05-03-2010, 03:38 PM | #1 |
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When A Cover Song Is Better Than The Original.....
1. Do you think the original artist takes offense?
2. What are your favorite cover songs that you would say are better than the original. HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE HALLELUJAH BY JEFF BUCKLEY IS WAY BETTER THAN LEONARD COHEN. |
05-03-2010, 03:59 PM | #2 | |
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Watch Alanis Morissette - My Humps in Music | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com In the first case, I think it's to patently show how ridiculous the original song was. So yeah, I would probably be offended if I were Fergie and Friends. Then again, I think I'd be offended if I wrote that song in the first place, simply by default. In the second case: Quote:
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05-03-2010, 05:23 PM | #3 |
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Thought I could get in before Hurt, to no avail. Cash's version is inferior to the original.
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05-03-2010, 05:35 PM | #4 |
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Blitz is canadian, therefore knows nothing about music.
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05-03-2010, 05:38 PM | #5 |
Sisukas Mies
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Nickel Creek version of Britney Spears' Toxic
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05-03-2010, 05:52 PM | #6 |
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05-03-2010, 06:02 PM | #7 | |
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05-03-2010, 06:53 PM | #8 |
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so much better than the original. fuck, i could get my sass on to this in a french bar somewhere. |
05-04-2010, 10:32 PM | #9 |
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Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower OF COURSE
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05-04-2010, 10:42 PM | #10 |
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Hallelujiah by Leonard Cohen is one of the most covered songs going, so I highly doubt he takes offense to people thinking one of them is better than his. It's bound to happen, but it's all subjective anyways.
I personally think Leonard Cohen's is the shit, but I'm also a sucker for the real deal a lot of the time. Sometimes the fact that someone created a song is part of what I "get off" to |
05-04-2010, 10:43 PM | #11 |
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Bob Dylan's songs are always brought up as songs that are better when covered by ______. This is more than likely due to the fact that he's an incredible song writer but not a very good singer.
Before anyone freaks out at that, I love Bob Dylan. He's just not what you would traditionally considered a great performer. |
05-04-2010, 10:48 PM | #12 |
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I like 80's music, and right now I really like Tears for Fears.
Saying that Gary Jules version of "Mad World" is far superior to the original. Tears for Fears Gary Jules |
05-04-2010, 10:52 PM | #13 |
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I do like Cash's Hurt better then NIN, but I was never a NIN fan. I do love the Cash video as well. It's really good.
With Hallelujah, I didn't realize it was covered so much. Who did the original? I've always been of fan of the Rufus Wainwright version. That's a song I love to play on piano and he did it on piano. My favorite that I can think of right now is Am I Wrong by Brand New. They covered the Love Spit Love song |
05-04-2010, 11:23 PM | #14 |
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Pretty much every song The Beatles covered is better than the original.
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05-05-2010, 12:33 AM | #15 |
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There are always people who are like "I didn't even know that was a cover." You will find that a lot with Limp Bizkit's "Behind Blue Eyes," people don't know it was by The Who. That Mad World song was all over the Gears of War commercial and Donnie Darko so probably that one too. Through this thread I have learned that hitting the right arrow key during a youtube video will make it skip ahead.
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05-05-2010, 01:44 AM | #16 |
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Yeah, I've gotta give something for the Rufus Wainright version of Hallelujah, as well.
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05-05-2010, 02:20 AM | #17 |
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the killer's version of Shadowplay is better than Joy Division's.
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05-05-2010, 02:40 AM | #18 |
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05-05-2010, 03:00 AM | #19 |
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05-05-2010, 03:14 AM | #20 |
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05-05-2010, 03:22 AM | #21 |
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Though I'm sure people will disagree with me~
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05-05-2010, 11:49 AM | #22 | |
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05-05-2010, 01:35 PM | #23 |
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I prefer and think this....
Is better than this....and I'm a big Kinks fan.. |
05-05-2010, 04:22 PM | #24 | |
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I guess there's someone out there who prefers DJ Sammy's version of Bryan Adams' "Heaven". All that "stripped" stuff is cos people just can't compete with the originals and tends to try to tug on the heart strings of the fools who fall in. TFF > Gary Jules. But I know you're not the only one, I just fucking hope I'm not the only one who thinks what I think, cos I do believe the world would be wrong. TFF are amazing and their production detail for the time is devastating spot on. |
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05-22-2010, 08:57 PM | #25 |
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Reel Big Fish
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05-23-2010, 11:28 AM | #26 |
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05-31-2010, 01:15 AM | #27 | |
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05-31-2010, 05:33 AM | #28 |
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Bruce Dickinson - The Zoo >>>>>>>>> Scorpions - The Zoo
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05-31-2010, 09:04 PM | #29 |
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Ryan Adams cover of 'Wonderwall' is a personal fav of mine.
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05-31-2010, 09:28 PM | #30 |
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06-01-2010, 05:52 AM | #31 |
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06-01-2010, 06:37 PM | #32 |
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06-01-2010, 06:43 PM | #33 |
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And it might not be better, but I do like it more.
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06-01-2010, 07:21 PM | #34 |
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06-01-2010, 09:01 PM | #35 |
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Actually went to post that Daughtry cover but Juan beat me to it.
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06-02-2010, 12:53 AM | #36 |
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>>>>>>>>> |
06-07-2010, 12:31 AM | #37 |
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Here's a cover that's certainly more recognized, if not generally considered better:
Here's another one: |
06-07-2010, 10:02 AM | #38 |
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I'm not sure I would say one is better than the other, both pretty kick ass. |
06-07-2010, 10:13 AM | #39 |
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06-07-2010, 10:13 AM | #40 |
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I like the disturbed verison better. |