Cover versions that are better than the original

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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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Oh and ANY cover of a Beatles hit apart from Hey Jude.
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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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[media] [/media]

Definitely different if nothing else.
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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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Scotsrich wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:13 am [media] [/media]

Definitely different if nothing else.
Cant stand that noise. Lets see how hard you can shout in a song pish. The melancholy over the queens passing over played that and a hell of a lot of other rock ballads where i never want to hear them again.
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Think i posted this in the YouTube thread but here you go anyway...popped up again recently on my feed.

Bloody impressive that it's just one guy too! Doesn't show the drummer, but judging from his other vids it's also him playing.

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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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OK possibly not but bloody good none the less.

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Another good cover of Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters'. Not better than the original, just different - for a different mood perhaps.

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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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Have we had this one yet?

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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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Ghost have done a decent cover of Jesus He Knows Me.

I haven't linked to the video, it's most definitely NSFW. Search for it at your own risk - you've been warned ;)
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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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MUCH better than the original.

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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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The Weezer version of Toto's Africa

https://youtu.be/mk5Dwg5zm2U
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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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v8-powered wrote: Tue Jul 04, 2023 12:19 pm The Weezer version of Toto's Africa

https://youtu.be/mk5Dwg5zm2U
That was a proper laugh :)

(its still a shit song, despite the harmonies)
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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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Here's a bunch that are at least as good (crank it up & close your eyes...):



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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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Ren does a good cover

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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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Ok not so sure you could actually beat the original, but this is good

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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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As a kid I was a massive Elton John fan and Border Song was my fave.
Just played it on YouTube and this cover version popped up.
Wowsers. But he should leave off the fat old birds


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Re: Cover versions that are better than the original

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Romeo and Juliet by The Killers :thumbup: