Cover songs that could be or just as good as the original
On the similar theme as "Worst and strangest Cover songs" post why not we try "Cover songs that could be better or just as good as the original"
I'll start off:
Guns & Roses: Knocking on Heavens Door
jimi hendrix: All Along the Watchtower
Nirvana: Man who sold the world
Manic Street Preachers: Umbrella
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNAMNWaBAlQ
I'll start off:
Guns & Roses: Knocking on Heavens Door
jimi hendrix: All Along the Watchtower
Nirvana: Man who sold the world
Manic Street Preachers: Umbrella
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNAMNWaBAlQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoCQl3qTM2Q
Love.
(not quite, but Paul Anka, who wrote it, does an equally good version)
the writer pretty well always delivers a good version of a song.
Josh Groban - Westlife
Paul Anka only wrote the lyrics.
Original Bob Seger version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxjUUdGdH8
The far superior IMO Metallica versionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOibtqWo6z4
perhaps even better than the original
That's a nice cover. I'm not sure about 'far superior' but it's certainly as good as the original. Could do without that blonde bint in though. Makes up for Whiskey In The Jar I guess
I'm going to go for Sabaton's cover of Rammstein's Feuer Frei. I love both bands & much as I've tried I can't pick a favourite version.
Rammstein - Feuer Frei
Sabaton - Feuer Frei
Sabaton has taken it a bit harder & whilst Till Lindemann of Rammstein sounds to be very close to the edge of madness, Joakim Broden of Sabaton sounds like he's way past that point & has become rather dangerous.
I just can't separate them. Love both to a ridiculous degree
Maybe I should just listen to the Youtube version where someone has combined both versions, for maximum epicness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmr8w5S0cnw
Anka didn't write the melody, he merely wrote the English lyrics for Sinatra's version, and subsequently recorded it himself.
The original is a French song entitled "Comme D'Habitude", first recorded by Claude Francois.
An earlier set of English lyrics than those by Paul Anka for "Comme D'Habitude" were written by a then unknown David Bowie, who recorded his own version, but was not satisfied with the result and so shelved it.
And i am actually being serious. Check it out on youtube, it's a cracker - love it!
Both were truly channeling Freddie's soul I believe
Run DMC: Walk This Way. They say it saved Aerosmith from oblivion appparently lol
No, sorry. To be fair George's version was great, but better than the original, no way.
(I've never heard a Queen cover that matched the original.)
Please tell me this is a joke :eek:
Nope.
The Beatles recorded my favourite version, but I also love the Isley Brothers version which was also a cover.
The original version was by a group called the Top Notes. It's pretty awful.
Gaga really didn't suit the song, Miranda rocked it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz5hqVQ9DBA
Marc Martel - Bohemian Rhapsody This guy is now the lead singer in the official Queen tribute band, and this vid shows why.
Mark Ruebery - Make You Feel Love
Sam Tsui - Hold it Against Me
Do - Only Girl in the World Great cover, chilled out acoustic version.
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss.
Katzenjammer - Land of Confusion.
I can't agree with 'Knocking on Heavens Door' I like both versions, but that silly phone conversation in the GnR version tips the scales in Dylan's favour.