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became this thanks to Mr Costello
It would be remarkable if this hasn't been mentioned yet
https://youtu.be/oGXpDhNAO1Y
Funny you should mention Galaxie 500.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
I have been thinking about Luna's cover of "Bonnie and Clyde", which I own as a single and on an album and listened to for years before I checked out the Serge Gainsbourg original.
Luna
Serge & Brigitte
FYI, the song has been covered by quite a few interesting folks:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn...e_Bardot_song)
Some songs will never be covered better than the original. This is one, but still fun for original bands to pay homage to the legends that paved the way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3aoGMZhcxs
Too lazy to look, but surely some has already mentioned
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
I waded through the entire thread yesterday and don't recall seeing it...Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
This may be considered blasphemy by some, but I totally dig the Manfred Mann version over The Boss's...
Keeping with Dookey's "not necessarily better, just different" tact. Kinda nails the solo at the end!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfRjhvrV_Fk
Nobody should feel obligated post the bullshit metallica Danzig covers: please and thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfrJUxLcXlg
I prefer ^ to the original but I’m a RS fanboy in the highest
Might be the most honest thing I've heard in a year. Just awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdironRider
The Cover
Tricky "Black Steel"
The Original
Public Enemy "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos"
Thx for doing the legwork. Of course manfred's version is a thousand times better than Bruce's. It's gotta be top 5 for the better covers of all time.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
Nina Simone’s version of Strange Fruit is at least equal to the Billie Holiday version.
2 of VU
"Lonesome Cowboy Bill" as done by Luna and Cheval Sombre
https://deanwareham.com/album/851547...me-cowboy-bill
Yes!
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Originally Posted by dookey67
Never really liked the way Bob Dylan sings or plays. Like the songs he wrote though..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyOzGPbn2tg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQDvJfkJ6Y
The Cover
Tricky - "Lyrics of Fury"
The Original
Eric B. & Rakim - "Lyrics of Fury"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPJTRh40sZU
Original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--cSzOAx99w
Actually, both are good.
I mean REO Speedwagon was great but I like this better:
Good idea. I prefer Nirvana’s cover of the man who sold the world to the original Bowie version. All Nirvana covers are goodQuote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
More depressing songs...sung by dead guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ydo78YrMvI
The Church's cover of the Ultravox song.
https://youtu.be/qsrY7zIRueI
Sun Kil Moon's cover of Modest Mouse
https://youtu.be/JVLTyvLvGLM
Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek oversaw a pretty sweet John Denver tribute album...
https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-...n-mw0000062324
Aretha Franklin's recording of The Weight.
All cover versions of Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released’
FIFY.Quote:
Originally Posted by Self Jupiter
Maybe sacrilege, and I'm not sure better - but when I'm in the mood, these work for me:
Satisfaction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyx_LUIbrhM
Smells Like teen Spirit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4VfaxeYOt8
You need to start taking testosterone, Jesus, icemang, that is limp.
I prefer this over the original
https://youtu.be/AiraxdZ_-fo
Van Halen's version of You Really Got Me
THE COVER
THE ORIGINAL
fuck people, how hard is it to embed? I don't like clicking on youtube links just to find out what song it is. If on a PC, just hit the little film reel icon. If on a phone, just put [video] tags around your youtube link.
That said, at least knowsam put the song in with the link. And that Cat Power version of Satusfaction is really interesting, as mentioned earlier the best covers are ones that reinterpret the song, not just play it. Not sure if it's the best. Also like the idea of the symphony arrangement for Teen Spirit, but it's definitely not better than the original.
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Originally Posted by knowsam
Don't think this one's been posted yet:
Cover
Original
Not even close really...Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
learn something new every day.Quote:
Originally Posted by powpig
and from the comments:
Ozzy Osbourne misheard the lyrics and so if you listen to the Sabbath version, you can hear him sing "I was born without you baby / But my feelings were a little bit too strong" instead of "I was warned about you baby / But my feelings are a little bit too strong".
In the other direction, Cardi B MASSACRED "I Like It Like That".. So horrible LOL..
Hurdy Gurdy Man. o.g. Donovan vs. Butthole Surfers. Butthole Surfers for the win. Kinda lighter than other BHS tunes but still gives a pretty good dose of a holistic sonic assault on the senses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yWZcsgwF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRsrDLkACTs