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[Yahsper]

Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness

Original


Cover:

Lissie - Pursuit of Happiness

 

[Kimaxe]

Whiplash
Original by Metallica
Cover by Motörhead

Diamonds And Rust
Original by Joan Baez
Cover by Judas Priest

 

[Nitemare1]

(But that's okay, Cohen's doesn't need to be heard,

Wow, Just wow.

Here Cohen at 74 years old. Fucking killing it!

http://youtu.be/YrLk4vdY28Q

Edit: I could be wrong about his age in this video. It was uploaded in 2009 and I thought it was from the London show but he looks a bit younger here. But still you get the idea.

 

[ClivePwned]

Any time Tom Jones sings your song.
Kiss
Tom Jones sings Kiss (it's really hard to find Prince's original on YT without it NSFW

Burning Down the House
Burning Down the House by Talking Heads

and now by Sir Tom and Nina Persson

Green Grass of Hone
Green Grass of Home by Porter Wagoner

Green Grass of Home by captain sex, Tom Jones

Help Yourself
Italian song Gli Occhi Miei
Tom Jones Help Yourself (this was used in Anchorman)

 

[PogiJones]

Wow, Just wow.

Here Cohen at 74 years old. Fucking killing it!

http://youtu.be/YrLk4vdY28Q

Edit: I could be wrong about his age in this video. It was uploaded in 2009 and I thought it was from the London show but he looks a bit younger here. But still you get the idea.

It's cool his version is appreciated by some people, but nope, I still don't like it at all.

 

[SupaNaab]

Dolly Parton - Jolene
The White Stripes - Jolene

* Bonus
Dolly Parton - Jolene (Slowed down)

 

[Kerned]

The Iron and Wine cover of Such Great Heights is superior to the Postal Service original.

 

[Nitemare1]

It's cool his version is appreciated by some people, but nope, I still don't like it at all.

It's fine, personal opinion and all that. I've been a Cohen fan for as long as I can remember and just got a little hurt by you saying it didn't need to be heard. I'll get over it.

 

[Bodacious]

* Bonus
Dolly Parton - Jolene (Slowed down)

Holy. Shit.

 

[Nitemare1]

* Bonus
Dolly Parton - Jolene (Slowed down)

That's incredible.

 

[robotzombie]

Chris Cornell covering any song he covers:

Led Zeppelin - Thank You

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (okay, maybe not better, but just as good in a very different way)

Bob Marley - Redemption Song

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (yeah, you heard me)

 

[BearFlexington]

J - Call Me (Cover of the Blondie song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QLFAXNvKk8

 

[TheKaeptain]

Dolly Parton - Jolene (Slowed down)

This is amazing.

 

[kswiston]

I think some of you just get caught up on Dylan's voice, because other than Jimi Hendrix' cover of Watchtower, I prefer the originals to most of the examples being posted.

A lot of the others just feel like sanitized versions of what Dylan was originally going for.

 

[Air]

I think any newer version of 'come together' sounds better than the original. I'm fond of Michael Jackson's version, but Tina Turner and Aerosmith's are good too.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Land of Confusion

Original by Genesis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZujuYiweht8

Cover by Disturbed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOP6XN45OEk

Nope.

Living Colour's original Cult of Personality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0
vs
GH3 version of Cult of Personality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg7pvwhgCAc
I find the solo's and shredding just awesome in the GH3 version.

The GH3 version wasn't a cover, though, it was a new recording by Living Colour.

 

[kswiston]

It's fine, personal opinion and all that. I've been a Cohen fan for as long as I can remember and just got a little hurt by you saying it didn't need to be heard. I'll get over it.

I'm on your side. Cohen has such a cool voice and unique way of singing. Almost like he's telling a story.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

I'm not sure if it's a better cover, but it's a really damn good cover.

Original: Heroes - David Bowie

Cover: Heroes - Peter Gabriel

 

[squidyj]

Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

Realm version

Simply amazing version done by one of the most brilliant Tech/Thrash bands ever

This has got to be one of the top ones. Along with Johnny Cash covering Hurt and Gary Jules' Mad World

Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
My Chemical Romance cover

I really don't care for the band, but I really like the energy of the cover. Kind of the perfect song to end Watchmen on.

Ben Folds Five cover of The Flaming Lips' She Don't Use Jelly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-zhDFgGGhE

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Bowling for Soup - 1985

Knockin' On Heaven's Door (original Bob Dylan) - As covered by Warren Zevon who was literally knockin' on Heaven's Door at the time.


NOTHING can beat Jimi Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower. He uses so much great guitar work on that song that it is one of his best.


With Knockin' on Heaven's door, it is an OK song for Dylan . . . but even the GnR and Eric Clapton, and Bob Marley versions are better than Dylan's.

Even Avril Levine is better.

Spoiler

OK maybe not.

Cover: LORDE - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Original: Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Ignite - Sunday Bloody Sunday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jn5AslRvko

Graveworm - Losing My Religion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZxLz_x6YMM

STS - Cut Me Off (Somebody that I Used to Know) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPwHRNWJVvk

Cancer Bats - Sabotage

Original by Beastie Boys

I mean, I love the original but man, the cover is just too good.

Original: Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Cover: The Darkness - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

The Darkness' cover is just more of my thing.

Literally any cover of All Along the Watchtower is better than the Dylan original.

My personal favorite: DMB cover from The Central Park Concert with the killer bass homage to Jimi Hendrix to start.

This thread is an abomination. It yields new horrors at every turn.

All the usual suspects seem to posted. Hurt, All Along The Watchtower, Mad World, etc.

I didn't see this though. It's more of a case of both songs being awesome but finding the more modern one to be more powerful (in part because it left the original singers vocals in):

Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill (original)
Placebo: Running Up That Hill (cover)

I definitely enjoy the placebo cover here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hwiCkU73NA (Don't let me be misunderstood)

Better than the original by a mile

edit: The original, which is also great really, by The Animals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vstNm5xzuKM

Blah, Nina IMOTBH.



Here's my contribution

Traveling Wilbury's - Tweeter and the Monkey Man

Headstones - Tweeter and the Monkey Man (cover)

 

[sarcastor]

Yes i know the original is a classic but i much like this version better

Nouvelle Vague - Blister in the Sun

 

[TheDanger]

Anberlin - Enjoy The Silence

I like it better than the original from Depeche Mode.

 

[Leatherface]

Mad World
Original by Tears for Fears
Cover by Gary Jules

YES!

 

[disappeared]

The Iron and Wine cover of Such Great Heights is superior to the Postal Service original.

Too close to call. Postal Service version is so damned good. Beam's version is good too, but for aesthetically different reasons.

 

[Nostremitus]

Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix: Radioactive. Posted yet?

 

[Bitanator]

Sweet - Set Me Free

Heathen Version

David White's voice is so infectious

 

[fin]

The Unseen Paint it Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1M6ODpdV4

 

[Sojgat]

The Weight
Original by The Band
Cover by Jimmy Barnes & The Badloves

 

[Nostremitus]

The Unseen Paint it Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1M6ODpdV4

...OP said better...

 

[squidyj]

The Iron and Wine cover of Such Great Heights is superior to the Postal Service original.

Speaking of Iron and Wine

The Flaming Lips - Waiting for a Superman

Iron & Wine - Waiting for a Superman (Cover)

 

[brianjones]

This thread is an abomination. It yields new horrors at every turn.

these threads always are

 

[sixteen-bit]

How Soon is Now? By TAtu (originally by the Smiths)

 

[Gr1mLock]

Black Sabbath - The Wizard

Pride & Glory - The Wizard

 

[Emperor Bohe]

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
[/URL]

is this real life

 

[Pocks]

The Weeknd does an incredible cover of Dirty Diana. MJ's version is fantastic, but I find the Weeknd cover to be better, even if it is slightly overproduced.

I've played it at a bar one time, and a few people though it was Michael.

D.D. by The Weeknd

 

[JCtheMC]

Search & Destroy:

Original by The Stooges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNzQ3CXspU

Fuckin destroyed by Cursed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb5YXc-Y35M


Also whoever mentioned that Dave Grohl & Co. version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Prince would like a word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y

Also any cover Milligram ever did. Their version of Some Kinda Hate is amazing. Shame it's not on the tubes.

 

[Fancy Clown]

All the usual suspects seem to posted. Hurt, All Along The Watchtower, Mad World, etc.

I didn't see this though. It's more of a case of both songs being awesome but finding the more modern one to be more powerful (in part because it left the original singers vocals in):

Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill (original)
Placebo: Running Up That Hill (cover)

Chromatics have the better cover

 

[-MB-]

Ayo Technology - 50 cent
Milow accoustic cover

 

[Stranger In The Alps]

Somebody That I Used To Know:

Gotye

Coheed and Cambria

 

[OnettHansen]

Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin
(original by Tim Curry)

Literally every cover of Jimi Hendrix done by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

such as this cover of Voodoo Child

 

[AzureSkies]

This thread is an abomination. It yields new horrors at every turn.

But The Darkness' Street Spirit (Fade Out) is literally the best thing in the world, because not only is it an improvement over the original, but it also is the best bait to piss off Radiohead fans.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Are people reading the thread title wrong? I mean, that's the only reason people would post any of these Tears for Fears covers!

Anyway, to keep it video game related:

Mega Man X3 Intro Stage: SNES Original
The "holy shit" Genesis (not Phil Collins) cover

The Genesis is to action game soundtracks what the SNES is to RPGs.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Agreed. You can turn any song into an acoustic emofest, that doesn't mean you should. The Tears for Fears version is far superior.

 

[DopeToast]

Most covers of the song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. His version is hell of weird, but it's cool. When most people think of the song "Hallelujah," they are thinking of the version John Cale recorded. The lyrics he used were unused Cohen lyrics, since he apparently had like fifteen verses of material he never got to. And the arrangement and style that Cale used is reflected in many subsequent covers.

The John Cale one is great, maybe my favorite. Jeff Buckley's is also fantastic.

 

[diehard]

Most of the songs off "Renegades of Funk" by RATM.

Especially ones like "Maggie's Farm".

 

[zychi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxuodY-c0yU

uh huh yeee
*godzilla roar*
uh huh yeee

 

[Adam_Roman]

oh please, the tears for fears version sounds like a teeny bop song compared to Lorde's version. And typically I like the 80s originals, but the music and sound of the new version really is makes it a whole another song.

Anyway, another one...
Original: Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Cover: Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah

Cut out Jeff Buckleys, since it was already posted. I prefer Rufus Wainwright's version anyway.

Really? I feel like Cohen's version is infinitely better than any of the covers I've heard. This is probably my favorite recording of him performing it. It's just got so much more soul.

Most covers of the song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. His version is hell of weird, but it's cool. When most people think of the song "Hallelujah," they are thinking of the version John Cale recorded. The lyrics he used were unused Cohen lyrics, since he apparently had like fifteen verses of material he never got to. And the arrangement and style that Cale used is reflected in many subsequent covers.

The John Cale one is great, maybe my favorite. Jeff Buckley's is also fantastic.

He wrote around 80 verses for it before narrowing it down. He still performs some of the unused ones live.

 

[Raiden]

Anything that Pentatonix makes really

But no doubt in my mind that Pentatonix does Daft Punk better than Daft Punk. Have a listen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MteSlpxCpo

I like it but jesus christ that video makes me want to punch every single one of them.

 

[ambientric]

love a white stripes cover in general,

one more cup of coffee (white stripes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZfVbvSVUbw

bob dylan's original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ouoDm0U0g8

 

[Beerman462]

Not a huge fan of Country Music, but

Even if it Breaks your Heart by the Eli Young Band is bested by the acoustic version done by the song's writer

Even if if it Breaks your Heart by Will Hoge So much more soul. Dude is legit talented I like his scratchy vocals and he plays guitar and harmonica.

 

[Tom Penny]

Kid Cudi Pursuit of Happiness - Lissie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQMJCOT2wlQ