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

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That drummer is the star for me. The original Alex part is one of my faves.
 
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jack action said:
There you go :smile::




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Nice. The song might be not available in the US as much.
 
robphy said:
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War Ensemble (1990)
is the first track on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasons_in_the_Abyss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slayer

(1990) Slayer - War Ensemble
drum fill &t=2m22s

(2026) Maya Neelakantan (12 years old) - War Ensemble — Slayer | Guitar Riffs + Jeff Hanneman Solo Tribute




(2026) audrey123talks - #Slayer - War Ensemble cover guitar and lefty bass +#スレイヤー

[You can hear the bass more clearly in the Mar 2025 version .]
They have many versions of audrey123talks playing War Ensemble, starting with them playing Rocksmith.

(more Kate and Audrey: audrey123talk on PF )

Maya's cover was from Jan 31 and Kate-and-Audrey's is Feb 1.
Maya says it's a birthday tribute to Slayer's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Hanneman .
Kate-and-Audrey make no mention this.
... but everybody is having a great time!
 
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Perhaps Maria Carey started it and they all just started copying her? 43 seconds in.
A truly hideous version.

 
This is garbage of the highest level. How to take a beautiful, timeless tune, that you did not write arrange or produce and murder it in cold blood.

I think @fresh_42 likes her and that other woman from Canada, she assassinated it as well. When you come back Fresh we are going to have to discuss matey.

 
I found the woman from Canada, it's not the song I thought it was but she pretty much dropped napalm on this piece.

The ornaments are there and she does what over inflated egos do, she sang it like it's hers, it's not, you incinerated it.

 
The original is by Rosie and the Originals. This cover: A Doo Wop classic. This is a cult style still popular with the lowriders
 
The Lion Sleeps Tonight from 1939,
 
Point Conception said:
The original is by Rosie and the Originals. This cover: A Doo Wop classic. This is a cult style still popular with the lowriders

Frank Zappa and Art Tripp loved this style of music.
 
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The arrangement is really good.
 
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The singer's tone is on the weak side. I wish that fabulous flute player had had the melody.
 
Hornbein said:

Most skilled heavy metal guitarist ever if you ask me. So precise and detailed! The singer is real good and the drummer is showy. They do however rely on overdubbing so they can't duplicate this live. For the real thing gotta go with Bandmaid.
 


Not impressed by the singer but Skunk is rockin out on them there gitar. That's a solid state amp modeling a tuber. Sounds to me like they've got it. Had to happen sooner or later.
 


Sakura Yoshida, the final boss.
 
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Most skilled heavy metal guitarist ever if you ask me. So precise and detailed! The singer is real good and the drummer is showy. They do however rely on overdubbing so they can't duplicate this live. For the real thing gotta go with Bandmaid.
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Sakura Yoshida, the final boss.

My favorite is Sakura's cover of #1,036 Don't Tell Me You Love Me .
I'm glad she got her band together.


Hornbein said:
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Most skilled heavy metal guitarist ever if you ask me. So precise and detailed! The singer is real good and the drummer is showy. They do however rely on overdubbing so they can't duplicate this live. For the real thing gotta go with Bandmaid.


I forgot about this early cover
(2018) Sakura Yoshida ELECTRIC EYE　中３　ギター
 
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Orig



Cover



Two ebass players. Tina is an octave above the other guy. With guitarist Adrian Belew.

I read a book on The Talking Heads. Most of it was about how Tina and Bryne couldn't get along. It mentioned that Tina consciously chose to live a life of delusion. She might have something there.
 
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