Covers you prefer to the originals

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Melanie Safka's covers of 'Ruby Tuesday' and 'Mr Tambourine Man' are absolutely beautiful. I'd post links to the youtube videos here, but I don't have my earphones so I can't play sound on the computer, and I'd like to make sure that the sound is correct before linking videos!

White Zombie - Children of the Grave (Black Sabbath cover)
Eric Clapton - Crossroads (Robert Johnson cover)
Rob Zombie - Dragula (Hot Rod Herman Remix) (Not really a cover, but whatever )
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks (Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie)
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen/Joe Buckley cover)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RqSN6AqUwE[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2177pHMT0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlrR66WX74g[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOT2-OTebx0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQN6yqxABvg[/youtube]

i like masters of war the sam bradley cover better than dylans(sacrelige i know) and the indigo girls cover of tangled up in blue, also originally dylans. i dont know what the beatles dear prudence originally sounded like but i like the siouxie and the banshees cover. evergreen terrace also do a lot of covers that i like but im not sure how they compare to the originals.

Florence + Machine : howl

(Original by Chan Romero)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KOiITxwWIM[/youtube]

(Original by Slade)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e322vTpTyOE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s51g-nCM4u8&feature=related[/youtube]
Original by Mr. Lennon and Ms Ono I thinks.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE[/youtube]
I like Michael Jackson, but I think this version is cooler.
On a side note, check out the bass guitar in the video. 6 strings?

I'll go with a completely electronic one - Len Kagamine's version of Justin Beiber's Baby
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=illwrIiq7Lw[/youtube]

And, completely changing a style - All You Need is Love - Vienna Boys Choir
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNlB0oYPh10[youtube]

Good...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quyB8PMTD3o&feature=related[/youtube]

Better...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfb2MBR0DI[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSQa-JQWzK8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_Di5O0L4g[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrERLeFseDA[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ysGqMocbw[/youtube]

I'm going to be a complete blasphemer here and say that I prefer Lulu's version of 'Man Who Sold The World' (ft. Bowie on backing vocals) to the versions of both Bowie AND Nirvana. Here it is:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A36NI1Ov_c0[/youtube]

Now, here's one I don't necessarily prefer to the original, but I love this version because of its nostalgic value. It's 'What's Going On?', originally by Marvin Gaye, but covered by a host of artists to raise money and awareness for AIDS, back in 2001.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_hy8ngsq44[/youtube]

I watched this video again for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and noticed how much the faces and voices I see and hear here, mean to me. You got Bono from U2, legend. Gwen Stefani, No Doubt- before her solo stuff. You got Staind, who were protégés of Fred Durst at the time; there's the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, side by side (you have to understand, I loved boy bands back then), Chrissy Aguilera and Britney back-to-back, when both were still relevant to the pop charts and all eyes were focused on everything they did- J.-Lo right after that, she was everywhere, too, back in those days. Same for Ja Rule. We see Nelly Furtado in her 'Whoa Nelly' days; 'Licia Keys, who was really the hot new thing back then; you got Nelly, showcasing his qualities (his melodic rapping) that first got me interested a bit more in hiphop; there's Nas, what can I say; Eve -never quite broke out like Missy or Lil' Kim did, but she was good- Fred Durst himself. Say what you want about him, but I liked Limp Bizkit. Then there's Clef, Diddy, and Jermaine Dupree, obviously having a greater role behind the scenes, because they were the big producing moguls of the era.

I watch this video, and it takes me back to high school. Unlike my friends, I was about the only nerd who was something of a music channel junkie. Like I said, almost everyone I see in this video means something to me. When I saw the new version of 'We Are The World' a while back, I was a lot more detached to most everyone involved in that project. Just goes to show I'm getting a little older, too.


Ahem, anyway, here's another more obscure cover I prefer to the original. Its 'Memories Can't Wait', by Living Colour- original by the Talking Heads:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoOvbNv-XxU[/youtube]

This is my favorite version:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3udfGM1vtA[/youtube]