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11-11-2005, 02:14 PM
|  | What In The World? | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ohio | | | Cover songs that you like better than the original
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Sorry if this has been done before, I did a quick search and didn't see anything quite like it.
...So, the wife is going on about that Joss Stone song "Fell in love with a boy" when I tell her that it was originally a White Stripes song. I said that the Joss Stone version was really nice, but that I prefer the original version. She then accuses me of being some sort of anti cover song snob (???). In my defense I said that there were many cover songs that I liked better than the original, but when put on the spot I could only think of three.
Earth, Wind, and Fire- Got to get you into my life.
Johnny Cash-Hurt
Hendrix- All along the watch tower.
Help.
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11-11-2005, 02:52 PM
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11-11-2005, 02:58 PM
| | | | Watchtower-DMB and Hendrix versions(Dylan)
Tainted Love-Living End(Soft Cell)
Biffy Clyro-Take me out(Franz Ferdinand)
Ben Harper-The drugs don't work(The Verve)
Incubus-Hello(Lionel Richie)
Easy-Faith No More(Commodores)
I'm sure theres loads I'm forgetting......
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11-11-2005, 03:30 PM
| | Howzit brah | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kauai, HI | | | Phish had a real knack for making any song sound like they wrote it - so they are my favorite 'cover band', haha. I could make a long list but to name just one...Loving Cup (Stones).
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11-11-2005, 03:48 PM
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11-11-2005, 07:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Freeport, NY, USA | | | "Hurt" Nine Inch Nails (Johnny Cash song)
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11-11-2005, 07:55 PM
| | What In The World? | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ohio | | | Ok just thought of a few more,
Janis Joplin- Summertime
Luther Vandross- Superstar
The Who-Summertime Blues
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11-11-2005, 08:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Charles, MO | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by ikickuintheballs "Hurt" Nine Inch Nails (Johnny Cash song) | I'm pretty sure Johnny Cash covered that song. I like Cash's cover of One by U2 and The Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of Higher Ground.
EDIT: Forgot Tool's cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. |
11-11-2005, 09:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bel Air Maryland | | Johnny Cash did indeed cover Hurt by NIN. And he did do it far, far better than the original 
Others;
Cradle of Filth - Hell Awaits (Slayer) and Black Metal (Venom).
Opeth - Circle of the Tyrant (Celtic Frost)
Type O Negative - Summer Breeze (Seals and Crofts)
Norther - Youth Gone Wild (Skid Row)
Nightwish - Walking in the Air (Whoever wrote the original Snowman cartoon song)
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11-11-2005, 09:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Woodinville, WA | | Any early Beatles covers that they did, like "Roll Over Beethoven", "Long, Tall Sally", "Honey Don't", etc. I liked them all better than the originals. Lots of energy! 
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11-12-2005, 01:55 AM
|  | Looking for Opportunities to Create Harmony | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | every springsteen cover he has done has been better than the original:
we gotta get out of this place - animals
-devil in a blue dress medley - mitch rider
-drift away -?
etc etc etc
also joe cocker does great covers, basically made a career of it.
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11-12-2005, 04:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brasil | | Cake - I Will Survive
Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall
Toy Dolls - Livin la vida loca 
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11-12-2005, 07:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Freeport, NY, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Tash Johnny Cash did indeed cover Hurt by NIN. And he did do it far, far better than the original | Oh. I'm dumb
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11-12-2005, 07:51 AM
| | | | Johnny Cash doing Hurt was the first that came to mind. Gives me goosebumps.
Oh and I love Rush's cover of Summertime Blues. It's big, loud, and it sounds like they're having a blast.
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11-12-2005, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Kurt Berglund Johnny Cash doing Hurt was the first that came to mind. Gives me goosebumps. | me too.
I know lots of covers that I prefer to the original... but to come to Joss Stone's defence, "Victim of A Foolish Heart" is a smoking cover.
I remember having arguments with my Mother back in the 80s.... I thought Robert Plant and the Honeydrippers did "Sea of Love" WAY better than Phil Phillips, but she wouldn't have any of that. It was a favorite song from her youth and she thought Plant butchered it |
11-12-2005, 08:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ | | | Crosseyed Mary (Jethro Tull)
-Covered by Iron Maiden |
11-12-2005, 08:36 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | Santana - Black Magic Woman
Jeff Beck - She's a Woman
Derek and the Dominos - Little Wing (Maybe not better, but still petty good)
Stones - Little Queenie
Cream - Spoonful |
11-12-2005, 09:03 AM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | IMO, the best example of a cover that turned to be even more popular than the original tune is Joe Cocker's version of "With A Little Help From My Friends". |
11-12-2005, 09:08 AM
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11-12-2005, 09:25 AM
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Ozzy & Claypool - NIB (but a very close call)
Les Claypool's FFB - Live Frogs Set 2 (Pink Floyd's Animals Album)
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