Cover songs that are better than the original

[mr x]

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[Jimmy ValenTime]

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this cover touch my savage soul bruhs ...

The FOLLOWING .​

 

[kash10003]

i came wondering if anyone would say knocking on heavens door

 

[Mr.Black]

cindy lauper's cover of that marvin gaye song

 

[definition]

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this cover touch my savage soul bruhs ...

The FOLLOWING .​

No hate, but I just don't think any cover can fukk with the original here.

I just had a long conversation with a friend on this, because I had heard the Dinosaur Jr. (top 5 favorite band of mine) cover this song ... and, while they definitely made it their own, it didn't do the original vocal justice.

The version you posted has good vocals, and a little bit of variation musically ... but, again, Hope Sandoval's original vocals can't be touched.

To be fair, the original came out when I was high school (), so I'm sure I'm biased. But, I really think the original is an example of a flawless vocal performance, and this cover doesn't differentiate itself from the original, and they didn't do it better.

(I'm not even sure this thread is for discussion/disagreement on this stuff -- if it isn't, my bad. I must just have some personal attachment to this song)

 

[definition]

I may be the only one still posting in this thread ...

But I'm listening to Nirvana's "incesticide", and I'm pretty sure even The Vaselines would agree that Nirvana's covers of "molly's lips" and "son of a gun" are better than the originals (and I'm a Vaselines fan from the 90s).

"son of a gun" especially -- no one could play that better than Kurt.

 

[Brady-Carter]

I may be the only one still posting in this thread ...

But I'm listening to Nirvana's "incesticide", and I'm pretty sure even The Vaselines would agree that Nirvana's covers of "molly's lips" and "son of a gun" are better than the originals (and I'm a Vaselines fan from the 90s).

"son of a gun" especially -- no one could play that better than Kurt.

This thread needs to be merge with this thread..

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-cover-songs-ever.169494/#post-6772407

 

[Raava]

Debatable...

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[DJ Mart-Kos]

The solo version from Rod Stewart is the best.

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