Speaking of music, are cover songs ever better than the originals?
Who did good jobs with covers?
I'd say:
Smash mouth - I'm a believer
Scorpians - I can't explain
Did we have this conversation already?
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Speaking of music, are cover songs ever better than the originals?
Who did good jobs with covers?
I'd say:
Smash mouth - I'm a believer
Scorpians - I can't explain
Did we have this conversation already?
Don't think so
I usually don't like covers, but some are better than originals, just don't ask for examples, can't think of any now :p
There was a time when some people wrote songs and other people sang them and songs were "covered" over and over, but that's for us old geezer people.
Usually, covers don't live up to the original, but I do have an example of a cover that worked beautifully: Joey Ramone's (bless ya, Joey) version of "What a Wonderful World."
I do not like plain copies but I love covers when they are made like a personal tribute from one artist to another, or a tribute to a certain piece of music. They can be such a wonderful work of creativity, where musicians seem to be free to be playful. I also think a good cover somtimes can make you appreciate the old song in a new way. Marianne Faithfull charcoal black version of A working class hero is something to be, by John Lennon is a good example. Faithfulls´ voice, and way of delivering the song, gives it a whole new meaning.
Speaking of Ramones ihrocks - I love Tom Waits cover of I don´t wanna grow up, and Rob Zombies version of Bliztkrieg bop.
Hey, ho let´s go!
This thread is giving me the Jones for "Road to Ruin" on original vinyl.
I submit three:
Superstar - Sonic Youth (originally by The Carpenters)
Crazy - R.E.M. (originally by Pylon)
Lust for Life - Yo La Tengo (originally by Iggy Pop)
Halleluja by Leonard Cohen is much better in Jeff Buckley's version
Bodom did a good job doing Ace's High(originally Iron Maiden)Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
I love Placebo's version of Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush, though I'm not sure I'd call it better than the original... Just good in a different way.
I did think of another!
The Clash's version of "I Fought the Law."
That's two.
Nirvana's song.. don't remember the title...lake of fire or something like that
where do bad folks go when they die, they don't go to heaven where the angels cry, they go to a lake of fire and fry...
it was originally by someone called the meatpuppets i think.
Nine Inch Nails' Another Brick in The Wall..previuosly by Pink Floyd
Better than the original????Quote:
Originally Posted by subterranean
That's a bold statement!
I second that.Quote:
Originally Posted by ihrocks
Has anyone heard the cover band "Nine Inch Elvis" ? They do Elvis covers nine inch nails style. I think their version of Heartbreak Hotel is better than the original.