Music lovers: Original vs. Cover Versions

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  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
  • oonegative
    oonegative Posts: 47
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    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
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    Song - Sabotage
    By - Beastie Boys
    Cover - Cancer Bats

    Nice heavy version of that song.
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
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    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
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    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.
  • bienemaya483
    bienemaya483 Posts: 15
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    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
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    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
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    Song - Smokin' In The Boys Room

    By - Brownsville Station

    Cover - Mötley Crüe
  • redfroggie
    redfroggie Posts: 591 Member
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    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
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    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
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    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.
  • Lucie_L00
    Lucie_L00 Posts: 53
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Free falling
    Original: Tom petty
    Cover: John Mayer
    I like johns version


    :noway:
  • Krizzo87
    Krizzo87 Posts: 14,186 Member
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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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