Song Covers you prefer to the original

[8bitlove2a03]

ELO's 10538 Overture, as covered by Def Leppard.

 

[Nouw]

Weird Al's Bohemian Polka.

Give this man a medal, he turned 'CandyShop' into a hilarious song.

When people run in circles it's a very, very mad world.

Yeah I'd have to say that's another instance where I like both songs. But in the end I like the Gary Jules cover a lot more. Thank you Donnie Darko

It's really what you want out of the experience. Do you want a sad and moving song? Or an up-beat dance song?

I love both too.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Baby by Justin Beiber: crap sandwich.

Death metal cover of Baby by an anonymous YouTuber: fucking righteous. Prepare to feel your face drip off your skull.

 

[Blood Countess]

Roller Coaster of Love by the RHCP

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

Nirvana's cover of 'Man Who Sold the World'. I still think the original is good but I love that version of it.

Personally i think Nirvana's version is massively better, can't stand bowie though.

Also its a very difficult call between thin lizzy's and metallica's versions of whiskey in the jar. I mean TL's versions a classic but the singer in metallica's voice is gravely and perfect, also the video features them performing for a house full of horny lesbian who then trash the house.

enjoy.

 

[Ginny Purtee]

Isn't it mutually accepted that Jeff Buckley's version is like 100x better then Leonard Cohen's, hell Leonard didn't even like his version and only became popular post humorously, Though I guess the same could be said about Jeff.

For that song, I'm actually rather enamored with Bon Jovi's version.

Is there a song more covered then Hallelujah?

I prefer kd Lang's cover of it

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

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

Apocalyptica's cover of Nothing Else Matters (metallica... duh)


god i wish my cello wasn't broken so i could play this ='(='(='(

is there nothing more beautiful than orchestral versions of popular music?

Yeah, tons of stuff, like the original versions.

haha, touche good sir. that is true though now that i think about it... but you gotta admit that this song sounds awesome that way, and deffinately better than metallica's version.

It's a good version, but I just dislike that song entirely

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Through the Fire and the Flames by the Vitamin String Quartet. Way better than the original.

 

[Kadoodle]

Sometimes I prefer Nirvana's cover of David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World'

 

[loc978]

I believe the original for Love Song was The Cure. It could have been a cover for them also, not sure. I tried to look it up but you can imagine the search results for Love Song in any context and the time thing. I am kind of curious if it was an original for them now though. I actually enjoy both versions but like 311's just a bit more.

Wow. Never heard that version. Not sure if I like it more than the original or not... but there's one version that I know I like better:
-Somehow it just works better for me in creepy-industrial with a sultry female singer... sexes that song right up.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

I prefer Placebo's cover to Running up that Hill to whoever sings the original

 

[JezebelinHell]

I believe the original for Love Song was The Cure. It could have been a cover for them also, not sure. I tried to look it up but you can imagine the search results for Love Song in any context and the time thing. I am kind of curious if it was an original for them now though. I actually enjoy both versions but like 311's just a bit more.
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Wow. Never heard that version. Not sure if I like it more than the original or not... but there's one version that I know I like better:
-snip-
-Somehow it just works better for me in creepy-industrial with a sultry female singer... sexes that song right up.

Well it works much better for me with the thin built, clean cut, male singer. Although I prefer to imagine him as platinum blonde like he was in their earlier stuff. >.< We cannot agree again!

 

[Arisato-kun]

Everything on 99 Songs of the Revolution by Streetlight Manifesto. If you haven't heard this do it now!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdK_pNq3zRI

That's pretty accurate. I can't think of one original song that's better than what they put together. This especially applies to 'Hell' and 'Such Great Heights.' Both make the originals almost not worth listening to IMO.

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I much prefer Disturb's Land of Confusion to Genesis' but I still like that one too.

 

[Akukaishi]

Another great one I haven't seen pop up here is Evanescence's cover of Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMDhi5AqPuI


I realize many will disagree with me on this, and that's fine. I just like their version better for some reason.

 

[springheeljack]

I enjoy listening to the clashes version of Pressure drop and Police and theives

 

[ArcWelder92]

Anything written by Richard Cheese. ANYTHING.

Also this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMlPVpXtkJY