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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Benzor wrote:
    I can't believe that it took 3 pages for someone to say 'Hallelujah'. This is the definitive example of a cover being better than the original in my mind.

    I wrote it on the first page.
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Newch91 wrote:
    Khadgar wrote:
    Faith No More - Poker Face.

    Eric Cartman's version also.


    :lol::lol::lol: Holy Shit, Thank You!!!
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    KoMyAss wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    Khadgar wrote:
    Faith No More - Poker Face.

    Eric Cartman's version also.


    :lol::lol::lol: Holy Shit, Thank You!!!

    Hahahahaha! :lol::lol: It's so fucking funny.
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  • Benzor
    Benzor Posts: 886
    Newch91 wrote:
    Benzor wrote:
    I can't believe that it took 3 pages for someone to say 'Hallelujah'. This is the definitive example of a cover being better than the original in my mind.

    I wrote it on the first page.

    haha i must have missed it
  • NYCPJ
    NYCPJ nyc Posts: 764
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Cash...Hurt
    Blows away NIN's version

    :thumbup: Totally.

    I'm also going to go out on a limb here and confess something:

    I love, love, love Manfred Mann's "Blinded By The Light" (that guitar solo is fucking ace)...I think it completely eclipses Springsteen's version. Sorry Bruce, but it had to be said.

    great call.
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    5/18/10 (Newark, NJ)
    5/20/10 (MSG1)
    5/21/10 (MSG2)
    10/18/13 (Brooklyn 1)
    10/19/13 (Brooklyn 2)
    5/1/16 (MSG 1)
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    3/30/20 (MSG)
    9/3/24 I(MSG1)
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  • jwagner
    jwagner Posts: 435
    Voivod's version of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine"

    MASTERFUL.
    "I know I was born and I know that I'll die...the in between is mine"
  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    eeriepadave wrote:
    Ugly Kid Joe- Cats In The Cradle (Harry Chapin)
    The Lemonheads- Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
    10,000 Maniacs- Because The Night (Patti Smith)
    Nirvana- Man Who Sold The World & Lake Of Fire
    311- Love Song (The Cure)
    The White Stripes- Jolene (Dolly Parton)
    Foo Fighters- Baker Street
    Goldfinger- 99 Red Balloons (Nene)
    Metallica- Whiskey In The Jar
    Red Hot Chili Peppers- Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
    Local H- Toxic (Britney Spears)

    others that are as good as the original
    CAKE- I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
    Nirvana- Love Buzz (Shocking Blue)
    Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse- Valerie (The Zutons)
    Gnarls Barkley- Gone Daddy Gone (Violent Femmes)
    The Vines- Ms. Jackson (OutKast)
    Social Distortion- Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash)
    Johnny Cash- Hurt and Rusty Cage
    Marilyn Manson- Sweet Dreams, Tainted Love, & Personal Jesus
    Weezer- Veloria (Pixies)
    Ben Folds- Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre)
    Faith No More- War Pigs (Sabbath)
    Tool- No Quarter (Zeppelin)
    Offspring- I Wanna BE Sedated (Ramones)
    All Along The Watchtower- Hendrix and DMB
    Limp Bizkit- Faith (George Michael)


    love some of these.. man some really take back to HS, especially Ugly Kid Joe
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    I forgot 2 that I always liked..

    Tesla - Signs
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vgf0dmzEf0


    Chris Cornell - Ave Maria
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-IXoU8uQMs








    i always thought it would be cool to compile all these covers and make a few cds. Can we set something up now so we can do this?
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,993
    jwagner wrote:
    Voivod's version of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine"

    MASTERFUL.

    That was pretty good but I wouldn't say it's better than the original. Really wasn't digging the vocals.
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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    My Morning Jacket - Tyrone (original Erykah Badu)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPsw5ssi-58
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • Nowhere Man
    Nowhere Man Posts: 345
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    My Morning Jacket - Tyrone (original Erykah Badu)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPsw5ssi-58

    Yesssssss, I don't know how I forgot this one. This version is unreal.
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    foo fighters- baker street (steeler's wheel/Jerry rafferty)
    down in the park (Gary Newman)
    Gary Jules- Mad world (tears for fears)
    Manfred man- blinded by the light (Bruce Springsteen) I agree, sorry Bruce respnse to previous thread in here).

    Unkle Kracker - mainstreet (Bob Seger) Not better than the original but still VERY solid. I love both, but Bob's will always be on top.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,178
    edited July 2019
    not really better, but I'm digging this:

    Passion Pit covering Tonight, Tonight
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9-kJyyNPT4

    and this came up on my ipod shuffle, Deadsy doing Tom Sawyer
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUqaVK69qPU

    Post edited by eeriepadave on
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    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    The Family and the Fishing Net~Primus (Peter Gabriel)
    The Thing That Should Not Be~Primus (Metallica)
    Behind My Camel~Primus (The Police)
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • covered in bliss
    covered in bliss chi-caw-go Posts: 1,332
    Lovemongers: Battle of Evermore

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DxFQ6FhzQ
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    Ryan Adams - Down In A Hole (Alice In Chains)
    MMJ - Rocket Man (Elton John) the Jim James solo version is awesome
    Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
    Zwan - Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)
    Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men (Status Quo)
    Johhny Cash - Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)
    Johnny Cash - Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
    Neil Young - Day In The Life (The Beatles)

    I already loved the original versions of all of these songs but I think the covers are much better
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  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Muse - Cant Take My Eyes Off You
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBOQc3L1t1A

    Damien Rice & David Gray - Que Sera Sera
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dtsWIt- ... re=related

    U2 - Helter Skelter
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLmqjcYtH3c

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair (Ramones)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3zNZMnBfc

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Search & Destroy (Stooges)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo9u9om-2WQ
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited August 2010
    covered in bliss wrote:
    Lovemongers: Battle of Evermore

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DxFQ6FhzQ

    yuck



    Johnny Cash's Rusty Cage is a long way off from the original. It's such a cliche version if you ask me. Seems like JC thought it would be a cool song to cover and then left out everything that could make it fresh.


    Tool's No Quarter is a little better than Zep's album version, but doesnt' begin to sniff the version from TSRTS. Their cover of You Lied is pretty sweet, but it's pretty spot on to the original if I remember right.



    DBT-Rebels by Tom Petty
    GnR-Mama Kin by Aerosmith and It's ALright by Black Sabbath
    Ben Harper-The Drugs Don't Work by The Verve
    Black Crowes Oh Sweet Nothin by VU, Rollum Easy by Little Feat
    Tom Petty-Rainy Day Women by Dylan
    Metallica-Turn the Page by Bob Seger, Whiskey In the Jar by Thin Lizzy
    Raconteurs-Rich Kid Blues by Terry Reid
    RHCP-Havana Affair by Ramones
    VH-Oh Pretty Woman
    Post edited by DewieCox on
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    JordyWordy wrote:
    Muse - Cant Take My Eyes Off You
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBOQc3L1t1A

    Damien Rice & David Gray - Que Sera Sera
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dtsWIt- ... re=related

    U2 - Helter Skelter
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLmqjcYtH3c

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair (Ramones)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3zNZMnBfc

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Search & Destroy (Stooges)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo9u9om-2WQ

    Hmm...love U2 but I don't think their version of Helter Skelter is better. It doesn't have that rawness of the original.
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgsH1pdWJ84

    The best :lol::lol::lol:

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