Cover Versions - Good & Bad

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  • RedSpider
    DK Veteran
    • Feb 2009
    • 2448

    #1

    Cover Versions - Good & Bad

    Just a little bit of fun.

    In this modern age of music, all we are being inundated with is crappy boy/girlbands covering other peoples songs and doing so badly.

    And, of course, there's some songs that should NEVER be re-recorded by anyone. Even the original artist. Why on earth would anyone want to tinker with Bohemian Rhapsody?
    I know Mr. Shatner recently recorded the song and god knows I love Shatner but it just shouldn't be done.
    It brings down the reputation of pefectly decent covers.

    But not all covers are bad.
    There's plenty of people that may even claim that a cover version can be just as good or perhaps even better than the original.

    In this thread, I ask you to post 2 cover versions - 1 brill and 1 crap - in order to highlight how some bands can get it right while others get it so so wrong.

    To kick it off..... The good. An ACDC tribute from Motorhead.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShSRZ_meF-I"]Mot?rhead - It***39;s A Long Way To The Top I Wanna Rock N***39; Roll (ACDC Cover) by Hakim Mojo - YouTube[/ame]

    And.... The bad.
    It's even worse when the original artist collaborates with the heathens...

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLYQc5ig8EM"]Scooter vs Status quo - Jump that rock (whatever you want) - YouTube[/ame]
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  • Shady
    Shite Link King
    • Dec 2010
    • 6404

    #2
    OOOOOHHH good idea for a thread..
    ok heres mine

    Original song

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuG_fTwoUoU]Paul Anka - Puppy Love - YouTube[/ame]

    Good cover

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMrcnqKSbw8]Donny Osmond - Puppy Love - YouTube[/ame]


    Dirty filthy cover

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwGmvek6GZ4]S Club Juniors - Puppy Love - YouTube[/ame]
    Fave replies from various threads

    1: What the fff is all that about??? All that crap below your reply I mean, get a life mate
    2: no info on google abt the pace sv5 rang asda they have no idea what i was talking about,
    3: Your total contribution to this forum, bordering on trolling, seems to have been a collection of snipes, one liners & asterisked expletives





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    • Shady
      Shite Link King
      • Dec 2010
      • 6404

      #3
      Original song
      [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMFLUXTEwM]I Think We`re Alone Now - Tommy James & The Shondells - YouTube[/ame]

      Best cover, better than original, oh shes so beautiful, an angel singing.. i lover her so much

      [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Q3mHyzn78]Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now - YouTube[/ame]


      How dare they besmirch the song that Tiffany made her own, oh tiffany, hair of fire, voice of sugar, be mine..

      [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvMM72RFfv8]Girls Aloud - I Think We're Alone Now - Kimberley Ending - YouTube[/ame]
      Fave replies from various threads

      1: What the fff is all that about??? All that crap below your reply I mean, get a life mate
      2: no info on google abt the pace sv5 rang asda they have no idea what i was talking about,
      3: Your total contribution to this forum, bordering on trolling, seems to have been a collection of snipes, one liners & asterisked expletives





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      • RedSpider
        DK Veteran
        • Feb 2009
        • 2448

        #4
        The good.... previously recorded by a cut and paste girlband known as the Sugardogs or something

        [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whciEPSghGU]The Saw Doctors - About You Now (Official Video) - YouTube[/ame]

        The bad.... Just why?
        [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LGOKAaJ5eY]DFK008 Paul Anka (Wvocals) - Eye Of The Tiger.mp4 - YouTube[/ame]
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        • footycard steve
          DK Veteran
          • May 2009
          • 778

          #5
          better than the original the clash i fought the law.
          like both versions valerie by the zutons and amy winehouse and mark ronson.
          hate fyc version of the buzzcocks classic ever fallen in love.
          sorry i dont know how to upload tracks.
          [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9wwsxiLGbg"]The Clash I Fought The Law - YouTube[/ame]
          [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terg_LPT3X0"]BUZZCOCKS - Ever Fallen In Love (1978 Top Of The Pops UK TV Appearance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~ - YouTube[/ame]
          Last edited by footycard steve; 3 July, 2012, 17:26. Reason: should have video now

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          • Shady
            Shite Link King
            • Dec 2010
            • 6404

            #6
            copy youtube address of video, then click above where you are replying. paste url.. job done
            Fave replies from various threads

            1: What the fff is all that about??? All that crap below your reply I mean, get a life mate
            2: no info on google abt the pace sv5 rang asda they have no idea what i was talking about,
            3: Your total contribution to this forum, bordering on trolling, seems to have been a collection of snipes, one liners & asterisked expletives





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            • maca
              Mr. DK DJ
              • Feb 2009
              • 6310

              #7
              classic [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ChjLMbXVrU&feature=related]Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (Don't Do It) (1983) Original - YouTube[/ame]

              utter shite [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvzCdy7M_s0]Duran Duran - White Line - YouTube[/ame]

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              • Meat-Head
                V.I.P. Member
                • Oct 2009
                • 32000

                #8
                DAMM IT - not got time to search

                1985 House Martins - caravan of love - copy

                1965 ?????????? - caravan of love - orginal.


                BUGGER

                19?? Monkes daydream beliver

                19?? Sod That daydreambeliver copy.

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                • billy2
                  DK Veteran
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 1381

                  #9
                  Original song


                  [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc]Wonderwall - YouTube[/ame]


                  Cover Version

                  [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78KHK6oE3h8]Ryan Adams - Wonderwall - YouTube[/ame]


                  otter shit

                  [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ]The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall - YouTube[/ame]
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                  • turbo1
                    Banned
                    • Jul 2009
                    • 22

                    #10
                    not quite covers but check out Andy Rehfeldt he does some great parodies of various artists

                    ANDY REHFELDT - YouTube
                    very talented guy , i often prefer his mixes , verses the originals .

                    peace

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                    • Canker_Canison
                      V.I.P. Member
                      • May 2010
                      • 3904

                      #11
                      One of the best tracks ever made....

                      [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwlogyj7nFE]Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge (Video) - YouTube[/ame]

                      Utterly killed......

                      [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA_c1o5Y95o]All Saints - Under the bridge - YouTube[/ame]

                      How can you make an upbeat dance track from a very personal song about a friend committing suicide?!!

                      Original.....

                      [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XiYUYcpsT4]Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff - YouTube[/ame]

                      Ok, I know he was an exeptionally tallented artist, but Eric Clapton does it better

                      [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRgcwT9X2J8]Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff ( Studio Version ) - YouTube[/ame]

                      McCartney is good... Axl just beefed it up a bit....

                      [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9vAItORgE]Guns N' Roses - Live And Let Die - YouTube[/ame]
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                      • Meat-Head
                        V.I.P. Member
                        • Oct 2009
                        • 32000

                        #12
                        [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ]Buggles - Video killed the radio star 1979 - YouTube[/ame]

                        [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htb6OKuR4DA]Presidents of the USA: Video Killed the Radio Star - YouTube[/ame]

                        [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pwzy-oVx7k]Erasure - a little respect - with lyrics. - YouTube[/ame]

                        [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGu2o1U3UkE&feature=related]Wheatus - A Little Respect - Official High Quality DVD Rip! - YouTube[/ame]

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                        • andy91
                          V.I.P. Member
                          • Aug 2010
                          • 3583

                          #13
                          Think the cover is better


                          [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EGxTvkAqhE&feature=related"]Girls Aloud - Love Machine - YouTube[/ame]


                          [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cjfjhG_LRc"]Love Machine - Arctic Monkeys! BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge - YouTube[/ame]
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                          • ChelseaBun
                            DK Veteran
                            • Aug 2011
                            • 832

                            #14
                            johnny cashs cover of nine inch nails' hurt is better than the original, cant link videos im on my phone, sorry.

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                            • masur123
                              DK Veteran
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 674

                              #15
                              Original Good

                              [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLzqQupzzmA]Hush - Deep Purple - YouTube[/ame]

                              Cover Better

                              [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh7r_f_rw0c]Kula Shaker - Hush - YouTube[/ame]

                              Bad Cover no toy for you

                              [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ELGnmLJOs]shirtless Take that - Smells like teen spirit (Nirvana) - YouTube[/ame]

                              Whatever posessed them? And dont say Kurt Cobain

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