Covers of songs (only good ones, PLEASE!)

[JT20]

As the title says. lol

Let us start with a classic and we can go from there.

Format should be..
Original:
(Link song)

Cover:
(Link song)

I suppose we can put our opinions etc before or after.

Original:



Cover:



(Cover 2: Some kind of movie remix. Thrown in for completion)



Really amazed by the Shinedown interpretation.


And, here's another one, just to start the thread off with variety:

Original:



Cover:



The cover is better. (IMHO.)

Go!

 

[RDY4WAR]

Original: Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence


Cover: Disturbed - The Sound of Silence

 

[Davejam]

So, turn the page is probably the more popular original and cover.
But this was more obscure original which makes the cover that much cooler. And just a better song in my opinion, but close.

Cover:


Original:

 

[RDY4WAR]

Original: Ednaswap - Torn


Cover: Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

 

[RDY4WAR]

Original: Devo - Whip It


Cover: Love and Death - Whip It

 

[SZR48207]

This is a Russian cover band that makes songs that sound better than the originals.

 

[RDY4WAR]

Original: Shontelle - Impossible


Cover: Exit Eden - Impossible

 

[dadto2]

Original: Derek and the Dominoes - Keep on Growing


Cover: Tedeschi Trucks Band - Keep on Growing

 

[SwampSurvivor]

I've always felt this one was great. I never really liked the original. Johnny Cash did a great job.

Original: NIN - Hurt Hurt - YouTube
Cover:
Johnny Cash - Hurt Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Music Video) - YouTube

Pretty similar. I never really liked Black Sabbath and their version is just meh. But the Charles Bradley version - especially given how hard his life was and his relationship with his mother, made it his song.

Original:
Black Sabbath - Changes Black Sabbath: Changes / 1972 - YouTube
Cover:
Charles Bradley - Changes Charles Bradley "Changes" (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube

The original was awesome and I like Blaze Foley, but I like John Prine a lot more.

Original
Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons - YouTube
Cover:
John Prine - Clay Pigeons Clay Pigeons - YouTube

Of course there's also this one
Original:
John Prine - Angel from Montgomery Angel from Montgomery - YouTube
Cover: Angel from Montgomery - YouTube
Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montgomery

 

[Toy4x4]

Original: Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing


Cover: Leo Moracchioli featuring Mary Spender



Original: Aldo Nova - Fantasy


Cover: Steel Panther - Fantasy

 

[JT20]

Cover: Guns N'Roses - "If I Don't Have You"



Original: The Skylines - "If I Don't Have You"

 

[Redright9]

 

[BISCUT]

Miller88 beat me to it!

Original: NIN - Hurt Hurt - YouTube
Cover:
Johnny Cash - Hurt Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Music Video) - YouTube

For an oil site I'm surprised nobody posted.....



Remake:

 

[JT20]

Original: The Beatles - "Live and Let Die"



Cover/Remake: Guns N'Roses - "Live And Let Die" (Track 3 off Use Your Illusion 1. That album was supposed to be released single but they made it two parts. Art by Mark Kostabi)

 

[JT20]

Original: Bob Dylan - "Knocking On Heaven's Door"



Cover: Guns N'Roses - "Knocking On Heaven's Door"

 

[opus1]

Leonid & Friends really hits them out of the park. They seem to focus on Chicago but their cover of EW&F's "September" is good too.

I'm not going to post links here because the images will likely run afoul of the forum guidelines, but if you search for the AV Club/GWAR they do some covers that have a different spin on them, but are decent in their own way.

 

[wrcsixeight]

Heard it through the bass line

 

[GoldDot40]

Original

Impressive cover

 

[GoldDot40]

Original

Cover: (dude is just awesome)


Original:

Cover:

 

[GoldDot40]

Orginal: (true original)

Cover: