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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #30 on: April 01, 2018, 03:57:16 AM
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #31 on: April 01, 2018, 05:54:56 AM
In the Hall of the Mountain King

Originally by Edvard Grieg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLp_Hh6DKWc&t=6s

Apocalyptica:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWEmsUiQELU

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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #32 on: April 01, 2018, 06:19:55 AM
some blues, not an exact cover but 2 great songs, Robert Plant in his prime what a voice, stolen... err borrowed chunk at 9:00

https://youtu.be/bHxsjJ3BdLQ
https://youtu.be/wEPog_WdPE4


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #33 on: April 01, 2018, 06:28:52 AM
and:

https://youtu.be/SeLddbrzsHk
https://youtu.be/f1pzXJuvdAY

theres a great Hendrix version on the blues album, but his greedy relatives pulled it from youtube


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #35 on: April 01, 2018, 07:00:02 PM
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #36 on: April 02, 2018, 04:23:26 AM
Most people that know the song 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' know the Johnny Cash version, but it predates his recording. Written and originally recorded by Stan Jones in 1948...

I only know this because my dad was in a country band named 'Ghost Riders in the Sky'. I THINK the original might be the first version i heard, but I honestly like the Johnny Cash version better.

Also, it should be noted that i had a total 'F*** YEAH!' moment when I saw the movie Ghost Rider and they started playing the Spiderbait version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqFBE6vZ1i4
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #37 on: April 02, 2018, 04:41:44 AM
This is one of those songs that gets covered with some frequency, it seems. 'Venus'. I was introduced to the song through the Bananarama version in the 80's.

The original by Shocking Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEhQugz-Ew

Tom Jones...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUKEGTxMnG8

Covered by Bananarama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1Y

Reese Witherspoon and Nick Kroll in the animated movie 'Sing'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXj2C_82X9o


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #38 on: April 02, 2018, 07:29:56 PM
That Gov't Mule cover of 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' is fantastic.  :tu:

Queen, Stone Cold Crazy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmt2mgmrSUw

The Metallica cover...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mVsOf4UT2E

As hard as it is for me to believe, I think I actually like the Metallica version better.


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #40 on: April 03, 2018, 10:37:38 AM


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #41 on: April 03, 2018, 10:39:30 AM
SRV version blows me away, but always loved this one:

https://youtu.be/jLPHz8KT9No


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #44 on: April 04, 2018, 04:56:01 AM
We were just watching a video of songs from the 90s, reminded me of this...

The original recording of 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxY47jh9owA

The version that probably most popularized the song, by Roberta Flack. This really did elevate a great song to a whole new level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgl-VRdXr7I

A lot of times, people cover a song and wreck it, but the Fugees took the Roberta Flack version, added some excellent funk elements, and renewed it, while keeping the soulfulness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7VnaGBKKY

My hubby has a cover by Katrina Parker on his phone, and it's a REALLY good cover, mostly based on the Fugees version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0UO2kRltg



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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #45 on: April 04, 2018, 05:09:45 AM
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #46 on: April 04, 2018, 06:40:48 AM
Love that song, and love that cover.  :tu:


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #47 on: April 09, 2018, 08:25:13 PM
Not so much of a cover, but a remix, one important to me...

Well first of all I used to play the crap out of SSX 3 (in which the remix was on)
Secondly, when I started DJing on Second Life, I used it as my theme song for quite a while  ;)

N.E.R.D.: Rockstar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh9WuPzOjlI

N.E.R.D.: Rockstar (Jason Nevins Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mq3jKAoSLc
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #48 on: April 14, 2018, 05:24:29 PM
This is a spin off of the super secret GAW thread.

I kind of like the conversation of original versions of songs people like over covers or vice versa.

I'm gonna start off with the Chieftains covering 'Behind Blue Eyes' by the Who. Made much better since they have Roger Daltrey as guest vocalist.

The fusion of hard rock and celtic folk is amazing in this piece. I don't think it's 'better', just very interesting and different, and at least to me, still works well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXwl7vzwaSw

I for some reason missed this post first time...

It's awesome and better as its original...
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #49 on: April 14, 2018, 10:48:34 PM
I'm surprised this didn't get a mention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxoRHqc1iDk


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #50 on: April 16, 2018, 01:12:52 PM
I recently heard this and I was impressed, despite not being a huge fan of Sheryl Crowe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLdAjfa70TY&list=RDMMlLdAjfa70TY

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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #51 on: April 19, 2018, 09:43:07 PM


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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #52 on: April 19, 2018, 09:48:42 PM
Original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM

I'm not really into the Foo Fighters, but I prefer this version. Nothing radically different, just sounds like the Foos and does away with that annoying iconic sax for the melody:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1qcWa6blQ
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #54 on: April 19, 2018, 10:05:01 PM
What about a cover by the original artist?
1968 version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAoHS_HH9WI

My favourite live performance... that syncopated drum beat :dd: :dd: :dd: :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1_ctj5jx_s

1970 version with Bootsy and Phelps etc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRwb9vBrPM

Many James Brown songs were permutations of earlier ones - I believe the 1970 version above spawned Sex Machine. The guitar parts in the bridge are nearly identical.
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #55 on: April 19, 2018, 10:13:52 PM
.... and I'll just repost this in here to keep things organised...
First released version in 1993, in Danish, actually a cover.  :think: :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO5syjCX0xs

Version released two years later by the original songwriters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OoEdfB7l18

The version everyone is familiar with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgNvWfCMMh0



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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
Reply #57 on: April 22, 2018, 11:30:19 PM
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Re: Favorite Original/Cover songs?
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