Greatest song cover of all time?

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Geosurface

Geosurface

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I like NIN's version of "Hurt" a lot more. I wasn't terribly impressed by Cash's cover (it felt a bit more like he was just speaking it most of the time) - and I have to wonder how much of the praise it's getting is just due to Johnny Cash worship.
 
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ShadowOfMyself

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Easy choice: I will always love you

I had no clue Whitney wasnt the original composer until a few years ago... She basically took the song and made it her own
Id bet most people like me who were born in the 80s or later still think its her song, just like I did
 
thraashman

thraashman

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Ns1 said:
o_O
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I assume you disagree then. So what would you call the best song of all time? It's clearly an opinion based thing, some opinions are more wrong than others (like anyone who would name a One Direction song for example).
 
Cerpin Taxt

Cerpin Taxt

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thraashman said:
I assume you disagree then. So what would you call the best song of all time? It's clearly an opinion based thing, some opinions are more wrong than others (like anyone who would name a One Direction song for example).
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I join with Ns1 regarding Tool's version of "No Quarter," but to also be upfront about my biases, and at the same time answer your question from above, my singular favorite song is the live version of "Third Eye" featured on Salival by Tool.
 
Ns1

Ns1

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thraashman said:
I assume you disagree then. So what would you call the best song of all time? It's clearly an opinion based thing, some opinions are more wrong than others (like anyone who would name a One Direction song for example).
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Lateralus or echoes or time

I get music is subjective, I just couldn't even make an argument as to why "no quarter" would be best of all time

Not hatin btw, just sayin.

imma just start keeping a txt file with this stuff

NIN - I'm Afriad of Americans (Bowie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-d2T29dNMY

Primus - Big in Japan w/ Golgol Bordello (Waits)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8hd6gu0SY
 
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CZroe

CZroe

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1kQTbdtm2c
It's short, but it's still twice as long as the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nq34mISKUo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kALAQc-aX1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqLGuRX_nLM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRuLi8geo7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k01lcSB0-g

Kaido said:
Call Me Maybe by Chocolate Rain guy :awe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sruQJ12PsI
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Liked this one better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1lbeYSCh7A
 
silverpig

silverpig

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datalink7 said:
I think All Along The Watchtower takes the cake on this one (and not just because I posted it).

Song that is strongly associated with Jimi Hendrix (no one thinks of Bob), but written and performed first by a music legend (Bob Dylan).

Jimi > Van Halen
Bob > The Kinks
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All Along The Watchtower > You Really Got Me Now
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But the song itself:

You Really Got Me > All Along The Watchtower

Led Zeppelin covered a whole ton of blues songs by legends like Muddy Waters. I'd put Zeppelin and Waters up against Jimi and Bob, but it doesn't mean You Shook Me is in the running for greatest cover of all time.

There's a post in this thread about Tool doing a cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter... You could put Zep and Tool up against Bob and Jimi, but No Quarter just isn't the greatest song.
 
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Ichinisan

Ichinisan

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silverpig said:
But the song itself:

You Really Got Me > All Along The Watchtower

Led Zeppelin covered a whole ton of blues songs by legends like Muddy Waters. I'd put Zeppelin and Waters up against Jimi and Bob, but it doesn't mean You Shook Me is in the running for greatest cover of all time.

There's a post in this thread about Tool doing a cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter... You could put Zep and Tool up against Bob and Jimi, but No Quarter just isn't the greatest song.
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Did the cover performances eclipse the originals in the public's eye?
 
Ichinisan

Ichinisan

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Printer Bandit said:
puff daddy - come with me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrSyrOaoAug
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I think the original plays 15x more often on the radio. At least, on the stations I listen to.

I still remember some awards show performance where Sting was performing with Puff Daddy ("I'll Be Watching[Missing] You"). One of the kids I was babysitting excitedly called to her brother: "Come quick! Come quick! Puff Daddy is singing his song...with some white dude!"
 
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