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Covers that beat the Originals
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Monostat Fanfic Writer  Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:14 pm Posts: 1512 Location: Elmhurst Illinois 
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 Re: Covers that beat the OriginalsThe great thespians just couldn't get enough Dylan.
The immortal Sebastion Cabot, a.k.a. Mr French from A Family Affair, remaking It Ain't Me Babe in his own image. _________________ "Quite exciting, this computer magic." - Viv Savage |
| Tue May 10, 2011 9:28 am |
 
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Official FtC Dealer  Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:13 pm Posts: 1042 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals gotta disagree about johnny cash covering NIN. thats just wrong.
of course i was a big fan of the original before the cover came along. i prefer others covering johnny cash songs. i'd go with social distortion doing ring of fire  _________________ -Casey Gamer Ground |
| Tue May 10, 2011 9:29 am |
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Monostat Fanfic Writer Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:14 pm Posts: 1512 Location: Elmhurst Illinois
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals Tim Hardin composed If I Were a Carpenter, which many artists have covered.
I'm really torn between the Johnny Cash and Bobby Darin covers. So instead, I'll just go with Robert Plant, because I couldn't find any videos from Cash or Darin that really captured how well they covered the tune. _________________ "Quite exciting, this computer magic." - Viv Savage |
| Tue May 10, 2011 9:33 am |
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Sat through Dan's Cap Ship Lecture and didn't fall asleep... mostly  Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:38 am Posts: 11761 Location: Louisville KY
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals DrMikey wrote: Aerosmith's version of Come Together trumps the Beatles'. I would like to just respectfully disagree, but my inner troll insists that Run DMC's cover of Walk This Way is better than the original - especially the guitar part.  _________________ I'm not a real drummer. I just play one on TV. http://clintmemo.blogspot.com/ |
| Tue May 10, 2011 9:35 am |
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Actually Thinks They Can Take the Baron  Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:41 pm Posts: 10094
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals clintmemo wrote: DrMikey wrote: Aerosmith's version of Come Together trumps the Beatles'. I would like to just respectfully disagree, but my inner troll insists that Run DMC's cover of Walk This Way is better than the original - especially the guitar part. You mean the cover of Walk This Way where the guitars are still Joe Perry of Aerosmith? Steven Tyler et. al. sold so many of the rights to their music that the only way Run D.M.C. could do the song was if Aerosmith performed it with them; none of the corporate jackboots would license it otherwise and Aerosmith no longer held the rights to do so. _________________ PK Sullivan.com: my site for amateur game design and original fiction. mumblebear wrote: Of all the solutions that don't work, whiskey is the best. |
| Tue May 10, 2011 9:56 am |
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Actually Thinks They Can Take the Baron Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:41 pm Posts: 10094
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals Not strictly a cover, but one of my favorite stories from modern rock. "The Old Man Down the Road" by John Fogerty. After leaving CCR and his old record album, John Fogerty struck out on his own. His first big hit was "The Old Man Down the Road" which used large portions of the guitar instrumentals of "Run through the Jungle," a former CCR hit. I believe that Fogerty remains the only musician ever sued for sampling music he himself wrote. In the court case the judge rather craftily ruled that an artist cannot plagiarize himself, no matter who owns the rights to the original song.
_________________ PK Sullivan.com: my site for amateur game design and original fiction. mumblebear wrote: Of all the solutions that don't work, whiskey is the best. |
| Tue May 10, 2011 10:05 am |
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Sat through Dan's Cap Ship Lecture and didn't fall asleep... mostly Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:38 am Posts: 11761 Location: Louisville KY
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals pkalata wrote: clintmemo wrote: DrMikey wrote: Aerosmith's version of Come Together trumps the Beatles'. I would like to just respectfully disagree, but my inner troll insists that Run DMC's cover of Walk This Way is better than the original - especially the guitar part. You mean the cover of Walk This Way where the guitars are still Joe Perry of Aerosmith? Steven Tyler et. al. sold so many of the rights to their music that the only way Run D.M.C. could do the song was if Aerosmith performed it with them; none of the corporate jackboots would license it otherwise and Aerosmith no longer held the rights to do so. That's them in the video, but I'm pretty sure he isn't playing on the recording. Guess it's time for a trip to wikipedia. _________________ I'm not a real drummer. I just play one on TV. http://clintmemo.blogspot.com/ |
| Tue May 10, 2011 10:18 am |
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Actually Thinks They Can Take the Baron Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:41 pm Posts: 10094
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals mumblebear wrote: Like Mikey said, Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal" beats Michael Jackson's...well, anything. Fear Factory's cover of "Cars." But I think what I like about it is that they came so close to the original sound using different techniques. And alternating verses with the original singer was great too. Disturbed's cover of "Land of Confusion" trumps the Phil Collins/Genesis original. Nonpoint's cover of "In the Air Tonight" does the same. In This Moment's version of "Call Me" doesn't necessarily trump the original, but the video is freaking hilarious and it's cheesiness. Yeah, I'm a sucker for synchronized headbanging. http://youtu.be/VFbb5N_hAIY Not really a cover (or is it?), but I love what Eminem did with Aerosmith's "Sing for the Moment." For my own personal tastes, I will agree with the AAF cover. Just not a Michael Jackson fan (aside from the "Thriller" music video). I'm not familiar with Fear Factory's cover of "Cars." I don't think Eminem's "Sing for the Moment" is a cover - it's a different song that just samples the chorus from "Dream On." Powerman 5000 did a cover of "Good Times Roll" that was pretty good, I don't know who the original artist is and I don't know if I would consider it better than the original. "Eleanor Rigby" has to be one of the most covered songs of all time, and my personal favorite version is done by Godhead. _________________ PK Sullivan.com: my site for amateur game design and original fiction. mumblebear wrote: Of all the solutions that don't work, whiskey is the best. |
| Tue May 10, 2011 11:15 am |
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The Baron's Body Double  Joined: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:33 pm Posts: 3395
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals Art of Noise and Tom Jones collaborating to cover "Kiss" by Prince.
_________________ "Space is blue, and birds fly through it." - Werner Heisenberg |
| Tue May 10, 2011 12:00 pm |
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Actually Thinks They Can Take the Baron Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:41 pm Posts: 10094
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Re: Covers that beat the Originals A friend of mine who is big into music wanted to point out that pretty much any popular song since 1965 was originally written by Bob Dylan.
_________________ PK Sullivan.com: my site for amateur game design and original fiction. mumblebear wrote: Of all the solutions that don't work, whiskey is the best. |
| Tue May 10, 2011 12:18 pm |
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