Cover versions that better the originals...

by **StoneCold** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:45 am

Here's another. Can't say the cover's better here but I dig Rush's rockin' version.

Rush - Heart Full Of Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5F6XgGHeuY

Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4HIgqFnvik

by **S2M** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:04 am

Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly, then the Stones...

Then RUSH!

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

Website · by **FishinMagician** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:09 am

StoneCold wrote:Here's another. Can't say the cover's better here but I dig Rush's rockin' version.

Rush - Heart Full Of Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5F6XgGHeuY

Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4HIgqFnvik

have u heard the acoustic one from r30? that is pretty good too

by **StoneCold** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:16 am

StocktontoMalone wrote:Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly, then the Stones...

Then RUSH!

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

Released only as a single? Cool clip, Rutsy on drums?

I think this is the other side of it.

Can't Fight It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mLP-PRxilw

by **Don** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:16 am

Great job by Sonic Youth

SuperStar

by **StoneCold** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:18 am

FishinMagician wrote:
StoneCold wrote:Here's another. Can't say the cover's better here but I dig Rush's rockin' version.

Rush - Heart Full Of Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5F6XgGHeuY

Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4HIgqFnvik

have u heard the acoustic one from r30? that is pretty good too

Here's a live clip of it. Who says Geddy can't sing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGR1nN356o

And while we're on a Rush kick, beauty eh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yiXRe6XFM

by **The Sushi Hunter** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:55 am

RumTumJM wrote:Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses

(After Dylan, Clapton, etc., GNR finally gave the song some balls and made it ROCK! I LOVE the whole down 'n' dirty rock band meet that big choir sound at the end!)

Yeah, I prefer GNR doing this song as well.

by **The Sushi Hunter** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:00 am

Gunbot wrote:Great job by Sonic Youth

SuperStar

Yeah, I had the album that this song was on....called "If I were a carpenter"

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-CENT-CD-If-I-Were ... .m14.l1318

That was one of the few songs on that album I liked. Another one I liked was "Top of the World" covered by Shonen Knife. Too bad that Shonen Knife didn't do a video of the song "On the Top of the World" like Sonic Youth did with "Superstar". And the last cover on this album I really liked was "For All We Know" covered by Bettie Serveert, nicely done.

by **UncleKG** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:33 am

The Sundays - "Wild Horses"

I love her voice on the chorus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_CDuyw4nRE

by **Angiekay** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:55 pm

The Sushi Hunter wrote:
RumTumJM wrote:Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses

(After Dylan, Clapton, etc., GNR finally gave the song some balls and made it ROCK! I LOVE the whole down 'n' dirty rock band meet that big choir sound at the end!)

Yeah, I prefer GNR doing this song as well.

I absolutely LOVE Clapton's version of this song.

Ok, I'll probably get blasted for this, but what about Donnas Summer's-The Wanderer?!

by **Since 78** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:00 pm

Angiekay wrote:
The Sushi Hunter wrote:
RumTumJM wrote:Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses

(After Dylan, Clapton, etc., GNR finally gave the song some balls and made it ROCK! I LOVE the whole down 'n' dirty rock band meet that big choir sound at the end!)

Yeah, I prefer GNR doing this song as well.

I absolutely LOVE Clapton's version of this song.

Ok, I'll probably get blasted for this, but what about Donnas Summer's-The Wanderer?!

J/K Thats a good one!!

by **Diffworlds** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:32 pm

Hall & Oates "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" over the Righteous Brothers
Paul Young's "Every time You go Away" over Hall & Oates
Asia's "Ready to Go Home" over 10CC

by **The Sushi Hunter** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:42 pm

I prefer Show-Ya's cover "Blackbird" over the Beatles version, even though I heard the Beatles version years before Show-Ya covered it. I'm guessing I prefer Show-Ya's version because they rock it up a bit, and not just because of all that sushi up on the stage either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syq-hmhY2-0

by **Deb** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:02 pm

Red Hot Chili Pepper's Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3hEuAbuLE

JSS does a killer version of Stevie's I Wish too. http://jeffscottsoto.com/home/page36/page36.html

by **WykkedSensation** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:07 pm

Natalie wrote:Fall Out Boy's version of Beat It is better than Michael Jackson's.

You gotta be fuckin kiddin me.
Fall Out Boy's version is THE worst cover version of ANY song i have EVER heard. Total crap.
The guitar solo is completely laughable too, its so poor.
Shit cover, shit band.

by **finalfight** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:47 pm

WykkedSensation wrote:
Natalie wrote:Fall Out Boy's version of Beat It is better than Michael Jackson's.

You gotta be fuckin kiddin me.
Fall Out Boy's version is THE worst cover version of ANY song i have EVER heard. Total crap.
The guitar solo is completely laughable too, its so poor.
Shit cover, shit band.

I'd agree with this assessment. You can't 'beat' the original this time around and the only thing Fall Out Boy are good for is 'beating' each other in a circle jerk! I hear they have good rhythm! :shock:

by **Ehwmatt** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:38 am

finalfight wrote:
WykkedSensation wrote:
Natalie wrote:Fall Out Boy's version of Beat It is better than Michael Jackson's.

You gotta be fuckin kiddin me.
Fall Out Boy's version is THE worst cover version of ANY song i have EVER heard. Total crap.
The guitar solo is completely laughable too, its so poor.
Shit cover, shit band.

I'd agree with this assessment. You can't 'beat' the original this time around and the only thing Fall Out Boy are good for are 'beating' each other in a circle jerk! I hear they have good rhythm!

Yeah come on. The King of Pop, Steve Lukather, and Eddie Van Halen versus... Fucking Fall out Boy? BRB, vomiting.

by **Enigma869** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:46 am

Oddly enough, I don't care much for Simply Red or this particular song. That said, their version of this song is FAR better than the original!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PssiJ9ywc0g

John from Boston

by **finalfight** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:08 am

Enigma869 wrote:Oddly enough, I don't care much for Simply Red or this particular song. That said, their version of this song is FAR better than the original!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PssiJ9ywc0g

John from Boston

I thought his head was going to explode during the chorus, he definitely appeared to be straining a little there. Oddly enough though I did prefer it to the original.

by **finalfight** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:50 pm

Here's a good 'un!

Firstly the cover -

Tim Capello - I Still Believe (from the soundtrack to The Lost Boys movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mh-Unkp ... re=related

And the lackluster original -

The Call - I Still Believe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWhDbkTm ... re=related

by **StoneCold** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:18 am

Diffworlds wrote:Hall & Oates "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" over the Righteous Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzh1IMhdMOo

Good version but RB are classic. Here's H&O live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzh1IMhdMOo

Diffworlds wrote:Asia's "Ready to Go Home" over 10CC

Love Asia so I'll agree with that one.

Asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgye4OXudWk

by **Ehwmatt** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:46 am

Whatever happened to finalfight anyway?

by **Don** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:50 am

Ehwmatt wrote:Whatever happened to finalfight anyway?

He started talking about MR's secret fight club forum, disregarding rule #1.

by **StoneCold** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:00 am

Gunbot wrote:
Ehwmatt wrote:Whatever happened to finalfight anyway?

He started talking about MR's secret fight club forum, disregarding rule #1.

by **Ehwmatt** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:28 pm

Gunbot wrote:
Ehwmatt wrote:Whatever happened to finalfight anyway?

He started talking about MR's secret fight club forum, disregarding rule #1.

Man I need to watch Fight Club, haven't seen it in a long time.

by **daytrpr** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:40 pm

Remakes almost always suck compared to the original.

That being said, I prefer Telsa's "Signs" to the original.

I also like No Doubt on "Simple Kind of Life," but I'm not so sure it's better than the original.

by **MichaelRiesenbeck** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:31 am

FM - Heard It Through The Grapevine
Powerplay - Sexual Healing

by **Jana** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:51 am

Ashes to Ashes - I loved Roland Orzabal's cover better than Bowie's. I have both, and Roland stayed close to the original as it was on a tribute album and also included on TFF's B side album and collection album also. Though, YouTube doesn't come close to showing the great sound of this song and vocals on the remastered albums of both singers.

David Bowie -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMm4rJemtI

Roland Orzabal -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6qlM49b5Uc

A song I didn't even know was a cover, but a friend told me the original was done by a well-known singer in England back in the 70s, Robert Wyatt, who was paralyzed when falling from a balcony while partying and recorded an album afterward with this song. I always loved this song because it was really unique. Apparently, it has been covered a number of times.

Sea Song - Orzabal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFl7Yo84DTA

Robert Wyatt, older, singing it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cWq3mIp4cU

by **MichaelRiesenbeck** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:51 am

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

by **G.I.Jim** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:13 am

MichaelRiesenbeck wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRsymeCntOc

You deserve a kick in the gonads for making me hear that pile of SHIT!!! :shock:

MR

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