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davidtriosdavidtrios 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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  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,352
    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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    Courtney Love's Jeremy is wicked:

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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,285
    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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    Jimi Hendrix's Cover of All along the Watchtower.

    I am a big Bob Dylan fan, love his version too, but Jimi took it to a new level.
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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    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
  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    viewtopic.php?f=9&t=137880&p=3124269&hilit=cover#p3124269

    damn, i shouldve searched
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    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 UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    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 GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    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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  • OlivavuOlivavu 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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  • OlivavuOlivavu 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 UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Soundgarden Girl U Want (original Devo) is outstanding.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,169
    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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    I like the Foos Baker St. and Darling Mikki better than the originals.
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    Neil Young's Oh, Lonesome Me is incredible
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    David Bowie's cover of Wild is the Wind (Nina Simone) is a blowaway. Absolutely brill.
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    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Soundgarden Girl U Want (original Devo) is outstanding.

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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Olivavu wrote:
    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.

    Agreed
  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Elton John's Pinball Wizard over The Who's. Sorry if I offended anyone but I honestly like it better.

    Cake's cover of I will survive is pretty hilarious.
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  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,546
    Some of my favourites would be:

    EV - Hard Sun (Indio)
    Ryan Adams - Down In A Hole (Alice In Chains)
    Ryan Adams - Revelator (Gillian Welch)
    Johnny Cash - Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
    Djali Zwan - Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)
    Jim James - Rocket Man (Elton John)
    Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    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
    Blasphemy! I say blasphemy! :lol:

    Nah, if it's the version you heard first you're almost always going to like it better. I like PJ's Who covers a lot but the Who songs were in my DNA before PJ even existed. Read: I'm old!

    Besides, I like The Who's version of Summertime Blues better than Eddie Cochran's. Don't even talk about Blue Cheer.
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  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    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 :)

    Wow!! How old (young) are you?

    I wore out all of the Who versions before Pearl Jam even existed...
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    I have to say "No Quarter" by Tool

    Originally done by Led Zeppelin.
    Probably one of the Best cover songs of All time!

    A Bold statement I know, but it's undeniable!

    Give the two a listen and you be the judge. :)
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    Mark Lanegan - Creeping Coastline Of Lights (The Leaving Trains cover)
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