Song Covers you prefer to the original

[Seraniel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4oYkIeGJc i like this one better then the origional by genesis or whatever that band is called

 

[Dags90]

Dude, give me Careless Whispers (played) by Seether. Fuck George Michaels, total fag. (and his music sucks too) And Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm. NOT that gay it-thing, character Jackson. And the rock version of I'm on a Boat is pretty sweat. (the original is still good though)

Easily the most needlessly offense post I've seen in a long time. Seriously, why do you put artists sexuality before musical ability in a thread about cover songs?

 

[emeraldrafael]

-snipped-

I win.

Grr...

Oka, I'll give you that. But this is gonna reign awesome
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[Fretmasterj]

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

 

[jawakiller]

Dude, give me Careless Whispers (played) by Seether. Fuck George Michaels, total fag. (and his music sucks too) And Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm. NOT that gay it-thing, character Jackson. And the rock version of I'm on a Boat is pretty sweat. (the original is still good though)

Easily the most needlessly offense post I've seen in a long time. Seriously, why do you put artists sexuality before musical ability in a thread about cover songs?

Haha. Sorry I still use homosexual terms to describe undesirable traits (ex. Thats gay actually means dumb, uncool etc.) Now I see the irony in what i said... When I said George was a fag I meant loser, pussy, that line of thought, not homosexual. Same can be said for Jackson. Sorry if I offended political correctness and whatnot. But that is really funny.

 

[Nimcha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4oYkIeGJc i like this one better then the origional by genesis or whatever that band is called

Oh god, my eyes hurt so much reading this sentence.

I'm gonna go with this one (originally by Dylan):

 

[Sunrider]

Jesse Cook's version of Fall At Your Feet.

 

[Boom129]

Land of Confusion cover by Disturbed

 

[bodyguarddied]

I am currently unable to provide any video or audio, but I strongly recommend that you look dis shit up.
"Holy Diver" by kill.switch engage is much better than the one by Dio.

Check it out yo.

Agreed, the KsE version beats the Dio one, but the Dio one is still pretty damn good.

OT: (spoiler'ed due to length)

Spoiler

Holy Diver- Killswitch Engage
Land of Confusion- Disturbed
Land of Confusion- In Flames
Heartless- The Word Alive
Over the Mountain- The Word Alive
My Love- We Came as Romans
Believe in Nothing- All That Remains
Right Now (Na Na Na Na)- Asking Alexandria
Still Fly- The Devil Wears Prada
Gangsta's Paradise- In Fear and Faith
Oops I Did It Again- Children of Bodom
Burn in Hell- Dimmu Borgir
Cars- Fear Factory
Bad Company- Five Finger Death Punch
Blame It- Of Mice & Men
Run This Town- Miss May I
Tik Tok- Woe, Is Me
Hot 'N Cold- Woe, Is Me
Master of Puppets- Trivium
Just Got Paid- Mastodon

 

[Aris Khandr]

Kaa's song was rather forgettable in The Jungle Book (especially once you hear Shere Khan's amazing baratone), but Selena really makes the song fun to listen to.

 

[Latinidiot]

The Sonata Arctica version of Fade To Balck, originally by metallica.

 

[Nimzar]

What about this one:

 

[Aris Khandr]

What about this one:

Oh, no, no no. This is the one.

 

[ultimateownage]

Pretty much the entire of Rage Against The Machine - Renegade are covers that improve on the original. None of the songs on it sound much like the original, they took the basic lyrics and tune and did it in their own way. Which is how covers should work.

 

[Da Joz]

I always liked the cover of "Boys of Summer" that the Ataris did. Also Dragonland did a power metal cover of the theme to The Neverending Story and its freaking awesome.

Also 1000th post, only took me 2 years.

 

[Ren3004]

I know I'm gonna get shunned after this, but here it goes. I prefer Limp Bizkit's version of Behind Blue Eyes.


Also, anything by the Vitamin String Quartet may not be better than the original, but is at least awesome.

 

[rutger5000]

Nirvanna Man who sold the world. Don't know the original band,
Guns 'n Roses Sympathy for the devil, orginal from the Rolling stones

 

[The-Bad-Blooded]

I actually Like Disturbed's version of 'Land of Confusion' better than the original by genesis. It just appeals to me more, because of the tone...

 

[Akukaishi]

Van Canto's cover of "Master of Puppets" as seen/heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSpuVsLnl1k