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Cover songs that are better than the originals

Discussion in 'TC Media' started by KingInTheNorth, Mar 4, 2013.

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  1. TimFloyd Gold Member

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    Ed sheerans cover of wish you were here at the Olympics.....

    Epic
     
    TimFloyd, Mar 6, 2013
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  2. mygirlmaria

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    Surely this epic is way better than the original?

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRk5Gjl_cAg"]Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb - YouTube[/ame]
     
    mygirlmaria, Mar 6, 2013
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    Aye I know mate, but in my opinion The Clash one tops the lot, and especially the Green Day one. It's OK at best for me. :50:
     
    Seán_67, Mar 6, 2013
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  4. monthehoops1888

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    I thought The Cranberries cover of Fleetwood Macs-You Can Go Your Own Way was excellent....
     
    monthehoops1888, Mar 6, 2013
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  5. TimFloyd Gold Member

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    I forgot about that little gem, scissors sisters are so good some might say the Floyd ruined comfortably numb.
     
    TimFloyd, Mar 6, 2013
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  6. FrankMcCallum Gold Member Gold Member

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    I prefer Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, Oasis' version of Come on Feel the Noise, Dionne Warwick's version of Heartbreaker, The Temptations version of Earth Angel and The Stranglers' Walk on By.

    There's also a Russian guitarist called Igor Presnyakov who you'll find on YouTube who makes * songs amazing. Such as Poker Face, Gangnam style and the birdie song. Outstanding so he is.
     
    FrankMcCallum, Mar 6, 2013
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr3iYamSxxI"]highway to * - Wing - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0690V_-ypBw"]Wing - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. Wing sings the Beatles - YouTube[/ame]
     
    Heb Celt, Mar 6, 2013
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  8. Mr. Slippyfist

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    WHAT THE * IS THAT MONSTROSITY????????

    I genuinely have never heard that before, but I did actually die a little bit inside :54::54::54::54:

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jySUpMqmzd4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jySUpMqmzd4[/ame]
     
    Mr. Slippyfist, Mar 6, 2013
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    greengrocer, Mar 6, 2013
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  10. Conjuring_Obey Gold Member Gold Member

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    Van Halen's cover of You Really Got Me originally performed by The Kinks.

    Rage Against The Machine's cover of street fighting man originally performed by The Rolling Stones, even though the Stones version is great.

    Rage Against The Machine's cover of The Ghost of Tom Joad originally performed by Bruce Springsteen.

    I really should have just said the Renegades album like greengrocer did. :56:
     
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  11. greengrocer

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    It really did save me a lot of time:icon_mrgreen:
     
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    I'm not usually one to go ott, but they should have been executed for what they did to that song.
     
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  13. Mr. Slippyfist

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    I'm with you on that one, bro!
     
    Mr. Slippyfist, Mar 6, 2013
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHydrguvyBA"]Placebo - Johnny and Mary - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEEXyRL0qE"]Placebo - Running Up That Hill - YouTube[/ame]
     
    Heb Celt, Mar 6, 2013
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbx7HaRXfxQ"]Foo Fighters - Keep The Car Running (Live Lounge) - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOibtqWo6z4"]Metallica - Turn The Page - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boanuwUMNNQ"]Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar [Official Music Video] - YouTube[/ame]

    Great covers on a par with the originals imo.
     
    Heb Celt, Mar 6, 2013
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    there was an elvis impersonator who used to do non elvis songs in the late 90s i think it was.his version of nirvanas come as you are was class,and nirvana themselves with where did you sleep last night and man who sold the world
     
    seanolamisio, Mar 6, 2013
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  18. Mr. Slippyfist

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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIUrba-aoc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIUrba-aoc[/ame]
     
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  19. Taz Blind Justice Gold Member News Writer

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    Of course excellent stuff, though there is another Floyd cover that deserves consideration. Les Claypool (Primus) has done a number of Floyd covers down through the years - 'Have a Cigar', 'Run Like *', 'In the Flesh' & Shine On, Your Crazy Diamond' etc. But the ultimate tribute was back in 2000, when with his 'Frog Brigade' they did a cover set of the entirity of Pink Floyd's 'Animals' album, as an encore.

    Upon hearing it, Roger Waters comment was something like 'I may've written this, but that night he (Claypool) completely owned it.'

    Pigs (3 Different Kinds)

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtzu4QqIdM"]Les Claypool's Frog Brigade (Live Frogs Set 2) - Pigs (Three Different Ones) - YouTube[/ame]

    Sheep

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02SLGGPkx0"]Les Claypool's Frog Brigade- Sheep - YouTube[/ame]
     
    Taz, Mar 6, 2013
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  20. mygirlmaria

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    Ha ha.....awful isnt it? I just put it on to wind up TF.:icon_mrgreen:

    I actually bought their album, based on their first couple of singles:Mary and Laura, which i thought were quite good....but i handed it over to the gf specifically because of that cover!!!:31:
     
    mygirlmaria, Mar 8, 2013
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