Covers that you like better than the originals

[gorillafuck]

I'll get this started

Original:
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Cover:
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[Property Is Robbery]

Cover:
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[Il Medico]

Jeff buckley and Rufus Wainwright's covers of Lenard Cohen's Hallelujah.

Novellue Vague's Cover of Clash's Guns of Brixton


There others, I just can't think of them right now.

EDIT: Hendrix's All along the watchtower is much better than Dylan's imo.
And I'm not sure which one was first, but Bob Marley's I shot the Sheriff is better than Clapton's.

[Fawkes]

Jeff buckley and Rufus Wainwright's covers of Lenard Cohen's Hallelujah.



I believe you mean Fawkes's version: http://www.revleft.com/vb/hallelujah-t144986/index.html

I'm not saying I necessarily like the covers of any of these better than the originals, but they're really great covers.

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Cover: 8SIwUOII7hg



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Cover: kPRWJah3Rc

[Blackscare]

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[brigadista]

do remixes count?


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[Widerstand]

My Own Private Alaska - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Nirvana cover)

[Manic Impressive]

My Own Private Alaska - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Nirvana cover)
Lead Belly cover :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6yCEsDsGx4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6yCEsDsGx4)

[mykittyhasaboner]

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[Tablo]

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[Friedrich]

Placebo - Where Is My Mind (Pixies cover)

I love both versions, but the Placebo one just clinches it for me.

[Vendetta]

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[NoOneIsIllegal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LE0kVlHWkg don't know why that one won't work, it's my favorite

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[Nwoye]

basically anything off of Lil Wayne's "No Ceilings" mixtape.

[Meridian]

Hawkwind Triad - Assault and Battery & the Golden Void

Check out the Hawkwind Triad album, covering Hawkwind songs, it is fucking great.

[Pirate Utopian]

basically anything off of Lil Wayne's "No Ceilings" mixtape.
Except for O Let's Do It, I'll agree with this.

[Das war einmal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoKp6dRUH0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoKp6dRUH0)

[Stand Your Ground]

CSoKp6dRUH0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoKp6dRUH0)
Damn it you stole mine! :D Embedding disabled. Great fucking song though! :thumbup1:

Cover:

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Original:

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[scarletghoul]

Laibach

life
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life

[L.A.P.]

Original:
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Cover:
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[Jazzratt]

Original:
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Cover:
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Original:
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Cover:
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Original:
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Cover:
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Not that any of the originals aren't top banana in their own right, obviously.

[Nuvem]

Beat me to Tool's version of No Quarter. Genius stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pDRIJC31tU

With all respect to Woody Guthrie.

[Leonid Brozhnev]

Original -

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Cover -

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Original -

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Cover -

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Original -

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Cover -

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[Ligeia]

Original:
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Cover:
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Original:
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Cover:
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Original:
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Cover:
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I wouldn't say that this cover is better than the original but it's just as good and definitely the best cover of enjoy the silence I've heard.

Original:
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Cover:
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Original:
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Cover:
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[Blackscare]

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[Bandito]

Original:

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Cover:

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[Pirate Utopian]

The original is Slade not Quiet Riot.

[Bandito]

Still, it's wussy.

[gorillafuck]

Original (by Angry Samoans):
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Cover (by The Queers):
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[EvilRedGuy]

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[Sam_b]

This is a bit of a stereotype but I can't believe it's not been featured yet!


ORIGINAL
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COVER
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[Il Medico]

This is a bit of a stereotype but I can't believe it's not been featured yet!


ORIGINAL
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COVER
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Jeff buckley and Rufus Wainwright's covers of Lenard Cohen's Hallelujah.
Also, don't know if it really counts as a cover,(it's quiet different) but I slightly prefer Lou Bega's Mambo #5 (with lyrics) to Perez Prado's original (mostly) instrumental version.
Original:
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Cover:
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[4 Leaf Clover]

snoop dogg - riders on the storm

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

The Oppressed covering Skinhead Girl by Bad Manners

Also, the Die Frohlix version of the Intenationale

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

This is a bit of a stereotype but I can't believe it's not been featured yet!


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COVER
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I like Willie Nelson's version.

[Lyev]

Well I'm not sure I exactly prefer it, but this is very interesting (you've all heard the original and Bob doesn't have any his music on youtube anyways), so:n0aIxVZWIUkit kinda almost has a theatrical big band feel to it.

[4 Leaf Clover]

speaking of laibach , their cover of b-mashina is epic

[Jazzratt]

Could someone please explain what's better about Jeff Buckley's version of Halllujah? I honestly don't hear what it could be.

[Fawkes]

Could someone please explain what's better about Jeff Buckley's version of Halllujah? I honestly don't hear what it could be.

Cohen sings it like a dirge, Buckley almost sexualizes is. They're both great.

Edit: Also, Buckley's is just him with the only accompaniment being his guitar which serves to greatly personalize the song in a manner similar to the call and response of the blues.

[Fawkes]

Like many old folk songs, nobody knows the origin of this song. Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster recorded the earliest known version in the earl 1930s, but there isn't an online version I can find. There are other earlier recordings of a song with a similar title, "Risin' Sun Blues", but it's a different song. Anyway, Eric Burdon's got some fucking pipes and Alan Price is an amazing organist.
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[Cane Nero]

Original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7D9aoq6wfc

Brazilian Cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BgGxv8yJnU

[Aurora]

Both great of course

Original
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Cover
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[Il Medico]

never mind, I was wrong.

[Cane Nero]

Original:
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cover:
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Brazilian cover:
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[Comrade Tiny]

Original
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Cover
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[IndependentCitizen]

Original:
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Cover: Yue5qq6BnKg


The lyrics to my favourite chorus is in my signature :D

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Original:
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Cover/Remix:
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It may be shorter, but they say brevity is the soul of wit.

[Fullmetal Anarchist]

Original:
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Cover:
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Original:
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Cover:
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Awesome aren't they although I have to say the version of Straight edge Nofx did I always played at straight edgers to take the piss. But the original is still awesome.

[Il Medico]

Original:
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Cover:
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I like both of course, but I like Nouvelle Vague's just a wee bit better.

[brigadista]

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[gorillafuck]

Original:
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Cover:
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