Author Topic: Cover Versions that are better than the Originals (Read 132871 times)

Tonyh8su · « **Reply #880 on:** June 24, 2020, 03:25:10 am »

Quote from: irc65 on June 23, 2020, 09:46:33 pm

Am not claiming this is better than the original but I love this version of Won't Get Fooled Again by the Roots and the Who, played on kids' instruments.

(Sorry don't know how to embed!)

https://m.facebook.com/FallonTonight/videos/373190963539637/

Saw this last year when it came out but it's just as brilliant as when I saw it then. I've loved a lot of these that they've done actually.

Although in the "post covid world", watching that many people in such close proximity gives me the sweats haha.

RedSince86 · « **Reply #881 on:** July 12, 2020, 02:21:39 pm »

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Son of Spion · « **Reply #882 on:** July 12, 2020, 07:27:28 pm »

^
That reminds me why I should listen to Tool a lot more than I do.

soxfan · « **Reply #883 on:** July 12, 2020, 08:03:56 pm »

Not better than the original, but interesting to watch the crowd's reaction.
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"In 1987, Billy Joel became one of the first major western stars to perform multiple live concerts in the USSR. On the tour, Joel covered The Beatles' 'Back in the U.S.S.R.', which became the first single released by Joel that he did not originally record."

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soxfan · « **Reply #884 on:** July 13, 2020, 12:35:54 am »

This song was written by Chris Smither at a faster pace. Bonnie Raitt changed it to a female perspective, slowed it down and...damn!

"Why don't you rock me one time, like my backbone was your own."

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/SXVoOgwiYc8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/SXVoOgwiYc8</a>

Sammy5IsAlive · « **Reply #885 on:** July 14, 2020, 12:37:07 am »

This is a bittersweet one. The Harry Nilsson version of Without You is in my opinion streets ahead of the original arrangement by Badfinger. But it is a real downer when you read up on what happened to the latter act. Having been completely ripped off by their manager both of the co-writers of the song eventually took their own lives - with one of the deaths being in the direct context of disputes over the royalties for the song after the massive success of the Nilsson version.

To counteract the gloom I'll put up what I think is Badfinger's tour-de-force which I don't think has been covered (or at least not covered better). For those of you that have watched it (I haven't yet) I believe that one of their other songs soundtracks the final scene of Breaking Bad.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/PPco24LS31A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/PPco24LS31A</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/G-ZDKirjQgM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/G-ZDKirjQgM</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/oBK-WRvzF3E&list=RDoBK-WRvzF3E&start_radio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/oBK-WRvzF3E&list=RDoBK-WRvzF3E&start_radio</a>

RedSince86 · « **Reply #886 on:** July 14, 2020, 05:07:11 pm »

Quote from: Son of Spion＊ on July 12, 2020, 07:27:28 pm

^
That reminds me why I should listen to Tool a lot more than I do.

Cracking band.

They are like a metal Pink Floyd.

Son of Spion · « **Reply #887 on:** July 14, 2020, 05:22:09 pm »

Quote from: RedSince86 on July 14, 2020, 05:07:11 pm

Cracking band.

They are like a metal Pink Floyd.

Yep. I have Lateralus and another album I can't recall the name of. I'll have to dig them out and give them a spin.

Trump's tiny tiny hands · « **Reply #888 on:** July 14, 2020, 05:55:33 pm »

This is a weird one in that the "cover" was written/recorded for Elliot Smith's original band Heatmiser, but the version he did on his solo album came out first and the version by Heatmiser only surfaced in 2013, and it is a cracker.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/E34ewVKNYFs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/E34ewVKNYFs</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/D5mfpDL_q4U" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/D5mfpDL_q4U</a>

bradders1011 · « **Reply #889 on:** July 14, 2020, 09:20:43 pm »

Quote from: markedasred on June 18, 2020, 07:35:46 pm

David Gray's Say Hello and Wave Goodbye

Spot on, it's wonderful.

AndyInVA · « **Reply #890 on:** July 15, 2020, 05:31:35 pm »

I never realized the Kaiser Chiefs did the original of 'Oh My God'.

The Mark Ronson version with Lily Allen is so much better.

Sir Psycho Sexy · « **Reply #891 on:** July 21, 2020, 04:19:58 pm »

Just listened to Come Together by Gary Clark Jr and I reckon it's better. And i like the original

Sammy5IsAlive · « **Reply #892 on:** July 21, 2020, 08:57:10 pm »

Quote from: Sir Psycho Sexy on July 21, 2020, 04:19:58 pm

Just listened to Come Together by Gary Clark Jr and I reckon it's better. And i like the original

In a weird way it's a song that is so good that there's a couple of covers that I maybe prefer to the original. I always think it is testament to the Beatles' songwriting that a song like this can work in so many styles.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/M-ZBYZZWJbk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/M-ZBYZZWJbk</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/nRCdnASv9cE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/nRCdnASv9cE</a>

elbow · « **Reply #893 on:** July 22, 2020, 02:24:06 am »

Quote from: Trump's tiny tiny hands on July 14, 2020, 05:55:33 pm

This is a weird one in that the "cover" was written/recorded for Elliot Smith's original band Heatmiser, but the version he did on his solo album came out first and the version by Heatmiser only surfaced in 2013, and it is a cracker.

Queens of The Stone Age did a cover of this I believe.

liverbloke · « **Reply #894 on:** July 22, 2020, 08:23:21 am »

The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Yeah not to piss on Marvin's chips but there's something about the Slits version which always drags me in.

99% of yer will absolutely HATE it but there y'go

Mr Benn please? · « **Reply #895 on:** July 22, 2020, 04:35:46 pm »

Quote from: liverbloke on July 22, 2020, 08:23:21 am

The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Yeah not to piss on Marvin's chips but there's something about the Slits version which always drags me in.

99% of yer will absolutely HATE it but there y'go

I'm in the 1% of people that likes the Slits' version.

Technically though, Marvin's version is also a cover version as it was recorded by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and Gladys Knight and the Pips first. Gladys's version is the best, in my opinion.

liverbloke · « **Reply #896 on:** July 22, 2020, 06:22:08 pm »

Quote from: irc65 on July 22, 2020, 04:35:46 pm

I'm in the 1% of people that likes the Slits' version.

Technically though, Marvin's version is also a cover version as it was recorded by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and Gladys Knight and the Pips first. Gladys's version is the best, in my opinion.

Oh I did not know that - should be in the other thread

But will remember that especially for when I can go to pub quizzes again

Mr Benn please? · « **Reply #897 on:** July 22, 2020, 06:23:39 pm »

Quote from: liverbloke on July 22, 2020, 06:22:08 pm

Oh I did not know that - should be in the other thread

But will remember that especially for when I can go to pub quizzes again

Ha, yes. Check out Gladys's version though - it's great, very funky.

Hazell · « **Reply #898 on:** July 22, 2020, 06:56:44 pm »

Quote from: Trump's tiny tiny hands on July 14, 2020, 05:55:33 pm

This is a weird one in that the "cover" was written/recorded for Elliot Smith's original band Heatmiser, but the version he did on his solo album came out first and the version by Heatmiser only surfaced in 2013, and it is a cracker.

I adore Elliott Smith and 'Elliott Smith' (the album) is my second favourite album of his after 'Either/Or'. And yeah, his best stuff is his acoustic stuff but I think this version is better than the album one. It'd be out of place on the album and I'm glad it's a standalone cover. It makes sense it's Heatmiser as well, it really sounds like their stuff.

liverbloke · « **Reply #899 on:** July 23, 2020, 12:25:44 pm »

Quote from: irc65 on July 22, 2020, 06:23:39 pm

Ha, yes. Check out Gladys's version though - it's great, very funky.

Did do - totally different take on it that

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #900 on:** July 25, 2020, 02:03:24 pm »

Quote from: soxfan on July 13, 2020, 12:35:54 am

This song was written by Chris Smither at a faster pace. Bonnie Raitt changed it to a female perspective, slowed it down and...damn!

"Why don't you rock me one time, like my backbone was your own."

Speaking of Bonnie here are two excellent covers of her 'I Can't Make You Love Me' by Bon Iver & George Michael.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Q3VjaCy5gck" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Q3VjaCy5gck</a>

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Zeppelin · « **Reply #901 on:** July 25, 2020, 11:26:39 pm »

The wonderful Lyrian covering Van Halen's 'Tattoo'

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/WC3Xqw8y_EE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/WC3Xqw8y_EE</a>

soxfan · « **Reply #902 on:** July 26, 2020, 12:07:07 am »

Sara Bareilles is so much more talented than virtually all of her lip-synching, auto-tuning peers. She doesn't dress like a Vegas hooker so she doesn't get the same recognition. It's a shame. Her own writing is excellent but she's also done some wonderful covers.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/6UmVBqRsYJk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/6UmVBqRsYJk</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Ozd2ja7mAgM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Ozd2ja7mAgM</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/HNlc65Zxo2g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/HNlc65Zxo2g</a>

TepidT2O · « **Reply #903 on:** July 26, 2020, 12:08:09 am »

What do Vegas hookers dress like?

afc tukrish · « **Reply #904 on:** July 26, 2020, 12:18:44 am »

Quote from: Tepid T₂O on July 26, 2020, 12:08:09 am

What do Vegas hookers dress like?

Tom Davies?

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #905 on:** October 17, 2020, 12:30:53 pm »

Not necessarily a cover version but a 're-imagination' of the original.

Beck Reimagines David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision'

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/XyO5MRTbL2s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/XyO5MRTbL2s</a>

liverbloke · « **Reply #906 on:** October 18, 2020, 03:20:38 pm »

if this dosen't melt the heart strings then I don't know

Tori Amos doing a cover of U2's brilliant soul searching Running To Stand Still

yes, it's a bootleg recording but the sound is very good

I even like the fact that you can hear a guy at the start telling his girlfriend what song it is when the crowd applaud

she's also playing it at Red Rocks which has a special place in U2's history

chills man

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/CcqxR_58eqg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/CcqxR_58eqg</a>

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #907 on:** October 30, 2020, 09:35:44 am »

Impossible to beat the original. This does add a certain Covid-2020 feeling with her delicateness and his frailty.

Karen O & Willie Nelson - Under Pressure

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/MEU-7uga_4A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/MEU-7uga_4A</a>

Also love it when the original artist loves the cover version.

Gregory Porter - It's Probably Me

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/lSzICmwmRsA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/lSzICmwmRsA</a>

John C · « **Reply #908 on:** October 31, 2020, 01:18:23 am »

Found this

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/QbWJO8RMg1A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/QbWJO8RMg1A</a>

Brilliant!

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #909 on:** October 31, 2020, 03:52:45 am »

Quote from: John C on October 31, 2020, 01:18:23 am

Found this

Brilliant!

I'm a massive GM fan and that has to be in my Top 5 tunes that he sings.

I also love this version by another artist I love, Bon Ever.

Bon Iver - I Can't Make You Love Me / Nick of Time

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Q3VjaCy5gck" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Q3VjaCy5gck</a>

androulla · « **Reply #910 on:** October 31, 2020, 03:21:57 pm »

I’m a massive George Michael fan too.

Love that cover version by him.

liverbloke · « **Reply #911 on:** October 31, 2020, 04:38:24 pm »

Quote from: androulla on October 31, 2020, 03:21:57 pm

I’m a massive George Michael fan too.

Love that cover version by him.

His album Listen Without Prejudice is a classic

not too keen on some of the things he got up to but watched that documentary on him and he seemed a complicated soul

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #912 on:** November 22, 2020, 03:57:38 am »

Daily Battles - Wynton Marsalis

Original by Thom Yorke from the same movie 'Motherless Brooklyn'

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/ST5NgujQiMk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/ST5NgujQiMk</a>

markedasred · « **Reply #913 on:** November 22, 2020, 06:22:00 pm »

I always assumed that any cover of Neil Young's Cortez the Killer would be lame, but this Dave Matthews with Warren Haynes is alive. It gives the studio version a run for the money.
https://www.youtube.com/v/6QjIHnb5Ivs
But the 1991 Neil version is one of the great re-tellings of American mythology, partly because nobody owns such a pampered Gibson Les Paul as him, which sounds like a dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-XnPXL_HMA

Armand9 · « **Reply #914 on:** January 13, 2021, 04:35:39 am »

Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt (NIN)

1,000 Homo Dj's cover of Supernaut (Black Sabbath - only Sabbath cover i've heard better than the original, most sabbath covers are fucking terrible - honourable mention tho to White Zombie's cover of Children of the Grave, quality cover)

and one im sure has been mentioned many times - Hendrix's cover of All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)

ah and one i came across very recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzxag7U3Snk Daniela Andrade cover of Crazy (Gnarls Barkley - i didn't even like the original but the cover is cracking)

Sheer Magnetism · « **Reply #915 on:** January 14, 2021, 04:56:08 pm »

That Supernaut cover is great (and the best song on the Sabbath tribute album by a mile) but it isn't the best Sabbath cover:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/n-fE5NbilMw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/n-fE5NbilMw</a>

Black Bull Nova · « **Reply #916 on:** January 16, 2021, 12:52:52 am »

Passenger and Gregory Alan Isakov covering Paul Simon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqzMFKGgzDw

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqzMFKGgzDw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqzMFKGgzDw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqzMFKGgzDw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqzMFKGgzDw</a>

Mr Benn please? · « **Reply #917 on:** January 16, 2021, 05:11:52 pm »

Have been enjoying Come On Up to the House, a compilation of Tom Waits covers by female artists. It's a really great album. The hipsters tend to prefer Tom's shouty, bluesy Beefheart tunes, but I prefer the ballads, and there are some great reinterpretations of some of them on this record. All 12 songs are great. Are they better than the originals? I would say, yes, some of them are. Corrine Baily Rae's version of Jersey Girl for example.

https://youtu.be/1g3uV42m0ZA

Ray K · « **Reply #918 on:** January 18, 2021, 09:37:42 pm »

I wouldn't say 'better' cos, you know, Sam Cooke, but Letslie Odom does a hell of a job on A Change Is Gonna Come in the One Night in Miami film

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/MMDFObcqU5U" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/MMDFObcqU5U</a>

Son of Spion · « **Reply #919 on:** January 21, 2021, 02:40:16 am »

Maybe not better than the original, but I'm liking it all the same.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/u9Dg-g7t2l4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/u9Dg-g7t2l4</a>