
Nothing Compares 2 U
Original: Prince
Cover: Sinead O'Conner
Sinead O'Conner's version is better.0 -
Well EXCUUUUSE me.
^^We have a winner.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.
im not A winner,,,I am THE winner.
Winner winner, chicken dinner.0 -
Yea, too bad she couldn't keep her trap shut long enough to have a decent career.Nothing Compares 2 U
Original: Prince
Cover: Sinead O'Conner
Sinead O'Conner's version is better.0 -
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,,,,0
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Trying to decipher what was said in this post made my head hurt.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.....0 -
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)0 -
Free falling
Original: Tom petty
Cover: John Mayer
I like johns version
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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.
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NIN - Hurt
Johnny Cash - Hurt
I like Johnny Cash's version
same here.....
Nothing Compare to U
Sinead O Connor version
or
Prince....0 -
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's0 -
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.0 -
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 Ataris0 -
Song: Landslide
Original: Fleetwood Mac
Cover 1: Smashing Pumpkins
Cover 2: Dixie Chicks
Winner: Dixie Chicks0 -
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.0 -
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 floyd0 -
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: Landslide
Original: Fleetwood Mac
Cover 1: Smashing Pumpkins
Cover 2: Dixie Chicks
Winner: Dixie Chicks0 -
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.0 -
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.0
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