Back in the day when I didn’t care for Lady Gaga, this kid came up with this cover. Changed up the chord progression and sang like a rock star.
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Have been a huge Fall Out Boy fan since middle school... but this one always went pretty hard.
I've spent the past 12 years trying to convince my wife that Zappa's Stairway to Heaven is better than Led Zeppelin's.
This one I heard lately blew my mind. If you're not familiar with the original Chevy Van, listen here a minute:
Then check Fu Manchu's heavy fuzz take on it
Then check Fu Manchu's heavy fuzz take on it
That Old Black Magic, James Chance
Crimson and Clover, Joan Jett
Ship of Fools, The Persuasions
Unchained Melody, Power Tools
Crimson and Clover, Joan Jett
Ship of Fools, The Persuasions
Unchained Melody, Power Tools
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This EP was Metallica's "head fake" - they fooled us into thinking that we might actually be able to hear bass on their recordings from then on...SAD!
You actually covered a cover of a cover of a cover. Jesus Is Just Alright was first done by The Art Reynolds Singers and then by The Byrds and then by Underground Sunshine before The Doobie Brothers did their version (which I like and used to play). It was covered by many other acts.
Jesus Is Just Alright - Wikipedia
There are a great many songs that I didn't realize were the original.
Some I just like more because they were able to do them "better." I love the Everly Brothers, but I prefer Linda Ronstadt's version of When Will I Be Loved... and trust me, it's hard to improve on the Everlys.
Another is Roy Orbison's Love Hurts(I think it's his or the Everly Brothers, I've heard both) but I'm like Nazareth's better.
Some I just like more because they were able to do them "better." I love the Everly Brothers, but I prefer Linda Ronstadt's version of When Will I Be Loved... and trust me, it's hard to improve on the Everlys.
Another is Roy Orbison's Love Hurts(I think it's his or the Everly Brothers, I've heard both) but I'm like Nazareth's better.
Obviously, I'm very suspect when I say it so boldly, but these two versions penned by my old band are better than the originals, IMHO.
YMMV, of course.
YMMV, of course.
Hendrix cover of “All Along the Watchtower” was so good Dylan never played it the original way after he heard Jimis version he always played it in the Hendrix style ever afterwards
Love Hurts was written by Boudleaux Bryant and first recorded by The Everly Brothers in 1960.
Linda Rondstats cover of Blue Bayou certainly Roy Orbisons original
Not all are necessarily better than originals, but all very well done covers, imho.
Yes,...covering Simon and Garfunkles America,....also,...almost any cover done by the Main Squeeze. I've become a HUGE fanboy of thier bassist!
