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

[robphy]

I'm not going to listen to six Whip Its. Pick the best and leave the rest.

I like the fact you offer at least four versions!

For me, it's about first giving credit to the original.
Then, it's about variations of the covers (who is playing it and how they are playing it)...
not just the best (by some standard or by my current opinion)...
and not necessarily note-for-note covers.

Choose the video with the thumbnail or the title that seems appealing to you.

 

[pinball1970]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_It_(Devo_song)

Devo - Whip It

Whip It (Devo cover) - The Engagements (2018)

That is not your bar by the way, four versions, one is enough!
Some of the overseas stuff has blown my mind.
By over seas I mean, over the English channel. That is very far.

 

[fresh_42]

This is an interesting way ...



to cover ...

 

[morrobay]

 

[Hornbein]

This is an interesting way ...



to cover ...

Dang. I thought they were covering Blue Jay Way.

 

[DennisN]

This is an interesting way ...

to cover ...

Speaking of interesting and weird covers, here is a very weird one ...
Of course I favor the original, but the cover is so fun and they play incredibly good in it:

Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE)


Original: AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Official Video)

 

[morrobay]

 

[morrobay]

Well I would say this is best

 

[morrobay]

 

[robphy]

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

[Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads] Crazy Train Live in 1981


[Crazy Train] Nine-year-old Guitar Player "Yuto Miyazawa" on ellen 2009-may-11 (2009)
Crazy Train starts at 1:40
meets Ozzy at 4:45

Later that year, BLIZZCON 09' ** Ozzy ** Crazy Train ** Featuring 9 year old guitarist Yuto Miyazawa
( https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/BlizzCon_2009 )

[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

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne (Motown Style Cover) ft. Jennie Lena (Postmodern Jukebox) (2018)
(turn on captioning)


Puddles Pity Party - Crazy Train (2019)


One Man Band Covers Crazy Train (Aaron Paulsen, 2023)


Snippets on various instruments:

• Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne - Full Randy Rhoads Solo - Electric Violin Cover by Nina D
• @MiaAsano Epic Crazy Train bagpipe and electric violin duet with @PiperAlly - ( PiperAlly - full cover with solos ) - ( Mia x Ally - full cover with solos )
• CRAZY TRAIN (Ozzy Osbourne) played by Jeremy Boyer
• "Crazy Train" in the bathroom with Snubby J and Buckets the Drummer - ( Snubby J - full cover with solos )
• Crazy Train (Asian Folk Cover) - NiNi Music #shorts - ( NiNi - full cover with solos )

 

[pinball1970]

Bloody hell! What an amazing voice!

 

[pinball1970]

PMJ. I adore Jazz one of those genres that is not played in the west much.

How about this?

 

[Hornbein]

My contribution to terrible covers.

 

[Ibix]

PMJ

Their cover of Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass is fun. Original:

Cover:

 

[Ibix]

Ok, and a random youtube crawl from that one brought me to this rendition of Paint It Black to the tune of Back To Black:

 

[pinball1970]

Ok, and a random youtube crawl from that one brought me to this rendition of Paint It Black to the tune of Back To Black:

Very PMJ! Loved it.
I could spend a lot of time going through these tracks.

 

[pinball1970]

My contribution to terrible covers.

I liked it! I love drums on satellite mikes!

 

[robphy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_in_Black_(song) (1980)

AC/DC - Back In Black (Official Video)


Sunshiners "Back In Black" (AcDc Cover) (2008)


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


Back in Black - ACDC // Pastors of Muppets cover (2018)


Back In Black - AC/DC (LIVE Cover by. Jewel Box) (2022) - bass solo outro


Back in Black | @acdc | funk cover ft. Joanna Jones & Joe Bonamassa (2023)


Honorable mention:

sElf - Back In Black (2008) one-man-band - some NSFW lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CtO712SCVc

ACDC back in black bass solo by jiwoong Kim bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk90StzufWk

AC/DC - Back In Black on iPhone (GarageBand) by iSongs - progressively built on GarageBand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyRQYlg0Kw

 

[Hornbein]

I can beat all those Back In Blacks. From Kyiv.

 

[robphy]

I can beat all those Back In Blacks. From Kyiv.

They were good.

My selections were based on the novelty of the performers and of the re-interpretations.
(This even applies to my Devo Whip It selections, although the diversity of those selections might not have been appreciated.)
Both the influence of the original work and the courage to attempt it in a new way
are pleasantly surprising.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[robphy]

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...

[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

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

...and from a week ago

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

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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

 

[Hornbein]

 

[morrobay]

. Looked at some covers , not worth linking

 

[morrobay]

 

[morrobay]

 

[robphy]

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

 

[Hornbein]

I didn't think anyone would ever cover Mountains Of The Moon, on a harp no less.

 

[fresh_42]

Quiz: Why is this a joke in this particular thread?

 

[morrobay]

Maybe because in many cases the only people who like the song posted are the posters of that particular song.

 

[fresh_42]

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.

 

[Hornbein]

From Serbia

 

[Hornbein]

Korea. For me the ebass player is the star.

 

[morrobay]

Nice looking ,(too) high frequency ,^

 

[Hornbein]