Covers Good or Better Than Original?

[elicoleman]

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I just saw last night, Frankie J's "More Than Words" video, which is just as good if not better than the original done by Extreme.

[injunwal]

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Most covers are brutal representations of good songs. I am not a Manson fan but he does a really good job at taking a song and adding a little to it to make it sound like his own.

the best cover that I can think of is the Faith No More cover of War Pigs. Better tahn the original? Hell no, War Pigs is a classic. But still great none the less.


A more appropriate thread would be Bad Covers because that is what 95% of them are

[Shaver]

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There's a lot of crack smoking going on in this forum...

Drop the pipe kids.... drop the pipe.

I'll almost OK a cover if a Legend wants to cover a great song (e.g. Johnny Cash covering NIN, Marvin Gaye covering the Beatles). But, upstart bands trying to release an Insta-Hit is untalented BS. Do it as a B-side... a hidden track... don't bite a great song for the easy path.

And...more importantly... you can't do a song better than the original, because music is art.... and the original vision is what the music is supposed to be.

Damn lazy *** MTV hack generation.

[Nivek]

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Most covers are brutal representations of good songs. I am not a Manson fan but he does a really good job at taking a song and adding a little to it to make it sound like his own.

I agree, "Tainted Love" and "Personal Jesus" were really good covers. Not a big fan of "sweet dreams."

[mgoblue]

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If that's the one off of the punk-covers album(the one you get when you type "punk covers" into certain search engines), it's actually Save Ferris performing it. I know a lot of people who have it and it's the only version I've heard and nobody knows who actually does it. If you have a different/live version then nevermind, but No Doubt has never released a cover of that song officially.

yeah, I actually like Save Ferris' other CD's, "Modified" had quite a few songs I enjoyed. Theirs is the main "Come On Eileen" cover that you hear.

I agree, most covers suck. A lot of bands nowadays have a hit cover, and then go nowhere, guess they got their 15 minutes.

[OHguy00]

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Knockin on Heavens Door - Guns 'N' Roses originally by Bob Dylon

I'm going to strongly disagree with that.

[SPTO]

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I was rereading this thread and thought of a cover that blows away the original in such a way that people forget it's a cover in the first place.

"I will always love you" - Whitney Houston (original by Dolly Parton)

[elicoleman]

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Oooh, good one TO.

[Easton]

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Hey Joe by Hendrix, remake of a song sang by, well, lots of people.

http://www.heyjoe.org/perf.html

[eXperiment63]

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But, upstart bands trying to release an Insta-Hit is untalented BS. Do it as a B-side... a hidden track... don't bite a great song for the easy path.

Just wanted to make sure you aren't referring to shinedown with that quote. =)

In chronological order:

Shinedown releases their debut album.

Fly From The Inside becomes a radio hit.

45 becomes radio gold and gets unreal amounts of spins.

Shinedown plays the song at Freebird on a whim in dedication of all the help the Van Zant's had given them.

They then play it at WAAF Boston when asked to do a cover.

The cover becomes a cult classic on all rock-radio stations.

They then re-release their debut a year later with Simple Man as an extra song.

They now dedicate the song to Dimebag every single time they play it live.

[zasbury25]

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Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins (Fleetwood Mac)

Boyz N The Hood - Dynamite Hack (Eazy-E) Eazy's version is classic, but it is funny to hear a white guy "rap", especially this song.

[dales]

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Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins (Fleetwood Mac)

I disagree completely. I think they did a terrible job with Landslide.

[bjf1377]

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Boyz N The Hood - Dynamite Hack (Eazy-E) Eazy's version is classic, but it is funny to hear a white guy "rap", especially this song.

Haha, I love that damn song. I loved the video, even though it was hardly ever on back when their CD came out. There are a few others here that I've heard that I like, but no sense repeating them. So, here's a few other ones:

Pillar - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (U2) (Not gonna make any comparison, but I do really like the Pillar version)
Kid Rock - Feel Like Makin' Love (Bad Company) (I really like the Kid Rock version)
H-Blockx - The Power (originally by Snap) (better than original)
H-Blockx - Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash) (A more upbeat version, but I won't say its on the same level)
Audio Adrenaline - Free Ride (Edgar Winter, I think) (as good as original)
Dropkick Murphys - Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (No where near the original, but interesting)
Dropkick Murphys - It's a Long Way to the Top (AC/DC) (It's ok, not too sure about the comparison tho)
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes (The Who) (Obviously nowhere as good as the original, but it's one of the few LB songs I can still listen to.)
and finally, I don't know if it counts, but Vanilla Ice's rock remake of Ice Ice Baby (which he called Too Cold) is better than the original

[Beantown]

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Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes (The Who) (Obviously nowhere as good as the original, but it's one of the few LB songs I can still listen to.)

Agreed completely.

[zasbury25]

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I disagree completely. I think they did a terrible job with Landslide.

I guess people either love it or they hate it.