Title: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Fabricated on September 17, 2007, 09:06:10 PM I'm bored, I made a thread, deal.
Original -> Cover Uptown Girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssFx6FbE4c4 vs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApPiNkucVcs Hey Ya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIt9jpnMJdA vs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM Wonderwall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAPtTS0TYtU vs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ The Wonderwall cover in particular is fantastic, as is the Hey Ya cover. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Calantus on September 17, 2007, 11:43:48 PM Oooh. I have a couple where I like/liked both the original and the cover quite a lot. Lemme find them...
Wicked game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXmlJQN5Pm8 vs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WA2jBMk-Pk Poison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1c14Z0YUTU vs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U77bsDnC4w If remixes count... My Moon My Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrNCCx2p5U vs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHjP_yA0Mc I'm sure I had more but that's all I can find in my favourites folder, probably some got pulled down. :( Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: lamaros on September 18, 2007, 01:00:45 AM No links myself... but that Hey Ya cover is pretty sweet, and the Wonderwall one is ok too.. But good golly.. if you're going to cover Wicked Game then you could do a lot better that that. The original is worlds apart (this goes for the Poison cover too).
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: NowhereMan on September 18, 2007, 03:38:10 AM Straight Outta Comtpton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPb4s0-QcI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPb4s0-QcI) vs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6D5xpCgETk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6D5xpCgETk)
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: voodoolily on September 18, 2007, 03:50:26 AM I love playing "Who Wore it Best" on the music tip.
I prefer the Zombies' version of 'Summertime' to Ella Fitzgerald's. I also really love Screamin' Jay Hawkins' version, which is classic imo. Hell, I prefer the Zombies' version of 'You Really Got a Hold On Me', too, even though Smoky Robinson is the shizzle. That song totally makes my panties wet. I like Crazy World of Arthur Brown's version of 'I Put a Spell on You' to others' (although Nina Simone's is pretty significant). Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Endie on September 18, 2007, 03:57:03 AM I love cover versions.. I have many hundreds of them, and my levels of taste plummet around them. Youtube makes it a bit more challenging, though.
Imagine, which I hate in the original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0&mode=related&search=), but love in A Perfect Circle's cover version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqKA9_ddFk). Dear Prudence, by the Beatles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5b2tbIr1e8), Siouxsie and the Banshees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La7Sm9_1tSE) (with a young Robert Smith) Heads, Shoulders Knees and Toes/I'm a Little Teapot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2rPpjctNlk) medley covered by the Cure covered by Rob Newman. OK, that one isn't real. Richard Cheese would, I suppose, be cheating. I love the Nina Gordon cover, NowhereMan, and couldn't remember that it was her. Sweet, thanks! Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: voodoolily on September 18, 2007, 03:59:14 AM Speaking of the Beatles, I think Booker Rt and the MGs' version of the White Album is way better.
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Endie on September 18, 2007, 04:12:25 AM Oh, and are we allowed remixes if they're on youtube? If so, Ian Brown's FEAR, before (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V75ybmmoGMs) and after (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaAdbozh1xs) Unkle got to it.
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Sky on September 18, 2007, 06:58:22 AM I completely disagree with Endie's statement about APC. I love the band, but thought that cover was horrid (and that album very weak).
I have a whole playlist dedicated to 'same songs', lots of great stuff in there. Unfortunately, most of the originals were done before the advent of moving pictures :) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Endie on September 18, 2007, 08:21:10 AM That album does seem to really divide APC fans. I agree that it was their weakest, and yet it contains three of my favourite tracks of theirs: Pet, Imagine and another cover, The Fiddle and the Drum.
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: voodoolily on September 19, 2007, 05:30:44 AM I have a whole playlist dedicated to 'same songs', lots of great stuff in there. Unfortunately, most of the originals were done before the advent of moving pictures :) Yup. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Sky on September 19, 2007, 09:40:33 AM Forgot an obvious one, maybe the best cover song ever done (that wasn't Dylan).
The original Little Wing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT86jjGz60k) by Hendrix. One of my favorite songs of all time when I was a kid, I was a total Hendrix freak. My fiancee's favorite song. This Albert Hall video is awful, you can't see a thing. You don't need to. Close your eyes and enjoy the master. The cover by SRV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0zy0lqpOyc). Maybe the best guitar song ever recorded. Then...there's what I don't like about technically proficient guitarists: the G3 version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNMItx_akpo). Awful. Well, I can definitely appreciate the guitar playing from a technical standpoint, especially Vai's stuff, it's amazing. But musically it completely misses the feel, except for Joe's solo, which is actually spot-on. And Yngwie...I remember a great scene from a Pantera videotape where they're busting his balls trying to give him a donut. "I don't like no fucking donut!" Apparently he like some fucking donut. Also stumbled across this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhKxLgeNNUs) by Pearl Jam with RHCP's drummer, tacking the great tune Maggot Brain onto the end. I've always loved PJ's guitarists, they are phenomenal imo, some of the best modern blues-rock guitarists around. Eddy delivers a mediocre at best vocal, though. Some other versions, a cool but kind of odd hand-tapping version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwm-vxGgFf4), and of course on by a korean girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1OJc3Cg1c4), because what youtube post is complete without a korean girl? Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Righ on September 19, 2007, 02:14:55 PM Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf36v0epfmI) & John Cale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbdLVX736U)
Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx11oNHPDrA) & Rufus Wainwright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB8g0fCairM) Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh9AC0jCGjY) & Concrete Blonde (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaJAxdGeZ4E) Heroes - David Bowie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYjBQKIOb-w) & King Crimson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTeSCSWa0lg) Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5nL1AUPGr0) & Bauhaus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_YQXFs7Ts) Five Years - David Bowie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=louXPUW7tHU) & Placebo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2jGUAxgoI) Emma - Hot Chocolate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFYOHrwi-W8) & Sisters Of Mercy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmBgs9aQ8w) Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6-JcAE-9I4) & Steve Hillage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyrxtVnc-28) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: schild on September 19, 2007, 02:15:26 PM Thank you for not linking the other version of Heroes.
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Selby on September 19, 2007, 05:59:53 PM The cover by SRV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0zy0lqpOyc). Maybe the best guitar song ever recorded. I must concur. I was almost disappointed with Hendrix for not writing an original song that cool, but then SRV was inspired by it so I forgave him ;-) It's a VERY big rarity when the cover version beats the original version.Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Phildo on September 19, 2007, 08:44:05 PM While doing research for this thread, I came across the entire freaking catalogue of Kids Incorporated videos. Holy crap, flashbacks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k17IcigL1Y&mode=related&search= Check out the keytars! Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Endie on September 20, 2007, 01:36:55 AM The cover by SRV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0zy0lqpOyc). Maybe the best guitar song ever recorded. I must concur. I was almost disappointed with Hendrix for not writing an original song that cool, but then SRV was inspired by it so I forgave him ;-) It's a VERY big rarity when the cover version beats the original version.Oh, I could waste a morning disagreeing and looking up some of the more unarguable examples, but I have a deadline tomorrow :? However: Girls Aloud Love Machine: original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Ol6oMkU-o) and cover version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uc2nqy-sEI). Also, while I love Nine Inch Nails, their original version of Hurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgSWRicWIy4) is just somehow less than what Cash did with it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go). There would be a bunch of easy wins for Cash in this category, too. I can hardly bring myself to link to professional-wannabe-Jocko Rod Stewart's version, so I won't (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N_jlF-sRqk), but I like the way that the Revolting Cocks reveal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy-7lUqPr8w) that the song itself is actually rather good (though I don't like the brass spikes in that one). Up for debate but realistic claims would be Hendrix doing Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, The Happy Mondays' version of Step On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKaq-SNeEc) (by Kongos originally, I think?), numerous covers of Parton's Jolene, but especially the one by Queen Adreena (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSx5IWSjL_0). Also the Clash's version of the Crickets' I Fought the Law.. and so on for many, many others, without even starting to consider the first great era of cover versions in the 60s (Franklin ni particular would yield several improved versions). But I gotta work. What I like is when I hear a great song covered in a completely different, but still brilliant way: Public Enemy's masterpiece Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uPlIaF65PM) for example, covered by Tricky completely differently (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Ol6oMkU-o). Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Selby on September 20, 2007, 05:51:28 AM Also, while I love Nine Inch Nails, their original version of Hurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgSWRicWIy4) is just somehow less than what Cash did with it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go). Sorry, I never liked Hurt and I really don't like Cash, so the two just did nothing for me. I listened to it once and was bored to death and never cared to hear it again. I can concur that one group does a better job of covering a song than another, but there are some songs that are just out of the league of the original or take the original and go such a drastic step in a good direction that stand above the rest.Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Sky on September 20, 2007, 07:23:51 AM Ah, the Cash covers. That man showed he was an ultimate badass taking on that material and kicking it out. Hurt was far better than the original (I prefer the remix version I have, the original had some odd processing effects, scratching and dropouts, that I found annoying). His version of Rusty Cage is totally Cashified and great.
My father wanted badly to name me Cash, my mother resolutely refused. I intend to change my name to Cash one day. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Evildrider on September 20, 2007, 12:36:49 PM Well here's the original A-Ha - Take on Me. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=CUod3jGQt0U)
and here's the cover Reel Big Fish - Take on Me (http://youtube.com/watch?v=HO7sTntruzg) I prefer the cover myself. :-D Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: MisterNoisy on September 20, 2007, 07:18:59 PM Also, while I love Nine Inch Nails, their original version of Hurt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgSWRicWIy4) is just somehow less than what Cash did with it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go). There would be a bunch of easy wins for Cash in this category, too. Holy hell, I'd never heard this and it's fucking amazing. Cash ftw. His cover of Personal Jesus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU) is awe-inspiring to boot. I'll add: Ben Folds covers 'Bitches Ain't Shit' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_N3CK-6CHk) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Lakov_Sanite on September 20, 2007, 09:26:40 PM It's been a while since I've seen that hurt video, still hits me hard. I love nine inch nails to death but even trent has to accept that cash did the song right. Something about knowing he died shortly after, and having led an entire life and no doubt his share of regrets just adds weight to the song that you cant get out of nin.
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: naum on September 20, 2007, 09:37:21 PM Love Will Tear Us Apart - (Joy Division)
New Order http://youtube.com/watch?v=SnMYEJAuk54 Cure http://youtube.com/watch?v=szua7uP6agY Arcade Fire + U2 http://youtube.com/watch?v=eGQWnbfFB6o Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Paelos on September 20, 2007, 10:30:59 PM Turn the Page:
Bob Seger - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7yOccqdxI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7yOccqdxI) Metallica - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPHZv2KGFyM&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPHZv2KGFyM&mode=related&search=) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Evildrider on September 20, 2007, 10:46:35 PM Well I like the Segar version alot better then Metallica.. but I'm pretty much anti-Metallica on anything they've done since the Black album.
Here's a couple more. Black Eye Peas - My Humps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvojmbodxLI) Allannis Morisette - My Humps - Cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g) Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7KPZtcOVQ) Metallica - Astronomy - Cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Xl4oQkNAQ) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: stray on September 20, 2007, 11:05:23 PM Why wasn't this posted yet (or was it?)?
Devo = Satisfaction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvcuaJy9OwI) Hmm, what else... Masters of War, Pearl Jam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svHentyELXo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svHentyELXo) Bang Bang, Jack White version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhGnuHuD5Fc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhGnuHuD5Fc) Not a vid, but the Supersuckers doing Outkast (http://www.flyalittlekindness.com/MEDIA/Heyya.mp3) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Sky on September 21, 2007, 08:37:54 AM It's been a while since I've seen that hurt video, still hits me hard. I love nine inch nails to death but even trent has to accept that cash did the song right. Something about knowing he died shortly after, and having led an entire life and no doubt his share of regrets just adds weight to the song that you cant get out of nin. Yeah, that's the thing. Not only is it a phenomenal version, if you know much about Cash, you can really feel it. It's a painful video to watch.Here's that version of Rusty Cage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af6PeBpUu3c) I mentioned. On Folds doing Bitches Ain't Shit...my boss is a huge fan of Ben Folds and we call her the feminazi...she got livid when she heard him play that song live. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: bhodi on September 21, 2007, 08:49:13 AM Righ: Leonard Cohen is the man. I also liked Don Henley's version of Everybody Knows, but I can't find it on youtube. Also, Peter Gabriel did a great version of Suzanne. Not on youtube either :/
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: stray on September 21, 2007, 09:12:33 AM I remember when I was real young, there was this old freak who used to broadcast slideshows of photos from Playboy on public access TV. He'd do some narrating with Cohen/Everybody Knows in the background. That was my first introduction...The 80's stuff.
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Sky on September 21, 2007, 09:46:10 AM Not rally a cover thing, but a comparison. I was a massive Metallica fan in the 80s. Cliff was my icon. I was pretty upset by the addition of Newsted, who simply is not of the same calibre as Cliff, who was not just a virtuoso on bass, but a hell of a songwriter. Image and Napster issues aside, I haven't really been into Metallica through the 90s, and now they have Trujillo from Suicidal and I actually like them again. Sure, it's goddamned Bob Rock on St Anger (a good album imo), but the DVD has them playing it with Trujillo, and it's tight.
So I present three clips. Cliff. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=6O9zMnwD65Q) Newsted (http://youtube.com/watch?v=2SZ__yGE7y0). Trujillo (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SlW0gGsSPsU). Cliff is just amazing with groove and technique. Newsted is mediocre and stiff, and the coolest part of that vid (To Live Is To Die) is a Cliff-penned tune. Trujillo has great groove and technique. Also, one of these players plays with a pick. This post is brought to you by the Jason Newsted Sucks Campaign (http://youtube.com/watch?v=CdpNMeWX4YE). Sorry Jason. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Morat20 on September 21, 2007, 09:55:40 AM Jonathan Coulton's cover of Baby Got Back (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltjbnyvq_SI)
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Signe on September 21, 2007, 11:07:52 AM I love this thread! Here is Tori Amos doing Slayer's Raining Blood. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfhyEAXGia8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfhyEAXGia8)
This one is safe for work but possibly not digestion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONt47Z0KZg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONt47Z0KZg) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Musashi on September 21, 2007, 11:17:26 AM So I present three clips. Cliff. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=6O9zMnwD65Q) Newsted (http://youtube.com/watch?v=6O9zMnwD65Q). Trujillo (http://youtube.com/watch?v=6O9zMnwD65Q). Linked the same clip three times, chief. :-) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Righ on September 21, 2007, 11:27:23 AM Righ: Leonard Cohen is the man. I also liked Don Henley's version of Everybody Knows, but I can't find it on youtube. Also, Peter Gabriel did a great version of Suzanne. Not on youtube either :/ He is indeed. Youtube somewhat limits things - there's a whole slew of interesting Cohen covers on this 90s tribute album too: http://www.amazon.com/Im-Your-Fan-Various-Artists/dp/B000002ISX Jeff Buckley did a great version of Hallelujah too. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Miasma on September 21, 2007, 12:14:24 PM I can only find one really bad quality video that isn't worth posting but if you can listen to the sample on iTunes I really liked Natalie Merchant's cover of Space Oddity.
And I probably just have really pedestrian taste in music but I do enjoy Orgy's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjNmnG_Eppk) cover of New Order's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9r0QHuFHw) Blue Monday. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Sky on September 21, 2007, 01:10:43 PM Linked the same clip three times, chief. :-) Fixed.Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Furiously on September 21, 2007, 06:52:24 PM Smashing Pumpkin's version of Landslide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_kgc8j8GVU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_kgc8j8GVU) Tori Amos also does a great job... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSJ9lX0Qw-M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSJ9lX0Qw-M) (I like her Cohen cover of Famous Blue Raincoat as well) And since I'm on a landslide roll here's the Dixie Chicks version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DkD4kjJwG4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DkD4kjJwG4)
And what is a cover discussion without Sid's version of My Way....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLC3uT3aCoE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLC3uT3aCoE) Here's my ironic entry as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9esv_US1A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9esv_US1A) (Carole King wrote the song for Aretha Franklin) Not technically a cover, but Mack the Knife with Frank and Jimmy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGdwQf2a0W0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGdwQf2a0W0) (I think I've discovered what I like about live music, some people just have fun playing/performing....it adds a ton to the experience. Going to a concert where everyone is just going through the motions... sucks) Like a virgin!!!!! By Marilyn Manson... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks2yxP5dDpo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks2yxP5dDpo) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Selby on September 21, 2007, 07:05:41 PM I was pretty upset by the addition of Newsted, who simply is not of the same calibre as Cliff, who was not just a virtuoso on bass, but a hell of a songwriter. Cliff was a musician who understood more than just his instrument but also how to use it in ways that go with different pieces of music in ways you might not necessarily think of. Jason is just a bass player. Not a terrible one, but you can't exactly fill shoes like he did and expect anyone to be happy. Hell, the guys in the band trashed him and hated him. On AJFA they may as well of not had a bass player considering how out of the mix he was. I don't hate Jason or crap on his playing style, I just don't think he was the right fit for the band and it shows in the albums they did with him. I recently went back and listened to the first 3 albums of theirs on a decent stereo and compared them with AJFA & the black one... it's a completely different style of playing and song structure. One is very formulaic and the other is definitely not a follower or a "me too" style. My big wonder has always been about how much he was allowed to actually play vs. what he could actually play. He could have rocked the house off and the rest of the band not let him or he could have just been phoning it in the entire time for the paycheck. Not knowing the guy personally I can't say ;-)As far as new Metallica, the few new songs I've heard are alot more inspired than pretty much anything from the last 15 years, but I just don't have any desire to get back into them. I'd rather spend my money on other bands that I am enjoying more. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: lamaros on September 21, 2007, 07:25:07 PM Bleh, can't find YouTube versions good enough for the songs I wanted to post (Xiu Xiu's cover of Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car'_...
R Johnson, 'Stop Breaking Down'; White Stripes cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP4m7Yeo9_c. Can't find a good vid of their cover of Dylan's 'One More Cup Of Coffee' either. D Parton, 'Jolene'; White Stripes cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5KrPXL4wI. I've had the pleasure of seeing them play Jolene live (4-5 years ago or so), probably the best gig I've been to in my limited life. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Signe on September 21, 2007, 07:45:41 PM That reminded me how much I :heart: The Sisters of Mercy cover of Jolene!
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Evildrider on September 21, 2007, 08:17:15 PM Hmm.. can't believe I forgot about The Dan Band, especially on this thread. If you haven't heard of them, you'd probably remember them from the movie Old School.
Total Eclipse of the Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIRiZsDObrU) Hold On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brLhiEH2luw) You Oughta know (http://youtube.com/watch?v=_C54lv2OlTw) Genie in a Bottle (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5KYvpskat0I) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Trippy on September 21, 2007, 10:32:50 PM In honor of the latest Britney Spears screw up (driving without a valid CA license for all these years):
...Baby One More Time: Original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BclTRsTBZM), Marty Casey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfSHNUOW-uM) (from "Rockstar: INXS") Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: cmlancas on September 22, 2007, 05:44:43 AM Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf36v0epfmI) & John Cale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbdLVX736U) Check out Jeff Buckley's version. It puts the other two to shame. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: stray on September 22, 2007, 07:13:19 AM Who could not know about Buckley's version (he mentioned it later btw)?
And as much as I like it, it's pretty stupid to say he puts Cohen and Cale to shame. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: schild on September 22, 2007, 07:19:30 AM Fade to Black (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_omC0bg8FGw) - Covered by Apoptygma Berzerk.
And I'll never find it online, I suppose I could rip it - but on a limited edition DVD of Silke Bischoff before they got sued into oblivion and changed their name to 18 summers - there's a fucking killer cover of Eleanor Rigby. And - as always - there's Dropkick Murphy's doing their rendition of Finnegan's Wake (http://youtube.com/watch?v=geX8IVBv4wk). Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Murgos on September 22, 2007, 08:06:35 AM One of my favorite covers: Pearl Jam covering the Beatles I've Got a Feeling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXEHnmFH89E and just because, BECK's cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGSgz628O4
I've got a live version of Pearl Jam's cover off a bootleg that's much cleaner but that one is the best I could find on youtube. I like the emotion Eddie puts into it. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: stray on September 22, 2007, 08:12:26 AM Speaking of them, I wish there was an original video for this.. Eddie puts a lot of emotion into anything
Love Reign O'er Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fgMXef0MJk) [EDIT] Oops! Wrong version. Got it now. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Murgos on September 22, 2007, 08:49:26 AM Lay Lady Lay
Dylan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E68Hy5DXbo) Magnet and Gemma Hayes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAif3KBavSQ) (it's kitschy but I like it) Ministry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FbdxIkJ9jI) Rockin ver Duran Duran (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG0cm81H7as) And for fun: Biz Markie covering Bennie and the Jets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iFYJYwtjpc Edit 2: More fun: Gnarls Barkley vs Beastie Boy's, not a cover just a remix that I thought was fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vewsuZQ1wOU Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Trippy on September 22, 2007, 08:55:34 AM I'll Stand By You: Pretenders (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pECaW-VMI), Carrie Underwood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xstLRWHgD2Q) (Idols Give Back)
Mad World: Tears for Fears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urW5lfAcaM8), Michael Andrews/Gary Jules (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v52Igdotisk) (from Donnie Darko) Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqYMTpXHc), Anwar Robinson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVD7Wvu72n0) (American Idol Season 4) Thunder Road: Bruce Springsteen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsykNMK11lU), Bruce & Melissa Etheridge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQpyxh3xpv8) (okay not really a cover since its a duet) Maggie May: Rod Stewart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xikQ0c5KdZE), Melissa Etheridge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBn89V-z1I) with Toto (I have the solo acoustic guitar version from the bootleg of the above concert which is much better but this is the only version I could find on YouTube) Somebody to Love: Queen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxbFLYa0_bw), Brittany Murphy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tvXcqr9q_k) (Happy Feet soundtrack) Over the Rainbow: Judy Garland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10w_sEcHlGs), Eva Cassidy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwTdqPkluY) (truly the voice of an angel) Kathy's Song: Simon & Garfunkel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmgpF0syJ90), Eva Cassidy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G860hkE0Tc) (my favorite S&G song, Eva has a bunch of other covers just search on her name) People Get Ready: Curtis Mayfield (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-bIuBiipk), Rod Stewart & Jeff Beck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHnrErEGs7k) Can't Help Falling in Love: Elvis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNbFpklZDsM), U2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG9wJu1Fm2A) (Zoo TV tour) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: cmlancas on September 22, 2007, 08:58:20 AM Who could not know about Buckley's version (he mentioned it later btw)? And as much as I like it, it's pretty stupid to say he puts Cohen and Cale to shame. Well, I like the Cohen version, but Buckley put so much emotion and soul into his songs. That's where I think he puts them to shame. However, to each his/her own. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: stray on September 22, 2007, 09:02:16 AM Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqYMTpXHc), Anwar Robinson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVD7Wvu72n0) (American Idol Season 4) Don't forget the Joey Ramone version :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU4vNoiOETU&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU4vNoiOETU&mode=related&search=) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Murgos on September 22, 2007, 09:06:10 AM Blind Melon's cover of Three is a Magic Number (School House Rocks) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VDpVE6GMc4
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Murgos on September 22, 2007, 09:13:52 AM Mad World: Tears for Fears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urW5lfAcaM8), Michael Andrews/Gary Jules (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v52Igdotisk) (from Donnie Darko) Die Toten Hosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKwe3KnI-DU very different but certainly jams. Edit: In the same style the classic punk cover of Stepping Stone by Minor Threat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x37HM6Uzd4 Just adding on here instead of making new posts: Mercedes Benz - Janis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-g7Q7hXn7o), Concrete Blonde (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2stP7p0qJc0), Lilith (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5VGBd4ePN0) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Trippy on September 22, 2007, 09:27:37 AM Blind Melon's cover of Three is a Magic Number (School House Rocks) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VDpVE6GMc4 Yeah there's an entire album of Schoolhouse Rock covers (http://www.amazon.com/Schoolhouse-Rock-Rocks-Various-Artists/dp/B000005J80/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-3624436-5013202?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190477773&sr=1-2) which reminded me of the Saturday Morning Cartoon covers (http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Morning-Cartoons-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000002OYG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3624436-5013202?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190477773&sr=1-1). Here's a sample:Sugar Sugar: The Archies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHQjCuL284), Mary Lou Lord (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLfkOh-yCT0) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Murgos on September 22, 2007, 10:01:09 AM Yeah there's an entire album of Schoolhouse Rock covers (http://www.amazon.com/Schoolhouse-Rock-Rocks-Various-Artists/dp/B000005J80/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-3624436-5013202?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190477773&sr=1-2) which reminded me of the Saturday Morning Cartoon covers (http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Morning-Cartoons-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000002OYG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3624436-5013202?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190477773&sr=1-1). Here's a sample: Sugar Sugar: The Archies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHQjCuL284), Mary Lou Lord (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLfkOh-yCT0) Yeah, I have both of those, there is some really good stuff on them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuPSZ9Hxbzc Frente! covering Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In (Which was covered by Pebbles and Bam Bam on the Flintstones) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpm_88tVh0I Ramones Spiderman (Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V8yJjTBnA4)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdRyukqXYjA The Tale of Mr. Morton by Skee-lo and lots more. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Signe on September 22, 2007, 11:30:22 AM Well, if we're going to bad places, here's Anarchy in the UK done by Motley Crue. Gah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyLI56nZUEw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyLI56nZUEw)
Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: stray on September 22, 2007, 08:59:05 PM Anyone post this yet?
Chris Cornell -- Billie Jean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2MgwAJrfXo) [EDIT] Definitely different enough from the original. But definitely nowhere near as good. As crazy as he is, Wacko Jacko could never be topped on that song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8I8-dmAxs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8I8-dmAxs) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Calantus on September 23, 2007, 05:31:05 AM Quick derail but I seriously do not get the love for most of Cohen's work (looks like his older stuff). The only one I've found that I like (and I LOVE this song) is The Stranger Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLq7Aqd_H7g). All his other songs are ruined by the croaky voice he developed somewhere along the way.
Also much love for posting Orgy, those guys are fantastic. Another cover I found from them is You Spin Me Round (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmkW8UYeV5Q). I'd heard it before but never knew who did it. Here's me cheating and linking to a youtube "video" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCAyVXphrF0) of it, but hit this link instead for a great cover of What is love (http://www.unsigned.com/mdp). Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: schild on September 23, 2007, 07:08:37 AM New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w77T0AncLKo).
vs. Frente's Bizarre Love Triangle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ1c9ErCn7w). I adore the Frente one. It manages to feel completely different. I like that in a cover. For kicks, here's Stabbing Westward (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By2HBjCiF_4) butchering it. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Merusk on September 23, 2007, 05:08:02 PM The Passenger
Iggy Pop (http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4hPnZUMBwA) Michael Hutchence (http://youtube.com/watch?v=aqlNW5ZwIjE) (Cover done for Batman Forever, despite the Transformers clips. There may be TF spoilers, I haven't seen the movie.) Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: Murgos on September 23, 2007, 06:19:06 PM COME TOGETHER Aerosmith (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3jWESj-Lkw) or Michael (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Z8k5ChsX8)? :-D edit: Just found a new one Soundgarden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpT4kgg5xlw). See youtube is good for something. Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: pants on September 23, 2007, 08:02:43 PM I'd forgotten how much I like the Frente version of Bizarre Love Triangle - haven't listened to it in years.
Here be Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ (http://) And 'Throw Your Arms around me" - Original version by Hunters and Collectors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYrgPcBcVG0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYrgPcBcVG0) And the Pearl Jam version with the lead singer of Hunters and Collectors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az5HPNMnWAc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az5HPNMnWAc) Theres also a pile of crappy videos of the Pearl Jam only version that are ruined by bozos singing along out of tune about 3 inches from the microphone... Title: Re: Songs and Covers, YouTube version. Post by: tar on September 24, 2007, 05:00:07 AM In honor of the latest Britney Spears screw up (driving without a valid CA license for all these years): ...Baby One More Time: Original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BclTRsTBZM), Marty Casey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfSHNUOW-uM) (from "Rockstar: INXS") Baby One More Time: Travis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxwnwdb55FE) I like Gun's version of this: Word Up!: Cameo (original) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7Kp_TapA4), Gun's version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VlSE4OpKDU) |