Sometimes a cover just eclipses the original because of superior talent, or sometimes a totally different arrangement just transforms a song. Richard Thompson's commented that "Oops I did it again",taken out of context, is actually a pretty good song:
Cover songs that you like better than the original
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CSNY, of course inspired this Joni Mitchell song, so it's only fitting that their version is awesomer than hers.
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Dwight Yoakum singing Carmelita by Zevon.
Townes Van Zandt singing the Stone's Dead Flowers.
If you know either or of the artists with any depth, the song just flat works better.
Probably two of my fav songs period.
Townes Van Zandt singing the Stone's Dead Flowers.
If you know either or of the artists with any depth, the song just flat works better.
Probably two of my fav songs period.
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These two have been posted here many times before:
ab g-d wrote:I can't understand how, given the training they did, the cavemen beat the dinosaurs.
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I can't help but wonder if this was one of the inspirations for Rick Rubin's work on Cash's "American" recordings:
ab g-d wrote:I can't understand how, given the training they did, the cavemen beat the dinosaurs.
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Country Roads by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Baby Got Back by Throwdown
Cum on Feel the Noize by Quiet Riot
Baby Got Back by Throwdown
Cum on Feel the Noize by Quiet Riot
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I like this better than Al Green's.
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Gin and Juice done bluegrass. This is truly one of the greatest of cover songs ever.
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Covering Sabbath on a tribute album
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nafod wrote:Gin and Juice done bluegrass. This is truly one of the greatest of cover songs ever.
here here..true knowledge.
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Okay, I was just kidding about that one.
For realz though:
For realz though:
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Type O Negative's cover of Summer Breeze.
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Waylon
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Very few can do better than Nina Simone, but I like this one:
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