Covers that are undeniably better than the original

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

billy g Wrote:

Have you seen the rumors though that they might be reforming and playing at the grammys.

sly is supposedly getting some achievement award, so i think everyone's jumping on the rumor mill that the band will get back together for the night. i highly doubt it, but i definitely won't complain if it happens.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:25 pm

billy g Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Z Wrote:

robotboy Wrote:

pixes - head on (originally jesus and mary chain)

someone always brings this up and i cannot fathom how they can think it. c'mon, have you people ever even listened to the jesus & mary chain or is it just because of some ridiculous love for the pixies? this is almost the equivalent of thinking the B-side of the joshua tree is better than the A.

I like the pixies, but I hate their version of Head on. I think Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is the only one listed that I agree is better than the original so really none of these are "undeniably" better.

So... you're a Doris Day fan?
I never woulda thunk.

I'm not sure I've heard Doris' version so I can't agree for that reason. I like Sly, but I wouldn't call myself a big fan of his so I'm not sure I'd agree. Have you seen the rumors though that they might be reforming and playing at the grammys.

The world could use that right now.
Good just to hear that Sly is well enough that those rumours can even be floated out there.

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:56 pm

I think this is the first time I've ever seen Cohen called "campy."

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

frosted Wrote:

I think this is the first time I've ever seen Cohen called "campy."

that album is weird.

shmoo · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:23 pm

Z Wrote:

someone always brings this up and i cannot fathom how they can think it. c'mon, have you people ever even listened to the jesus & mary chain or is it just because of some ridiculous love for the pixies? this is almost the equivalent of thinking the B-side of the joshua tree is better than the A.

I completely agree. I love the Pixies, but their version sucks compared to the original.

Leon · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:24 pm

Nirvana- Man Who Sold the World, Where Did you sleep last night, Aint it a Shame

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros- Redemption Songs

Cake- I will Survive

Hole- Credit in the Stright World

shmoo · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:26 pm

paranoidandroid Wrote:

Nirvana- Man Who Sold the World, Where Did you sleep last night, Aint it a Shame

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros- Redemption Songs

Who let him in here?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:27 pm

Falstaff - "Brand New Key"
(it's a hidden track on their first album and makes an already campy song even campier.... and just much better.)

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:28 pm

Sufjan Stevens - What Goes On

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

paranoidandroid Wrote:

Nirvana- Man Who Sold the World

No, no, and hell no.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Cud--Lola (Kinks)

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:40 pm

Billzebub Wrote:

Cud--Lola (Kinks)

Billzebub Wrote:

No, no, and hell no.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Have you even heard the Cud version?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:47 pm

Billzebub Wrote:

Have you even heard the Cud version?

Billzebub Wrote:

No, no, and hell no.

But I simply cannot imagine ANY version being UNDENIABLY better than the Kinks' original. Having heard it recently, it is simply one of the greatest songs of the entire rock era, IMO.

Overplayed, yes.
But godDAMN is it great.

Just refuting the "undeniable" aspect of your assertion. And, yes, I admit it is sight-unseen(heard), but see my argument above.

Much love,
Toddie

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:52 pm

Stone Wrote:

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower.

I can't go along with this. I like Jimi's cover okay, but still like the original better. As a matter of fact, and coincidentally, I listened to the Dylan version just yesterday and was thinking about how good it is (and how it's too bad most people only know the Jimi version).

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pixes - head on (originally jesus and mary chain)

The Pixies are one of my favorite bands of all time, yet I can't go along with this. It's far from the best thing the J&MC put out, but I still like it much better than the Pixies version, which I think is alright, but not better than the original, let alone close to being undeniably better.

I may be the only person on earth who doesn't really love Hendrix.

The Devo version of Satisfaction is awesome in its own right, but it ain't better than the original.

I will say that I do LOVE the Jason & The Scorchers version of Absolutely Sweet Marie...I wish anything they did lived up to that, tho.

Chuck D · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:55 pm

black keys - she said, she said (Beatles)

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Todd--

Get yourself a copy of the "Shangri-La" tribute album--it came out on Communion in '88. There's not a single weak track on it, and the song selection is quite deep. It's the best tribute album I've ever heard.

I am generally not a big fan of Cud, but damn if they don't nail "Lola" and make it their own.

Other highlights from the comp--The Reegs (i.e. Mark Burgess of Chameleons UK/Sun & The Moon) "See Me Friends", The Fleshtones "It's Too Late", The Mock Turtles "Big Sky" and "Shangri La", The Cateran "Days" and "Tired of Waiting".

mcaputo · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:26 pm

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I can't go along with this. I like Jimi's cover okay, but still like the original better. As a matter of fact, and coincidentally, I listened to the Dylan version just yesterday and was thinking about how good it is (and how it's too bad most people only know the Jimi version).

Concurring with da Senator'.....

Conversely, the version by U2 is perhaps the worst cover in the history of recorded music.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:32 pm

Not to cop out on the whole "Head On" debate but I think that I like both versions equally, and I most definitely heard and owned the Chain version when it came out. I remember being pretty stoked when Trompe Le Monde came out that the Pixies covered it. Anybody else remember that they used to play the video of the Pixies version on regular MTV? (i especially remember seeing it in the mornings in probly late '92, early '93) It was sort of a 'hit'.

Not really a cover since Elvis didnt write it, but I've always enjoyed Dwight Yoakam's version of "Suspicious Minds"

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:35 pm

mcaputo Wrote:

Conversely, the version by U2 is perhaps the worst cover in the history of recorded music.

ROCK AND ROLL

STOP THE TRAFFIC

I enjoy the U2 version only b/c of my morbid love for the Rattle and Hum movie, but I get where you're going.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

Beach Boys - Surfin' USA

robotboy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:39 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Not to cop out on the whole "Head On" debate but I think that I like both versions equally, and I most definitely heard and owned the Chain version when it came out. I remember being pretty stoked when Trompe Le Monde came out that the Pixies covered it. Anybody else remember that they used to play the video of the Pixies version on regular MTV? (i especially remember seeing it in the mornings in probly late '92, early '93) It was sort of a 'hit'.

Not really a cover since Elvis didnt write it, but I've always enjoyed Dwight Yoakam's version of "Suspicious Minds"

i think the pixies version gives the song exponentially more energy.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:44 pm

robotboy Wrote:

i think the pixies version gives the song exponentially more energy.

oh hell yeah. the guitar solo into that drum fill back into the chorus is fucking ROCK!

but the Chain version also has that snide delivery that only they can do plus Automatic will always be one of my favorites. Its like a cycle of songs that all fit together perfectly.

edit: plus i dropped a lot of A with Automatic as the soundtrack and you can't get those hours back.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

Obviously

Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel the Noize
Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:48 pm

Linus Of Hollywood - "Goodbye To Romance"
Makes Ozzy's cheezy metal ballad into a simply perfect pop song; the way it should be.

Covers that are undeniably better than the original

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