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Cover Songs that are Better Than the original

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  1. DFWRocket

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    What are your top 5 Best and Worst Cover songs? Historically I've never been much of a fan of covers unless they are truly done with a LOT of originality. this website says that these 9 songs are better than the originals - I'd actually agree with some of them (but definitely not all of them)

    http://www.answers.com/article/1208...param2=null&param5=1058268&param6=30652918641

    Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stevie Wonder)
    Jolene - White Stripes (Dolly Parton)
    California Sun - Ramones (Joe Jordon)
    Rock 'n' Roll - Janes Addiction (Velvet Underground)
    I Fought The Law - The Clash (Bobby Fuller)
    With Arms Wide Open - Dave Grohl (Creed)
    Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)
    Love Buzz - Nirvana (Shocking Blue)
    Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)


    Here is MY Top 5 Best Cover songs list:

    California Sun - Ramones
    Hurt - Johnny Cash
    I fought the Law - The Clash
    All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)
    Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies (Velvet Underground)
    Wild Horses - The Sundays (Rolling Stones)


    Here is MY Top 5 Worst Cover songs list:

    Strawberry Fields Forever - Candyflip (Beatles)
    I will always Love You - Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton) - of course this song was fairly bad to begin with
    American Pie - Madonna
    Kats In the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe (Harry Chapin)
    The Way You Do The Things You Do - UB40 (The Temptations)




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  2. conundrum

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    Am I the only person that prefers the NIN original to Cash's "Hurt"?
     
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    I prefer the 311 cover of "Love Song" over the original by the Cure.
     
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    Yes. I also prefer Cash's version of One over U2's too. And, he does a great cover of Mercy Seat, though I like Nick Cave's also. And, I like that Johnny Cash listens to all these guys.

    Disagree on Buckley's Hallelujah. About a billion people have covered Hallelujah by now, but I'll stick with the original. Leonard Cohen's voice can't compete, and he's nothing special on instrumentation either. Something feels more heartfelt about it coming out of Leonard Cohen, and they might be some meta-property I'm assigning to it because he wrote it, but there it is. I don't think I feel that way about other covers because the subject matter is perhaps not as central to the writer's identity. I know in the case of Mercy Seat, the subject matter seems more dear to Johnny Cash's heart than it does to Nick Cave's because of Cash's long-held interest in punishment, sin, God, redemption, etc.
     
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    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M9boFzhUVG4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H3WvSyGIQFw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DpkDdLZGg30" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    Several Luther Vandross songs. Off top, "Superstar" &"A House is Not a Home"
     
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  7. K mf G

    K mf G Contributing Member

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    i dont know if i would consider these better than the originals because i like the originals a whole lot


    one ---- apocalyptica (metallica)

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8JjQGt7WjK0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


    voodoo child---- stevie ray vaugh (jimi Hendrix)

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OEJh2FFUUoU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


    deep cover----- big pun and fat joe (snoop dogg and dre)


    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AiwvPmRTv6M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    You really have me scratching my head with this one.

    Worst??? I'd say that it was arguably the one of the BEST.
     
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    Chante Savage - I WILL SURVIVE comes to mind

    Original - Gloria Gainor - <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Faf1ch7Q9XE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Chante's Version - <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TMyCXqM8AKM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Rocket River
     
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    I always thought that guy who did the mad mad world cover kicked the original to the curb. That was some good stuff.
     
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    Gary Jules - Mad World
     
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  13. K mf G

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    also,

    Hotel California---- Bob Marley (Eagles)

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-QldYV3z3yU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4NZdggNUvq0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  15. Rocket River

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    I loved the Video game Commercial
    Here is the Remake:
    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4N3N1MlvVc4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Here is the Original:
    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SFsHSHE-iJQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Video Game:
    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t7Ig2JJRpdo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Rocket River
     
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    Valerie

    This is good:
    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L3xpmfJp0Xc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    I like this better:
    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ErIj1G8H61k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #16 Kim, Jul 21, 2015
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    When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin (there is no other rock cover close to this, so don't even try)
    No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature - Widespread Panic
    Pancho & Lefty - Willie & Merle
    Midnight Rider - Willie Nelson
    Call Me the Breeze - Skynyrd
    With a Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
    I Shall Be Released - The Band
    Lake of Fire - Nirvana
    Hard to Handle - Black Crowes
    Tide is High - Blondie
    About 30 by the Dead, and about 300 country songs
    Tainted Love - Soft Cell
    Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
    Me and Bobby McGee - Janis
    Killing Me Softly - Fugees
    etc....
     
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  18. Pizza_Da_Hut

    Pizza_Da_Hut I put on pants for this?

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    I gotta say the Cake version is my favorite one...

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/596qaxm-u4o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  19. DFWRocket

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    LOL, probably.

    But then again, I also HATE NIN's cover of Dead Souls.



    7 Seconds does an awesome 99 Red Balloons.
    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6pnGWNX4BkA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  20. UTAllTheWay

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    Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix)
     
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