Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

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SIde note, followed by a cover of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_Sandman (1991)

I just stumbled upon a very recent video of
"The Warning" ( https://www.thewarningband.com/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warning_(band) )
(whose covers of "Crazy Train" and "Back in Black" were posted by me).
The link to this new video follows my quoted covers...

robphy said:
[Crazy Train] The Warning | Ellen DeGeneres TV Show (2015)

See also CRAZY TRAIN - OZZY OSBOURNE COVER - THE WARNING @ LICEO
and [The Warning - Patreon] Their Metallica cover went viral. Here's how they kept rocking

robphy said:
Back in Black - AC DC Cover - The Warning (2014)


...and from a week ago

[MTV] The Warning Performs "EVOLVE" | 2023 VMAs



By the way, here are their covers of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_Sandman (1991) )

(2014) Enter Sandman - METALLICA Cover - The Warning - - - - [solo @ 2m40s]


(2022) The Warning - ENTER SANDMAN Live at Teatro Metropolitan CDMX 08/29/2022
 
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. Looked at some covers , not worth linking
 
robphy said:
By the way, here are their covers of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_Sandman (1991) )

(2014) Enter Sandman - METALLICA Cover - The Warning - - - - [solo @ 2m40s]

Here are some additional interesting covers (according to me):

(2016) Enter Sandman — Callum McPhie -- ( Callum was 10 years old here )


(2022) (Metallica) Enter Sandman - Fingerstyle Guitar Cover | Josephine Alexandra (also covers the guitar solo parts @ 2m40s )


(2022) Enter Sandman (Cover) - Metallica - RUMPUS - Family Band / Kids Band / Rock Band


(2021) [Voice of Baceprot] VOB - Enter Sandman (Metallica Cover) - ( https://www.voiceofbaceprot.com/ says they are touring the West Coast in October 2023 )


just added:
(2022) [Rockin'1000] Enter Sandman, Metallica with 1.000 musicians | São Paulo 2022
 
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I didn't think anyone would ever cover Mountains Of The Moon, on a harp no less.

 
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Quiz: Why is this a joke in this particular thread?
 
Maybe because in many cases the only people who like the song posted are the posters of that particular song.
 
morrobay said:
Maybe because in many cases the only people who like the song posted are the posters of that particular song.
No. I was surprised by NJ in the joke and wondered what Manfred Mann's Earth Band - the only version I knew - had to do with it. Then I found out that this version was actually a cover and the composer was the boss, born in NJ.
 
Korea. For me the ebass player is the star.

 
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Hornbein said:


Clever variation:
[historyteachers] Charlemagne ("Call Me" by Blondie)
 
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Original. Make sure to hit the CC button to get the subtitles with the lyrics translation.



Cover by Roselia. I think ebassist Yuki Nakashima is terrific.

 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trooper

(1983) Iron Maiden - The Trooper (Official Video)


Kids playing "The Trooper"

(2006) Iron Maiden - The Trooper (cover) By Gauchos

See also (2008) Bruce Dickinson y los Gauchos de Acero

(2010) The Trooper - Iron Maiden (Children Orff Cover)


(2013) THE TROOPER - Iron Maiden cover by Motion Device (2013)


(2018) The Trooper - Liliac (Official Cover Music Video)


(2019) ASTERISM 『The Trooper』（Iron Maiden cover）


(2022) [ brakefoll ] Iron Maiden - The Trooper
 
The original. Just about everybody in Japan knows this song as it was the theme of possibly the most popular anime ever. Even Robin Williams was a fan.

Musical popularity revolves around NHK TV theme songs. That's the key to filling arenas.



There must be hundreds of covers of this, notably by the Glory Gospel Singers of Georgia, USA. Here's Tokyo Brass Style.

 
robphy said:
Here are some additional interesting covers (according to me):

[ “Enter Sandman” covers ]

James Hetfield and the News - "Hip to Be the Sandman"
[Bill McClintock]
 
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And the Country and Western genre: Original by Don Gibson.
 
Rebecca Lovell playing her original instrument, the mandolin. Wonderful touch. Every note has its own individual loudness. But you'll never get rich playing the mandolin. Meanwhile sister Megan demonstrates the Zoot Horn Rollo long lunar floating note.

 
Not sure this is necessarily better than the original, but it's kind of cute - Curt Smith and his daughter covering Tears for Fears' "Mad World" (which I believe is itself a cover of Gary Jules).

The little bits of dad-and-daughter byplay at beginning and end add something to it somehow.
 
For harmony you can't beat family. His fingers appear huge. It appears he wrote the song and Jules got the hit.
 
Ibix said:
Curt Smith and his daughter covering Tears for Fears' "Mad World" (which I believe is itself a cover of Gary Jules).
The original version is from Tears for Fears; the original singer is Curt Smith; Gary Jules - which I prefer - is a cover.

Tears for Fears:

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Gary Jules:

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