Cover versions which are better than the original

[tberg]

In preparation for seeing the great Roger McGuinn of Byrds fame, next Tuesday, I have been listening to 60 years of his music. A couple of covers that I have particularly enjoyed are 1) Bob Dylan's "The Times they are a changin" recorded at a live concert in Spain, and 2) George Harrison's "If I needed someone" from Rubber Soul. The interesting thing about "If I Needed Someone" is that George sent Roger a post card telling him that his guitar riffs on "The Bells of Rymney" inspired him to write the song using the exact same riffs for the opening. McGuinn's version is similar to the Beatles' version, but McGuinn's jangly12 string Rickenbacker is just so good.
https://www.google.com/search?q=The+times+they+are...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-l4ZjEIXlc

[IanUAE]

DodgyGeezer said:

quite liking this one...

Iron Maiden have been using this song for quite sometime as the music that is played just before they come on stage.

[droopsnoot]

DodgyGeezer said:

quite liking this one...

Oh, not a slightly up-tempo version of the Thompson Twins song, then. Opening bit sounds a bit like "Strange Little Girl".

[ajprice]

Putting this up as it's Jack Black . Tenacious D, Baby One More Time

[DodgyGeezer]

ABBA songs seem to lend themselves to rock covers quite nicely...

[Cupramax]

Latest from Leonid and Friends, off the scale amazing as usual…

[Nexus Icon]

Any cover of any The Who song, to be honest. I often wonder what their various studio engineers used for ears back in the day as their production is so tinny and lightweight for what should be great rock music.

[bodhi]

Ever wondered what it would sound like if Pendulum did a Taylor Swift tune?

Well wonder no more...



Prefer it over the original but I'm hardly a Swifty so YMMV

[DodgyGeezer]

Cupramax said:

Latest from Leonid and Friends, off the scale amazing as usual…

that is really rather good!

[Stick Legs]

Logan Kendell:

youtube said:

https://youtu.be/gH2Pl8CPEdU?si=02nDymj1TqkkXHw7

[Kowalski655]

Better? Maybe. Weirder? DEFINITELY!

[DodgyGeezer]

Kowalski655 said:

Better? Maybe. Weirder? DEFINITELY!

that led to an interesting (imo) diversion about the evolution of language

[macdeb]

Any Bob Dylan songs.

[Ronstein]

[Nexus Icon]

Ronstein said:

Nah

[havoc]

Ronstein said:

...which was the exact song that started the thread off.

[Legacywr]

havoc said:

Ronstein said:

...which was the exact song that started the thread off.

It’s a repost, but worthy of the thread title

[tardelli]

Legacywr said:

havoc said:

Ronstein said:

...which was the exact song that started the thread off.

It’s a repost, but worthy of the thread title

It's the go to song for one of the best cover version, but there is a reason.
(IMO Obviously)

[Riley Blue]

macdeb said:

Any Bob Dylan songs.

First suggested in 2011.

[Pit Pony]

https://youtu.be/Hc_mG7FPxis?feature=shared


https://open.spotify.com/album/7fd0wn1M14ldJdqmSXY...


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