Mid week 'fun'/boredom

gtvlusso

A new game.

Find a song where the cover is better than the original: I'll go first;

Cameo: 'Word Up!'

Personally, I think KoRn's version is very slightly better than the original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3tdWq2rbw

**If you are going to search for the original KoRn video at work - warning; it is a bit tasty!

cyclingprop

Easy

Edit: probably should have said Cash up front rather than just the link.

tailwindhome

A lot of Bob Dylan stuff.

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Kieran_Burns

I may get in to trouble with this:

Original: Pixies - Where is My Mind

Cover: Sunday Girl - Where is My mind

and I'm a definite Pixies fan.

kelsen

The White Stripes - Jolene

A lot of the Radio 1 Live Lounge session covers...

Marina & The Diamonds - Starstrukk

Clever Pun

Nearly anything by Ten Masked Men
For example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNzzDybVyNs

veronese68

I always liked The Lemonheads Mrs Robinson, though I now realise it helps if you can't see them.
CP, that was very odd. I like.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Leaving on a Jet Plane - Me First And The Gimme Gimmes

Also Uptown Girl by the same

DrLex

I'll offer up three, but too lazy to scour YouTube for links:
I Fought the Law by the Clash (orig:Bobby Fuller Four)
Be Thanful For What You've Got by Massive Attack (William DeVaughn)
It's Oh So Quiet by Bjork (Betty Hutton)

(On a related note, Elis Costello's version of his song "Shipbuilding" pales into comparison with the first recording by Robert Wyatt, despite the presence of Chet Baker on the latter track.)

woodnut

Johnny Cash blew a few originals out of the water ie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGrR-7_OBpA and even https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGSTiDOjKU.....on a related note Nick Cave covering Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao0lyPjYQw0

Oh and Placebo - Running up that Hill, a lesson in less can be better (imvho)

CiB

Banana Splits by The Dickies to kick off with.

And cos I'm a bit old skool I've always liked this version of We Will Rock You by Queen over & above the original, by Queen.

wgwarburton

Hi,
Bangles: hazy shade of winter... Shouldn't work but just does :-)

Cheers,
W.

EKE_38BPM

gtvlusso wrote:

A new game.

Find a song where the cover is better than the original: I'll go first;

Cameo: 'Word Up!'

Personally, I think KoRn's version is very slightly better than the original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3tdWq2rbw

**If you are going to search for the original KoRn video at work - warning; it is a bit tasty!

I'll see your Korn version and raise you the Gun version.

Original: Smokey Robinson - Crusin'
Cover: D'Angelo - Cruisin'

Maybe I like the D'Angelo version better because I heard it first?

veronese68

DrLex wrote:

...too lazy to scour YouTube for links:
I Fought the Law by the Clash (orig:Bobby Fuller Four)

As a former colleague described it "probably the most unpunk punk song there ever was" great track though. RIP Nick.

Blandiblub

Vanilla Ice did a rocky version of Ice Ice Baby, re-named as Too Cold, on his third album called Hard To Swallow.

Sounds a lot like Korn/Limp Bizkit, etc. Ok, not a cover as such but a cover by the same artist!

T'is excellent.

mudcow007

bob Dylan - all along the watch tower

better version obviously is Hendrix's

even Dylan think so

M-A-S

Ryan Adams version of Wonderwall is a step up in my opinion, I'm sure I read somewhere that Noel Gallagher thought so too.

SteppenHerring

Wuthering Heights - China Drum
Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus
I can hear the grass grow - The Fall

No Ewe Choob at work.

il_principe

Eels: “Get Ur Freak On” (Missy Elliott cover).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIeqZ3qPFWs

memsley89

The Presidents of the United States of America: 'Video Killed the Radio Star' (Buggles cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAiGd9nTGmM

tailwindhome

Not sure this is 'cover' as it is a bit of a standard

Clapton/Cream - Crossroads

mudcow007

Nirvana - The man who sold the world (originally Bowie)

awesome as acoustic

In the wake of this cover, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter kids that come up afterwards and say,

David Bowie wrote:

'It's cool you're doing a Nirvana song.' And I think, 'Fuck you, you little tosser!'

god bless you Dave

veronese68

The Stranglers version of Walk on By.
Absolutely brilliant, but completely different to the original. I don't think you could say better as the original is also phenomenal. Other covers of it trying to copy the original are just pants.

daddy0

EKE_38BPM wrote:

I'll see your Korn version and raise you the Gun version.

+1 - Of the three versions the Korn one is the worst one, the OP obviously has no taste!

Any cover version by Snuff:
I Think We're Alone Now
Do the Shake n Vac
If You Wanna Be My Lover

Reel Big Fish's version of Take On Me

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah Every other cover of this is just terrible.

And seeing as its Christmas have some Little Drummer Boy

gtvlusso

TBH, the Gun version is great, but my 2 year old rocks out to the KoRn version...and Faith No More's Be Aggressive and that is pretty funny.

Agree with whoever put up the 'All along the Watchtower' - Hendrix's version steams over Dylans original.

mudcow007

gtvlusso wrote:

Agree with whoever put up the 'All along the Watchtower' - Hendrix's version steams over Dylans original.

that would be me squire

oh Dancing in the moonlight was better-er by Toploader than by King Harvest

UndercoverElephant

kelsen wrote:

The White Stripes - Jolene

I expected CP to pick up on this, but Queen Adreena's version is way better.

EKE_38BPM

Original: Traditional Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Cover: DMX's Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
For context I've linked to the normal stuff that DMX does (picked at random as I can't stand his 'music' but probably NSFW): Whats My Name

CiB

Veronese68 wrote:

The Stranglers version of Walk on By.
Absolutely brilliant, but completely different to the original. I don't think you could say better as the original is also phenomenal. Other covers of it trying to copy the original are just pants.

Good spot. 10/10 there.