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re: Best Cover Songs
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:45 am to pecanridge
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:45 am to pecanridge
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Original Black Betty Leadbelly
There are some who argue that Black Betty was originally a British marching song about their muskets. The flintlock musket commonly known today as the Brown Bess, was sometimes also called Black Betty in the late 18th century.
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Posted on 7/11/23 at 2:44 am to deeprig9
Posted on 7/12/23 at 4:58 pm to 88Wildcat
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quote:quote:
Van Halen - You Really Got Me and Pretty Woman
I'd rate their versions of Where Have All the Good Times Gone? and Dancing in the Streets as being better than both of these.
Van Halen’s Dancing in the Street has grown on me especially in comparison to original and to other covers (Bowie and Jaguar’s was the worst). I read somewhere that Eddie said some back at the time stated it was too close to original, which seems way off as far as the music they did for it, but he said he put as much into it as some original songs. I think the moog synth along with whammy usage was a sound he was working on for something original and got co-opted into the song by Roth & Templeton. He ended up overdubbing it for this song trying to get right sound which wasn’t the norm for them especially during early Van Halen. I like the nod to original Michael Anthony and Eddie do with some of the background singing. The Struts cover was based on Van Halen’s version.
“ Where Have All the Good Times Gone” was definitely better than original.
I also like their cover of “You Really Got Me” better with the fuller/bigger guitar sounding rif and the added guitar stirring things up after some lines and leading to the chorus. I actually do like the guitar solo by the Kinks more than Eddie’s version. It has a kind of honky tonk sound, but I don’t think Eddie using that sound for solo on Van Halen’s cover would have worked with the overall fuller/bigger guitar sound I prefer.
Kind of the same with (oh) Pretty Woman especially for an entire song to entire song comparison, but the movie and various takes on it in film and tv definitely work better with original and usually sounds fuller than original version did (probably got it remastered sooner than it would have as well).
This post was edited on 7/12/23 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:50 pm to deeprig9
UB40- I can’t help falling in love with you
I was reminded of the Sliver soundtrack recently which I remembered I really liked. Something about this song I loved.
The whole soundtrack was really good.
Sliver Soundtrack
I was reminded of the Sliver soundtrack recently which I remembered I really liked. Something about this song I loved.
The whole soundtrack was really good.
Sliver Soundtrack
Posted on 7/21/23 at 5:32 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 7/23/23 at 9:41 pm to deeprig9
These won’t be popular.
Nickelbacks cover of Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting.
Nonpoints cover of In the Air Tonight
Nickelbacks cover of Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting.
Nonpoints cover of In the Air Tonight
Posted on 7/24/23 at 4:40 am to upgrade
Posted on 7/24/23 at 3:24 pm to deeprig9
Sound of Silence - Disturbed (Simon & Garfunkel)
Land of Confusion - Disturbed (Genesis)
honorable mention since I can't go as far as to say it's better than the original, but it's really damn good, is Heart's live recording of Stairway to Heaven
Land of Confusion - Disturbed (Genesis)
honorable mention since I can't go as far as to say it's better than the original, but it's really damn good, is Heart's live recording of Stairway to Heaven
Posted on 7/24/23 at 5:16 pm to deeprig9
Working My Way Back To You by the Spinners
Posted on 7/24/23 at 5:41 pm to AkronTiger
Posted on 7/24/23 at 6:39 pm to marcnbc
Atlantic City by the Band
Posted on 7/25/23 at 9:01 am to deeprig9
What a Wonderful World- The Ramones
You Light Up my Life - Pantera
Rhinestone Cowboy- Lil Jon
You Light Up my Life - Pantera
Rhinestone Cowboy- Lil Jon
Posted on 7/25/23 at 12:26 pm to deeprig9
Boys of Summer (The Ataris) >>>> Boys of Summer (Don Henley)
Posted on 7/25/23 at 1:12 pm to VinegarStrokes
Hound Dog- Ice Cube
Ballroom Blitz- David Bowie
Ring of Fire- Whitney Houston
Ballroom Blitz- David Bowie
Ring of Fire- Whitney Houston
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:41 am to Keep Stirring
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Take On Me-Reel Big Fish
Yeah, that a big negative on this one
This post was edited on 7/26/23 at 7:42 am
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:58 am to TideHater
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Ballroom Blitz
Tia Carrere
Posted on 7/26/23 at 10:39 am to MorbidTheClown
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Tia Carrere
While more sexy than Bowie....Bowie's cover was better.
Posted on 7/27/23 at 6:55 am to SCTmo
Suspicious Minds by Fine Young Cannibals. The recorded version is better than the Elvis recorded version.
Roland Gift always has said though that Elvis came to him in a dream and helped him out.
However the Elvis live version blows every live version of anything away.
Roland Gift always has said though that Elvis came to him in a dream and helped him out.
However the Elvis live version blows every live version of anything away.
Posted on 7/27/23 at 7:02 am to KiwiHead
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Suspicious Minds by Fine Young Cannibals
That is a good one.
Posted on 7/27/23 at 7:45 pm to VinegarStrokes
quote:I see that you have garnered some downvotes, but I agree wholeheartedly
Boys of Summer (The Ataris) >>>> Boys of Summer (Don Henley)
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