Cover Songs better than the original

davidtrios
davidtrios Posts: 9,732
edited May 2013 in Other Music
sorry if this has been discussed:

i really think johnny cash's version of hurt is 1000x better than the original by NIN. the song has new meaning with his interpretation. cash is an old man with a lot of demons and personal troubles. you can tell that he wishes he could start again, a million miles away.
powerful.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho
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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,458
    I prefer all PJ versions of the The Who songs over the originals. Might have to do with the fact that I heard the covers first mainly, but so it is :)
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    Courtney Love's Jeremy is wicked:

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    davidtrios wrote:
    sorry if this has been discussed:

    i really think johnny cash's version of hurts is 1000x better than the original by NIN. the song has new meaning with his interpretation. cash is an old man with a lot of demons and personal troubles. you can tell that he wishes he could start again, a million miles away.
    powerful.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho


    Agree. I still curse my decision NOT to buy Santa Barbara tickets for the Ed Uke tour and just see Long Beach. Long Beach was great but I missed on hearing Ed's take on Cash's take on the NIN tune.

    To this point if you revisit some of the songs that Trent Reznor has written you could see the huge potential for many different artists to interpret his stuff. Reznor is a tortured genius of a soul imo. His lyrics can be read aloud from many songs and be very poignant.
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  • davidtrios
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    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Courtney Love's Jeremy is wicked:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWTEQMxZIyY

    :lol:

    Geezuz is it bad!


    :sick:

    wow, ive never heard this before. i had to turn it off after about 15secs
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    viewtopic.php?f=9&t=137880&p=3124269&hilit=cover#p3124269

    damn, i shouldve searched
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  • Suziemay
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    Leezestarr313 wrote:
    I prefer all PJ versions of the The Who songs over the originals. Might have to do with the fact that I heard the covers first mainly, but so it is :)
    I generally prefer PJ's cover version over the originals :oops: :oops:
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    davidtrios wrote:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Courtney Love's Jeremy is wicked:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWTEQMxZIyY

    :lol:

    Geezuz is it bad!


    :sick:

    wow, ive never heard this before. i had to turn it off after about 15secs

    Unbelievable, huh?

    I'm pretty sure Hugh Freaking Dillon could belt out Jeremy better :lol: !
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  • Empty Glass
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    Leezestarr313 wrote:
    I prefer all PJ versions of the The Who songs over the originals. Might have to do with the fact that I heard the covers first mainly, but so it is :)


    Big Who fan, and I prefer PJ versions over the originals
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  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    davidtrios wrote:
    sorry if this has been discussed:

    i really think johnny cash's version of hurt is 1000x better than the original by NIN. the song has new meaning with his interpretation. cash is an old man with a lot of demons and personal troubles. you can tell that he wishes he could start again, a million miles away.
    powerful.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho

    The NIN version is by far the best. By far.
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  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    This isn't better than the original, but it's good...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQIEuugmarY
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    Soundgarden Girl U Want (original Devo) is outstanding.
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    Empty Glass wrote:
    Leezestarr313 wrote:
    I prefer all PJ versions of the The Who songs over the originals. Might have to do with the fact that I heard the covers first mainly, but so it is :)


    Big Who fan, and I prefer PJ versions over the originals

    I choose the PJ covers now, but The Who's when they were in their heyday
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