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

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Frabjous said:
She cut the chorus.


That took me by surprise!
Very nice, totally different.

The first cover was "Satisfaction" by Residents on the thread and that took me by surprise too, for totally different reasons. C/o @Hornbein
 
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Hornbein said:

Hey! You can stop that right now. THAT, is a mash up, a mash up of gargantuan proportions.
 
Hornbein said:

I had this argument with V50, a mash is different from a cover. We have a mash thread, for mashes.
I appreciate your contribution to this thread.
 
Hornbein said:
They are from Kyiv.



Or how about this from the Czech Republic? Gabriela Gunčíková

Or this?


She is incredible. Wow.

Truthsurge sometimes altered his vocal, sang in one key then transposed it.
Not sure about that one.
 
These are covers by a family band named Missioned Souls.

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE by LED ZEPPELIN cover by MISSIONED SOULS


SEPARATE WAYS (Worlds Apart) by JOURNEY | Missioned Souls family band (studio) cover


LIVIN' ON A PRAYER (Bon Jovi) Missioned Souls family band cover


MISSIONED SOULS LIVE @ FIDDLER'S Cebu

(Hysteria muse, Rock Around the Clock, BillHaley&HisComets, All The Small Things blink182, Dreams TheCranberriesTV, What It Is To Burn OfficialFinch, Letters To You OfficialFinch)
 
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Love that Motown style ebass.



This ebass player is growlin' it out too.

 
Mister Sandman



Foxes plus Mom.

 
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I'd say that ballads on instruments are one of the biggest challenges in music. There is nowhere to hide.

 


In Tokyo there was a concert called Skullmania. The whole thing was a parody of heavy metal. I witnessed a handsome young woman in a business skirt -- she looked exactly like the Minato secretaries one sees on the Metro, quite possibly was one -- play the organ solo of Highway Star. This song is very well known. It's even the model name of a popular van.

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Nissan Highway Star.

Skullmania was not without a bout of Japanese professional wrestling, which is exactly the same as in the USA. A very stylized form.
 
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I like the color match between the tennis shoes and the guitar.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage_(Beastie_Boys_song) (1994)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys

Beastie Boys Perform "Sabotage" | Letterman (1994)

Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Official Music Video)
- https://www.spin.com/2018/10/beastie-boys-book-sabotage-story/

Voice of Baceprot: https://voiceofbaceprot.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Baceprot
The word baceprot means "noisy" in Sundanese.
- BBC 100 Women 2024: search for Kurnia
Firda Marsya Kurnia, Indonesia
Heavy metal musician

Challenging gender and religious norms is something Firda Marsya Kurnia is comfortable with, as lead vocalist and guitarist in the all-female, hijab-wearing heavy metal band Voice of Baceprot.

Singing in English and Sundanese, one of the most widely spoken languages in Indonesia, the trio’s lyrics express their frustrations with patriarchy.

There has been pushback from more conservative Muslims, who did not respond well when the band ventured into heavy metal.

But the band have come a long way since they started 10 years ago at their village school in Garut, West Java. This year they performed at Glastonbury, the first Indonesian band in the music festival’s 54-year history.


VOB ❗ Live at Head In The Clouds, LA, USA (2023)
Sabotage &t=4m10s (solos and break &t=7m00s)


V.O.B "SABOTAGE || COVER" Live in Chicago (2023)


(VOB covered Killing in the Name in
#673 and Enter Sandman in #547 .)


Great Big Story: Playing Heavy Metal in a Hijab (interview in 2018)
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Evil? (1980)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Head_(British_band)

Diamond Head - Am I Evil? (Live in 1979)
"Diamond Head performing 'Am I Evil?' at West Bromwich College in 1979. This was the first ever filmed performance by Diamond Head."

- Am I Evil (1982 audio) - Diamond Head Official
- Diamond Head - Am I Evil (Official Video) (1982) Remastered HQ Audio
- Diamond Head - Am I Evil? (Official Video) - 2020 version



Metallica: Am I Evil? (Oslo, Norway - June 26, 2024)
"Filmed at Tons of Rock at Ekebergsletta in Oslo, Norway, on June 26, 2024, and featuring Brian Tatler on guitar." (Tatler formed Diamond Head.)

- Metallica- Am I Evil? (Studio Version) (1984 audio)
- Am I Evil? - Band Switch Lars on Vocals, James on Drums Rare Live Performance! 1992.02.13 Metallica

METALLICA - AM I EVIL? ( Acoustic Guitar Cover ) (2021)


Metallica - Am I Evil? | Vkgoeswild piano cover


Soy maligno? ( Cover Am I Evil? en español ) ESPACIO ROCK CHILLAN. (2015)


Diamond Head - Am I Evil? cover (ft. Simone van Straten & Nishant Hagjer) (2024) ( vocals: Laura Guldemond )
(solo &t=4m20s)
 
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Hornbein said:
Love that Motown style ebass.



This ebass player is growlin' it out too.


Well as you and pinball1970 have advanced technical music knowledge. I suppose you can say this is a Motown sounding ebass?.But this is not Motown. So seems like what is being called Jazz, Motown lately actually is sounding suspiciously like pop.So for the sake of purity: let's call pop pop.
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robphy said:
So, he weathered he controversy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Tamplin#Lip-syncing_controversy
I can't get interested.
morrobay said:
Well as you and pinball1970 have advanced technical music knowledge. I suppose you can say this is a Motown sounding ebass?.But this is not Motown. So seems like what is being called Jazz, Motown lately actually is sounding suspiciously like pop.So for the sake of purity: let's call pop pop. View attachment 354397
Ha! I grew up 50 miles from Motown, listening to CKLW. I learned how to play in the Motown style. I know what the Motown sound is. I don't give a damn what Wikipedia says. And this song was even released under the Motown brand name!
 
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The ebass player is great. Something no other instrument can do.

 
Stars (1986)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear_'n_Aid#Track_1:_"Stars"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear_'n_Aid

Hear 'n Aid - Stars (Dio, Dokken, Queensryche, Halford) [HQ]

- Hear N' Aid - Stars [The Lead Vocals] (LD MASTER) [BEST QUALITY] (1986)
- Hear'n Aid "Stars" - The Guitarist

mainly live covers

HEAR N' AID - STARS - ( guitar solos) Ulisses Miyazawa


[싱어게인 49호 가수 ]Hear & Aid - Stars EBS 스페이스 공감.G3 이현석, 조필성, 강인오 (Song by 김진웅,신원철)


Hear N' Aid - Stars by Dio Ken & KellySIMONZ [The Record] (2024)～二人で歌って弾いてみた。#dioken #kellysimonz



Honorable Mention [studio covers from around the world]'