Original vs Cover thread! (music)

[pokecancer]

It's the end of the world as we know it:
REM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
Discount
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLmbUznuQ0E&feature=related

Also, Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies do a multitude of good punk covers; it's all they do actually.

 

[RATM]

The Megadeth version is the best: These Boots..

I agree

 

[Deuce]

Joy Division and New Order covers!

Ceremony - original. Radiohead cover
True Faith - original, Anberlin cover, Code 64 cover
Love Vigilantes - original, Iron & Wine cover
Round & Round - original, Vegasphere cover

 

[OMFG]

That's seriously cool.

I got the track from someplace (god knows where), but I've been trying to find it on their "Secrets" single for a while now. The damn thing hasn't been popping up anywhere.

 

[Yue]

samba music = <3
there's a bazillion different covers of the girl/boy from ipanena.
wonderful.




I absolutely love both versions and actually heard the cowboy junkies version first.
the cowboy junkies are awesome. I got to see them in dallas a year or so back
with my koll roommate.

my contribution:

nin - hurt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWtcHOueMcE
johnny cash cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

I think the Johnny Cash one sounds better, even though I really like Nine Inch Nails.

Here's another:

Iron Man


Black Sabbath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LjbMVXj0F8

The Cardigans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgZJEpLuw0


Um....they both sound really really different and give off a very different ambiance lol. I gotta say I like The Cardigans vocals better, but the guitar and everything else was better in Black Sabbath (Ozzy sounds funny).

 

[Electric Grave]

That is pretty awesome, but did he skip a whole verse?

Glad you liked it. They did, I dunno why they've shortened like that, I wish there was complete version with that tone.

 

[racecar]

*gasp* How can you prefer that over the original!? Even DDR kept it as it is!

Oh well....

How's this?

Girl from Ipanema

Astrud Gilberto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9U6URQSF6U

Jarabe de Palo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQ_AOBBstU&feature=PlayList&p=BFA8714BFD5689B3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6

It's hard, but I prefer Jarabe de Palo. The lyrics are pretty much the same despite the different language.

labamba
Ritchie Valens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp6j5HJ-Cok
Los Lonely Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aDKAmnLUw0
alvin n the chipmunks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB7Uik7uGO0

hotel california
eagles
red hot chilli peppers

 

[Deuce]

This thread needs to stay active. Come on, people!

 

[PleaseKillMeNow]

Elvis wasn't the first to do Always on my Mind.

 

[CrackerMessiah]

This thread needs to stay active. Come on, people!

OK.

Here's the original, with a quick and audibly rougher version:

"I Stole Your Love" by Kiss, and 90s-era punk group Good Riddance.

And while it was played to death on corporate and alt-rock radio, Metallica's "Fuel" was redone by a group called Iron Horse on a disc called Fade to Bluegrass. This is their, in my opinion, much more colorful version.

 

[DewmanSNK]

I like a lot of the Rage Against the Machine covers on the Renegades album, most notably -

Kick out the Jams
----------------------
Orig - MC5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM6nasmkg7A
Cover - RATM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfgc3Sf-6yE

Maggie's Farm
------------------
Orig - Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s644Yce0E0
Cover - RATM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmceSj07_fs

How I could just kill a Man
---------------------------------
Orig - Cypress Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12EI3xNiqE
Cover - RATM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGoJ4UEJs9I

Renegades of Funk
------------------------
Orig - Afrika Bambaataa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYzakWz3JxU
Cover - RATM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqWP1rsAMrw

I'm Housin'
-------------
Orig - EPMD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLZN_Mvy_iQ
Cover - RATM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rrYyqqOM-U


I had never heard the Afrika Bambaataa version of Renegades of Funk and I must say I think I like it better. Those Bambaataa beats are crazy and that music video is pretty cool. Cypress Hill did the best How I could just kill a man, and it will always be the best version.

 

[Hikaru Ichijyo]

Truthfully, I like Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm. It practically sounds the same but with a strong guitar riff. It's noice!

Am I the same girl by Barbara Acklin

VS.

Swing Out Sister's version

Winner: VERY tough decision here. The original had the 60s feel while the SOS's version had that 90s feeling. It's a tough call but I gotta go with the original.

I actually prefer the instrumental version by Young-Holt Unlimited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_r-x9MOYU&feature=video_response

Then again, I've always been a fan of instrumentals. It's probably why I enjoy listening to game soundtracks.


I'm surprised this song hasn't been listed for comparison yet, it's been covered to death
"I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Andy Williams
Boys Town Gang
Lauryn Hill
MUSE

 

[DeadPixels]

Bizarre Love Triangle

New Order (Original Artist)

Frente cover


Fade To Black

Metallica (Original Artist)

Apoptygma Berzerk cover


To Have And To Hold


Depeche Mode (Original Artist, could only find a remix for an example though.)



Deftones cover


Stripped


Depeche Mode (Original Artist)

In Strict Confidence cover (One of my favorite covers)

Circling Overland

Front 242 (Original Artist)

VNV Nation cover


Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division (Original Artist)


The Cure cover

No Woman No Cry


Bob Marley (Original Artist)


The Fugees cover

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd (Original Artist)

Radiohead Cover