Yes, the original is great. As much as it pains me to say it, I rather enjoy the tATu cover as well.
Bjork's cover is easily my most favorite version of 99 Red Balloons, by far.
Yes, the original is great. As much as it pains me to say it, I rather enjoy the tATu cover as well.
Bjork's cover is easily my most favorite version of 99 Red Balloons, by far.
Marilyn Manson's "Tainted Love" is quite good.
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Damn cool Weezer cover. Apparantly they covered some other Weezer tracks, I'd like to hear them too eventually. The Cure song they did on MTV icon sounded damn good too.
I liked Cradle Of Filth's Hallowed Be Thy Name rendition, the original Maiden version sounds too slow after listening to their version.
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You actually like something that I don't think sucks?? I didn't know this was possible. ^_^Originally Posted by Rainecloud
I love all of Marilyn Manson's covers.
Heck, I really like covers. How can you go wrong with a cover? You're taking a song that's already good and tweaking it (usually making it faster and yelling). Its hard to screw that up.
The problem with covers is that proper credit is rarely given, so you have a bunch of idiots thinking that Orgy came up with "Blue Monday," that Celine Dion was the genius behind "I Drove All Night," etc.
Unfortunately it has become a very effective way for a new group to gain recognition. Originality is almost dead in terms of commercially accepted music.
Grace Jones' cover of Bill Withers "Use Me" and her amazing covers of "Demoliton Man" (The Police) and "Nightclubbing" by (David Bowie and Iggy Pop).
..Are you serious?
The greastest cover I have ever heard, in terms of improving on the original, is Nonpoint's cover of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight"
Goldfinger's "99 Red Balloons" is pretty good too.
And, of course, Johnny Cash.
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Probably (in my opinion) the three definitive covers of all time (original artist in brackets).
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Or thinking that Sarah Brightman wrote Dust in the Wind.The problem with covers is that proper credit is rarely given, so you have a bunch of idiots thinking that Orgy came up with "Blue Monday," that Celine Dion was the genius behind "I Drove All Night," etc.
that just makes me so irritated:/
...or that Fred Durst wrote 'Behind Blue Eyes'...
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Why wouldn't he be? I think it's excellent myself and much better than Soft Cell and whoever did it before them. Why question his taste just because it's not yours?..Are you serious?
Personally, I like every one of Marilyn Manson's covers.
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I want to add Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlton's Big Yellow Taxi. It's much better than Joni Mitchell's original, but maybe cause I'm use to hearing it more.
From what I've heard, the covers for R.Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly are like...eh. They probably would sound better if I didn't hear R.Kelly's version first.
Metallica's covers of "Die Die, My Darling" and "Green Hell".
That's all that comes to mind at the moment. I tend to perfer originals over covers.
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