Cover songs you think are better than the original

Hazlehurst · 02-28-2013, 04:25 PM

Justin Hawkins - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us

Zer0 · 02-28-2013, 04:34 PM

As much as I love 13th Floor Elevators' original, Spacemen 3 made 'Rollercoaster' their bitch

shawn · 02-28-2013, 04:45 PM

Gives better coverage than state farm, and was a member of the band! Ladies and gentlemen I give you the incorporable Emmylou Harris covering “Return Of The Grievous Angel”: A Tribute to Gram Parsons. Need I say more? Hell yes!

Darren · 03-21-2013, 11:18 PM

Guns N' Roses- Knocking On Heaven's Door
Will To Power- Baby I Love Your Way

Paul Smeenus · 03-22-2013, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Darren

Guns N' Roses- Knocking On Heaven's Door
Will To Power- Baby I Love Your Way

OK, I try and I really mean try to not tell another human being they have atrocious taste in music. I really do. So please don't take this personally. I came into this thread because this version of "Knocking On Heaven's Door" by the dying Warren Zevon (it was recorded shortly before his death) that I'd just posted to the "Goosebumps" thread belongs in this thread as well...

Then, I couldn't help but notice that the G&R version, the version I call "Bark Bark Barking Up Heaven's Door", was going to be listed immediately before my post. OK, well, I guess I'll learn to live with that.

However, my pick for the worst song, the worst cover song, the worst medley, the worst cover song medley, the worst MTV/VH1 video ever made, the least interesting MILF-y woman prancing around and posing on camera in her underwear, the worst mullet-sporting talentless boyfriend who wants to shoehorn his place in the video and song, and most ridiculously silly ever Nietzsche-referenced "band" name, would UNHESITATINGLY be Will to Power's horrifying version of BILYW. Yikes. Up until now I've never heard of anyone actually liking this. I won't put the YouTube of it in the same post as the heart-wrenching Zevon cover, if anyone has 4-5 minutes of their life they don't want to ever get back, search for it on YouTube. But don't blame me, I tried to warn you.

Roku · 03-22-2013, 11:48 PM

Over My Head (Cable Car) by A Day to Remember, originally by The Fray
Since You Been Gone by A Day to Remember, originally by Kelly Clarkson

Perhaps Heartless by The Fray, originally by Kanye West, but I don't know. I really like the original, too.

Sequoioideae · 03-23-2013, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

As much as I love 13th Floor Elevators' original, Spacemen 3 made 'Rollercoaster' their bitch

You can argue that S3 took any song they covered, and made it better than the original. Though, with "Transparent Radiation" it was more of a case of taking a free, open ended song, and turning it into a minimal masterpiece. It's really hard to compare the two as it's apples to oranges, two completely different takes. Depending on the day though, I prefer either one over the other.

Screen13 · 03-23-2013, 10:56 PM

Love the original (The Equals), but this one seriously has the stomp I love. Maybe it's because I got Sandinista! on vinyl, maybe it's that The Equals' version is a not as edgy, but damn it, this seriously wins.

Paul Smeenus · 03-23-2013, 11:34 PM

....just a good cover. I would never blaspheme at the altar of Jimi

**Frownland** · 03-25-2013, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

....just a good cover. I would never blaspheme at the altar of Jimi

Definitely a good cover, I'd agree. It definitely does the original song justice, just with a better singer, imo.

02-28-2013, 04:34 PM	#512 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	As much as I love 13th Floor Elevators' original, Spacemen 3 made 'Rollercoaster' their bitch __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

02-28-2013, 04:45 PM	#513 (permalink)
shawn Groupie Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 4	Better than the original Gives better coverage than state farm, and was a member of the band! Ladies and gentlemen I give you the incorporable Emmylou Harris covering “Return Of The Grievous Angel”: A Tribute to Gram Parsons. Need I say more? Hell yes!

03-22-2013, 11:48 PM	#516 (permalink)
Roku Groupie Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Dragon Realms Posts: 43	Over My Head (Cable Car) by A Day to Remember, originally by The Fray Since You Been Gone by A Day to Remember, originally by Kelly Clarkson Perhaps Heartless by The Fray, originally by Kanye West, but I don't know. I really like the original, too. __________________ I Saw the Queen Swam Out Below Her Star on Sea Beneath But Through Thick and Thin They've Gone Away And Only Left Their Grief

03-23-2013, 11:34 PM	#519 (permalink)
Paul Smeenus David Hasselhoff Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Back in Portland, OR Posts: 3,681	NOT better than the original!!!!!!! ....just a good cover. I would never blaspheme at the altar of Jimi

02-28-2013, 04:25 PM	#511 (permalink)
Hazlehurst Groupie Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 11	Justin Hawkins - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us

03-21-2013, 11:18 PM	#514 (permalink)
Darren Groupie Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Pierrefonds, Quebec Posts: 25	Guns N' Roses- Knocking On Heaven's Door Will To Power- Baby I Love Your Way

03-23-2013, 10:56 PM	#518 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Love the original (The Equals), but this one seriously has the stomp I love. Maybe it's because I got Sandinista! on vinyl, maybe it's that The Equals' version is a not as edgy, but damn it, this seriously wins.