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Not saying the originals are bad, just that covers are more iconic. The cover artists are now more associated with the song. I would like more "official" examples as well as personal choices.


Case A: Hey Joe

"Original"(First commercial recording)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCZNFPaz1iw[/youtube]

Cover
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAMM2Wg3DW8[/youtube]



Case B: Knocking on Heaven's Door

Original
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaSIPQ-Bdc8[/youtube]

Cover
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tmc8rJgxUI[/youtube]



Case C(For Jon): Nothing Compares to You

Original
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBc7-v5exY[/youtube]

Cover
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq2K4jHs92A[/youtube]



Personal Mention: Cortez The Killer
Not really fair because its live vs studio.

Original
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G0qroTL51U[/youtube]

Cover
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i5Q[/youtube]

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I didn't know Hey Joe was a cover, but holy shit the original is bad.

I like Eric Clapton's version of Knocking on Heaven's Door significantly better.

I think Eric Clapton's cover of I Shot the Sheriff is 100x better than Bob Marley's original version.

Bob Marley's I Shot The Sheriff
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrucbUch5OQ[/youtube]

Eric Clapton's
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRgcwT9X2J8[/youtube]

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BOBS VERSION IS SO FUCKING ANNOYING. HOW DOES ANYONE LIKE IT??????

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Fleetwood Mac The Green Manalishi

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOablw_ZhQ[/youtube]

Judas Priest Version (Better)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-T1JnI4ZSU[/youtube]

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Here is one that is overdone but still true
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVn0hpBVuE[/youtube]

Whitney Houston
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI[/youtube]

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Another Over done one but probably the best cover ever
Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPz21cDK7dg[/youtube]

Johnny Cash
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc[/youtube]

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Nancy Sinatra - These Boots
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww[/youtube]

Megadeth (Debate-able but wayyyyy better lyrics )
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AsfR8JN_NQ[/youtube]
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/megadeth/theboots.html

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Because music is opinion, not fact.

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I don't understand this comment.

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Hallelujah

Original-Leonard Cohen

Cover-Jeff Buckley

House of the rising Sun

Original-Unknown folk song

Cover-The Animals

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Travis was responding to my rage in how anyone could like bob marley's incredible nasaly I shot the sheriff.

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I did not know so many of these songs were covers. blown away.

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I'm so official, like a dealer with a pistol or referee with a whistle.

Here's another. Sufjan Steven's version of A Little Lost is so much better than Arther Russell's.

Arthur Russell's version
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO2F48JKIlo[/youtube]

Sufjan Stevens's version
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnofnB5gNBY[/youtube]

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