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

[jack action]

(2019) Metallica - Master of Puppets | Mel cover ( MelSickScreamoAnnie ) - Indonesia - 5M views
(first solo &t=3m40s) - (second solo &t=5m45s)

Apart from her great talent, isn't she the cutest with her "death metal" pink hoodie with a rainbow?

 

[Hornbein]

Today I learned that J Page composed this the first time he ever picked up a mandolin.
The vocal was a duet with Sandy Denny.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[robphy]

#1409
The Devil Went Down to Georgia (1979)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_Went_Down_to_Georgia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Daniels

(1979) The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

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(2023) The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Official Video) - Mia x Ally ( Mia Asano - Ally The Piper ) -- features bagpipes

posted today

When Somebody Requests Devil Went Down to Georgia (Mia Asano)
( setup of rhythm track starts at &t=2m20s ) - ( song starts at &t=3m30s )

 

[erobz]

It's hard to know what already been posted?

Disturbed-Sound of Silence

 

[erobz]

Gamazda - The Unforgiven

 

[erobz]

A voice instrumental:

 

[pinball1970]

It's hard to know what already been posted?

Disturbed-Sound of Silence

#11 first page. I remember the first page but not much else!

 

[pinball1970]

Today I learned that J Page composed this the first time he ever picked up a mandolin.
The vocal was a duet with Sandy Denny.

I thought it was Robert Plant for years! An overdub with a prettier tone!
I do not think they played with anyone else on all their records, just her.
Lovely folk voice like Maddie Pryor.
One of those 1970s rock roll deaths unfortunately.

 

[Hornbein]

Orig



Cover (from Finland)



Honorable Mention

 

[pinball1970]

Today I learned that J Page composed this the first time he ever picked up a mandolin.
The vocal was a duet with Sandy Denny.

Impressive, not much in the way over dub vocals. A bit of double tracking and nice harmony. The mandolin parts are so close to the original, I can't tell if she has somehow lifted those or just copied all the parts.

Also, this is what a hippie girl looks like in 2024?
More of this and less Lady Ga Ga!

 

[robphy]

It's hard to know what already been posted?

Only if the title is entered as text in a post (not just a YouTube URL),
you can use the Search in the upper right corner
to search for (say) a title in "This Thread",
then Click "Search" (not "Advanced Search" which I tend to do since it is vertically below "This Thread")

https://www.physicsforums.com/search/16271609/?q=Sound+of+Silence&t=post&c[thread]=1050205&o=date

but since the title wasn't included in the text,
this search didn't pick up #11 that @pinball1970 recalled.

 

[pinball1970]

Master of Puppets (1986)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Puppets_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica

Metallica - Master Of Puppets [Seattle 1989] 4K 60FPS

• (2023) Jimmy Kimmel - Metallica on Master of Puppets on Stranger Things, M72 World Tour & First Albums They Ever Bought
• (2019) Rick Beato - What Makes This Song Great? “Master of Puppets” Metallica || Stranger Things

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(2024) Master Of Puppets - Metallica (Live Cover By Nene Royal) - Thailand - 13years old - sings and shreds!
(first solo &t=4m00s) - (second solo &t=6m07s)



(2019) Metallica - Master of Puppets | Mel cover ( MelSickScreamoAnnie ) - Indonesia - 5M views
(first solo &t=3m40s) - (second solo &t=5m45s)



(2022) artfrob - METALLICA - Master Of Puppets - Live by BAILEY - Cardiff - 10 (or 11) years old
(first solo &t=3m35s) - (second solo &t=5m30s)



(2018) METALLICA - MASTER OF PUPPETS [Cover by OVERDOSE] - Thailand - 9 to 15 years old - spirited!
(first solo &t=3m35s) - (second solo &t=5m40s)



(2017) Master of Puppets - Metallica (Multi-Instrumental Cover) by 13 Year Old ( Owen Davey ) - Canada
(first solo &t=3m35s) - (second solo &t=5m40s)

Artfrob is a legend, I have been checking his busking videos in Cardiff for years. Bailey the guitar player is not bad on violin too.

 

[pinball1970]

A voice instrumental:

I would like to see that live.
Incredible!

 

[robphy]

Helter Skelter (1968)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helter_Skelter_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles

(2005) Paul McCartney - Helter Skelter (Live 8 2005)

• (1968 footage) Paul McCartney & John Lennon - Helter Skelter - Abbey Road Studios, London, England (11.06.1968)
• (audio) Helter Skelter (First Version / Take 2)
• (audio) Helter Skelter (Second Version / Take 17)
• (audio) Helter Skelter (Remastered 2009)
  
  
  
• Why Helter Skelter is Still The Most Controversial Beatles Song

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(1983) Siouxsie And The Banshees - Helter Skelter (Nocturne, Royal Albert Hall, 1983)

• (older YouTube from 2006, of lower quality) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter
• (1978, audio from radio show) Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peel Session 1978 &t=9m45s
• (1978, audio) Siouxsie and the Banshees - Helter Skelter (from The Scream (Deluxe) ) - main song starts near &t=50s

(2022) Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo - Rock The Beatles Helter Skelter Live

• (1981, live audio) Pat Benatar- Helter Skelter (Live)
• (1981, audio) Pat Benatar - Helter Skelter (from Precious Time)

(1983) Motley Crue - Helter Skelter (The Beatles cover) (Live At Us Festival 83) - [Remastered to FullHD]

• (1983, audio) Motley Crue - Helter Skelter (from Shout at the Devil)

(1988) U2 - Helter Skelter [Rattle and Hum - HD]



(1999) Oasis - Helter Skelter Live @ Y100 Festival, Philadelphia 1999

• (2000, audio) Oasis - Helter Skelter (B-side)

Honorable Mentions:

• (1985) 浜田麻里 MARI HAMADA ❤ All Night Rock Live 1985 (Helter Skelter at 11m10s)
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Hamada
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Revolution_(album)
  
  
• (1989) Vow Wow - Helter Skelter (Official Video) (1989) From The Album Helter Skelter
  

  Japanese metal band now defunct. They were originally called Bow Wow. Title track with a Beatles cover song to their album from 1989. Great keyboard laden band in the vein of Loudness and Europe.

 

[pinball1970]

Very impressed with this lady's versatility. Alyona

 

[Hornbein]

 

[robphy]

(inspired by @Hornbein 's post on Greg Howe's cover of "Sunny")

Kick It All Over (1988)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Howe_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Howe

(2014) Greg Howe - Kick it all Over

• (1988, audio) Kick It All Over - Greg Howe
  
  
• Greg Howe was one of the early shredders signed by Shrapnel Records in 1988.
  (Others include Marty Friedman, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore, Jason Becker.)

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(2015) Greg Howe - Kick It All Over (cover by Shani Kimelman)


(2018) Dustin Tomsen 13 years old covers Greg Howe "Kick It All Over"


(2017) Greg Howe - Kick It All Over - Guitar Cover - Desafinados


(2017) 기타 입시곡 greg howe - kick it all over (Guitar Cover) - 진형철 Jin HC Guitar — not a straight cover

 

[Ibix]

Off topic - one I heard today as background music in a cafe which was just awful. It seemed to be from an album of covers in a slow, relaxed style with dreamy female vocals. Not necessarily a bad thing (see the excellent cover of California Dreamin' upthread), but to my mind wildly inappropriate for Paint It Black.

 

[robphy]

Paint It Black (1966)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_It_Black
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black LIVE (1966)

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Off topic - one I heard today as background music in a cafe which was just awful. It seemed to be from an album of covers in a slow, relaxed style with dreamy female vocals. Not necessarily a bad thing (see the excellent cover of California Dreamin' upthread), but to my mind wildly inappropriate for Paint It Black.

Was it one of these?

• (2019) Paint It Black (Epic Trailer Version) · Hidden Citizens · Rånya - Reawakenings Vol. 2
  
  
  
• (2019) Paint It Black (Cover) - Marvel's Inhumans Soundtrack - Valerie Broussard
  
  
  
• (2015) Ciara - Paint It, Black (Audio) from The Last Witch Hunter
  

(early in this thread #600 Wednesday Addams and your #535 Robyn Adele Anderson )

 

[robphy]

#1410
Master of Puppets (1986)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Puppets_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica

Metallica - Master Of Puppets [Seattle 1989] 4K 60FPS

Metallica was in town last week.
Here's someone's concert footage for Master of Puppets (at the end of a 2-hour set).
(Aug 2024) Metallica - Minneapolis MN 8-16-2024 (night 1)
[Master of Puppets at &t=1h52m]

Here's (night 2) - advertised as "No Repeat Weekend - 2 nights, 2 different sets, 2 different opening acts".

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• update:
  Higher quality video will probably be posted on https://www.youtube.com/@metallica/videos .
  Metallica: Wherever I May Roam (Foxborough, MA - August 4, 2024) looks great.

 

[pinball1970]

Paint It Black (1966)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_It_Black
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black LIVE (1966)

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Was it one of these?

• (2019) Paint It Black (Epic Trailer Version) · Hidden Citizens · Rånya - Reawakenings Vol. 2
  
  
  
• (2019) Paint It Black (Cover) - Marvel's Inhumans Soundtrack - Valerie Broussard
  
  
  
• (2015) Ciara - Paint It, Black (Audio) from The Last Witch Hunter
  

(early in this thread #600 Wednesday Addams and your #535 Robyn Adele Anderson )

They swapped around a lot but Paint it Black was Ian Paice's drum solo for a while. 1969-70 ish.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[Hornbein]

Josephine Meets The Beatles.

 

[pinball1970]

Once you hear this it is not easy to unhear. It is hard to pinpoint who is most a fault as none of them can actually play.

 

[pinball1970]

I think this actually worse than the Floyd one. Same band butchering Clapton this time.

 

[Hornbein]

Dea Matrona -- Simon & Garfunkle's Homeward Bound

 

[robphy]

Get Lucky (April 19 2013)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Lucky_(Daft_Punk_song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft_Punk

(April 12 2013) Daft Punk - Get Lucky Trailer (Long Version) @ Coachella - RAM - Nile Rodgers - Pharrell Williams

• (2013) Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Full Video)
• (2013) Colbert's Get Lucky
  ( back story: Stephen Colbert Daft Punk 'Get Lucky' Parody: Comedy Central Host Strikes Web Gold With Spoof )

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(2013) Get Lucky - KRNFX (Daft Punk ft. Pharrell) - Beatbox Cover



(2013) Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (cover) Jess Greenberg



(2013) Get Lucky (Daft Punk's Cover) by The Russian Guard Choir

(I couldn't find the originally posted video)


(2024) Charles Berthoud - Get Lucky (Official Music Video)

• Charles Berthoud - Get Lucky but it absolutely SLAPS

(2023) Colin Sankey - Get Lucky by Daft Punk Solo Bass Arrangement

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Honorable Mention:

• Daft Punk ft Pharrell - Get Lucky (The Bass Wizard)
• Daft Punk - Get Lucky - Fingerstyle Guitar / Acoustic Interpretation - Gareth Evans
• Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky - Saxophone Duet
• Daft Punk - Get Lucky (ft Pharrell) - Swing/ Vintage Cover by Flash Mob Jazz

 

[erobz]

Dea Matrona -- Simon & Garfunkle's Homeward Bound

Hey, you got the wrong title, or the wrong video linked. (it takes you to a Crosby, Stills, and Nash) cover. Can't tell.

The girls are very talented, thanks for sharing.

 

[Hornbein]

Hey, you got the wrong title, or the wrong video linked. (it takes you to a Crosby, Stills, and Nash) cover. Can't tell.

The girls are very talented, thanks for sharing.

Uneditable.