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[Moppeh]

Higher Ground by RHCP

 

[harmonize]

Even though I like the Beatles version, The Wonder Years nostalgia is too strong.

 

[Hamst3r]

Snake River Conspiracy - Lovesong (originally by The Cure)

Albert Kuvezin (Yat-Kha) - Black Magic Woman (originally by Santana)

Cibo Matto - About A Girl (originally by Nirvana)

Crystal Method & Filter - Can't You Trip Like I Do (originally without Filter)

Mindless Self Indulgence - Bring The Pain (originally by Method Man)

I like these versions best.

 

[unholyrevenger72]

Imelda May's Tainted Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo9rY06Ybko&list=FLuN8rjZ3P7DwNA8RwIxAf4g&index=7

 

[Doczu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rchh3YS6OAs
Gus Black - Paranoid

It's the best cover that i have heard in my life. It changes the song dramatically, creating almost something new. While the original sounds like some hardcore drug infested paranoia, this one is sounds more about alcohol induced depression. I love it.

 

[Dog Problems]

Enjoy the Silence by Failure over the original by Depeche Mode. I still really love the original, though.

 

[HTupolev]

What's Up by 4 Non blondes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA by slackcircus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4

Metal HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA cover by Pellek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDzp3Z-Yz58

 

[Rug Monkey]

T.N. Gregory's cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart

Love Imogen Heap's version of Thriller

 

[Caronte]

Yolanda Adams - I Believe I Can Fly

I quite agree. It's simply amazing.

 

[cajunator]

Royal Teeth - Heartbeats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjrTmJrmMj8

 

[MilkyJoe]

Marilyn Manson - Stweet Dreams
Metallica - Whisky in the Jar
The Sundays - Wild Horses
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Jimi - Hey Joe

 

[AzureSkies]

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again '87

Just a remake of their song released five years earlier, I just honestly prefer the chorus in the remake over the original.

 

[Sojgat]

Gun - Word Up (original by Cameo)

 

[Caronte]

Amy Lee - Sally's Song

 

[Joni]

Frank Sinatra's My Way and Claude Francois Comme d'Habitude are both better than Hervé Vilard's For Me.

 

[Blizzard]

Do Weird Al parodies count? The majority of the time, I probably prefer his version over the original.

 

[hobblygobbly]

Pretty much everything by Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZY9_Xr5XPA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez-apj-Od1I

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

AFI's acoustic rendition of Bowie's Ziggy Stardust is pretty fantastic.

AFI - 'Ziggy Stardust': https://youtu.be/kvJQ2VeeUOI

AFI tend to make great versions of the songs they cover.

Murder by Death kills it as well and even have a kickstarter backed cover album where pledgers requested the songs. I never heard of the below song, and though I like it, the male singer who comes in on the original ruins it for me. So MBD's version stays consistently fresh throughout as a result.

Murder By Death - Kiss Scout Niblett: https://youtu.be/T2RhtdWbn9I

Fun fact: They have a second cover album coming out and they are covering Bowie's Moonage Daydream at mine and my wife's request (and payment).

 

[rootbeerafloat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLrK9tnVS-w

 

[ZackieChan]

Some truly awful opinions in this thread! Michael Jackson's Come Together is trash, for instance.

I vote for two Manfred Mann songs -


Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light: http://youtu.be/Fd2OhIvxQls

Manfred Mann - Quinn the Eskimo: http://youtu.be/c79zv5XG5Dw

 

[Hyperborean]

I like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon's version of Friday more than Rebecca Black.......

 

[Currygan]

You're always on my mind - Pet Shop Boys


Caravan of Love - The Housemartins

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Natalie Imbruglia's Torn is such an iconic song of the 90s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1XWJN3nJo

The original by Ednaswap is interesting but not as catchy, not as memorable.

 

[hypotc]

California Dreamin' from the San Andreas trailer:

http://youtu.be/D1z9KORToZQ

 

[JadedOne]

The Ataris - Boys of Summer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt6Lkgs0kiU

The original is by Don Henley

 

[piratepwnsninja]

Obidiah Parker Hey Yah https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c745E7T_Wvg

 

[nephilimdj]

One of my favs since I was a kid

Jon English - Behind Blue eyes (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwRgDpKIvRo

 

[Edsmells12345]

Objectively, Aretha Franklin's Respect

Personally, Matoma's Tropical House Remix of Will Smith's Wild Wild West

 

[cardinalmind]

Some fantastic remakes here that I've only heard now. Will edit this when I come home.

 

[Jokab]

Kylie Minogue's Hand on your Heart covered by José Gonzalez

Massive Attack's Teardrop covered by José Gonzalez (though the original is really awesome too)

The Knife's Heartbeats covered by José Gonzalez

I like José Gonzalez.

 

[cacildo]

I enjoy Save Ferris' version of Come On Eileen originally by Dexys Midnight Runners.

Came here to post this one. Thank you for saving me the trouble

I still listen to save ferris a lot. It was my favorite band no one knows when i was growing up

 

[FinalD]

I'm surprised a lot of people prefer Metallica's Whiskey in the jar and Turn the page. They're not bad covers in my opinion, but I think Thin Lizzy's and Bob Seger's versions respectively have a much richer sound.

My pick for the moment: I prefer Joe Bonamassa's Ball peen hammer over Chris Whitley's.

 

[BlackbirdFlyAway]

Myles Kennedy (The Mayfield Four) - Inner City Blues

Spoiler

I actually didn't realise it was a cover until I heard the original Marvin Gaye version on the radio in GTA IV

 

[Mumei]

Yolanda Adams - I Believe I Can Fly

Yes! She elevated that song from the utter dreck that it was before.

I'd also add any "almost any Korean song that SoHyang has covered, and even a couple English ones."

 

[Woz]

Cum on Feel the Noize
Quiet Riot > Slade

I prefer the One Way System's cover.

 

[Raptomex]

Whiplash (Metallica cover) - Destruction

Bonded By Blood (LTBB version) - Exodus

War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover) - Sacred Reich

Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover) - Judas Priest

You Really Got Me (The Kinks cover) - Van Halen

With a Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles cover) - Joe Cocker

These Boots [Original] (Nancy Sinatra cover) - Megadeth

Back Door Man (Howlin' Wolf cover) - The Doors

The Star-Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix

Cum On Feel the Noize (Slade cover) - Quiet Riot

Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover) - Megadeth

No More Mr. Nice Guy (Alice Cooper cover) - Megadeth

 

[Woz]

The Clash's cover of "I Fought the Law" originally by The Crickets.

Yeah, they pushed the awesomeness to 11.

The Clash were good at covers.

 

[willow ve]

Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah is my vote.

There is no other version as far as I'm concerned.

 

[collige]

Rare Essence - Pieces of Me > Ashlee Simpson

Also, I wouldn't say it's better, but Stray Phrases' live cover of Donuts does the original justice imo.

 

[JoeNut]

Word up by Korn

 

[Typhares]

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again '87

Just a remake of their song released five years earlier, I just honestly prefer the chorus in the remake over the original.

I didn't even know there was an original version!

 

[Woz]

"Love of the common people" by The Four Preps (1966)

Paul Young's version

Stiff Little Fingers's version (my fav).

 

[coopolon]

Lots of people do Bob Dylan better than Bob Dylan

Adele - "Make You Feel My Love"

Miley Cyrus feat. Johnzo West - "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"

And this cover is a pretty drastic change of genre by Swift:

Taylor Swift - "Untouchable"
Luna Halo - "Untouchable"


EDIT: I found my old post from last time this thread happened http://www.neogaf.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=142279675

Rise Against's cover of Ballad of Hollis Brown is really excellent.

 

[Octavianus]

Yeah, Nirvana - The man who sold the world

David Bowie liked it a lot but would get annoyed when people would say to him that he's doing a Nirvana song lol

AFI's acoustic rendition of Bowie's Ziggy Stardust is pretty fantastic.

AFI - 'Ziggy Stardust': https://youtu.be/kvJQ2VeeUOI

AFI tend to make great versions of the songs they cover.
.

David Bowie's 'my Death is pretty awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNZStOpKI3w
The original is by Jacques Brel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq9-B6REgRI

 

[tsef]

David Bowie's 'my Death is pretty awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNZStOpKI3w
The original is by Jacques Brel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq9-B6REgRI

He also did "port of amsterdam" by Jacques Brel.

This version of Pump up the jam is dope.
I also like this cover of Killing in the name

 

[pashmilla]

Florence + the Machine's cover of You Got the Love.

Newton Faulkner's cover of Teardrop I don't think is necessarily better than the original, but it's a nice take on it.

 

[Octavianus]

He also did "port of amsterdam" by Jacques Brel.

Yeah, I prefer the original version of that one. He really knocked it out of the park with My Death though. His preformance was incredible.

 

[JMizzlin]

Heart It Races by Architecture in Helsinki was, imo, enhanced by Dr Dog.

Gooey by Glass Animals is pretty good, but I really love Delta Riggs' interpretation.

 

[Chunky]

Just a heads up, people usually say 'cover' instead of 'remake' when they're talking about music.

 

[freakzilla149]

3rd post is the charm...

In my eyes, this is MJ's song.

God no. Why? What is this? Where is the beautiful base riff + drum combo. That is what makes come together so awesome.