Cover Songs

[Hybrid Theory]

Land Of Confusion-Disturbed.

I think it became more popular than the Genesis one, but I'm not sure.

 

[Okami Chi]

While modern covers often rock, I do hate when artists (usually of R 'n' B style) sample really good tracks in their songs.

Eg.

• "Misirlou" by Dick Dale & His Deltones is one of the most epic riffs of all time. Black Eyed Peas ruin it by sampling it in "Pump It".
• "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is an amazingly catchy tune. A real party anthem and always puts a smile on your face. Kanye West then makes "Stronger" where he relies heavily on a sample of this song. I admit it is an alright song but now people don't know the original and think he did it first! Everyone I know who has heard both songs concurs that Daft Punk's is better.

Dick Dale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rg2uP_xXk
Black Eyed Peas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaI2IlHwmgQ

Daft Punk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjR4_CbPpQ
Kanye West - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsO6ZnUZI0g

Judge for yourself.

I have to agree about the part with people not knowing the original, but I love Kanye and his version. He just gave something more to the song. One of the few rap covers I like. I stress few. I just feel Kanye had a style that fit that song well. Also what you said about the new rock songs; re-doing classic rock into emo/main-stream music really kills my ears.

 

[Sneeze]

Land Of Confusion-Disturbed.

I think it became more popular than the Genesis one, but I'm not sure.

I didn't actually know it was a cover so that sounds about right, lol.

 

[whodathunk]

pantera covering cat scratch fever by ted nugent and planet caravan by black sabbath

 

[Kid Coma]

Thought not particularly more well known, these are the very best covers IMO.
Red hot chilli Peppers - Search and Destroy (Original by Sex Pistols)
Nirvana - The man who sold the world (Original by David Bowie)
Rage against the machine - F*** the police (Original by NWA)
Richard Cheese - Chop Suey (Original by System of a down)
Editors - Lullaby (Original by The Cure)
William Shatner - Common people (Original by Pulp) [I find this more hilarious than good though]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Search and Destroy is by the Stooges, they're like the godfathers of punk.

 

[Haza]

Any cover of the Beyoncé song, Sweet Dreams gets me a warm inside. Every lyric makes me smile, seriously...

 

[Houndour2004]

Klostertaler with Friends by Scooter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hEIr_O1y64

 

[Silver]

I don't like how Jay-Z made a cover of "Forever Young", he totally just ruined it. Leave the classics alone man...

See, I think Jay-Z did a favor to that song, the original was mediocre and dull. Also, it wasn't a cover, it was a sample.

While modern covers often rock, I do hate when artists (usually of R 'n' B style) sample really good tracks in their songs.

Eg.

• "Misirlou" by Dick Dale & His Deltones is one of the most epic riffs of all time. Black Eyed Peas ruin it by sampling it in "Pump It".
• "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is an amazingly catchy tune. A real party anthem and always puts a smile on your face. Kanye West then makes "Stronger" where he relies heavily on a sample of this song. I admit it is an alright song but now people don't know the original and think he did it first! Everyone I know who has heard both songs concurs that Daft Punk's is better.

While I agree with you on B.E.P's ruining Misirlou. Sampling is an integral part of the Hip-Hop style of music, that being Kanye did a pretty damn good job with his use of Daft Punks 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'. Going back to sampling, close to 90% of Hip-Hop songs sample in one way or another, it's just the style of music. You'll be hard pressed to find songs that rely completely on original beats and hooks.

 

[Mumfie]

Cocaine - Nomy.
Waay better than the original. You should hear it. It's earcandy:]

 

[Left4Dead]

I like Newton Faulkners cover of Teardrops originally by Massive Attack. Although I prefer the original AND the original was more popular I still like it :)

 

[Reina]

The only cover I really like is the cover of Smooth by Escape the Fate, Originally by Santana. It's not nearly as popular as the original though xD

 

[Ayselipera]

Well here's a list!

- All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix / First performed by Bob Dylan
- Black Magic Women - Santana / First performed by Fleetwood Mac
- Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band / First performed by Bruce Springsteen
- Come on Feel the Noise - Quiet Riot / First performed by Slade
- Hallelujah - Jeff Buckely / First performed by Leonard Cohen

That's all I can think of. I personally don't like any cover songs of the Beatles. They're such an original that I can't like any other version. Same as for the song "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley. Eric Clapton's version will never out beat it. Oh, and also I don't like any cover songs of the Kinks or the Supremes either. I love those bands too much to like the cover songs. Some songs are just meant to be left alone.

 

[giraffesPlz]

The only cover I really like is the cover of Smooth by Escape the Fate, Originally by Santana. It's not nearly as popular as the original though xD

I love that cover<3 Also! O:

I Kissed A Girl covered by Attack Attack! <3
See You Again covered by Breathe Carolina
Holding Out For A Hero covered by Emery
You Spin Me Round covered by Dope
Careless Whisper covered by Seether

and stuff like that :> Admittedly, a lot of the covers I know come from the Punk Goes.. series of albums but what can I say xD

On the other hand, I dislike basically all of the covers of Last Christmas by Wham! xD It's an amazing song that just doesn't need to be covered in my opinion. Besides that, I don't find covers in general, and most of the ones I do, I end up liking.

 

[xPsychosocial]

My favourite covers have to be:

Poker Face- You me at Six.
You Spin Me Right Round- Dope.
Land of Confusion- Disturbed.