The Coverversion thread

Laz116 · 07-30-2009, 06:32 PM

I'm interested in coverversions and more specifically their relation to the original. Unfortunately I seldom like any. But this is a thread for the good AND the bad coverversions you've stumbled across.

I start out with a good one (imo):

And now a really really bad one:

Verencat · 07-30-2009, 06:47 PM

You have got to be kidding me! I'll think of a few, I know, but I'm just in a state of shock right now...what was Anka thinking?

:shiver:

OMG, he did that atrocity in my city???

:re-shiver:

zelda_pinwheel · 07-30-2009, 06:49 PM

i like this one pretty well (i like the original too) :

Moejoe · 07-30-2009, 07:00 PM

Original: Kick out the Jams by MC5

Covered by Henry Rollins and Bad Brains

the king of covers - Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine (in this clip he tackles Baby Got Back and Personal Jesus

)

Laz116 · 07-30-2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i like this one pretty well (i like the original too) :

Very nice.

On the topic of making melancholic songs into something else:

Verencat: Yeah. And I actually had a long argument about the autonomy and art and such at a blog about a year ago about that very version. I unfortunately said that Cobain "nailed it in one" and before I took a look around I had to argue why Goulds Goldberg variations was an improvement of Bachs. From that discussion, I fled aghast

Moejoe · 07-30-2009, 07:05 PM

This is a cover that I love:

Obadiah Parker covering Hey Ya by Outkast and making it about a billion times better

Laz116 · 07-30-2009, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

This is a cover that I love:

Obadiah Parker covering Hey Ya by Outkast and making it about a billion times better

Wow that's good. I actually quite like the original but this is just a great version. I never really understood that hippityhop the young folks listen to nowadays anyway.

Verencat · 07-30-2009, 07:35 PM

This one is only musical, but I liked it so much... I remember being ashamed of buying the album, but when I heard that song, I just gave in!

griffonwing · 07-30-2009, 08:02 PM

A old Simon & Garfunkel song by a NON-FOLKish group...

A much better version, in my opinion...

Turn the Volume UP!!

Laz116 · 07-30-2009, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by griffonwing

A old Simon & Garfunkel song by a NON-FOLKish group...

A much better version, in my opinion...

Turn the Volume UP!!

Oooooooh nooooo. You don't mean that now do you.

I'm going to listen to the original right now.

Moejoe · 07-30-2009, 08:19 PM

Dear Gods, this one is THE best cover ever

Johnny Cash covering NIN's Hurt (tears every time with this one)

Laz116 · 07-30-2009, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Dear Gods, this one is THE best cover ever

Johnny Cash covering NIN's Hurt (tears every time with this one)

YES. That's very very good.

But now for something Cash didn't perfect:

Bonnies version is much better imo:

Moejoe · 07-30-2009, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laz116

YES. That's very very good.

But now for something Cash didn't perfect:

I prefer the Cash version, but I did hear the Cash version first - which I think has a lot to do with what we like.

Laz116 · 07-30-2009, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I prefer the Cash version, but I did hear the Cash version first - which I think has a lot to do with what we like.

Probably. I heard Bonnies version shortly after an ex-girlfriend left me (actually it was pretty much on repeat). Much later I heard Cash's version and was quite displeased.

Moejoe · 07-30-2009, 08:38 PM

Here's one that I listened to on repeat after a particularly nasty breakup.

07-30-2009, 06:32 PM	#1
Laz116 Guru Posts: 640 Karma: 12129 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Sony PRS-700	The Coverversion thread I'm interested in coverversions and more specifically their relation to the original. Unfortunately I seldom like any. But this is a thread for the good AND the bad coverversions you've stumbled across. I start out with a good one (imo): And now a really really bad one:

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griffonwing Suave Swabby, Savvy? Posts: 1,602 Karma: 520350 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Harrison, ARrrr, USA - southern Ozark mountains Device: Slate Blue PEZ (Astak Pocket Pro), CVSCX-9300 Quad-band watch phone	A old Simon & Garfunkel song by a NON-FOLKish group... A much better version, in my opinion... Turn the Volume UP!! Last edited by griffonwing; 07-30-2009 at 08:12 PM.

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Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Here's one that I listened to on repeat after a particularly nasty breakup. Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 11-19-2010 at 02:49 PM.

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07-30-2009, 06:47 PM	#2
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	You have got to be kidding me! I'll think of a few, I know, but I'm just in a state of shock right now...what was Anka thinking? :shiver: OMG, he did that atrocity in my city??? :re-shiver:

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i like this one pretty well (i like the original too) :

07-30-2009, 07:00 PM	#4
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Original: Kick out the Jams by MC5 Covered by Henry Rollins and Bad Brains the king of covers - Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine (in this clip he tackles Baby Got Back and Personal Jesus )

07-30-2009, 07:05 PM	#6
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	This is a cover that I love: Obadiah Parker covering Hey Ya by Outkast and making it about a billion times better

07-30-2009, 07:35 PM	#8
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	This one is only musical, but I liked it so much... I remember being ashamed of buying the album, but when I heard that song, I just gave in!

07-30-2009, 08:19 PM	#11
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Dear Gods, this one is THE best cover ever Johnny Cash covering NIN's Hurt (tears every time with this one)

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