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Cover versions better than the Original

#1   Laharl 

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    Posted 16 April 2008 - 03:42 PM

    i'm usually dead against covers, as they kill the little remaining originality in the music industry.

    however, every now and then i hear a cover that completely destroys the original, some examples:

    Norther - Final Countdown (Originally by Europe)
    Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Black Tears (Originally by Edge of Sanity)
    HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - ROSIER (Originally by Luna Sea)
    Children of Bodom - Rebel Yell (Originally by Billy Idol)
    Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Flight of Icarus (Originally by Iron Maiden)
    Norther - Smash (Originally by The Offspring)
    Galneryus - Black Diamond (Originally by Stratovarius)

    anyone else have any examples?

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      Posted 16 April 2008 - 03:47 PM

      Children Of Bodom- Hit Me baby on more time ( originaly by britney)
      Rammstein- Barbie Girl (orginally by aqua)

      I'm deadly serious.

      Killswitch Engage- Holy Diver ( Originally by Dio)
      Stemage- Phendrana Drifts ( Originally by whoever made the Metroid Prime music)
      Children of Bodom - Rebel Yell (Originally by Billy Idol)

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        Posted 16 April 2008 - 03:50 PM

        Crazy In Love - Switchfoot
        Crazy In Love - Snow Patrol (Originally by Beyonce)

        Tainted Love - Soft Cell (dunno original artist)

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          Posted 16 April 2008 - 04:48 PM

          View PostCaael, on Apr 16 2008, 05:47 PM, said:

          Children Of Bodom- Hit Me baby on more time ( originaly by britney)
          Rammstein- Barbie Girl (orginally by aqua)


          I'm deadly serious.

          Killswitch Engage- Holy Diver ( Originally by Dio)
          Stemage- Phendrana Drifts ( Originally by whoever made the Metroid Prime music)
          Children of Bodom - Rebel Yell (Originally by Billy Idol)

          Hell yes.

          Most of what Laharl said plus...

          Atreyu-You Give Love A Bad Name(Bon Jovi)
          Cradle Of Filth-Fear Of The Dark(Iron Maiden)
          Cradle Of Filth-Hallowed Be Thy Name(Iron Maiden)

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            Posted 16 April 2008 - 05:46 PM

            Everybody covers Iron Maiden.

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              Posted 16 April 2008 - 05:55 PM

              Mhmm.

              Barbie Girl is ****ing awesome though.

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                Posted 16 April 2008 - 11:02 PM

                Pretty much every cover done by Guns n Roses is better than the original.

                Except Aerosmith's Mama Kin.

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                  Posted 17 April 2008 - 01:13 AM

                  View PostCaael, on Apr 16 2008, 02:47 PM, said:

                  Children Of Bodom- Hit Me baby on more time ( originaly by britney)
                  Rammstein- Barbie Girl (orginally by aqua)

                  I'm deadly serious.

                  Killswitch Engage- Holy Diver ( Originally by Dio)
                  Stemage- Phendrana Drifts ( Originally by whoever made the Metroid Prime music)
                  Children of Bodom - Rebel Yell (Originally by Billy Idol)

                  WTF RAMMSTEIN COVERED BARBIE GIRL? WANT!

                  View PostLaharl, on Apr 16 2008, 02:42 PM, said:

                  i'm usually dead against covers, as they kill the little remaining originality in the music industry.

                  however, every now and then i hear a cover that completely destroys the original, some examples:

                  Norther - Final Countdown (Originally by Europe)
                  HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - ROSIER (Originally by Luna Sea)
                  Children of Bodom - Rebel Yell (Originally by Billy Idol)
                  Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Flight of Icarus (Originally by Iron Maiden)
                  Norther - Smash (Originally by The Offspring)
                  Galneryus - Black Diamond (Originally by Stratovarius)

                  anyone else have any examples?

                  qft

                  Also, Paul Brandt - Convoy (Originally done by some dude in the 70's)

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                    Posted 17 April 2008 - 03:48 AM

                    View PostCaael, on Apr 16 2008, 02:47 PM, said:

                    Children Of Bodom- Hit Me baby on more time ( originaly by britney)
                    Rammstein- Barbie Girl (orginally by aqua)

                    XD

                    Those are awesome.

                    I can't think of any off the top of my head, and I don't think I have any in my music folder.

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                      Posted 17 April 2008 - 02:41 PM

                      Foo Fighters - Baker Street (originally a 70s saxophone piece of crap)
                      Foo Fighters - Down in the Park (originally a 70s dance tune)

                      Both are worth checking out.

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                        Posted 17 April 2008 - 02:54 PM

                        This is Halloween - Marilyn Manson.
                        ****ing awesome and full of win.

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                          Posted 17 April 2008 - 05:16 PM

                          That song is the **** blue.

                          also, NIN - hurt (originally by johnny cash apparently?? frightening, waaaay better by nin. fscking emo and awesome)

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                            Posted 17 April 2008 - 05:43 PM

                            View PostMallick, on Apr 17 2008, 08:13 AM, said:

                            WTF RAMMSTEIN COVERED BARBIE GIRL? WANT!



                            http://youtube.com/watch?v=e5frzVTgNYc

                            It's not actually Rammstein, but it's Till Lindeman who sings.

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                              Posted 17 April 2008 - 05:44 PM

                              Ya, but it's so much easier saying Rammstein.

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                                Posted 17 April 2008 - 05:48 PM

                                http://youtube.com/watch?v=HGmTYBiKGdY

                                ****ing legendary.


                                http://youtube.com/watch?v=vsiqtGnpU1w

                                Yeah they look like a bunch of queers but the song is immense.

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                                  Posted 17 April 2008 - 07:01 PM

                                  View Postkate, on Apr 17 2008, 04:16 PM, said:

                                  That song is the **** blue.

                                  also, NIN - hurt (originally by johnny cash apparently?? frightening, waaaay better by nin. fscking emo and awesome)

                                  Johnny Cash did it very late in his career, like, near his death even.

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                                    Posted 18 April 2008 - 03:35 AM

                                    View PostLaharl, on Apr 16 2008, 10:42 PM, said:

                                    i'm usually dead against covers, as they kill the little remaining originality in the music industry.

                                    however, every now and then i hear a cover that completely destroys the original, some examples:

                                    Norther - Final Countdown (Originally by Europe)
                                    Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Black Tears (Originally by Edge of Sanity)
                                    HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - ROSIER (Originally by Luna Sea)
                                    Children of Bodom - Rebel Yell (Originally by Billy Idol)
                                    Norther - Smash (Originally by The Offspring)
                                    Galneryus - Black Diamond (Originally by Stratovarius)

                                    anyone else have any examples?


                                    most of the originals are in the sidebars.

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                                      Posted 18 April 2008 - 06:11 AM

                                      No, NO Laharl. Nobody can cover stratovarius better than them. It's the law.

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                                        Posted 18 April 2008 - 07:40 AM

                                        i see that as a declaration of war, i am now free to flame the shyte out of holy diver and its terribleness, dio would be turning in his grave.....if he were dead.

                                        i think you'll find they can Caael, as can X JAPAN

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                                          Posted 18 April 2008 - 09:49 AM

                                          The Dio version was worse imo.

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                                            Posted 18 April 2008 - 09:50 PM

                                            I got another one...

                                            Goodnight Nurse - Milkshake (originally by Kelis)

                                            ****ing win.

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                                              Posted 20 April 2008 - 06:07 PM

                                              HIM-Rebel Yell
                                              Better than Billy Idol's version, and dare I say, better than CoB's version.

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                                                Posted 20 April 2008 - 06:13 PM

                                                I'll tell you a cover that completely ****ing ruins the original song, Valerie by Amy Winehouse. She butchered the Zutons classic :o

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                                                  Posted 20 April 2008 - 06:17 PM

                                                  View Postkate, on Apr 17 2008, 04:16 PM, said:

                                                  also, NIN - hurt (originally by johnny cash apparently?? frightening, waaaay better by nin. fscking emo and awesome)

                                                  Sorry, I'm going to have to disagree with you there, dear. I thought Johnny Cash did it better. He actually sounds sad and hurt and not messed up and angsty or whatever when NIN does it. It's a good song either way.

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                                                    Posted 14 August 2008 - 06:54 PM

                                                    Cradle Of Filth-Death Comes Ripping[The Misfits]
                                                    Cradle Of Filth-Haloween 2[The Misfits]

                                                    Turning a hardcore punk songs into black metal isn't that easy, but COF pulled it off.

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                                                      Posted 15 August 2008 - 01:01 AM

                                                      Apocalyptica - Helden. It's a cover of the german version of Heroes by David Bowie with Till Lindermann on vocals, it's awesome.

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                                                        Posted 07 September 2008 - 04:22 PM

                                                        View PostWind Dude, on Apr 17 2008, 12:02 AM, said:

                                                        Pretty much every cover done by Guns n Roses is better than the original.

                                                        Except Aerosmith's Mama Kin.


                                                        While I agree that Guns n Roses did do an amazing job of covering "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (originally by Bob Dylan), I have to disagree with your statement, or at least add a song to it, as they did (in my opinion) a pretty horrible cover of "Sympathy for the Devil (originally by the Rolling Stones).


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