Covers that are better than the originals.

[Javs]

Know of any? First that comes to mind for me is

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[Firefly1628]

Nofx's cover of Radio by Rancid

[Genuma]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Bruce Springsteen - Trapped
Bruce Springsteen - The Fever. Southside Johnny is great, but it's the Boss!

[Javs]

I would check out that hallelujah cover because its a great song, but i've heard so many people cover it that it's lost its charm.




I think imogen did it best but thats just my opinion.

[The Raine]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower

[whataclush]

When the Levee Breaks - A Perfect Circle
What's Going On - A Perfect Circle
Peace, Love and Understanding - A Perfect Circle

basically the entire Emotive album.

[SSLYBY]

My friend says that Escape the Fate's Smooth is better than Carlos Santana's.

I called him an idiot. :shrug:

[thesafeword]

Paul Baribeau's cover of Chelsea Hotel is on my par with Cohen's original version in my opinion. And of course, Cap'n Jazz's cover of Take On Me.

[TheBestBet]

Jeff Buckley's pretty much made Hallelujah his own. It does not get any better than that.

[Genuma]

Also, Elvis Costello - Peace, love, And Understanding

[michelle182]

I'd say Jesse Lacey's cover of Fuck and Run but thats mainly because he changed half the lyrics at the end and made it his own.

[x togepi x]

When the Levee Breaks - A Perfect Circle
What's Going On - A Perfect Circle
Peace, Love and Understanding - A Perfect Circle

basically the entire Emotive album.

wrong.

[theguy77]

alien ant farm - smooth criminal

...hahahhaha i cant even bluff that shit, just kidding

ANNIE ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU OKAY ANNIE :headbang:

[whataclush]

wrong.

imagine is a toss-up. everything else is fact.

[theguy77]

When the Levee Breaks - A Perfect Circle
What's Going On - A Perfect Circle
Peace, Love and Understanding - A Perfect Circle

basically the entire Emotive album.


ahhahahahahaa, the marvin gaye song? fucking seriously?

[x togepi x]

imagine is a toss-up. everything else is fact.

No, you just like terrible music. Those songs are nearly flawless in their original form. I'm sorry they weren't nu-metal, but Marvin Gaye actually had talent and could sing live without throwing a fit like Maynard does.

[theguy77]

you have to be a fucking idiot if you think a band like a perfect circle should even be allowed to cover marvin gaye

[Cari]

Metallica - Turn The Page.

[Jefferson Rank]

When the Levee Breaks - A Perfect Circle
What's Going On - A Perfect Circle
Peace, Love and Understanding - A Perfect Circle

basically the entire Emotive album.

Zeppelin > A Perfect Circle
Marvin Gaye > A Perfect Circle.

One funny cover I heard was someone covering Toxic by Brittney Spears. It was just good because I couldn't stop laughing.

[whataclush]

No, you just like terrible music. Those songs are nearly flawless in their original form. I'm sorry they weren't nu-metal, but Marvin Gaye actually had talent and could sing live without throwing a fit like Maynard does.

maynard made it better, period

and APC is terrible? you dont say..

[whataclush]

you have to be a fucking idiot if you think a band like a perfect circle should even be allowed to cover marvin gaye

wah wah wah..

[aoftbsten]

The only one that really sticks out is Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah, pretty obvious one.

I like Jesse Lacey's version of "Oh Comely" better than the NMH version, but that's only because I'm not a huge fan of Jeff Mangum's voice.

[theguy77]

wah wah wah..

actually i have nothing to complain about, you just gave me the satisfaction of knowing that i like better music than you

[Javs]

How does hurt not stick out? It originally sounded like shit, johnny made it emotional, not to mention listenable.

[Regards]

This thread backs why I can't stand Tool fans.

Also I came in to say Hurt.

[x togepi x]

maynard made it better, period

and APC is terrible? you dont say..

i hope you go deaf.

[Jake Denning]

I thought Kids In The Way did a better version of "Head Over Heels" than Tears for Fears did.

[whataclush]

actually i have nothing to complain about, you just gave me the satisfaction of knowing that i like better music than you

right, because we can objectively say what constitutes good and bad music, right? idiot

[x togepi x]

right, because we can objectively say what constitutes good and bad music, right? idiot

no, but he can, within his own subjective framework, say you're a fucking idiot. and that's what he's doing. why are you responding? You should be busy jacking off to bands that play in sort of weird time signatures with vocalists who can't make it through a set without throwing a fit.

[DejaNew]

The Postal Service- Against All Odds
Thrice- Send Me An Angel

[dearsarah420]

I'd have to say Jarrod Gorbel of The Honorary Title's cover of No One by Alicia Keys is absolutely fantastic :D
(partially because i really don't like alicia keys all that much to begin with lol)

[live.]

New Found Glory - The Promise

[theguy77]

right, because we can objectively say what constitutes good and bad music, right? idiot

i bet you wish the beatles played with more distortion

[whataclush]

no, but he can, within his own subjective framework, say you're a fucking idiot. and that's what he's doing. why are you responding? You should be busy jacking off to bands that play in sort of weird time signatures with vocalists who can't make it through a set without throwing a fit.

theguy said that he "knows" he likes better music than me. knows or knowing means claiming factual certainty. he is not claiming the subjective, according to his response. i listen to bands, not sexually fantasize, so your pre-conceived thought says a lot about you, tbh.

[veronica.mars]

The Postal Service- Against All Odds
Thrice- Send Me An Angel

Anything Postal Service is just brilliant (:

[whataclush]

i bet you wish the beatles played with more distortion

i could care less. if i enjoy what i hear, thats all that matters to me.

[11:11]

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All credit goes to HangsLikeHeaven for showing me this yesterday.

[x togepi x]

theguy said that he "knows" he likes better music than me. knows or knowing means claiming factual certainty. he is not claiming the subjective, according to his response. i listen to bands, not sexually fantasize, so your pre-conceived thought says a lot about you, tbh.

sorry dude who thinks flash in the pan music trumps seminal artists, but you can know something within a subjective framework.

and the fact that you're taking slang literally means you're just like every other tool fan: an illiterate neanderthal.

[Charles777]

New Found Glory - Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)
New Found Glory - The Promise (When In Rome)
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes - Goodbye Earl
MXPX - Brown Eyed Girl

And this.
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I've never been a big Pink Floyd fan and I really love Circa, so... yeah.

[Klatzke]

Definitely agree with the OP.

[GuitarR0cker1]

The Get Up Kids- Close To Me

I like it more than the originial, fuck me.

[Scream_Alesana]

Toxic - A Static Lullaby

Brittany cant sing it better than A Static Lullaby!

[whataclush]

sorry dude who thinks flash in the pan music trumps seminal artists, but you can know something within a subjective framework.

and the fact that you're taking slang literally means you're just like every other tool fan: an illiterate neanderthal.

it took a really long time to write up an oxymoron. good job.

[x togepi x]

it took a really long time to write up an oxymoron. good job.

1. you don't know what "oxymoron" means.
2. i'm watching alexa chung so obviously i'm not flocking back to the computer every five seconds to read your inane bullshit.
3 doors down sucks
4. Marvin Gaye is infinitely better than Maynard. that's why a lot of people cared about him after he died, and still listen to him. Nobody gives a shit about Maynard and he's still alive, probably writing another tool album that will take ten years to come out (and will be so boring that it feels ten years long)

[El_Jeffe]

the majority of ray charles modern sounds in country & western music albums

the only one i've really agreed with in here so far was johnny cash & jimi hendrix, but also maybe a couple redding covers:
aretha franklin - respect - (otis redding)
b.b. king & eric clapton - rock me baby (otis redding)

[whataclush]

1. you don't know what "oxymoron" means.
2. i'm watching alexa chung so obviously i'm not flocking back to the computer every five seconds to read your inane bullshit.
3 doors down sucks
4. Marvin Gaye is infinitely better than Maynard. that's why a lot of people cared about him after he died, and still listen to him. Nobody gives a shit about Maynard and he's still alive, probably writing another tool album that will take ten years to come out (and will be so boring that it feels ten years long)

lol

[xJesusFreakx]

I thought Kids In The Way did a better version of "Head Over Heels" than Tears for Fears did.

I wouldn't call it "better," but I do like that cover a lot. It's my favorite song Kids in the Way ever recorded, which is kind of sad... lol.

[theguy77]

1. you don't know what "oxymoron" means.
2. i'm watching alexa chung so obviously i'm not flocking back to the computer every five seconds to read your inane bullshit.
3 doors down sucks
4. Marvin Gaye is infinitely better than Maynard. that's why a lot of people cared about him after he died, and still listen to him. Nobody gives a shit about Maynard and he's still alive, probably writing another tool album that will take ten years to come out (and will be so boring that it feels ten years long)

hahahahaha

[dancelukedance]

Silversten - Apologize
Say Anything - Got Your Money

[goodnews]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS9r3fI8N0U

[Robototron]

Every cover of a Leonard Cohen song ever made.

[WhoSaidThat?]

Sum 41 - How You Remind Me

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[imahoodlum]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Bruce Springsteen - Trapped
Bruce Springsteen - The Fever. Southside Johnny is great, but it's the Boss!
Thread should have ended after this post.

[anthonydarko]

Bayside-Beautiful Girls

[SwiftSilentDead]

The Bouncing Souls - That's Youth
Death - Painkiller


There's a lot of DKM covers I like but I wouldn't go as far to say that they're better than the original versions.

[myplanforescape]

Sonic Youth- Superstar

[xJesusFreakx]

Sum 41 - How You Remind Me

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Ha, I forgot about this cover.

[iplaythevocals]

paramores cover of my hero and new found glory's cover of kiss me

[WhoSaidThat?]

Ha, I forgot about this cover.
Well, they're covering Nickelback, so they'd have to try to do worse than their fellow Canadians.

[xJesusFreakx]

Well, they're covering Nickelback, so they'd have to try to do worse than their fellow Canadians.

True... It'd actually be quite an accomplishment to sound worse than the original. (Just got to the scream at 2:25 in that video... Hilarious. Love it.)

Oh, and this somehow reminded me of the DVD that came with Zao's The Fear is What Keeps Us Here. At one point they're talking about Metallica, and Steve Albini talks about how he had a strange fascination with St. Anger's sound for the longest time. Not that it's good, but it's so bad that it has to be intentional; Steve was saying how he's not sure if he could accomplish some of the horrible sounds on that record.

[TheOtherAndrew]

When the Levee Breaks - A Perfect Circle
What's Going On - A Perfect Circle
Peace, Love and Understanding - A Perfect Circle

basically the entire Emotive album.
That album was terrible. The Gimme Gimme Gimme cover was one of the worst things I'd ever heard. I actually kind of thought the Imagine cover was alright, but everything else was just intolerable. By no means were any of those songs better than the originals. If you haven't heard the original What's Going On (the whole album at that), go do it. Its amazing.

[whataclush]

That album was terrible. The Gimme Gimme Gimme cover was one of the worst things I'd ever heard. I actually kind of thought the Imagine cover was alright, but everything else was just intolerable. By no means were any of those songs better than the originals. If you haven't heard the original What's Going On (the whole album at that), go do it. Its amazing.

ive heard all of the originals, yes. i thought they were shit except for Imagine.
anything maynard is brilliant in my eyes, even Cuntry Boner.

[shwaz499]

alien ant farm - smooth criminal

...hahahhaha i cant even bluff that shit, just kidding

ANNIE ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU OKAY ANNIE :headbang:

Just kidding? that is a phenomenal cover. what's wrong with you?

[TheOtherAndrew]

ive heard all of the originals, yes. i thought they were shit except for Imagine.
anything maynard is brilliant in my eyes, even Cuntry Boner.
You thought What's Going On was shit? My oh my.

[whataclush]

You thought What's Going On was shit? My oh my.

im exaggerating.
i just didnt like it, not going to pretend i did.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Meh.

[SanePsychotic]

I can't really say that it's better than the original, but this is a great cover.

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[x togepi x]

Say Anything - Got Your Money

You're a fucking moron. There's no way a cheap attempt by flash in the pan bands to ironically appropriate hip hop culture is better than the music out of that culture itself.

[iplaythevocals]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7imqO-OBVk

this is another insane cover

[Klatzke]

Silversten - Apologize
Say Anything - Got Your Money
Seriously?

[SanePsychotic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7imqO-OBVk

this is another insane cover

:lol:

Seriously, Seether?

[Roses]

Placebo's cover of Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush.

[kianacarly]

Toxic - A Static Lullaby

Brittany cant sing it better than A Static Lullaby!

Are you kidding? Heard their version once when it played on MTV2 late at night, and I thought it was one of the worst covers I've heard in a long time. I only watched the whole thing to see who the hell was butchering the song.

Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah has been said a few times, but I agree completely.

[Cøltøn]

What Goes Around Comes Around [Justin Timberlake Cover] - Alesana

Scarlet Begonias [Grateful Dead Cover] - Sublime

Still Fly [Big Tymers Cover] - The Devil Wears Prada

My Humps [Black Eyed Peas Cover] - Shoot For Tuesday

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[xJesusFreakx]

Too many Punk Goes Genre songs in this thread.

[SanePsychotic]

Too many Punk Goes Genre songs in this thread.

I agree. That franchise should die. :chainsaw:

[xJesusFreakx]

I agree. That franchise should die. :chainsaw:

The idea isn't a bad one, and there have been some solid covers, but at this point, the series really should just be put to rest. It makes too much money, though, so it won't.

[caveBEAR]

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but The Bouncing Souls cover of Anti-Flag's 'That's Youth' is sick.

I was always kinda 'meh' on that song until the Souls nailed it.

[Brokenhill]

I don't know of any.

[Brokenhill]

And this.
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I've never been a big Pink Floyd fan and I really love Circa, so... yeah.

No no no no no no.

Nooooooooooooooo.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Are you serious?

[x togepi x]

ah, a fatal goodbye, once again rocking an avatar from a band that would hate him if they met.

[Charles777]

No no no no no no.

Nooooooooooooooo.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Are you serious?

Yes...

[jbertclassic]

I equally enjoy the original and Dinosaur Jr's cover of "Just Like Heaven"

[SincerelyMe]

I really like Paramore's cover of "Love's not a competition (But I'm winning)".
And I love Jack's Mannequin's cover of "Kids" but I don't know if it beats the original.

[caveBEAR]

Ooh! I forgot (but just remembered due to Scrubs) that Ukulele cover by the Hawaiian dude of 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'. There's something about that version of the song that gets me everytime.

[dancelukedance]

You're a fucking moron. There's no way a cheap attempt by flash in the pan bands to ironically appropriate hip hop culture is better than the music out of that culture itself.

You are a complete fuck.

[dancelukedance]

Seriously?


Yep, both are drastically improved.

Apolgize was so lame... (still is i guess, but i think Silverstein improved it)

And for Got your money. Beem Dog owns it, it's too funny

[caveBEAR]

Yep, both are drastically improved.

Apolgize was so lame... (still is i guess, but i think Silverstein improved it)

And for Got your money. Beem Dog owns it, it's too funny

There is some quote about 'polishing a turd' that I think is appropriate here...

[Richard Maxim]

Yes...

I'm behind you 10,000 percent, Love circas cover.

[murrich]

Every cover of a Leonard Cohen song ever made.


:nono:

[Richard Maxim]

William Beckett' cover of time and time again.

[Brokenhill]

Yes...

Well you're completely wrong.

[makeshiftmind]

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
No Doubt - It's My Life

[Klatzke]

Yep, both are drastically improved.

Apolgize was so lame... (still is i guess, but i think Silverstein improved it)

And for Got your money. Beem Dog owns it, it's too funny
Nah. Apologize was much better when someone who could actually sing sang it.

[x togepi x]

You are a complete fuck.

the irony here is rich.

[maxvsmaradona]

I really dig (and I know this is going to draw some hate) Bayside's cover of Baby Britian. I think they do it well, and it gives Elliot Smith some justice.

[tawtaw]

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[caveBEAR]

I really dig (and I know this is going to draw some hate) Bayside's cover of Baby Britian. I think they do it well, and it gives Elliot Smith some justice.

Bayside covers songs the way I like; the songs almost sound like B-Sides to their albums, but they still stay true to the originals. That's the stuff a good cover is made of...not just being on a Punk Goes... album.

But the Ataris cover of I'll Remember You from Punk Goes Metal was sick.

[zion the lion]

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All credit goes to HangsLikeHeaven for showing me this yesterday.

I came in here to say this. I cant believe I just found out about this guy a few weeks ago. Now I'm obsessed haha.

New Found Glory - Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)

And this.
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I've never been a big Pink Floyd fan and I really love Circa, so... yeah.

His overly nasaly vocals kill the sweetness of the orginal.

I have to disagree, David Gilmour's voice fit that song so well, it had a maturity that Anthony Green's voice doesnt have, which ultimately takes away from the lyrics.

[Kid B]

Cap'n Jazz - Take On Me
Okkervil River - April Anne
Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me
Johnny Cash - Hurt

[Brokenhill]

I came in here to say this. I cant believe I just found out about this guy a few weeks ago. Now I'm obsessed haha.



His overly nasaly vocals kill the sweetness of the orginal.

I have to disagree, David Gilmour's voice fit that song so well, it had a maturity that Anthony Green's voice doesnt have, which ultimately takes away from the lyrics.

Not to mention the poor execution of the guitar work, and not only the actual playing but how they shortcutted to get further into the song.

[x togepi x]

it's a bad song anyway. why are you bothering to argue if some coked out ap.net wonderboy wants to cover it?

[theguy77]

i personally think this is a stupid thread. in my opinion, you generally cant strip the character and source material and intent out of an original and make it better, because you're stealing the soul of the song. i rarely find covers that are better than the original.

[zion the lion]

Not to mention the poor execution of the guitar work, and not only the actual playing but how they shortcutted to get further into the song.

If they were going to half ass it, they might as well have never done it.

[x togepi x]

i personally think this is a stupid thread. in my opinion, you generally cant strip the character and source material and intent out of an original and make it better, because you're stealing the soul of the song. i rarely find covers that are better than the original.

i don't think this is true. like, every cover of bob dylan i've heard has been better than him.

[murrich]

i don't think this is true. like, every cover of bob dylan i've heard has been better than him.


I know you're just trying to get a rise out of Bob Dylan fans, but still.

GagAXxbvIFo

[x togepi x]

oh yeah i forgot about that mcr one. i was thinking about, you know, covers by bands that don't rely on gimmicks.

[joss d.]

i like kozelek's take on trucker's atlas better than modest mouse.

[deanster321]

Moneen's version of Accidents by Alexisonfire, from the split they released together.

[caveBEAR]

I kinda like that Desolation Row cover...

My scene points just keep slipping away...

[Brokenhill]

If they were going to half ass it, they might as well have never done it.

Pretty much...

I mean it's not bad, but it should be found nowhere near this thread.

[Robototron]

:nono:

Name one covered Leonard Cohen song where the original is better.

[Full Effect Ed]

The Bouncing Souls - That's Youth

[Charles777]

Well you're completely wrong.
Good to know

[cscwell107]

New Found Glory- The Glory of Love
New Found Glory (Ft. Will Pugh)- Iris

I love Will's vocals in the Iris cover.

[nivek87]

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Definitely. All of Cashs late covers are so strong. Bridge Over Troubled Water and Wont Back Down are perfect as well.
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Bruce Springsteen - Trapped
Bruce Springsteen - The Fever. Southside Johnny is great, but it's the Boss!
Quoted because this is full of win
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
As much as a Dylan fan I am. Hendrix blows All Along the Watch Tower out of the water.
The Bouncing Souls - That's Youth
The Bouncing Souls - Lean On Sheena

[ferxsurexqabbs]

Lollipop by Framing Hanley. mucccch better than Lil Waynes .

[murrich]

Name one covered Leonard Cohen song where the original is better.


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[Robototron]

BA048pcITlA

"Hallelujah" doesn't really count because Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley also did excellent covers of that song.

[fiascoh]

have any of you heard the screamo cover of such great heights (by the postal service) that confide did? ):

whoever gave them permission to cover that song needs to be slapped ~

[sajamie81]

I'm going with Reel Big Fish's "Take on Me" Even though the original is good, you gotta add some horns and make it even better.

[thespearkid]

jeff mangum's cover of I Love How You Love Me.

[murrich]

"Hallelujah" doesn't really count because Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley also did excellent covers of that song.

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Pretty much all his songs done by him are better than the covers.

[nivek87]

covers of joe cockers are always amazing.

[Someone'sCoat]

The Postal Service- Against All Odds
Thrice- Send Me An Angel
No way Postal Service did Against All Odds better. I strongly disagree.

[dancerdancer]

Gabrielle Aplin - My Heart (Paramore Cover)
The Secret Handshake - I Wish (Skee-Lo Cover)

[cwhitman412]

Framing Hanley - Lolipop.

[allroysez]

muse - feeling good

[Mikey Radigan]

The Clash's cover of Bobby Fuller Four's cover of "I Fought The Law"

[boxingwithstars]

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All credit goes to HangsLikeHeaven for showing me this yesterday.

wow, i've never heard this before. amazing.

i think i post this one in every thread about covers, but i love it...

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[Robototron]

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Pretty much all his songs done by him are better than the covers.

Most other cover versions I've heard of that song have been pretty decent, even the one you just posted wasn't completely abysmal.

Anyway, I don't really understand why you're arguing this so much, since obviously my post was fairly hyperbolic (clearly I haven't heard every cover of every Leonard Cohen song ever made). My point was, similar to the one that can be made about Dylan, Cohen wrote some great lyrics, but in terms of music composition he's fairly boring (usually just an acoustic guitar and not much else), which makes pretty much any cover of their song a little more interesting.

[emilytimesseven]

have any of you heard the screamo cover of such great heights (by the postal service) that confide did? ):

whoever gave them permission to cover that song needs to be slapped ~
It made me cry.

[$eth]

I'll probably get a lot of crap for this, but I liked Escape the Fate's version of Smooth by Carlos Santana.

[cowlord]

Desolation Row - My Chemical Romance
Still Fly - The Devil Wears Prada
Another Girl, Another Planet - Blink 182

[ThePartialGlow]

It made me cry.

I had to listen to the original AND the Iron & Wine cover to get that crap out of my head. Absolutely ridiculous.

[allroysez]

Desolation Row - My Chemical Romance
Still Fly - The Devil Wears Prada
Another Girl, Another Planet - Blink 182


i'm a huge blink fan, but theres no way that cover is better than the original..

[Srsly]

Moneen's version of Accidents by Alexisonfire, from the split they released together.
I really liked the split EP, fan of both.

[TheSkyline]

alien ant farm - smooth criminal

...hahahhaha i cant even bluff that shit, just kidding

ANNIE ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU OKAY ANNIE :headbang:

Hahahaha, I remember this. SO METAL.

[TheSkyline]

i'm a huge blink fan, but theres no way that cover is better than the original..

Yeah, agreed.

[TheSkyline]

have any of you heard the screamo cover of such great heights (by the postal service) that confide did? ):

whoever gave them permission to cover that song needs to be slapped ~

I was going to come in here and post that just to piss people off. hahah

[murrich]

Most other cover versions I've heard of that song have been pretty decent, even the one you just posted wasn't completely abysmal.

Anyway, I don't really understand why you're arguing this so much, since obviously my post was fairly hyperbolic (clearly I haven't heard every cover of every Leonard Cohen song ever made). My point was, similar to the one that can be made about Dylan, Cohen wrote some great lyrics, but in terms of music composition he's fairly boring (usually just an acoustic guitar and not much else), which makes pretty much any cover of their song a little more interesting.

Haha, yeah I know, I just needed something to pass the time, I can see it's just your opinion, I just really enjoy Leonard Cohen.

[deanster321]

I really liked the split EP, fan of both.
Same, I think both bands generally did a good job of covering each other's songs.

[beatsforonlyou]

New found Glory's cover of "kiss me" dude, its so good.

[zZebra]

Killswitch Engage's cover of Holy Diver. I really dislike Dio.
And Btbam's cover of Blackened is great.

[AussieBoy]

Rufio - like a prayer
The Starting Line - im real
a day to remember - cable car

[narcoleptic953]

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No.

And lol at the dumbass who though A Perfect Circle improved on Marvin Gaye.

[Feeney]

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There is no doubt about it, this is the greatest cover of all time.

[briewer]

"I Shot the Sheriff" or the dozens of "All Along The Watchtower" covers. Also, this is more of a remix than a cover, but is fucking baller nonetheless:

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[hockeycoshow1]

New Found Glory - Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)
New Found Glory - The Promise (When In Rome)
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes - Goodbye Earl
MXPX - Brown Eyed Girl

And this.
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I've never been a big Pink Floyd fan and I really love Circa, so... yeah.
Is there an audio file of this song somewhere I like it so much.

[Charles777]

Is there an audio file of this song somewhere I like it so much.
http://bsidesrus.blogspot.com/search/label/Circa%20Survive

It comes with acoustic versions of In Fear and Faith and Kicking Your Crosses down. They're very good as well.

[hockeycoshow1]

http://bsidesrus.blogspot.com/search/label/Circa%20Survive

It comes with acoustic versions of In Fear and Faith and Kicking Your Crosses down. They're very good as well.
Thank you :)

[Mikey Paine]

the devil wears prada - still fly

...its not exactly better but
alien ant farm - smooth criminal :shrug:

[caveBEAR]

How do all these songs from Punk Goes Crunk keep popping up? Listen, just because you guys don't like rap doesn't mean the song is better. In many cases on that CD, it was pretty much comparing garbage to shit. Whether the original or the cover was the garbage or shit is kinda up in the air, but I don't really want either of them.

That Hot Rod Circuit song on there was pretty sweet, though.

[Sincerelylena]

the devil wears prada - still fly

...its not exactly better but
alien ant farm - smooth criminal :shrug:
I didn't like Alien Ant farms version of it...noone tops michael!
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[zion the lion]

the devil wears prada - still fly

...its not exactly better but
alien ant farm - smooth criminal :shrug:

nope, the dude is so out of tune on that song, I like the rap version a lot more. The only nice thing I can say about it, is that it's one of the only tdwp songs that doesnt sound exactly like all the others, but then again, it does.

[polarbearsummer]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned 99 Red Balloons. Goldfinger's cover of that is classic. (is calling a cover classic ironic?)

[AussieBoy]

I didn't like Alien Ant farms version of it...noone tops michael!
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michael just topped himself! :-d

[whataclush]

the devil wears prada - still fly

...its not exactly better but
alien ant farm - smooth criminal :shrug:

i like the start, then it goes downhill tbh

[lusefer]

Oh boy originally done by buddy holly but covered by the lillingtons

and dont back down originally done by the beech boys but covered by the queers

[theguy77]

i don't think this is true. like, every cover of bob dylan i've heard has been better than him.

yeah, see for me that would bother me because bob dylan has a very distinctive voice which gives him character, and add that into being a lyrical genius in my mind (cliche, i know), it totally makes a mess of the brilliance in his source material, to have someone else performing the lyrics without the mind and soul behind them. im not saying people should never play bob dylan songs ever, i mean i play plenty of other bands' songs myself, and i wouldnt discriminate from a band actually releasing that cover either, i just probably wont like it as much, espeically if its covering someone i consider to be a classic or one of my favorite bands.

[sowrongitsme]

Rookie of the year - Bizarre love triangle

[x togepi x]

yeah, see for me that would bother me because bob dylan has a very distinctive voice which gives him character, and add that into being a lyrical genius in my mind (cliche, i know), it totally makes a mess of the brilliance in his source material, to have someone else performing the lyrics without the mind and soul behind them. im not saying people should never play bob dylan songs ever, i mean i play plenty of other bands' songs myself, and i wouldnt discriminate from a band actually releasing that cover either, i just probably wont like it as much, espeically if its covering someone i consider to be a classic or one of my favorite bands.

even bob dylan has admitted that other people cover his songs better. like jimi hendrix.

[RescueMe26]

Silverstein's cover of apologize by One Republic.

[Wait_For_It]

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[Divinehand]

American Nightmare's cover of "iI's the Limit" originally done by Cro-mags.

[reesa]

Deftones cover of 'Simple Man' by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Deftones beats it by far. best cover i've heard. it's so frikken beautiful...i melt. lol.

[cirerelleum]

i think shinedown's version of simple man is better than both :D

[SwiftSilentDead]

Alkaline Trio's cover of "Exploding Boy."

[Someone'sCoat]

Starf*cker- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

[mattmatumbo]

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This one may not be as good but whatever

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[begforthebagel]

Nofx's cover of Radio by Rancid

Yes and i'd have to say Rancid's cover of Moron Bros by NoFX.

That split is one of my favourite albums ever.

[happygilmoreat]

Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss"
Don't know who did the original though

[cwhit412]

Lots of rock covers of top 40 pop hits from the last few years.

Basically almost any Brittney Spears cover, and many of the Akon/Ne-Yo sorta artist covers

[ACA]

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Thursday - Evacuate (Negative Approach cover)

[SwertsOnALog]

Friends for hire - hot n cold. (katy Perry) haaaa

But for real: nfg- king of wishful thinking. It always puts me in that "summertime feel-good" mood. And we all like the Patrick stump appearance in it. Ha

[symmetry]

Sum 41 - How You Remind Me

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This,

and

Gary Jules - Mad World
Haylee Williams - Use Somebody
The Ataris - Boys of Summer
Iron and Wine - Such Great Heights

[ACA]

This,

and

Gary Jules - Mad World
Haylee Williams - Use Somebody
The Ataris - Boys of Summer
Iron and Wine - Such Great Heights

no @ Ataris
no @ Iron and Wine

[Kyle Huntington]

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[CoheedForever]

Deftones cover of 'Simple Man' by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Deftones beats it by far. best cover i've heard. it's so frikken beautiful...i melt. lol.
this for sure!!

[ThisIsNotDan]

I love the original but I think Northstar did Jawbreaker justice for this

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[symmetry]

I love the original but I think Northstar did Jawbreaker justice for this

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Good call

[Crowe41]

I really liked Yellowcards cover of Violins.
The Starting Line's cover of I'm Real was way better than the Original.
Diesel Boy's cover of Punk Rock Girl.

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[xJesusFreakx]

dc Talk - "In the Light" (originally by Charlie Peacock)

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The dc Talk version is probably my all-time favorite song, and I only say "probably" to cover my bases, since that's such a strong statement. I don't know of any songs personally that can compete with that one.