The Cover Is Better Than The Original Version

[Big/Sky/Fly]

View: https://youtu.be/Tpo6yfJlUBM?si=NnIS6XcO4T3UQMQ6

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

View: https://youtu.be/z_YyGw-gyL0?si=59OTBtQX17CJZJ20

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

View: https://youtu.be/10JDA8SvwX8?si=zNFGWppxK27BLsVx

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

View: https://youtu.be/4Cr9Kbw2Ujg?si=bVKGA4umVivyaR9-

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

View: https://youtu.be/torc9P4-k5A?si=msl88dTIozqDso_4

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

View: https://youtu.be/-8gVmD39AmI?si=OeIPWsBhN5vJRPL3

 

[LordSensei1958]

No, I don't think the Neil Young version is better, just different.


Neil Young: Stand for peace (Star Spangled Banner)


View: https://youtu.be/RAH-MxpgjpI


Jimi: Star Spangled Banner


View: https://youtu.be/sjzZh6-h9fM

 

[LordSensei1958]

Elvis Presley: Viva Las Vegas:


View: https://youtu.be/7ihOQNPKG1A


ZZ Top: Viva Las Vegas:


View: https://youtu.be/gOoKzw3JSCM

 

[LordSensei1958]

Kris Kristofferson: Me and Bobby McGee:


View: https://youtu.be/G-J7mLyD3yc


Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee:


View: https://youtu.be/8LaHPmD8nuc

 

[LordSensei1958]

Bobby Fuller Four: I Fought the law:


View: https://youtu.be/OgtQj8O92eI


The Clash: I Fought the law:


View: https://youtu.be/AL8chWFuM-s

 

[LordSensei1958]

Jimi Hendrix ; Voodoo Child


View: https://youtu.be/qFfnlYbFEiE


Stevie Ray Vaughan: Voodoo Child


View: https://youtu.be/rb53-sDII0o

 

[LordSensei1958]

Opposite! The original should have been left alone:

The Who: Pinball Wizard


View: https://youtu.be/hHc7bR6y06M


Rod Stewart: Pinball Wizard (Fucking awful)


View: https://youtu.be/A7GThhvxBK0


Elton John: Pinball Wizard (Just to cleanse your ears from the Rod Stewart version)


View: https://youtu.be/joxyFDmh_LY

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

View: https://youtu.be/KS89YojeFoM?si=HxZXKoXT-eNouuPz

 

[patswin]

Nobody for this one?

"Proud Mary"

Original:


Cover: (I intentionally picked one where she was damn near 80, because it's still better)



Honorable Mention:

Tina is the best of all of them.

 

[Darth Despot]

Little drummer boy: Various artists

Little drummer boy: Joan Jett


View: https://youtu.be/Nm2GYiQfBXM

I'm partial to the Bob Seger version.

 

[Darth Despot]

View: https://youtu.be/An4uDegHB8s?si=SoTVvuhBYC3NVTHZ

 

[Darth Despot]

View: https://youtu.be/gCL4o6i5934?si=kXTMcElDRlTT5F8n


Keep in mind, this is live.

 

[TipRoast]

I'm presenting two live versions here for an apples-to-apples comparison

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Song: Like A Hurricane
Original Artist: Neil Young

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Cover: Roxy Music (or maybe just Brian Ferry and some very talented friends)

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgAujpyDyTM

 

[Lord Chevy]

Since I was beaten to Hurt I'll go with

Song: Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
Cover: Sepultura

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Mrs. Smith's Third Grade Homeroom Kazoo Band could cover any U2 song and it would out do the original.