Better Than The Real Thing Baby!!
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Better than the real thing baby!!
Not better than the original in my opinion, well, in some parts it is, but overall not. Still a good cover. Heya, still fairly new here, but I just had to post my current favorite cover. Super fun thread, guys, keep 'em coming!
Original by The Knife. Not too big a fan of pop, so I really love what José did with their song. Amazing reinterpretation, imho.
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Sylph.Rebo said: » Psycho Slip said: » Now I'm confused.. You do realize the song was written by Trent, right?
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I'm embarrassed to say, but...
Not sure who the original version was by. Also Stewart's 80's version is terrible. The 70's one is the only way to go. It'd require some digging, but I'm surprised there's no prolific covers of any Dire Straits. It's difficult to touch the mastery of Mark Knopfler, but their songs are generally agreeable and open enough to make a decent cover and retain a unique image or sound within.
Anyways, here's an amazing cover performed by one of the most underrated 90s bands out there: Dishwalla. A song originally by The Carpenters no less.
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One of my favorites Zah.
God bless~  I liked this song before it was in the movie Juno.
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Massive Attack captured the soulful essence in this William DeVaughn classic. It's really fascinating how Massive Attacked evolved from delving into deep, bluesy hip-hop into a obscure noir form of electronica over the decade. Definitely one of my favorite groups. Artemicion said: » I liked this song before it was in the movie Juno. Ironically, I once referred to Cat Power as "Cover Power" on a youtube video comment once...once. ;_; As a word of warning, don't ever do that around Cat Power fans... :p On-topic... ^^ Joe Jackson's swingy covers (sorry for the odd videos LOL, but they are clean studio song versions at least)... ...Cab Calloway's originals (which are amazingly cool, too, but different timbre)...
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Cat Power holds very interesting interpretations of a myriad of songs out there both old and new. And ultimately that's what covers come down to: An interpretation of an existing work created by another artist. Some pieces were meant to be heard in a different tone, viewed in a different light, or even appreciated with a different mindset.
Originally by Joni Mitchel Originally by Oasis
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I did like her Bob Dylan cover...
...it was very slick and stayed true to the original (although it's arguably impossible to perform it otherwise, given the Dylan lyrics LOL.) But Cat Power fans seem to be so defensive that she actually has original songs in her portfolio. :p
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R.L. Burnside is perhaps my most favorite bluesman. Though semi-modernized, he retains the gripping essence of blues and rhythm in his songs and covers alike. Song written by Don Covay and originally performed by Aretha Franklin (1967).
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Part of me is posting this for lulz, because frankly the Dickies are perhaps one of the most utterly ridiculous and blatantly obnoxious and flamboyant bands out there that purposely cover things such as old saturday morning cartoon themes to usher their creative ridiculousness; however something within this atrocity screams utter brilliance to even go there and legitimately create an obscure and functioning interpretation of what has long since been considered timeless and untouchable. Bravo Dickies, bravo.  I cannot plus that Arte. It's an atrocity! Mainly the way he is singing it.
And no, it doesn't touch the real thing, but they tried. They tried.
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Asura.Vyre said: » I cannot plus that Arte. It's an atrocity! Mainly the way he is singing it. It's fair to say that. I too felt alienated hearing it the first time. But it takes some acknowledgement into how the Dickies function musically to really analyze and interpret what they did with it. It's indeed atrocious, but too damn creative for me not to give them kudos. Think of the Dickies in the same light as say... The Vandals. Arte, I am a mere musical commoner. I do not have your refined nobleman's taste.
Art, I actually don't think Oasis wrote Wonderful. I remember hearing a very old version, that I believe pre-dated theirs.
Not necessarily better, but I like it.
Skimmed most of the pages and didn't see it.. Not a fan of Kesha, but like these guys and this is pretty entertaining.
I love Cro Mags but this cover is amazing.
Original: Phoenix.Gerrott said: » Skimmed most of the pages and didn't see it.. Not a fan of Kesha, but like these guys and this is pretty entertaining. Pffffft i made a Beastmaster remix of Tik Tok... (no joke, sadly) AND IT CRAPS ON THESE KIDS Shiva.Kollosis said: » Pffffft i made a Beastmaster remix of Tik Tok... (no joke, sadly) AND IT CRAPS ON THESE KIDS Asura.Vyre said: » And no, it doesn't touch the real thing, but they tried. They tried. I....like this......... first off, WW&CF is a scary @$$ movie and that song is the stuff of horror films. but it was a good cover. |
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