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RIP Prince.
From wiki
"Speaking about her relationship with Prince in an interview with Norwegian station NRK in November 2014 O'Connor said, "I did meet him a couple of times. We didn't get on at all. In fact, we had a punch-up." She continued: "He summoned me to his house after 'Nothing Compares 2 U.' I made it without him. I'd never met him. He summoned me to his house—and it's foolish to do this to an Irish woman—he said he didn't like me saying bad words in interviews. So I told him to fuck off." O'Connor said: "He got quite violent. I had to escape out of his house at five in the morning. He packed a bigger punch than mine."[3]"
that's awesome and hysterical. and it's still a fucking incredible cover. She OWNED that song.
Dunno if its better because the original is so sweet but Rammstein doing Kraftwerk's Das Model fucking rocks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgaRe98IyMo
Here's the original Kraftwerk version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQIYEPe6DWY
If you like country, lemme give you an ol' Tom Russel tune, the greatest song ever written...about the sport of cock fighting: Gallo del Cielo as done by Jason Boland and the Stragglers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXuBmGNZkJo
Fiddler friggin burns up the bow on that one.
Johnny Cash Does U2's One:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGrR-7_OBpA
Also, OK, I know its Elvis, who's the King, so it cannot possibly be BETTER, but, I always liked Dwight's take on Suspicious minds (music starts at 1:25 if you're trying to skip the wheel of fortune intro):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPMaTf0KU0M
fifyQuote:
Originally Posted by Jong Lafitte
A cover of a Manfred Mann song written by Bachrach and David:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-SuGfLhqo4
The Dickies - Sound of Silence
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here ya go....thank god it's not that godawful Disturbed cover....Quote:
Originally Posted by Groomer Gambler
good stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
I can't claim it's really better than the original, but this made an impression on me way back when.
My favourite is 'Die, die, die my darling' by Metallica. In my opinion, this cover is much better that the original by Misfits.
Not better but good nonetheless...
Hard to argue with Sid's version of My Way (posted a couple of pages back)
Most covers of classic soul are pathetic (CCR's of I Heard it Through the Grapevine comes to mind, Michael Bolton's When a Man Loves a Woman is beyone pathetic) but Janis' version of Erma Franklin's "Piece of My Heart" is pretty damn good.
Pretty hard to top Judy Garland but
Actually pretty much anything Eva Cassidy did, since all she did was covers
But the undisputed best has to be Aretha's "Respect". Even Otis agreed with that and stopped doing the song after she recorded it.
hmm.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBiSJ8jCTjA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuCZ6qdaza8&list=PL5Aiyb8aexjeYPZCyL8GDYuJ wYEyOyZaF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip7wwUre4mc&list=PL5Aiyb8aexjeYPZCyL8GDYuJ wYEyOyZaF&index=17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU0EnHirK_s&list=PL5Aiyb8aexjeYPZCyL8GDYuJ wYEyOyZaF&index=27
Probably been mentioned already but I've always been partial to goldfingers cover of '99 red balloons' has a urgency the original doesn't, tho that one gives me goosebumps https://youtu.be/p-qfzH0vnOs
I was going through some Sonic Youth on youtube and found these. Earlier we were talking about Kinks covers, here's an unexpected one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMm7V0tv6dg
And here's an unusual combo - Lee Renaldo and Jeff Tweedy covering Neil Young:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETtmMU5aQk0
Which led to another unusual Neil Young cover by Dinosaur Jr., Renaldo, and Fred Armisen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnq93nbu2mI
On the jazzy side, Madeleine Peyroux has an album, Careless Love, that's almost all covers. I came to it for the Dylan cover, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, which is good, but not my favorite. That would be Elliot Smith's Between The Bars. Similarly sublime is Weary Blues, which turns out to be originally by Hank Williams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktNzLg_te4
Speaking of Dylan covers (and speaking of all-covers albums), I've always liked the Ramones treatment of Dylan's (famously covered by the Byrds) My Back Pages, even without Joey on vocals. Several other interesting covers on that album, Acid Eaters; check out Surf City, Out Of Time, When I Was Young.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0w_BuDs6oQ
One more: NOFX awesomely covers Fleetwood Mac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAWYCKuN26Q
"If I could baby, I'd give you my sox..."
Maybe better, maybe not, but the guitars for sure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49yEeQtWScw
Debauchery - Angel of Death
I remember when I saw this for the first time. I didn't think of the timeline and the black and white video confused me. I was thinking "holy shit cream ripped off Ela Fitzgerald."
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwilyp_ella-fitzgerald-sunshine-of-your-love-live-at-montreux-1969_music
(Just went back through the entire thread and noticed that this had been posted 2× previously, so 3rd time's the charm!)
I am not saying better than, just radically different and therefore embodies what I believe a great cover should do...
Another one that, again, isn't better, just a great re-imagining...
Apparently I repeat myself when under duress...I posted this back when the thread started, but the video i linked was taken down.
:)
Another in the "Not Better, Just Different, Thus Really Cool" category:
Neil Young covering BSF
saw Yes several times live and Squire always did this as his "obligatory" bass solo. Never knew that he had recorded it on an album, though
Get out.Quote:
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Starts to get fairly painful around 2.20
Meanwhile here... Radiohead do The Smiths better than The Smiths do..
I love it. It’s not like Radiohead’s version is easy listening mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
I won’t listen to The Smiths, no matter who’s playing it.Quote:
Meanwhile here... Radiohead do The Smiths better than The Smiths do..
I’m not that big a fan of Radiohead either.
Treepeople out-Smiths the Smiths too:
https://youtu.be/XZcdRmaxCiE
^Ouch, that hurt my ears reading that. :) As good as that cover is, you can't beat the rawness of the guitars in the original.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper