Cover songs you think are better than the original

Cheese · 12-14-2013, 05:34 PM

Oxy · 12-15-2013, 03:28 AM

Diamonds and Rust by Blackmore Night. Originally by Joan Baez

galt54 · 12-15-2013, 05:16 AM

Fire - by Alice Cooper.
All You Need is Love - by The Undead.
Lay Lady Lay - by Ministry and Co Consirators.
I´m Looking Through You - by The Punkles.
Highway Star - by Tropico Q.
Kick Out the Jams - by Guitar Wolf.
I Am the Walrus - by Oasis.
All Along the Watchtower - by Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Paranoid - by Hellsongs.
Stairway to Heaven - by Gregorian .
My Generation - by Patti Smith.

Taxman · 12-15-2013, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by galt54

Fire - by Alice Cooper.
All You Need is Love - by The Undead.
Lay Lady Lay - by Ministry and Co Consirators.
I´m Looking Through You - by The Punkles.
Highway Star - by Tropico Q.
Kick Out the Jams - by Guitar Wolf.
I Am the Walrus - by Oasis.
All Along the Watchtower - by Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Paranoid - by Hellsongs.
Stairway to Heaven - by Gregorian .
My Generation - by Patti Smith.

Congratulations. This list is hilarious. So you decided to put down Dylan, Beatles, Who and Zeppelin at the same time

right-track · 12-15-2013, 10:04 AM

^ And why not?
I'll put down Bowie, while everyone's at it...

**Frownland** · 12-15-2013, 10:13 AM

Do standards count? I don't think I prefer any of the original jazz standards apart from Ornette and Satchmo's work to what artists have interpreted them as in the years following.

Taxman · 12-15-2013, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by right-track

^ And why not?
I'll put down Bowie, while everyone's at it...

Well, they're his opinions, which is allright for me. It is always good that your opinions are original and you are just not following the public opinion. At least when you truly believes those covers are better. It is stupid just to be different cos it is cool.
What made his list hilarious was just that he insulted many artists without any shame.

**Janszoon** · 12-15-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

^ And why not?
I'll put down Bowie, while everyone's at it...

Yes and yes to the Bauhaus version of that song.

galt54 · 12-15-2013, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Taxman

Congratulations. This list is hilarious. So you decided to put down Dylan, Beatles, Who and Zeppelin at the same time

I did not mean to imply that the originals were not great also. Its just that I like the way the covers "tweak" and "twist" the originals into something different and interesting. "Variety is the spice of life".

xLizardx · 12-15-2013, 08:50 PM

This cover of Britney Spears' "Hit Me One More Time" by August Burns Red is hilarious

August Burns Red - Hit Me Baby One More Time - YouTube

Speaking of Britney Spears covers, this one of "Everytime" by Yashin is also pretty damn awesome

Yashin - Everytime - YouTube

This cover of Goteye's "Somebody I Used To Know" by Mayday Parade certainly livens it up a bit:

Mayday Parade - "Somebody That I Used To Know" feat. Vic Fuentes (Punk Goes Pop 5) - YouTube

ADTR did a great cover of Kelly Clarkson's "Since You Been Gone":

A Day To Remember - Since U Been Gone - YouTube

This cover of Imagine Dragon's "Radioactive" by A-cappella group Pentatonix [along with violinist Linsay Stirling] is absolutely awesome:

Radioactive - Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix (Imagine Dragons Cover) - YouTube

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Do standards count? I don't think I prefer any of the original jazz standards apart from Ornette and Satchmo's work to what artists have interpreted them as in the years following. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x Last edited by Frownland; 12-15-2013 at 10:21 AM.

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Cheese Shadow on the wall Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 823

12-15-2013, 03:28 AM	#602 (permalink)
Oxy Groupie Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 50	Diamonds and Rust by Blackmore Night. Originally by Joan Baez

12-15-2013, 05:16 AM	#603 (permalink)
galt54 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Posts: 135	Fire - by Alice Cooper. All You Need is Love - by The Undead. Lay Lady Lay - by Ministry and Co Consirators. I´m Looking Through You - by The Punkles. Highway Star - by Tropico Q. Kick Out the Jams - by Guitar Wolf. I Am the Walrus - by Oasis. All Along the Watchtower - by Jimi Hendrix Experience. Paranoid - by Hellsongs. Stairway to Heaven - by Gregorian . My Generation - by Patti Smith.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	^ And why not? I'll put down Bowie, while everyone's at it...

12-15-2013, 08:50 PM	#610 (permalink)
xLizardx Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: UK Posts: 71	This cover of Britney Spears' "Hit Me One More Time" by August Burns Red is hilarious August Burns Red - Hit Me Baby One More Time - YouTube Speaking of Britney Spears covers, this one of "Everytime" by Yashin is also pretty damn awesome Yashin - Everytime - YouTube This cover of Goteye's "Somebody I Used To Know" by Mayday Parade certainly livens it up a bit: Mayday Parade - "Somebody That I Used To Know" feat. Vic Fuentes (Punk Goes Pop 5) - YouTube ADTR did a great cover of Kelly Clarkson's "Since You Been Gone": A Day To Remember - Since U Been Gone - YouTube This cover of Imagine Dragon's "Radioactive" by A-cappella group Pentatonix [along with violinist Linsay Stirling] is absolutely awesome: Radioactive - Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix (Imagine Dragons Cover) - YouTube