Cover Versions that transcend the original
Discussion
Get Karter said:
Do you reckon that one usually perfers the first version that one HEARS of a song?
So, for example, if you hear Guns 'n' Roses Live and Let Die getting loads of air play, and the song is new to you, then you'll prefer it to the Wings version when you finally hear it?
As I get older I hear cover versions of songs by artists I used to like. Invariably I prefer the version I grew up with.
Converseley, on discovering a song by one of my favourite bands was a cover, I prefer it to the original.
Yes - me too. I loved 'You can't hurry love' by Phil Collins when it was in the charts (I was only 14!). Still like it, and prefer to the Supremes. Is that wrong?So, for example, if you hear Guns 'n' Roses Live and Let Die getting loads of air play, and the song is new to you, then you'll prefer it to the Wings version when you finally hear it?
As I get older I hear cover versions of songs by artists I used to like. Invariably I prefer the version I grew up with.
Converseley, on discovering a song by one of my favourite bands was a cover, I prefer it to the original.
How could I forget
Landslide:
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNrrrCCTdA&fea...
Smashing Pumpkins Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNrrrCCTdA&fea...
In my opinion, the Pumpkins version is in a different league!
Oh, and I'm on shakier ground here, but I actually prefer the Pumkpins version of THin Lizzy's Dancing in the Moonlight:
Thin Lizzy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unnh0T2Ftro
Pumpkins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX2VSaPOQ-o
Note: Neither videos are the real ones. These songs are only available as B sides on CDs, so people have just made up their own videos.
Landslide:
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNrrrCCTdA&fea...
Smashing Pumpkins Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNrrrCCTdA&fea...
In my opinion, the Pumpkins version is in a different league!
Oh, and I'm on shakier ground here, but I actually prefer the Pumkpins version of THin Lizzy's Dancing in the Moonlight:
Thin Lizzy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unnh0T2Ftro
Pumpkins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX2VSaPOQ-o
Note: Neither videos are the real ones. These songs are only available as B sides on CDs, so people have just made up their own videos.
Metallica - Turn the Page
So much better than the original and such a fantastic video, story in itself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOibtqWo6z4
Winner for me
So much better than the original and such a fantastic video, story in itself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOibtqWo6z4
Winner for me
This made me bounce around like a loon when I first heard it :-
Turisas - Rasputin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y150Lm4kZ_M
Turisas - Rasputin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y150Lm4kZ_M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEhpjoz68hY
David Fords version of There is a light by the Smiths.
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Stuart
David Fords version of There is a light by the Smiths.
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Stuart
Bumping this one as I just heard a cracker on Radio 1's rock show.
Disturbed's cover version of Genesis - Land of Confusion
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW8DRSvEoQ&feat...
Disturbed's cover version of Genesis - Land of Confusion
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW8DRSvEoQ&feat...
Also from Radio1 on the live lounge:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lGZrn2Uh3Rg - Not hard to improve I know but Biffy Clyro's cover of Rihanna's Umbrella, almost makes up for it.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lGZrn2Uh3Rg - Not hard to improve I know but Biffy Clyro's cover of Rihanna's Umbrella, almost makes up for it.
Timberwolf said:
I also prefer Bauhaus' cover of Ziggy Stardust ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_YQXFs7Ts ) to the original, but I suspect this might be just me. It's like Bowie, but turned up to eleven.
Not just you, I also prefer that version for much the same reasons. I also prefer the Cake version of 'I will survive', but the live version from when they were on TFI Friday is better than the album version.Also: Walk on by, by The Stranglers. A survivor from their very earliest gigs while they were slowly introducing their own songs and dropping covers, still performed live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wynfnKBHR8
Not better but a damn good take on the original.
Ellen McIlwaine, 'Can't find my way home'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqeiRHfpmcg
Ellen McIlwaine, 'Can't find my way home'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqeiRHfpmcg
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