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ITT: Covers that are better than the original song
I don't know how many subscribe to Levar Allen on Youtube but the guy does sick covers.
Here are some examples of awful songs that he's done covers of and he makes them sound great.
We R Who We R by Kesha - [url]http://youtu.be/cR8QT3jguz8[/url]
Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz - [url]http://youtu.be/6so3yTRsk94[/url]
The original song by Taio (Ft Luda) is atrocious. I hadn't heard it before this cover so i went expecting a decent song but damn was it awful. Levar needs to do a full version.
Airplanes by B.O.B. - [url]http://youtu.be/qqCsM8pWYJU[/url]
Original Airplanes isn't bad at all but I like Levar's just as much.
So post more covers that you feel are better than the original.
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[URL="http://youtu.be/eLAMhTorPCk"]/thread[/URL]
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Doing it better than the Guns and Roses and also better than Bob Dylan:
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sELD8fD6opk"]Knockin' on Heavens Door[/URL]
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[URL="http://youtu.be/v0TIF8X97MQ"]This version[/URL] > [URL="http://youtu.be/Z3bCWRLS6Eo"]The Smith's[/URL]
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This topic should always begin and end with All Along the Watchtower.
Especially considering the source of the original.
[QUOTE]Dylan has described his reaction to hearing Hendrix's version: "It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day."[25] In the booklet accompanying his Biograph album, Dylan said: "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."[/QUOTE]
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[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho"]Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt[/URL] comes to mind, and this comes from a huge NIИ fan.
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[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWvzTYlHpqU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWvzTYlHpqU&feature=related[/URL] While My Guitar Gently weeps at 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony
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Joe Crocker's "Wonder Years Theme" is better than the Beatles "Get By With a Little Help From My Friends" or whatever they called it (I always just call it wonder years theme lol)
I also like Aerosmith and MJ's versions of Come Together better than the Beatles ones
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vodoo people remix by Pendulum, faster and more powerful then the original
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXKWBcaV3A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXKWBcaV3A[/URL]
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[quote=B-Low]Joe Crocker's "Wonder Years Theme" is better than the Beatles "Get By With a Little Help From My Friends" or whatever they called it (I always just call it wonder years theme lol)
I also like Aerosmith and MJ's versions of Come Together better than the Beatles ones[/quote]
Cocker did a few Beatles covers that I prefer to the originals. Actually most of his covers I prefer over any other version.
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Not necessarily better, but Cee-lo's live version of Radiohead's Reckoner is beautifully captivating
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Seal - Fly like an eagle > Steve Miller Band - Fly like an eagle
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[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT1cd6eYTCM"]This[/URL] is a lot better than the [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6XpLQM2Cs"]original version[/URL]! Kesha blows.
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I'm always afraid to throw out songs in a thread like this because often covers are made to honor the great artists who originally made the songs in the first place (with the exception of the initial post here).
One cover I prefer to the original is Fear Factory's version of Gary Numan's "Cars".
[b]Fear Factory - Cars[/b]: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoKp6dRUH0[/url]
[b]Gary Numan's Original[/b]: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw[/url]
I always thought Fear Factory's version felt a little fuller without totally veering from the original. Plus, it's the best of both worlds. Fear Factory's lead man, Burton C. Bell always specialized in that electronic sort of voice, so he meshes well with Numan, who guests in the cover.
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[QUOTE=East_Stone_Ya]vodoo people remix by Pendulum, faster and more powerful then the original
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXKWBcaV3A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXKWBcaV3A[/URL][/QUOTE]
:applause: thanks!
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arctic monkeys - love machine (girls alound)... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8iknxmfSHk&feature=related[/url]
example - tick tok (kesha)... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrI4h-mxsM0[/url]
kasabian - runaway (del shannon)... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-kx_RTIes[/url]
babyshambles and friends- janie jones (the clash).... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR6bmMljBdI[/url]
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[QUOTE=Rake2204]I'm always afraid to throw out songs in a thread like this because often covers are made to honor the great artists who originally made the songs in the first place (with the exception of the initial post here).
One cover I prefer to the original is Fear Factory's version of Gary Numan's "Cars".
[b]Fear Factory - Cars[/b]: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoKp6dRUH0[/url]
[b]Gary Numan's Original[/b]: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw[/url]
I always thought Fear Factory's version felt a little fuller without totally veering from the original. Plus, it's the best of both worlds. Fear Factory's lead man, Burton C. Bell always specialized in that electronic sort of voice, so he meshes well with Numan, who guests in the cover.[/QUOTE]
Good pick. :cheers:
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[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYCtz-BzlMU"]Tool - No Quarter (Zepplin cover)[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gObFOPYhVGg"]Deftones - Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)[/URL]
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[QUOTE=Hazard][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYCtz-BzlMU"]Tool - No Quarter (Zepplin cover)[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gObFOPYhVGg"]Deftones - Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)[/URL][/QUOTE]
I was going to mention the Deftones' version of "Simple Man" but Lynyrd Skynyrd seemed like a band that people would really hassle me for suggesting a cover may be better than their original. Also, I am quite partial to the Deftones so I figured I might just be biased toward their style. I think someone guested for the guitar solo though.
I also like Maynard and crew a lot but I've never been able to get down with their "No Quarter" cover, simply because I actually really, really like the original. It is one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs, period. One of my students was talking to me about the Tool cover the other day though and I vowed to give it another try so we'll see.
You know, it might grow on me. I think originally I heard one of my favorite bands was doing a cover of one of my favorite songs and I immediately created an expectation for what it may sound like, only to have it sound completely different. The effect of him talking through a megaphone kind of threw me off I think.
After giving it another listen, the cover is an alright song to me, but not one of my favorites by Tool. In my own opinion, I prefer the Led Zeppelin original by a fair shot.
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[quote=Hazard][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYCtz-BzlMU"]Tool - No Quarter (Zepplin cover)[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gObFOPYhVGg"]Deftones - Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)[/URL][/quote]
You're saying the Tool version is better than the original?
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[QUOTE=East_Stone_Ya]vodoo people remix by Pendulum, faster and more powerful then the original
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXKWBcaV3A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXKWBcaV3A[/URL][/QUOTE]
Blasphemy. The original puts me in a place this does not.
Anyways, this topic comes up every once in a while and I still have the same answer as to my favorite. The one example in my opinion where the original was amazing and yet the cover was even better.
Jimi Hendrix- Little Wing
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad2EPO_y0ps"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad2EPO_y0ps[/URL]
Derek and the Dominos- Little Wing (cover)
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPHz8KT9No"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPHz8KT9No[/URL]
Epic.
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[QUOTE=Rake2204]I was going to mention the Deftones' version of "Simple Man" but Lynyrd Skynyrd seemed like a band that people would really hassle me for suggesting a cover may be better than their original. Also, I am quite partial to the Deftones so I figured I might just be biased toward their style. I think someone guested for the guitar solo though. [/QUOTE]
Never heard this cover before. Not bad, but I still would put the original well above it. The vocals in the original are near perfect.
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The Derek and the Dominos version of Little Wing is so lame.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er64v5sxDgA"]Eddie Hazel - California Dreamin[/URL]
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[QUOTE=LJJ]The Derek and the Dominos version of Little Wing is so lame.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er64v5sxDgA"]Eddie Hazel - California Dreamin[/URL][/QUOTE]
Totally dude. Two thumbs down.
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If a listener is a fan of the original song, do you believe there's any chance they'll believe a cover is going to surpass the original? I was thinking about the "No Quarter" cover and I decided I'd have no chance to prefer Tool's cover because I already liked the original and had all my connotations associated with that one in the first place.
Conversely, I didn't hear "Shock the Monkey" until I saw Ozzy cover it on MTV around '99. It seemed to allow me to be a lot more objective in my selection.
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[quote=Rake2204]If a listener is a fan of the original song, do you believe there's any chance they'll believe a cover is going to surpass the original? I was thinking about the "No Quarter" cover and I decided I'd have no chance to prefer Tool's cover because I already liked the original and had all my connotations associated with that one in the first place.
Conversely, I didn't hear "Shock the Monkey" until I saw Ozzy cover it on MTV around '99. It seemed to allow me to be a lot more objective in my selection.[/quote]
It would be hard for me to like any LZ cover, I'll admit that right now. I've never heard any cover from anyone that I've liked and I probably never will. The closest I can think of is Heart basically covering Achilles Last Stand with Barracuda.
It's not like the cover is "bad", I just think it sounds weird. And not because It's different. More specifically, the drums just don't go. There was a great dynamic in the original of the slow pace organ and guitar with the speedy jazzy drums. The drums sound awkward and lose the jazz feel that was so great in the original.
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Nirvana's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCqQmoHg8s[/url]
A cover of an old song from 1917 (earliest noted printed version of song) named "In the Pines" or "Black Girl".
Nirvana played the Leadbelly version of the song.
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CCR's "I Put a Spell on You" over Screamin' Jay Hawkins
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R6nmKjcSeU[/url]
CCR's "Midnight Special" over whoever originally did it
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T00eJSQimIk[/url]
Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" over Wayne Cochran
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0B-hJ_gotc[/url]
Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee over Roger Miller
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV_QjenbDw[/url]
Big Brother and the Holding Company's "Piece of My Heart" over Erma Franklin
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApfKglyNjyA[/url]
Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" over Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajBdDM2qdg[/url]
Ramones' "Chinese Rock" over The Heartbreakers, though it was written by Dee Dee
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BiLNH0xgOI[/url]
Ramones' "California Sun" over Joe Jones
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9iUdiS3hI[/url]
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[QUOTE=Jackass18]CCR's "I Put a Spell on You" over Screamin' Jay Hawkins
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R6nmKjcSeU[/url]
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She & Him's version of this is killer:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzvr8z4JJx8[/url]
(Yes, that's Zooey Deschanel)
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Also, speaking of the Deftones, I prefer their version of The Cure's "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep".
[b]Deftones - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep[/b] (Lyrics kick in around 2:45): [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPSX1BdHstE[/url]
[b]The Cure's Version[/b] (Lyrics kick in around 2:50): [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucbfzjFqbUc[/url]
I felt the Deftones' take was darker and more seductive.
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[QUOTE=joe]Seal - Fly like an eagle > Steve Miller Band - Fly like an eagle[/QUOTE]
:facepalm
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[QUOTE=Hazard][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYCtz-BzlMU"]Tool - No Quarter (Zepplin cover)[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gObFOPYhVGg"]Deftones - Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)[/URL][/QUOTE]
:facepalm
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A lot of R&B buffs are going to disagree with me, [URL="http://youtu.be/93S_l0qZrXA"]but...[/URL]
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[QUOTE=pete's montreux]You're saying the Tool version is better than the original?[/QUOTE]
Rereads thread.. yes I am, I don't like Plants voice.
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[QUOTE=TennesseeFan]:facepalm[/QUOTE]
Wanna take this outside? :mad:
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[QUOTE=Hazard]Rereads thread.. yes I am, I don't like Plants voice.[/QUOTE]
You think Keenan has a better voice than Plant? :facepalm
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[QUOTE=TennesseeFan]You think Keenan has a better voice than Plant? :facepalm[/QUOTE]
**** yeah by a mile. I think Tools a better band too.
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[QUOTE=Rake2204]I was going to mention the Deftones' version of "Simple Man" but Lynyrd Skynyrd seemed like a band that people would really hassle me for suggesting a cover may be better than their original. Also, I am quite partial to the Deftones so I figured I might just be biased toward their style. I think someone guested for the guitar solo though.
I also like Maynard and crew a lot but I've never been able to get down with their "No Quarter" cover, simply because I actually really, really like the original. It is one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs, period. One of my students was talking to me about the Tool cover the other day though and I vowed to give it another try so we'll see.
You know, it might grow on me. I think originally I heard one of my favorite bands was doing a cover of one of my favorite songs and I immediately created an expectation for what it may sound like, only to have it sound completely different. The effect of him talking through a megaphone kind of threw me off I think.
After giving it another listen, the cover is an alright song to me, but not one of my favorites by Tool. In my own opinion, I prefer the Led Zeppelin original by a fair shot.[/QUOTE]
Good post, and yes its a matter of opinion. I couldn't care less what those kids think.
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[QUOTE=Hazard]**** yeah by a mile. I think Tools a better band too.[/QUOTE]
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
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[B]Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World[/B]. Much better than David Bowie's and I'm a huge Bowie fan.
- I really liked a lot of the stuff on the [B]I'm Not There Soundtrack[/B]. I like Bob Dylan but more for his songwriting than his voice. [B]Sonic Youth - I'm Not There[/B], [B]Jim James and Calexico - Going to Acapulco[/B], and [B]Stephen Malkmus - Ballad of a Thin Man[/B] are all awesome. This is one of the best soundtracks ever.
[B]Yo La Tengo - You Can Have it All[/B]. Amazing.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfYEdsrHdcg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfYEdsrHdcg[/URL]