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    Music lovers: Original vs. Cover Versions

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    • Posts: 3,863 Member
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      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.
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      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 :-)
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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."
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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
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      And this is why I love you.

      Smoooch!!! x
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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..
    • Posts: 79 Member
      Song - Sabotage
      By - Beastie Boys
      Cover - Cancer Bats

      Nice heavy version of that song.
    • 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.
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      a remix is not a cover, it is a bastardization of music and should be destoryed.
      ^^We have a winner.
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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
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      ^^We have a winner.

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

      By - Brownsville Station

      Cover - Mötley Crüe
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      Nothing Compares 2 U
      Original: Prince
      Cover: Sinead O'Conner

      Sinead O'Conner's version is better.
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      im not A winner,,,I am THE winner.
      Well EXCUUUUSE me.

      Winner winner, chicken dinner.
    • 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.
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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,,,,
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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.
    • 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)
    • Posts: 2,151 Member
      Free falling
      Original: Tom petty
      Cover: John Mayer
      I like johns version


      :noway:
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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....
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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
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      Song: Landslide
      Original: Fleetwood Mac
      Cover 1: Smashing Pumpkins
      Cover 2: Dixie Chicks

      Winner: Dixie Chicks
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      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.
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      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
    • 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.
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      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.
    • 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.
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