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He didn't write that though, it's a folk song. Anyways here's my contribution, lets take a creepy song and make it creepier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt63b4x2Xec
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https://soundcloud.com/solfoafp/me-and-the-devil Soap&Skin - Me and the Devil, originally by Robert Johnson, but known for The Doors cover (at least that's where I knew this song from)
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Plucky Brit posted:House of the Rising Sun- Animals Hijo Del Helmsley posted:I guess this is the best example, considering it's been elevated to the point that people don't realize The Animals didn't write it. Neither did Dylan. Mid-posting edit: Someone beat me to it.
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May 4, 2015 00:20
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Nick Cave's Stagger Lee.
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May 4, 2015 01:17
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Postmodern Jukebox's "Hot Jazz" cover of Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2kOj-GFN8k&index=42&list=FLSflqrgHd3VwV213W0vNRUA
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May 4, 2015 01:59
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Nckdictator posted:He didn't write that though, it's a folk song. Here's a version transposed to minor scale (don't know about better though). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PLNsymQi3Y There are a bunch of these major to minor versions and viceversa, like "Recovering my Religion" and "Nothing else Majeur" If those don't count as covers I'll shut up now. 
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May 4, 2015 02:24
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Peter Frampton's (mostly) instrumental cover of Black Hole Sun blew my fragile little mind the first time I heard it and it remains my favorite cover. The man is a guitar genius. The talk box action is the icing on top. Original - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg Frampton's asskicking cover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8yuWddw0E And: Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF8aaTu2kg0 And the chill as gently caress cover of that track by a Toronto band called Plaitwrights, that I hope, HOPE becomes the new hotness because they are amazing https://plaitwrights.bandcamp.com/track/bitch-dont-kill-my-vibe-cover (No youtube for this, sadly)
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May 4, 2015 03:11
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Charles Bradley's cover of Black Sabbath's Changes is one of my favorite songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOd_naCOcK0 e: Charles Bradley w/ Budos Band, they're a big part of why it's good too.
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May 6, 2015 17:47
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpnHhii3ZIk - 'Material Girl', by Walk Off the Earth. Much, much better than the original by Madonna (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSUOFgj97M). Even if you don't like the quirky elements of the video, WOtE's version is more... musical, I think might be the term? Madonna's voice is thready and doesn't stay on key, and clashes horribly with the synths, to the extent that the first time I watched the video on Youtube, I thought it was a really low-quality rip with badly distorted sound. But no, it's like that even in the version on the official channel.
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May 8, 2015 14:52
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Always been partial to Ben Folds Five's version of She Don't Use Jelly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-zhDFgGGhE Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvfxKbpoxRE
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May 8, 2015 15:50
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Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8
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Jun 27, 2015 08:02
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Original: Alt-j - Tessellate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg6BwvDcANg Cover: Mumford & Sons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnEk9qa0yjY Kind of a toss up really, but I like the acceleration of the Mumford & Sons variant. Original: Miley Cyrus - Can't Stop no Cover: Bastille https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pZi7CXE2ac He can't keep a straight face at one part. Original: Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI Cover: Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU Original: (no clue who the original is from, but I've heard it, it's from the 60s or earlier I think) - John the Revelator Cover: Depeche Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP2VDYPUNBs
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Jun 27, 2015 20:01
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Anora posted:Original: (no clue who the original is from, but I've heard it, it's from the 60s or earlier I think) - John the Revelator
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Jun 27, 2015 20:06
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9pM9iOuAzM Don't know what it is but I really prefer this cover of Cool Kids over the original, these guys do some good stuff!
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Jul 6, 2015 01:52
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Hey now here comes a superdumb post. There's that viral Charlie Sheen Winning song, right?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGPGg Well, there's a guy who changed it into power pop and it's better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNptLLn-NTM Still a pop song but hey when I first heard it - I couldn't get it out of my head.
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Jul 6, 2015 13:32
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blunt for century posted:Hurt, by Johnny Cash i like that version but I do like the original version better. To flip it around, I like Social Distortion's version of Ring of Fire better than Cash's. I think the simple removal of the mariachi horns makes it a better song. Social D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BaksqH2YXQ Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY TwystNeko posted:I always got a kick out of the Me First & The Gimme Gimmes' cover of "Who Put The Bomp": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50lKtaE8rs I always thought it was Me First, but Down By Law does a fantastic version of 500 Miles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG0gl4p2F-g AFewBricksShy has a new favorite as of 14:52 on Jul 6, 2015 |
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Jul 6, 2015 14:38
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Smokey Bastard sing Mamma Mia.
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Some other Johnny Cash from American IV that isn't Hurt: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack Cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdSIlVZhsDw Johnny Cash and Nick Cave: I'm So Lonesome I could Cry(Hank Williams) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nH0zVQSf78 We'll Meet Again (Vera Lynn), more on par than betterment of the original. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KodNFsP6r88 American III has similarly awesome covers, I wouldn't call them all better, but they're goddamn expressive for a tired old dirt farmer. I See A Darkness (Bonnie "Prince" BIlly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnUItw1ElU American V is just goddamn sad. While working one day I had a naked man with a mental disability answer the door one day and ask me if I liked Billy Joel. Not sure if he meant the artist or his junk, but in either case no, not unless it's punked up a bit. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - The Longest Time (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4xFkcjMamU
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Jul 20, 2015 13:22
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poo poo quality but they played this live at Soundwave this year, it made my inner angsty teenager so happy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szjv8DjD1rE
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Jul 20, 2015 15:55
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Edmond Dantes posted:Here's a version transposed to minor scale (don't know about better though). I hope they do, because I found this version of the Godfather to be hilariously altered with a simple scale-change.
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Jul 20, 2015 16:10
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The original: "Try a Little Tenderness" by the Ray Noble Orchestra (1927). The cover: "Try a Little Tenderness" by Otis Redding (1966). The original: "Land of A Thousand Dances" by Chris Kenner (1963). The cover: "Land of A Thousand Dances" by Wilson Pickett (1966). These are probably a bit too easy / obvious, though.
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Jul 20, 2015 21:26
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"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" by Bob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8oMW2v8KJ8 Cover of the song done for the sort-of-biopic of Dylan called "I'm Not There." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo7_QOxvk24
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Not sure if these have been mentioned before, but I think they're pretty neat, mostly for the severe genre-crossing going on. Blackstreet's "No Diggity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KL9mRus19o cover by Chet Faker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIfFA8-RaHQ Madonna's "Material Girl" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSUOFgj97M cover by KMFDM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZgsmVCAB0w Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ cover by The Apples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-lm9tTFwk (instrumental cover, just called "Killing", but I had a "holy poo poo I know this song" moment about ten seconds in when I first heard it) Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ODMKSWzT4 ) was covered by Ministry ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms7hd4e_EFg ). The band Here did a cover of the Ministry cover ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyAoRObacF0 ) for a Ministry tribute album (Wish You Were Queer). I think it sounds more like the original than the Ministry version does (but I wouldn't expect a Ministry cover to sound anything like the original song anyway). And finally, this might be stretching the topic of the thread a bit (it's more of a remix), but I really like Kid Koala's version of "Moon River" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjFi4MHO_go (he's in a koala costume because he lost a bet and had to wear the suit for 100 shows).
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Jul 22, 2015 00:12
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Close call on this one but I think I like the cover a bit more. Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ovh1HJQD1A Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNSF7KLWGrc
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Jul 23, 2015 23:44
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Faith No More - War Pigs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oZXfrf18Y 
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Sato posted:Speaking of Scala & Kolacny Brothers, their cover of Rammstein's Engel is one of my all time favorite songs, cover or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F_iwUYzG0A I like this better than the Scala version, honestly. Hews a little closer to the original, but that works better for me- the main riffs just sound odd on piano.
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Aug 1, 2015 09:08
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Celery Face posted:Word Up by Cameo is an awesome song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q-k-uN73Gk Not sure about the vid
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Aug 1, 2015 19:53
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Original - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MNMG_5flWc Cover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlq0Ngp7xSQ I like them both but Cee Lo's edges it for me.
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Aug 1, 2015 19:56
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Oh man, I could spend way too much time in this thread. While the original Dead or Alive version of "Spin Me Right Round" has the classic 80's feel going for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU it sounds almost too "empty" to me; like there isn't enough instrumental music or something. Dope decided they could clean that up with some driving guitars, and I instantly liked their version much better from the first time that I heard it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSMGeWPJewA Of course, when I think about covers I like more than the original, they are all almost invariably metal covers 
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The Sausages posted:Some other Johnny Cash from American IV that isn't Hurt: This is actually a Ewan MacColl song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP8qXnnn4tc
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I think Otis Redding's cover of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is honestly better than the Stones' original. Same for Chris Farlowe's version of "Out of Time", but that's because I think Farlowe might have edged out Mick Jagger as a singer (at least in the 1960s).
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Wheat Loaf posted:I think Otis Redding's cover of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is honestly better than the Stones' original. I like Cat Power's cover of Satisfaction better than the original, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs7X3Jk5KOc And while I wouldn't say "better," her cover of Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again is also great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkrOlsnzUeE
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Looking for a cover of "In a Big Country" that I found on a thread like this one. It had female vocals. I am scouring YouTube but if anyone could help me out, I'd be eternally grateful. Found it! Suzannah Johannes Cover of "In a Big Country" http://youtu.be/-nfJooefBTE MasonReese has a new favorite as of 20:13 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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Aug 6, 2015 04:05
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The Real Folk Blues: The Seatbelts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nftxDrStny8 Cover by Sapphire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYUk-ISUTcI
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I like Killswitch Engage's cover of Holy Diver better than the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR7dG_m3MsI Also, basically everything this guy does (metal covers of just about anything you can think of): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXuWXsd7TYXwX2ZNLXfojg Example: the Little Mermaid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiRWAHO43Jo And who can forget Richard Cheese's cover of Down With The Sickness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at02Fvdhk2I
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Aug 6, 2015 05:51
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Original: Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vj092UgKwQ Cover: Dweezil Zappa & Ozzy Osbourne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXxo7AP483M
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:I like Cat Power's cover of Satisfaction better than the original, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs7X3Jk5KOc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxa3bIpmRFU
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IMO Laibach's cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" is superior to the original Stones version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7muCRio2nQ
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A Swing version of Radiohead's "Creep" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsiP-GrbbD0 I know what my next Karaoke song will be.
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