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Cover Song Better Than the Original?

Post in 'The Inglenook' started by Delta-T, Jul 7, 2012.

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  1. Delta-T Minister of Fire

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    was talking with one of my co-worker's, who is even younger than me, and really doesn't know anything but contemporary pop/hip hop music, and told him tha many songs are cover songs from ages past, blah blah. So I'm curious who likes a recorded cover version of a song better than some originals?

    obvious ones for me are:
    Jimi's versions of both "All Along the Watchtower" and "Hey Joe"

    I expect to learn a few songs I didn't even know were covers.
    one that makes me laugh is when I was maybe 10 a friend of mine told me Guns and Roses wrote Knockin on Heaven's Door and didn't beleive me when I told him it was an old Dylan tune.
    Delta-T, Jul 7, 2012
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  2. Delta-T Minister of Fire

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    btw, please dont say Clapton's version of "I Shot the Sheriff". Thank you.
    Delta-T, Jul 7, 2012
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  3. fossil Super Moderator

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    "Love In Vain" Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers - 1937. Here's the original from the dawn of recording (two takes of it). This was done in a hotel, with Johnson playing in one room and the recording equipment (such as it was back then) in an adjacent room. Then Clapton doing it a few decades later. You'll recognize it if you know your Rolling Stones.



    fossil, Jul 7, 2012
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  4. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

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    I like Faith's country version better than Joplin's original.





    Yeah I know. Sacrilege.
    BrotherBart, Jul 7, 2012
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  5. fossil Super Moderator

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    I like 'em both...considering the genre & the decade.
    fossil, Jul 7, 2012
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  6. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

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    And then there is:



    BrotherBart, Jul 7, 2012
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  7. fishingpol Minister of Fire

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    "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel. Covered by Mumford and sons. I like them both. Don't mind the video, but most on Youtube are live concert type of crappy recordings.

    fishingpol, Jul 7, 2012
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  8. fossil Super Moderator

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  9. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

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    BrotherBart, Jul 7, 2012
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  10. WES999 Minister of Fire

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    More gooder than the original.
    WES999, Jul 7, 2012
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  11. cwill Member

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    might not be better but Jamey Johnson's version of "Set 'Em Up Joe" by Vern Gosdin is pretty close.


    cwill, Jul 7, 2012
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  12. hossthehermit Minister of Fire

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    Best ever was The Band's cover of Springsteen's Atlantic City
    hossthehermit, Jul 8, 2012
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  13. MasterMech Minister of Fire

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    Infinitely better version....



    Round 2: ....



    I'm sure many will disagree. :p

    MasterMech, Jul 8, 2012
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  14. smoke show Minister of Fire

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    smoke show, Jul 8, 2012
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    smoke show, Jul 8, 2012
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  16. DexterDay Minister of Fire

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    Seethers version...



    Then Goerge Micheals.....

    DexterDay, Jul 8, 2012
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  17. MasterMech Minister of Fire

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    Doesn't even sound like Leppard/Joe Elliot, excellent cover.



    Oh what the hell, one more. Great White got their start as a Zepplin cover act. Not an easy band to cover for sure.

    I don't know if it's "better", but it's just as good IMO.



    Robert Plant once said "This guy sounds more like me than I do." ;lol
    MasterMech, Jul 9, 2012
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  18. Jack Straw Minister of Fire

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    I think this is better than NIN's version


    Jack Straw, Jul 9, 2012
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  19. fishingpol Minister of Fire

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    Haunting, very haunting. I always liked that one.
    fishingpol, Jul 9, 2012
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  20. cwill Member

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    Some stronger language in the second one, but way better. Much more soulful.

    cwill, Jul 9, 2012
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  21. smoke show Minister of Fire

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  23. smoke show Minister of Fire

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    <end metallica> ;)
    smoke show, Jul 9, 2012
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  24. GAMMA RAY Minister of Fire

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    Clapton....I Shot the Sheriff.....
    :) sSc_hiding.gif
    GAMMA RAY, Jul 10, 2012
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  25. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

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    Toss up on Social Distortion's cover of Cash's "Ring of Fire" -- I like them both.
    firefighterjake, Jul 10, 2012
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