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

[Hornbein]

Orig



David Lee Roth

 

[jack action]

Cover by a family band from Atlanta.

Great one!

I'm not wild about this cover

But, but, but ... it's made in Canada! I could almost taste the maple syrup!

 

[Hornbein]

Great one!

I like the way she's filled with anger and hate for having been bamboozled by lies, this having killed all her joy.

 

[Hornbein]

Orig of Tulsa Time



That seems pretty hard to equal. Here's a worthy effort.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[morrobay]

Little Eva cover, original by Neil Sedaka.

 

[robphy]

#1433

#1895

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfortably_Numb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd

from #1442
COMFORTABLY NUMB (Pink Floyd) Band Cover by KNULP

( more KNULP , #973 )

solos - interpreted by these shredders

• (2014) Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb Solo Cover - Tina S
  
  ( more Tina S )
  
  
• (2020) Igor Paspalj - "Comfortably Numb" solo - long take
  
  ( more Igor Paspalj, #1611, #1789, Igor Paspalj - in the Talent Worthy of Wider Recognition thread )
  
  
• (2025) Pink Floyd - Comfortable Numb - Cover by Evlee
  
  ( more Evlee , #1611, #1789, Evlee - in the Talent Worthy of Wider Recognition thread )

 

[Hornbein]

 

[Hornbein]

I like the ebass player.



They are from Hungary.

Here's again that Atlanta family.

 

[Hornbein]

Mister Blue

 

[Kendra64]

Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs cover Linda Ronstadt's Different Drum. The highlight is Sweet's vocal harmony. His fashion sense needs work though.

Different Drum is actually a Michael Nesmith song. Even though Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys recorded it first, Nesmith did his own version on his solo album with the First National Band. Just sharing some trivia you may not know.

 

[Kendra64]

The Beatles Twist and Shout

 

[jackjack2025]

Whitney Houston classic of course better.

Jeff Buckley - hallelujah

spring to mind.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[Hornbein]

 

[jackjack2025]

That is an awesome version with only guitar. Thanks :)

 

[robphy]

[see my post on Kinga Głyk in the Talent Worthy of Wider Recognition thread]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_Heaven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven (Official Video)

(2016) Kinga Głyk - Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton/Jeff Berlin - cover

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Me_Up_Before_You_Go-Go
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham!
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Official Video)

(2021) Kinga Głyk - NEVER HAD THIS MUCH FUN (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go)

 

[Hornbein]

 

[Hornbein]

I was living in Michigan in 1965. All of a sudden Mustangs were everywhere. It was phenomenal. Never saw anything like that again. The Fender guitar company came out with a Mustang bass and guitar.

Lee Iacocca's success with the Mustang made CEO Henry Ford II so jealous he hounded Lee out of the company.

Every year after that Ford made the Mustangs bigger, uglier, and more expensive until they sucked and no one would buy them anymore.

 

[Hornbein]

Now JJ plays Vegas. Man I'm getting old.


Not a patch on the orig but extra points for those costumes.

 

[robphy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Eye_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Priest

• Judas Priest - The Hellion / Electric Eye (Live Vengeance '82)

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SteamRollers- Electric Eye Cover-Judas Priest


Judas Priest - Electric Eye cover - Vixen Vendetta


'The Hellion/Electric Eye' by Judas Priest (piano cover) - Catherine Fearns
(solo at &t=1m45s)


Judas Priest "The Hellion / Electric Eye" (acoustic) Ben Woods on Flamenco Guitar
(solo at &t=1m40s) ... the Hellion sounds a little like the theme from M*A*S*H

• live version: Ben Woods - The Hellion/Electric Eye (Judas Priest cover)

The Hellion-Electric Eye - JUDAS PRIEST (Violin cover) - Miquel Serrahima metal covers
(solo at &t=2m30s)


Violent Revenge - (The Hellion) Electric Eye - Judas Priest cover (Former singer, Caitlyn Thomas)

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Honorable mention:

• UNDERCOVER "ELECTRIC EYE" (JUDAS PRIEST COVER) - acoustic
• Electric Eye - Judas Priest Acoustic Cover by DOUBLE CH ( solo )
• JUDAS PRIEST / THE HELLION : ELECTRIC EYE / Acoustic Heavy Metal Version by AKOGI de METAL ( solo )

 

[Hornbein]

Orig



Worthy cover

 

[Hornbein]

Masked singers from Thailand play I Hate Myself For Loving You. I think the drummer is great.

 

[Hornbein]

Orig Mercury Blues from 1948



Alan Jackson 1993

 

[robphy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painkiller_(Judas_Priest_song) (1990)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Priest

• Judas Priest - Painkiller (Epitaph) (Judas Priest)
• Judas Priest - Painkiller (Official HD Video)

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Theo Will - Judas Priest Painkiller Cover - [10-year -old Metal kid]


Judas Priest / Painkiller (Guitar Cover) Yuki of D_Drive - Yuki Osaka (from Talent Worthy of Wider Recognition , post #3 )

(see #1,,627 Highly Strung , #1,118 For the Love of God , Wings/D_Drive )

Painkiller | Mari e Maya Acoustic Rock (Judas Priest cover) - reminds me of a WiiSportsResort game


Painkiller (Judas Priest) - Ben Woods - Solo Flamenco Guitar

( see #1,911 Hellion/Electric Eye )

https://www.youtube.com/@matthewkheafy
Matt Heafy (Trivium) - Judas Priest - Painkiller I Acoustic Cover


The Starbreakers- Painkiller- Multicam Edit- The Viper Room (Courtney Cox , Nita Strauss , Jill Janus )

( see #1,692 Rock You Like A Hurricane )

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Honorable mention:

• Painkiller - Judas Priest - cover - Audrey and Kate ( audrey123talks ) -always fun to watch
  (more audrey123talks on PF )
• Painkiller by Judas Priest Performed by Kids! / O'Keefe Music Foundation
• PAINKILLER / JUDAS PRIEST - @ASTERISM_metal (more ASTERISM on PF)

 

[pinball1970]

That is so good it made me watch his hands closely for cheats. I E. He records two parts say, the mimes over the mix.

 

[Hornbein]

That is so good it made me watch his hands closely for cheats. I E. He records two parts say, the mimes over the mix.

I'd swear there was an ebass in there. I don't think it's possible to get a guitar to sound like that naturally. I think he re-equalizes or triggers or something. But he does play those notes.

 

[pinball1970]

I'd swear there was an ebass in there. I don't think it's possible to get a guitar to sound like that naturally. I think he re-equalizes or triggers or something. But he does play those notes.

For me it was the Bass drum/heel of his hand. Very clean, so I will watch again and see if I hear a BD I did not see him play, or see a play I did not hear.

 

[Hornbein]

Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian
The Cleverly's Walk Like An Egyptian

 

[robphy]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Hall_of_the_Mountain_King (1875)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Grieg

• (2023) Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King // Nicolò Foron & London Symphony Orchestra
• (2020) GRIEG - IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING - ORGAN OF MÜPA BUDAPEST (Jonathan Scott )

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(2017) Grieg: Peer Gynt "In the Hall of the Mountain King" / Elisey Mysin 6 years
(&t=1m30s)


(2006) Apocalyptica - Hall of the mountain king cover of Edward G.

(#489 War Pigs)

(2011) "Hall Of The Mountain King" Keith Medley and his 27-string Medley Guitar


(2021) Marcin Jakubek - In the Hall of the Mountain King Metal Version


(1995) Rainbow - Hall of The Mountain King 1995 Live Video ( [Ritchie Blackmore's] Rainbow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_Us_All )

"Edvard Grieg, lyrics by Night, arrangement by Blackmore"

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(2015) Trans Siberian Orchestra hall of the mountain king


(1987) (&t=1m20s) Prelude to Madness - Savatage

[and see the next post for Savatage's Hall of the Mountain King]

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Inspector Gadget Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ABB-xymBc