Cover songs you think are better than the original

GuD · 12-31-2014, 07:33 PM

I think a lot of people write FIDLAR off as just another druggie skatepunk band but they're actually really ****ing great. I have no idea why they don't release the songs they have on their youtube channel.

GaryBlack · 01-04-2015, 10:32 AM

Gemini Five - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" is a good one, plus I agree with previous posts regarding Johnny Cash - "Hurt" and Metallica - "Whiskey in the Jar" plus most of the Tori Amos covers album ("Strange Little Girls") where she tackles Slayer, Depeche Mode, 10cc, etc.

The Wildhearts covers album "Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before - Vol. 1" is a corker and I think the W.A.S.P. cover of Jethro Tull's song "Locomotive Breath" is better, but it's all subjective isn't it?

Megadeth flying through "Paranoid" originally recorded by Black Sabbath isn't bad and I've grown to enjoy Motörhead (Feat. Biff Byford - from Saxon) performing "Starstruck" originally by Rainbow.

Master_Bator · 01-10-2015, 11:09 PM

One more cup of coffee by Bob Dylan. I like the White Stripes cover better.

Chula Vista · 01-11-2015, 08:02 AM

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Zeppelin

The Joan Baez version makes me want to kill something.

**Frownland** · 06-18-2015, 09:36 PM

It's funkier and Screamin' Jay is just a god at singing.

Black Francis · 06-21-2015, 11:52 AM

I wouldn't go as far as to say it's better than the original but it's a surprisingly decent cover. the rhythm section is on point the problem is Rivers can't compete with Thom's vocals.

Moss · 06-21-2015, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Zeppelin

The Joan Baez version makes me want to kill something.

That Also applies to Diamonds and Rush by Judas Priest. In fact pretty much anything by Joan Baez is done better by whoever covers it.

grindy · 06-24-2015, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

I wouldn't go as far as to say it's better than the original but it's a surprisingly decent cover. the rhythm section is on point the problem is Rivers can't compete with Thom's vocals.

Do you know this one?

Black Francis · 06-24-2015, 03:46 PM

No, but that was great.

Ive been listening to this Alison todd girl all day, her covers of Rodrigo & Gabriela songs are so good i prefer some of them over the originals.

Screen13 · 06-24-2015, 07:32 PM

Two great songs bettered by Sandie Shaw from the same album, Reviewing the Situation (1969) - the second one a CD bonus (sadly skipped that fact!)

No disrespect to the original, but Sandie's version is great. Maybe I'm rating her voice better than Robert's in my opinion...

Just her alone adds more to Paul McCartney's song. The "Special Effect" toilet flushing at the end might have been something to do with the Ecology, don't know.

12-31-2014, 07:33 PM	#691 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	I think a lot of people write FIDLAR off as just another druggie skatepunk band but they're actually really ****ing great. I have no idea why they don't release the songs they have on their youtube channel. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Zeppelin The Joan Baez version makes me want to kill something. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	It's funkier and Screamin' Jay is just a god at singing. __________________ 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

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Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	I wouldn't go as far as to say it's better than the original but it's a surprisingly decent cover. the rhythm section is on point the problem is Rivers can't compete with Thom's vocals. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

06-24-2015, 03:46 PM	#699 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	No, but that was great. Ive been listening to this Alison todd girl all day, her covers of Rodrigo & Gabriela songs are so good i prefer some of them over the originals. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

01-04-2015, 10:32 AM	#692 (permalink)
GaryBlack Groupie Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: UK Posts: 1	Gemini Five - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" is a good one, plus I agree with previous posts regarding Johnny Cash - "Hurt" and Metallica - "Whiskey in the Jar" plus most of the Tori Amos covers album ("Strange Little Girls") where she tackles Slayer, Depeche Mode, 10cc, etc. The Wildhearts covers album "Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before - Vol. 1" is a corker and I think the W.A.S.P. cover of Jethro Tull's song "Locomotive Breath" is better, but it's all subjective isn't it? Megadeth flying through "Paranoid" originally recorded by Black Sabbath isn't bad and I've grown to enjoy Motörhead (Feat. Biff Byford - from Saxon) performing "Starstruck" originally by Rainbow.

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Master_Bator Groupie Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fort Myers, Florida Posts: 4	One more cup of coffee by Bob Dylan. I like the White Stripes cover better.

06-24-2015, 07:32 PM	#700 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Two great songs bettered by Sandie Shaw from the same album, Reviewing the Situation (1969) - the second one a CD bonus (sadly skipped that fact!) No disrespect to the original, but Sandie's version is great. Maybe I'm rating her voice better than Robert's in my opinion... Just her alone adds more to Paul McCartney's song. The "Special Effect" toilet flushing at the end might have been something to do with the Ecology, don't know. Last edited by Screen13; 06-25-2015 at 06:32 AM.