Blasphemy! Covers that you like more than the original.
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"Kiss Me Deadly" by Reel Big Fish...I thought it was an original song by them at first, but it surprised me when I learned it was a cover!
I do. I almost listed Belfast in my post, but I am not sure if it counts as a cover if a solo act brings a song written for her to the band when she joins, so I left it out. But yeah, I really like Boney M.VonKlaw said:
I haven't listened to all the many covers of Bob Dylan's Knockin on Heaven's Door, but I haven't found one I liked better than Warren Zevon's.
Speaking of Warren Zevon, after he died there was a tribute album of covers of his songs. I thought the album was kinda disappointing, but there were some good covers.
Don't know if I'd call it better than the original, but it's really close
Speaking of Warren Zevon, after he died there was a tribute album of covers of his songs. I thought the album was kinda disappointing, but there were some good covers.
Don't know if I'd call it better than the original, but it's really close
First and foremost
Nirvana - The Man who sold the world,
And at times:
Guns 'N Roses - Sympathy for the Devil
Nirvana - The Man who sold the world,
And at times:
Guns 'N Roses - Sympathy for the Devil
I'm quite a big fan of this
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My old band ripped off this version for a school talent show we took part in years ago, and everyone thought we were awesome for thinking of doing it like that!
Mwua ha ha ha
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My old band ripped off this version for a school talent show we took part in years ago, and everyone thought we were awesome for thinking of doing it like that!
Mwua ha ha ha
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Mad World, I love the Gary Jules version, but I've heard others that were great too. I mean there's a ton of people who have covered this.
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Amazing how Shatner gives this song so much more emotion than the original.
Other's I would mention have been said (most multiple times)
Jonny Cash - Hurt
AAF - Smooth Criminal
Most of the covers I know from Real Big Fish (Kiss Me Deadly above the others)
Mad World, I love the Gary Jules version, but I've heard others that were great too. I mean there's a ton of people who have covered this.
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Amazing how Shatner gives this song so much more emotion than the original.
Other's I would mention have been said (most multiple times)
Jonny Cash - Hurt
AAF - Smooth Criminal
Most of the covers I know from Real Big Fish (Kiss Me Deadly above the others)
No links/videos but Pendulum does a pretty good remix (does that count?) of Prodigy's "Voodoo People." Also the Nirvana cover of "Man Who Sold the World".
I always thought the Streetlight Manifesto cover of Such Great Heights by The Postal Service was superior. That might be because I vehemently dislike Ben Gibbard, though. <_<
Also, I was always much more fond of Mumford and Sons' cover of Unfinished Business by White Lies.
Streetlight Manifesto cover:
Postal Service original:
Postal Service original:
Also, I was always much more fond of Mumford and Sons' cover of Unfinished Business by White Lies.
Mumford and Sons cover:
White Lies original:
White Lies original:
You know what, pretty much any song by Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen I'm bound to like a cover version better. I just think they're vocals are mediocre and the music in the covers often has a lot more to offer. Come at me bro!
It's funny how every cover of this song has gotten progressively better, Rod Steawart's version trumping the orginal by Chris Farlowe and The Stereophonics rendition standing head and shoulder's above them both, the pacing and production feels a lot better and Kelly Jones really puts a lot more emotion and vigour into the vocals.
I just found the original of this to be increadibly tepid, while this version offers a heavier, more crushing instrumentation along with Hetfield's more sinister vocals does a much better job at conveying the tone the original was trying to impart. So well done Metallica (but I still think your cover of Whiskey in the Jar is just bland >.>).
Again I think Thin Lizzy just bring a lot more verve to this performance, particularly on that guitar solo which just feels lifeless on the original and frankly I just much prefer Phil Lynott's vocals to Bob Seger.
The original has too much of a psychedelic vibe for my liking, the keyboards feel pretty jarring and the vocals just sound completely off kilter. Black Sabbath just made something that feels a lot more bluesy; Tony Iommi's guitar work on this is simply masterful, he's on fire with those solo's and Geezer's sexy bass really adds a lot to the sound as it builds up, Ozzy's vocals actually feel more woeful and has a better sense of pitch and it really just seems more creative, they took this song and really ran with it and made it their own.
This one's just for funsies.
Honestly, this one can make me smile every time I play it unlike the original. XD
No time to read through 3 pages right now so just in case they've been missed:
H2O's Like a Prayer
IDK's 99 Red Balloons
1000 Homo DJs' Supernaut
Eric Clapton's I shot the Sheriff
Jimi Hendrix's Like a Rolling Stone
Yeah yeah, Dylan was awesome but Hendrix was a fucking GOD.
H2O's Like a Prayer
IDK's 99 Red Balloons
1000 Homo DJs' Supernaut
Eric Clapton's I shot the Sheriff
Jimi Hendrix's Like a Rolling Stone
Yeah yeah, Dylan was awesome but Hendrix was a fucking GOD.