Favorite covers of songs

jdluvr06

I'm bored and I'm sitting here listening to music so I thought I'd ask. What is you favorite cover and do you think it is better than the original.

I have a tie. My first is "Hallelujah". The Leonard Cohen version (original) is nice but the Jeff Buckley cover is perfection. As far as I'm concerned after Buckley did it no one else should ever touch the song. 

Number two is "The Man Who Sold the World". I much prefer the Nirvana version to the David Bowie one. Yes I know it is David Bowie's song but honestly I find his version creepy. That could be because I feel there is only one thing on this planet scarier than David Bowie and that is clowns. Lol. Really though I think Kurt Cobain added much more feeling to the song. Also in general I don't like it when an artist take some beautiful lyrics and a great melody and complicate with too many instruments or synth. This song is pretty enough to not need the extras.

climbingsingle

I agree with you on both counts. 

I love the Sundays' cover of Wild Horses. 

KGold80

Have you heard K.D. Lang's Hallelujah? It is brilliant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE

beachyone15

ClimbingBrideNY said:

I agree with you on both counts. 

I love the Sundays' cover of Wild Horses. 

That's what I was going to say! Although I'm a huge Rolling Stones fan...

FiancB

I love Florence and the Machine's version of Addicted to Love and Stone Temple Pilot's Dancing Days. I'm kind of a sucker for covers. 

JennyColada

New York, New York by Reel Big Fish! I also love the Sinatra version though.

jdluvr06

FiancB said:

I love Florence and the Machine's version of Addicted to Love and Stone Temple Pilot's Dancing Days. I'm kind of a sucker for covers. 

I am too!

I also like the Aerosmith version of "Come Together". I can't say it is better than the original but it is still good. 

@shrekspeare I don't think I've heard a version of "Love Song" that I don't like. That song is just great. 

emmyg65

Landslide by the Smashing Pumpkins

Comfortably Numb by The Scissor Sisters

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by The Suicide Machines

What a Wonderful World by Joey Ramone

theartistformerlyknownas

YES to the Rufus Wainwright "Hallelujah." Love that. (WHY YOU NO LIKE PARAGRAPHS, TK?!) This chick killed "All of Me" so much harder than John Legend. https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=q0UB26bLbfk

smalfrie19

I am totally in love with Pentatonix and Lindsey Stirling's version of Radioactive

KGold80

Adele - To Make You Feel My Love

I like her version of Love Song, too, but I am such a major The Cure fan that I can't love it as much as the original. I just can't.

VulgarGirl

Under Pressure, The Used and My Chemical Romance.

Yes, Bowie/Queen original is perfect. But the The Used and My Chem did a fantastic job.

Dignity100

I'm feeling very old school - of most of the songs mentioned, I prefer the originals.

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix owns this Bob Dylan song
Make you feel my love - Adele

sophhabobopha

The Trent Reznor/Karen O Immigrant Song is perfection. Sorry Led Zeppelin

jdluvr06

Laugh at me if you want but I love Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal". It take some serious musical balls to cover anything by Michael Jackson.

wandajune6

I agree with all of these!

I'm a huge fan of "Gin & Juice" by DMB and "blackbird" by Sarah McLachlan.

smalfrie19

jdluvr06 said:

Laugh at me if you want but I love Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal". It take some serious musical balls to cover anything by Michael Jackson.

This ....x 100 love this version

SmileDamnit

emmyg65 said:

Landslide by the Smashing Pumpkins

Comfortably Numb by The Scissor Sisters

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by The Suicide Machines

What a Wonderful World by Joey Ramone

...and now I will spend the rest of my afternoon listening/dancing to the Scissor Sisters, thank you.

mrscaty

I will second (third?) Rufus Rainwright's Hallelujah. 

How has no one mentioned Johnny Cash's version of Hurt originally by NIN?!?!?!?! If you haven't seen it, watch the video HERE. Seriously AMAZING. 

ETA: Also, I love Mad World by Gary Jules (as seen in Donnie Darko). That was originally Tears For Fears

beethery

Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar

Lauryn Hill - Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

Cake - Mahna Mahna

Amy Winehouse - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

I linked youtube videos, if anyone wants to listen.

wandajune6

ladygoldfish said:

I will second (third?) Rufus Rainwright's Hallelujah. 

How has no one mentioned Johnny Cash's version of Hurt originally by NIN?!?!?!?! If you haven't seen it, watch the video HERE. Seriously AMAZING. 

ETA: Also, I love Mad World by Gary Jules (as seen in Donnie Darko). That was originally Tears For Fears

Those are both amazing! I only learned "Mad World" was a cover recently!

jdluvr06

Zombie by Miser

pinkshorts27

You all stole my favorite two: "Mad World" and "Hallelujah". Jeff Buckley nailed it, but K.D. Lang is good and still better than the origional 

On a side note, I love the original "I'm a believer" by the Monkees over the cover by Smash mouth, but I'm a sucker for the Monkees. 

PrincessOfHavoc

5GDP has House of the Rising Sun out now. Can't decide if I like it or not.

Nightwish Over The Hills And Far Away. And Marco and Tarja's voices worked nicely for Phantom of the Opera.

Apocalyptica has so many impressive covers.

John 5's cover of Beat It is better to me than MJ.

For further baffling music choices, I'd sooner jam ice picks in my ears than hear Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt. But that's more because argh, people claim it's not a cover, that Reznor covered Cash.

Another vote for Rufus Wainwright's cover of Hallelujah. He's performed a few other Leonard Cohen covers that are remarkably good.

beethery

shrekspeare said:

Lorde-Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Marilyn Manson-Sweet Dreams/Personal Jesus

Adele-Love Song
Rufus Wainwright-Hallelujah (the one in Shrek)

5 Finger Death Punch-Bad Company
Birdy-Skinny Love

Emily Browning-Asleep (Sucker Punch Soundtrack)

ETA: Also, LDR's version of Once Upon a Dream. I have a serious Sleeping Beauty obsession (evident by my large tattoo), and have by dying over it since it was released.

@shrekspeare LDR did a cover of Heart Shaped Box and I am obseeeesssed