Song Covers - you a fan?

Typically I prefer the original versions I'm used to but here a new that IMO are even better than the original versions...





Oh, and no one should let The King cover thier sonds, he'll had you your hat. lol ...



You all got any good ones?

Just about every cover done by Post Modern Jukebox.

Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed.

Much better than the original. Paul Simon approved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4


Charlie

Here ya go, Charlie.

A lot of song covers are much better than the original, often so much better that people forget the original. Look at all the Slade covers by Quiet Riot as an example. Some covers suck too.

Slade.



Quiet Riot



I like Slipknot's "Psychosocial".



I love Leo Moracchioli's cover of "Psychosocial" with the banjos.



Keith

If you wanna go that way, lol....

One for leftlane lol,,,,

Anything sone by Pentatonix comes under the suck category of covers

I always thought Waylon did Crying better than Roy Orbison did.

Home Free.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA0WCc3vTls




Charlie

LOL good think I scan these before I help...Charlie you're on your own posting this one

I did love the singer's voice on the Song of Silence. He has a very nice singing tone. Very Celtic , Viking feel to it.

This and the Disturbed-Sound of silence cover are about the only ones I can think of. Other than that I think most modern “musicians” ain’t got a chance the minute they add a beat box and all sorts of crap to the song. I say if you’re gunna change a song you better be adding a worthwhile change, not just making a modern version.

"Hurt" by Trent. Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is very good.



Johnny Cash's cover is phenomenal and better.



Keith

and then there was Bob Dylan , great writer but I think just about everyone did covers of his songs better than he did.



Roy Orbison was in the same camp , you liked him or he just sounded off if you didn't know better you would think he was the one doing the bad cover





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34myQMWuyY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb3jTx31W9Y

Waylon did a great job on that... I've always favored Roy's version but I'm a huge Waylon Jennings fan.

Thanks for the share.

I think one of the best love songs ever written was Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter".



I like Bobby Darin's cover better.



Diane prefers Johnny and June Cash's cover.



I like and will listen to all 3 versions.

Keith

Britt Floyd covering Pink Floyd on just about everything...

I don't care for any covers and feel it's a slap in the face of the original singers !

To me it's just ripping the people off to sale a new sound, why can't they do their own thing ? Yea so you are going to say they are doing their own thing, no they are styling a song to capitalize on it !

Never enjoyed hearing other's doing others songs, when I pay to listen to someone I want to listen to what they
do, or write not what's already been done 10 different ways already !

For some reason I like Jessica's version better. I probably just appreciate clean cars.

I once spent over 2 hours listening to "Whiskey in the Jar" covers on YouTube. The song is from Ireland and dates back to around 1650 and has been covered many thousands of times. I first heard Metallica's cover.



Metallica covered Thin Lizzy's version.



A lot of the more traditional Irish versions are very good too.





I saw the Killdares play "Whiskey in the Jar" around 20 years ago at the Dayton Celtic Festival.



Keith

Nope. Still prefer Dylan's version. Although that no name kid at the end wasn't terrible.

Speaking of Bob:

99.9% of the time no, I do not like cover versios.

The original is okay..



I love the Broken Peach Cover of "This is Halloween". Broken Peach does a lot of very good covers. The woman on the left is hot and moves great.



Keith

Just like any other music, some are great and some are terrible. Most is a matter of preference I guess. Also, a lot of what we consider “original” versions aren’t original at all.
Motorhead had a lot of really good cover songs, many were quite a stray from their normal type of music.
And surprisingly enough, I really like some of Marlyn Mansons cover songs. Though I don’t like his normal music.

I like covers

Way better than the Gnarls Barkley original.

One of the best cover bands I have listened to is Lexington Lab Band. They cover a lot of 70's and 80's.

Most every song any of us have ever heard is a cover. You just don't realize it. Almost all hymns, Christmas Carols, patriotic songs and all other music was written and sung by someone else other than the people we first heard it sung by. Look at the credits on the records, tapes and CDs you own. Imitation is the purest form of flattery.

Keith

Truly PROFESSIONALS!

Uhmmm odd , I never felt that way when I found out some one had copied my ideas on my calling unit into their unit,
and when I contacted them they told me that quote, after which I asked for my residuals on his sales, he hung up !!

Some of y'all listen to some really weird crap lol.

No one sounds better than

Original Willie Nelson or Simon & Garfunkel. Period

I'm of a slightly different demographic as you older guys...I don't mind most song covers, but all of these movie/sitcom reboots are ridiculous!

IMO, with the exception of very few original songs. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it

Maybe it should be "Imitation is the purest of flattery and sometimes a form of intellectual theft."

Keith

she is good but she just isn't Janis Joplin

now you ready for a twist , Bobby McGee was the record producers secretary and the song was written by Kris Kristofferson as he was finishing his last days in the LA National Guard as a chopper pilot

I usually hear a few covers when I am out and live music is onstage. I am feel entertained but seldom think the cover comes anywhere close to the original.

Here are a couple noteworthy exceptions:

For a long time I thought Linda Ronstadt's voice was unparalleled until:

And then there is this guy, FYI he can sing Don Williams almost as good as he does ol Conway stuff

Although I actually like the Keith Whitley version better, this one is pretty good.

Whiskey in the jar-original by the dubliners.
Cover by Thin Lizzy

Of all the songs Home Free has covered I think this one is their best.

Jimi Hendrix took several original "mediocre" songs from various artists and made those songs famous into today's music.

"Whiskey in the Jar" dates back to around 1650. Thousands of people have sung it in the last 370 years or so. I posted both the versions you mentioned earlier in this very thread, plus other versions of it.

Keith

Maybe not better than the originals but some valiant efforts

the vast majority of the time the covers are a poor replacement for the original.
I don't bother even listening to covers.

Besides that a top rate band/singer should be making its own music instead of redoing whats already been done.

There are a rare handful of covers that end up surpassing the original. 1 out of a thousand or so.

Seems a lot of people don’t understand what covers are.

I vehemently disagree on Dylan. Dylan covers are pale soulless imitations.

X2

I’m not sure how to post videos but Jamie Johnson’s cover of Lynard Skynards four walls of raiford is great

IMO, the best cover and tribute to Led Zepplin and Stairway to Heaven ever.

I saw Heart perform Stairway to Heaven a few years ago at Starlight Theater. It was a decent version and my seat was about 30 feet or so from Nancy Wilson. She is definitely aging gracefully. I have never been to a Led Zeppelin concert so a direct comparison is not possible for me. I do agree Lugnut. I saw that performance somewhere and Page and Plant seemed to really enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw
Boom now that's a cover.

I would have never thought this would be as good as it is.

il.trapper that is good!

Crank it up boys and don't be scared!

I like Willie but Alison has the voice of an angel...

Covers night on the jukebox is always interesting at our favorite brewery.

Don't know if it is the voice or the look....But I like this one really well !!!

It might be ok for workin out or breakin the speed limit in middle of the night

il. I bet you like this one too...

Another of my favorite covers...

For you guys who think doing covers is ripping off someone else work or a slap in the face to the original artist, here you go. A true American classic redone by Home Free at the request of Don McLean the original artist. He approached them about doing this version for the songs 50th anniversary. Don still sounds amazing 50 years later.

Leo has well over 400 covers available on YouTube. He takes the songs he covers and makes them his own, with a strong heavy metal influence. He is incredibly talented, but way to goofy acting. He does a great job covering Adele's "Hello".



Keith

Bob Dylan--great song writer. But it was others that made many of his songs popular. The Byrds and Roger Mcguinn made Mr. Tamborine Man and My Back Pages hit singles.Mcguinn is a better singer and a better guitar player than Bob.
Peter ,Paul and Mary-covered Dylan and had a hit.
Jimi Hendrix -covered Dylan and had a hit.
Manfred Mann-covered Dylan and had a hit
Those are just a few of the musicians that took a greatly written song and improved with their versions.
A cover of another persons song is actually a tribute to that person.
'' In the jingle jangle morning--I'll come following you''.
Tom

Hearts "Listen to Your Heart"



Keith

This is a good one.

I'd prolly build a piano bar if she would come play for me

One of my favorites. Love Cowboy Eddie Long on the dobro. And basically anything by Jamie.

Godsmack "good times bad times" and "rocky mountain way"

Gary Clark jr. " come together"

Small Town Titans "Mr. Grinch" lol

Metallica " turn the page "

Heres another Sweet Child o' Mine. I like this better than the original