I've always thought of the versions of "I Will Always Love You" in this way: You play the Whitney Houston version at your wedding reception, and the Dolly Parton version at your partner's funeral.

@Thetasigmaalpha

Жыл бұрын

I think the Whitney Houston’s version to be clinical. Dolly sound like her heart is breaking.

@wvu05

Жыл бұрын

​​@@Thetasigmaalpha Indeed. The best summary I ever heard was, "Listening to Whitney makes me think, 'What a great singer,' but listening to Dolly makes me think, 'What a great song.'"

@medealkemy

Жыл бұрын

Nah, to me it's an awesome singer meeting an awesome song. When your heart breaks and you have the capacity of singing like Whitney, you sing like Whitney.

@wvu05

Жыл бұрын

@@medealkemy Or, you serve _the song._ She reined it in on "Heartbreak Hotel," and it was incredible.

@atavares1989

Жыл бұрын

That song is a breakup song, no way you play in your wedding 😂

fun fact: Trent originally said hearing Johnny's version was like "watching someone fuck his girlfriend." The VIDEO birthed the "not my song, anymore" thing, along with with "wow, I just LOST my girlfriend." He also said he was moved to tears and had goosebumps.

@horror_fam0847

Жыл бұрын

I also read that when he played the video in front of bandmates while they were recording they were all in tears. I love Trent's original but Cash's cover was mind blowing love both versions

@ericluchinski

Жыл бұрын

Imo Trent did it better

@kingexclusivo

Жыл бұрын

Nine Inch Nail’s version is way better. More emotional and instrumentally superior

@juancastellon7183

Жыл бұрын

@@kingexclusivo emotionality is subjective, both versions elicit a different response.

@nooneofconsequence3847

Жыл бұрын

I asked Chris Vrenna his opinion on the cover. He said that he loved it, and that it was better than their version, but his only gripe was the lyrics change

When I first saw Cash's cover of "Hurt", I swear I thought he was really dying in the video. That's how powerful his performance was.

@paulw.woodring7304

11 ай бұрын

His wife June, who is in the video, died months later and Johnny followed a few months after that.

@felity1773

11 ай бұрын

the original is so damn emotional though, just look at the quiet version that Trent Reznor sings live (only accompanied by a piano). it is the best version in my opinion, cause Cash plays normal chords while the first chord in Reznors version has that distinct dissonant sound

@robertadorian4234

11 ай бұрын

Reznor himself said Cash's version was better.

@JCTEAM60

10 ай бұрын

@@robertadorian4234 Absolutely, can you imagine a musical legend recording such a personal song and creating something so entirely different that you can only hang your head and bow with class and respect…Cash owned it and Reznor is a stand up guy. What respect and recognition.

@redbarchetta8782

10 ай бұрын

@@robertadorian4234 He said that song belongs to Cash now, paraphrasing.

I'm glad Dolly's getting a huge payday from Whitney's version. That said, some of us are old enough to know that Dolly brought that song to #1 not once, but TWICE. I'd say plenty of people like her OG version too. I liken it to Simon & Garfunkle's The Sound of Silence and Disturb's cover. Both are very, very good in entirely different ways.

@suebob16

Жыл бұрын

I do remember Dolly's duet version of I Will Always Love You with Vince Gill. That was such a touching version sung by two of the most pure and unique voices out there.

@fedoramcclaren4294

Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness...the Disturbed version is beautiful!!! It was unexpected awesomeness!!!

@mikeveenhuis9160

Жыл бұрын

The Disturbed version is like a cheesegrater to my ears. One of the worst covers I've ever heard. It loses all of its sublety and sense of purpose when that bombastic bellowing voice is played on top of a piece that is grand in its smallness.

@guitarbass22

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeveenhuis9160 I also disagree with the original comment you’re replying to, that the Simon and Garfunkel version is better, but that’s a bit harsh 😂😂 Honestly, Disturbed’s version is pretty decent, but doesn’t have the same feeling as the original. Similar to Metallica’s cover of “Turn the Page” for those who are huge Peter Frampton fans.

@NeverlandSystemPixie

Жыл бұрын

The original Sound of Silence is meh, imho. GREAT lyrics, but the almost pop happy hippy sounds of it just take away from the message, imho. Disturbed does it worlds better with intense gravitas and somber and almost angry hurt tones S&G couldn't even fathom...

My jaw hit the floor seeing “Respect” not be Aretha Franklin‘s original, it fits her so well

@JK-gm6kk

Жыл бұрын

Had no idea

@AugustCrossroads

Жыл бұрын

The word respect takes very different interpretations in these two

@magnificentbuzz

Жыл бұрын

It's more impressive seeing how she made it her own

@nicktaylor2657

Жыл бұрын

Became such a woman's anthem Hard to imagine her not singing it

@flazzorb

Жыл бұрын

Well, she certainly showed you what it meant to her.

It feels weird not mentioning Hallelujah or Mad World. Two songs that have become huge because their covers in media specifically.

@khrashingphantom9632

Жыл бұрын

ESPECIALLY Mad World! It's one of those covers where the original is appreciated, but then the Cover is just THE definitive version.

@nicktaylor2657

Жыл бұрын

The original Mad World by Tears for Fears is a campy 80s Nu Wave song The cover is a moody dark Emo song A much better song since the original was forgettable

@P3dotme

Жыл бұрын

​​@@nicktaylor2657 Gary Jule's version is just slow and somber and is like "I'm sad and everybody sucks." Personally to me it reads more like an average 14 year old's understanding of depression than actually resonating with any specific experiences. The Tears for Fears' version is chaotic, racing, and frantic and feels like it communicates a more specific emotional landscape. It presents both the stress and the intoxicating allure of madness. It feels like it expresses disconnection and paranoia rather than superiority. It might not be memorable to you, but to me it's much deeper and more resonant than the cover.

@rileyk5228

Жыл бұрын

The Tears for Fears one is better. Jules is maudlin in the worst way lol

@wplants9793

Жыл бұрын

Yes Hallelujah!!

You need to include Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" in your next covers video. She owns that song so hard that most people have no idea that it's a cover tune.

@ericortega1745

2 ай бұрын

No way 😂 seriously. I'll look into it

@brokenstarfury4895

17 күн бұрын

@@ericortega1745 Original is Robert Hazard. He never technically released it.

The last we see of Johnny is closing the piano lid - leaving the man, the music, the legend to history.

Some other honorable mentions imo: Valerie - Amy Winehouse The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana Twist and Shout - The Beatles Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin The First Cut is the Deepest - Sheryl Crowe Knocking on Heaven's Door - Guns N Roses Hallelujah - Jeff Buckly/Rufus Wainwright Proud Mary - Tina Turner Killing Me Softly with His Song - Lauren Hill (Fugees) Skinny Love - Birdy Mad World - Gary Jules Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot Free Fallin' - John Mayer (which one is more popular is arguable) Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows House of the Rising Sun - The Animals Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm Mickey - Toni Basil

@JK-gm6kk

Жыл бұрын

Nirvana covering where did you sleep last night too. Amazing

@tjrmakhetha

Жыл бұрын

You snapped🔥🔥

@mischievousmonkey4939

Жыл бұрын

These gotta be done

@D.S.handle

Жыл бұрын

Big Yellow Taxi cover by Bob Dylan is also very good

@arthurdurham

Жыл бұрын

@@JK-gm6kk Oh true! Such a good cover

The mere mention of Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt causes me to tear up.

@Bacopa68

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's an almost cry song.

@atomicgator5207

Жыл бұрын

Same.

@datadiva9353

Жыл бұрын

There's also a version on youtube of Trent doing it as a duet with David Bowie. Pretty incredible.

@wesdiego08

Жыл бұрын

One hundred percent!

@davidelliott5843

Жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash takes a good song and turns it into a powerhouse of raw emotion.

‘Hold my accordion, I got this’- Weird Al

Hurt from Cash is a great finale to a storied and difficult career.

@ericortega1745

2 ай бұрын

The only Man that shot his girl while high on cocaine. He fought his dad. He played two harmonica in front of prisoners. A legend 🍻

"Yes nerds, we're gonna do All Along the Watchtower" You know us too well

@maxresdefault_

Жыл бұрын

By the way, I Won't Back Down is another Johnny Cash cover that's quite special.

@voutsider190

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@MomLAU

Жыл бұрын

Love U2's version of AAtW too!

@lukerestlessstudios

11 ай бұрын

Michael Hedges’ cover is my favorite.

I don't know if it's as famous in the US as the UK but Soft Cell's cover of Tainted Love should absolutely be in this list

@zhenia2511

Жыл бұрын

The best version of the song though is by Coil. It completely reframes the lyrics and makes "Tainted Love" dark and depressing.

@Bacopa68

Жыл бұрын

The Soft Cell version is absolutely famous among eighties kids in the US.

@camb6017

Жыл бұрын

I'll be honest had no idea that Soft Cell's was a cover

@ShadowOfCicero

Жыл бұрын

I think the Soft Cell version was the only one that broke America in the first place.

@angrytreeclimber

Жыл бұрын

@@camb6017 I learned the soft cell version was a cover when GTA: San Andreas had the Gloria Jones version.

So glad you mentioned Chris Cornell’s cover of Nothing Compared 2 U. That whole album is full of absolutely incredible covers and is easily one of my favorite albums of all time, performed by my absolute favorite artist. R.I.P. Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell’s version of Nothing Compares 2 U will always be *the* version of this song to me. So powerful, elicits so many emotions. Love hearing it brought up in these conversations, more people should give it a listen

@rileyk5228

Жыл бұрын

It makes a better argument than purple saying his cover of patience is any good lol

@rd6203

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I feel like there's a good reason he chose not to release Patience. He's one of the greatest musicians of his lifetime and he knew better.

@danielledoyle896

Жыл бұрын

Also, his cover of Billie Jean is supreme 👌

@garymaidman625

11 ай бұрын

Try Chris Stapleton's live tribute of this song. It for me is number one. Absolutely incredible.

@queiroz.ortopedia

10 ай бұрын

Indeed

I've been an NIN fanatic since age 12 (92) and was at the 94 show where much of the video for their (then) new single, Hurt, was filmed, and it's burned DEEP into my psyche. The older I got, the more it resonated. I'm also a lifelong Cash aficionado. Johnny's version, especially paired with the video, and followed by his escape from this plane, utterly transforms the meaning. It's not even the same song, to me. It's damn near fair use territory. It ALSO impacts me more, the older i get. Neither is better.

@futuristic.handgun

Жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree. They are equally as stellar and S tier, just in different ways because they are performed from different perspectives of pain. Both I have grown with and grown to understand new meanings in them the older I get as well. 🤘

@XANAX-Pilled

Жыл бұрын

@@futuristic.handgun Precisely. 94, i related the NIN version, first, to puppy love. Then came addiction issues. Now i'm over 40 and truly contemplating mortality, which is what Cash was getting at. I feel you.

@futuristic.handgun

Жыл бұрын

@@XANAX-Pilled Dude, same. 🖤

@Menuki

Жыл бұрын

An good cover doesn’t necessarily have to be “better” It just has to stand on its own merits. Not relying on or needing the original to convey emotions…whether it’s the writer’s or singer’s

@fedoramcclaren4294

Жыл бұрын

Yes... Both versions stand firm on their own... The original, based on attempts at departing from addiction, has a different feel from Johnny's cover, which feels more of him preparing for the final stage of the physical stage. Nine Inch Nails' version feels as if it is building on trauma, whole Johnny's version feels as acceptance for departure. This is just my take on it... 💜🖤💜

"And you could have it all. My empire of dirt." Some of the best lyrics ever.

Great video. Two things: 1. I'm really glad to see Cornell's cover included, as while not definitive, it's definitely excellent. 2. Since she's top of mind to a lot of folks right now, it's hard not to have one of these lists without Proud Mary being in the conversation. Both versions of the song are excellent, but I really can't deny that Tina's version is THE version that nearly everyone instantly thinks of. RIP Tina.

@guitarbass22

Жыл бұрын

Proud Mary is one of those CCR songs that you don’t mind being covered. But for me personally, I could never listen to anyone else sing “Lookin Out My Back Door” except CCR.

@girlgreenivy

Жыл бұрын

I was not aware there was an original version of proud mary. Tina really made it her own

Cake’s cover of I Will Survive is one of my personal favorites

@Tyler_82

Ай бұрын

@miloTheKid5454 how about Cake's cover of war pigs thats another song Cake makes their own an knocks it outta the park

You need to add the man who sold the world by Nirvana and Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley

@francescomonopoli9270

Жыл бұрын

I don't know, I love Jeff's version of Hallelujah, but I think the original is even better.

@BonaparteBardithion

Жыл бұрын

@@francescomonopoli9270 My biggest gripe with Buckley's is that he ommited some of the best verses and a good decade of covers that followed his did the same. Those verses were arguably the thesis statement of the entire piece, so it's good to see them starting to show up again in newer covers.

No mention of Nirvana’s cover of Bowie’s Man Who Sold The World? That was the first song that came to mind when I seen the video title.

@jonvthvnx5729

Жыл бұрын

Great work on the video btw!

Johnny cash's cover of hurt is just so iconic and powerful. It is still played today and even was in movies and was the song of choise for the logan trailer

@Kn1ght_Shade17

4 ай бұрын

That was so moving in Logan, absolutely amazing music

@SingingSealRiana

2 ай бұрын

IT was so damned impactful and fitting for logan

I think that No doubts cover of "It's my life" should have been on here, maybe not so much of an iconic song but definitely a popular one. They did such a good job covering it and reinventing the song but keeping it like the original at the same time.

The original version of Hurt really works best within the context of Downward Spiral. There is optimism in its climax as the possibility for the album’s protagonist to ‘start again’ and ‘find a way’ is still within reach. That’s not the case when Cash sings it however. As a standalone track his version is probably the definitive one.

@frankheffleyofficial8806

Жыл бұрын

i don’t think you realise that hurt is literally about a dying man regretting suicide and looking back on his life, feeling nothing. not particularly optimistic but i get why you’d think that

@mutantdog.

Жыл бұрын

@@frankheffleyofficial8806 I know, but crucially he is still conscious and able to contemplate his decision. He attempts suicide but its kinda open-ended as to whether he actually dies though.

@marso_sounds

Жыл бұрын

Interesting point of view, since I always viewed the heavy guitar strum at the end of the original as a metaphor for death

@mickdarcy3063

Жыл бұрын

@@marso_sounds That part at the end,for me, felt like an emulation of a heroin rush, which could end in death.

@illuminaticonfirmed1389

Жыл бұрын

@@frankheffleyofficial8806 yeah. to me it makes it more depressing that in the original, trent reznor has hardly even lived life by that point due to how young he was. he’d thrown his life away before he could even really start it, which makes it the best version of the song to me.

One song I think needs a mention is "I Fought the Law". Goes from post-Buddy Holly Crickets B-Side in 1960 to a very similar, British Invasion-inspired top 10 hit with Bobby Fuller Four in 1965. Then The Clash turned it into an absolute punk classic in 1979 - and now there are a bunch of punk covers of varying quality. Also, shoutout to Dead Kennedys for completely rewriting the song and flipping it on its head to the point where it barely counts as a cover anymore.

@xfeelsgoodmanx

Жыл бұрын

This is the song that first comes to mind when I think of covers being better/more popular than the original

@generalmcterror2718

Жыл бұрын

The Stray Cats had a really good rendition which is faithful to the style but the beginning drum beat at the beginning I think really gets the song going

@scott_pilgrim

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! I love the Dead Kennedy's version -- I fought the law and I won!

@kaptainkyle70

Жыл бұрын

I heard the Grateful Dead close with this song at Autzen Stadium in '93. It was pretty fantastic.

@velvetrooster5569

10 ай бұрын

What about “I Shot the Sheriff” by Eric Clapton and covered by Ziggy Marlin

You just show me that piano closing from the Johnny Cash video and my eyes water. That song is incomparable.

I like Dolly's version of "I will always love you" best .

I was a teenager when I first heard Hurt cover of Johnny Cash. I never really heard of him prior to that but I was a big NIN fan. When I first heard the cover, I was awestruck by the emotional depth of the version. I already knew it was better than Trent Reznor's version. I instantly became a Johhn Cash fan

The way I think of it, Dylan's 'Watchtower' feels like some old medieval poem at points, this biblical looping journey; carrying so much weight behind every word. It paints a vivid image of castles and fields. Hendrix's is just awesome, plain and simple.

Charles Bradley doing Changes by Sabbath has to be up there. Similar to Johnny doing Hurt. Both wreck me but oof, Bradley kills it

I’ll throw in Bangles version of “Hazy Shade of Winter”. That was GREAT!!

Like A Version is only briefly mentioned here but for all non-Australians, I highly recommend you check it out. Weekly covers from big artists and Australian local artists. My first recommendation is DMA's Believe by Cher

Black Sabbath's "Changes" played by Charles Bradley is insanity. Easily the best cover I've ever listened to. It's pure emotion.

@mayonnaisegayaf

Жыл бұрын

Black Sabbath's version is definitely better.

@ricardochiodelli2652

Жыл бұрын

@@mayonnaisegayaf I don't know man. Sabbath's version is really good (and I obviously heard it before), but this cover just gets me. It's so beautiful.

@taracarroll4218

Жыл бұрын

I really like the Ozzy and Kelly version of Changes that creates the father/daughter relationship theme. Ozzy coming to terms Kelly is not his little girl anymore, she's (at the time) becoming a grown woman. And will no doubt in the future impact Kelly when she has to say goodbye to her father.

@danoaudio9896

Жыл бұрын

big miss on Alfo part....with the exception of maybe Cash's cover of NIN...Charles Bradley now owns Changes forever

@andychristensen2947

Жыл бұрын

ayep. IIRC he did that song shortly after his mother died. It is a heart ripper.

Grace Jones is amazing in being able to make a cover song her own but in a way that somehow manages to make the original better too. Nightclubbing, Walking in the Rain and Warm Leatherette are all great songs in their own right (and I especially love the raw synth sounds of The Normal’s original of Warm Leatherette), but her versions become almost definitive without detracting from the originals.

@Yowza78

Жыл бұрын

I also love her version of La Vie en Rose.

@fedoramcclaren4294

Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness...YES!!!

@fotis1964

11 ай бұрын

Totally right.

@jdjohnson7299

5 ай бұрын

Tom Petty wrote an extra verse for her version of "Breakdown" because he loved that she wanted to cover it

I can't listen to Cash's " Hurt" without crying. He breaks my heart every time. It seems fitting that was his last big hit. We'll never hear his like again.

When he said "yes nerds, we're gonna do 'All along the watchtower' ... I fucking felt that.

For me it’s Adele doing Bob Dylan’s make you feel my love. I feel like that song was written for her

@FizzyCape

Жыл бұрын

It’s kind of sad how dylan is such a good songwriter that his songs are covered by countless popular artists, but he’s such a bad singer than everyone likes the covers better.

@ebeth5891

Жыл бұрын

I grew up listening to the Garth Brooks version! Just a beautiful song for so many artists ❤

@UnlockYaChakras

Жыл бұрын

Glad I didn't have to scroll far for this one. Fell in love with the Adele version after my wife showed it to me and one of the first things I thought was "this kinda sounds like a cover of a Bob Dylan song" 😅 I had never heard the original before but I agree, this song was made for her

@theart7111

11 ай бұрын

@@FizzyCape bob is a good singer, no one does any of he's songs better than him.

@bricefleckenstein9666

10 ай бұрын

@@FizzyCape There might be 2 exceptions - but almost anything Dylen wrote was better sung by other(s).

Pet shop boys made 2 covers that are now classics. They did "Always on my mind," which was a Willie Nelson classic, Elvis and Original Brenda Lee. And Go West was an obscure Village People song that Pet Shop Boys made their own.

@XANAX-Pilled

Жыл бұрын

Pet Shop Boys did a lot of killer Bowie mixes, too. Sadly, I have an incurable allergy to house music. But, I appreciate some of those db mixes, which are DAMN near covers, TBH

@PadisherCreel

11 ай бұрын

It's Alright is also a cover of a Sterling Void track

@its9galaxie3

11 ай бұрын

I'm such a huge fan of their cover medley "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" which is by U2/Frankie Valli, just discovered them this year and I really find that song to be really amazing 👌funny thing also, my expartner loved Lauryn Hill's version and I ended liking it too but not as much as PSB's

@XANAX-Pilled

11 ай бұрын

@@its9galaxie3 I love stuff like that. I do a Babe I'm Gonna Leave You/Love Song thing (LZ style/The Cure). "How ever far away...I'm NEVER gonna leave you!/baby...you know I'm gonna leave you!" etc. I'll throw in parts of Del Shannon's Runaway if I'm feeling cute. :p

@its9galaxie3

11 ай бұрын

@@XANAX-Pilled awwwww that is cute :3 I think for me it was that hell of a coincidence that PSB covered it too and since I recently discovered them I instantly loved, same with Always On My Mind

Chris Cornell's Nothing compares to you is the best version for imo... It's a 100% tearjerker that I can only listen when I'm alone

I think it would be fun to tackle specific songs that attract lots of cover versions and explore which ones resonate the most. For example, Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill has fantastic covers by both Placebo and Within Temptation, and I'm sure the song's resurgence last year has spawned a bunch of new ones I'm unaware of.

@CoasterMagicX2

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWeApdlypsywk9I.html I'm so sorry to share with you this

Hurt is one of those songs I love both versions of for different reasons. They really do feel like two different songs, both incredibly well-done, both with so much emotion, but from very different perspectives.

@fedoramcclaren4294

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!

Today I absolutely add "The Best" as everybody is using it to say goodbye to the great Tina Turner, most of them not knowing it is a version of a Bonnie Tyler song. Amazing video, thank you for your good work! Greetings from Spain!

Bette Midler's huge comeback song from the "Beaches" soundtrack, "Wind Beneath My Wings" was also a cover like Whitney Houston's, of an older song by a country artist.

Probably my favorite cover of all time is Stevie Wonder's talkbox rendition of The Carpenter's "Close to You", which he transitions into a cover of the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye". Gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it.

@josemariareyes3448

Жыл бұрын

When he hits that “and that is why”

@hannahwicks7197

Жыл бұрын

The Cranberries also have a great cover of close to you

@Eric_Hunt194

Жыл бұрын

Sonic Youth's version of "Superstar" by The Carpenters deserves a mention too.

I just relistened to the two versions of Hurt yesterday trying to decide which was better. Great timing

@ewan897

Жыл бұрын

what did you decide?

@nathanpapp432

Жыл бұрын

The NIN version is just much more interesting from a purely musical standpoint.

@randomnerd3402

Жыл бұрын

​@@nathanpapp432 It hits a lot harder when listening to it in the album. Personally I think Nine Inch Nails' opening song, Somewhat Damaged, of their album following The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, directly ties in with Hurt, as there's just white noise at the end of Hurt, until it goes silent, then the music kicks back in, instrument by instrument in Somewhat Damaged.

@copbabycombo1311

Жыл бұрын

@@ewan897 I really like both of them but the original is better

@jager9022

Жыл бұрын

​@@randomnerd3402 I think Trent has said that The Fragile is a sort of sequel to The Downward Spiral (correct me if I'm wrong) so you'd be correct in thinking that

I'm someone who's is often emotionally effected by music. That's one of the reasons that, as much as I love NiN and Trent Reznor, I can't listen to them for long periods of time. He's a master at conveying his emotion. Johnny Cash's version of Hurt would almost reduce me to tears for the exact reason the narrator stated.

Excellent vid, would love a part 2 of this concept

I want to share a bottle of whiskey with Alfo and talk music

One of my favorite covers which dominates the original for me is Somebody I Used To Know cover by Mayday Parade ft. Vic Fuentes. Both of these songs' emotions are very different. In the original by Gotye and Kimbra the song is mellow song filled with pain and sadness while the cover is filled with anger and bitterness.

I’m a massive Queen fan but there are songs I hate. Get Down Make Love is one of those songs. But when I heard NIN’s cover it made my jaw drop. It turned the song into something I absolutely loved!

@johngunderson5463

Жыл бұрын

I felt the same way about Get Down Make Love when I first heard it. I changed my mind when I heard it live. Freddy commented that they loved playing it live and that it got better each time they did. I have to agree.

Billy Joel said he preferred Garth Brooks’ Shameless over his own version. Disturbed did a beautiful cover of Sound of Silence. It was a bit slower in tempo, but it was more powerful, and not just because it was a metal group performing it. It just felt more raw emotion than the original

@bricefleckenstein9666

10 ай бұрын

I prefer the original Simon and Garfunkle. but Disturbed did a very nice take that changed the song to more of an "angry young man" angle on it.

Phil Collins' cover of True colors is my favourite cover

How in the world did you not include lauryn hill. Both killing me softly with his song and cant take my eyes off of you are classics and some of the best covers of all time.

@its9galaxie3

11 ай бұрын

Agreed on the former but the latter I would say Pet Shop Boys did great even though they only sung one line and the rest was U2's Where The Streets Have No Name

Honerable mentions, Disturbed’s covers of, “The Sound of Silence” originally by Simon and Garfunkle, as well as their cover of “Land of Confusion,” by Genesis, the prior has a more universally appealing nature, due the the acoustic rendition they chose to use, while the latter is more directed toward metal heads than the average listener.

While i like Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, the NIN version is forever tied to my heart as the visceral, earth shattering, black ballad anthem. Sooo great!

@guitarbass22

Жыл бұрын

TIL that Cash covered a song that came out 30+ years after he was in his prime. Lol

@pinkiebishh

Жыл бұрын

​@@guitarbass22 dude its their opinion stop trying to convince others to change what they like. NIN is better

@susan7775

10 ай бұрын

Cash’s version makes me cry because my late son first played it for me

The man who sold the world has to be up there imo

Frank Ocean's version of Coldplay's Strawberry Swing will always be a classic

Although Nothing Compares 2 U is poignant when sung by Prince and Sinead O'Connor, Chris Cornell's version is gut wrenching. His voice carried the pain to a whole other level.

@jdjohnson7299

5 ай бұрын

Listen to Sinead's live version from Chile. It is devastating

Other than the examples you mentioned, Proud Mary (Tina and Ike Turner), Blinded By The Light (Manfred Mann) and Black Magic Woman (Santana) are some personal favourites, plus I love jazz covers like Coltrane's My Favourite Things or Davis' Summertime. The ones that hit the hardest for me as pure covers though are ones that completely recontextualise the song, something like Disturbed's cover of Sound of Silence or Gary Jules' cover of Mad World, where you can really enjoy both the original and cover side by side

@carolelaforge5318

Жыл бұрын

I so agree. Sound of Silence is so much more meaningful.

A few more songs where the cover is probably known as the definitive verison for most: Tainted Love - Soft Cell, The Tide Is High - Blondie, I Fought The Law - The Clash, Dub Be Good To Me - Beats International (actually the first mashup I can think of), Step On - Happy Mondays

@nikkiLee-hf6gx

Жыл бұрын

I fought the law by the clash, as a whole, is not the more known version.

Some of my favorites (not all of them have overshadowed the originals but still): Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil Chandelier - Damien Rice Head Over Heels - Japanese Breakfast Got to Get You Into My Life - Earth Wind and Fire Wonderwall - Ryan Adams Get the Party Started - Shirley Bassey Doin' Time - Lana Del Rey No Woman No Cry - Tems Sing - Carpenters Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy and of course Holding Out for a Hero - Jennifer Saunders honorable mention to Joni Mitchell overshadowing HER OWN original version of Both Sides Now with a richly textured reworking decades later that gave the lyrics more subtext

@michaelodonnell824

Жыл бұрын

If you are going to include the Joni Mitchell (and I think you should), you can't ignore the way Eric Clapton pared down the music yet massively increased the vocal intensity in his acoustic album...

@medealkemy

Жыл бұрын

Ooof, Got to Get You into my Life, good one

@NateSearson

Жыл бұрын

I can't believe I had to scroll so far to see Holding Out For A Hero!

Shinedowns cover of Simple Man and Disturbeds cover of Sound of Silence are two of the most notable examples of the cover out shining the original in my opinion, I absolutely love them

Covers have been a part of the music industry for a long time. Most of the early Beatles albums were covers. Most of Elvis's songs were covers. I read once that Dolly was all set to let him cover "I will always love you" until his agent explained that he expected to have full rights to the song

As a teenager in the 90's Nine Inch Nails is my version of Hurt, but I will always remember seeing teens of the early 2010's commenting about how it was weird that NIN added a swear word to Cash's song because they didn't know it's origin. Pretty sure I saw those comment on Unwoman's cover of the song which just adds another layer of covers. Or maybe it was Sad Kermit's cover of it.

Missed out on the Charles Bradley cover of Black Sabbath's Changes. Such a powerful rendition.

I will always love you and Hurt. Two songs that I can rely on to make me cry.

Another transformative song is "Bridge over Troubled Water". I grew up with Aretha singing that version and the cover was so good that I had a hard time listening to any other cover of it. Even Elvis's cover of the same song pales despite how rich his voice sounds. The original by Paul Simon (music/lyrics) and Art Garfunkel (vocals) was and still is hauntingly beautiful, but when Ri-Ri recorded it she exalted it to an untouchable level. Simon said that he had heard a gospel phrase from a Baptist gospel song. You can hear the underlying gospel chords in the piano in the original song. Simon had said that he'd taken his song to mainstream, but Aretha brought it right back to church. Her version eclipsed the original in that sense.

Personally, my favourite version of "Hurt" was the live version by NIN and David Bowie on his Outside tour. I had a video of that show and as I was more of a Bowie fan, I wasn't familiar with the song as the only NIN album I owned was Pretty Hate Machine. So maybe it's just because I heard it first, but I just prefer that arrangement with Bowie doing harmony vocals with Reznor. It doesn't have the emotional impact of the Johnny Cash version but it's just a wonderful piece of music and it's a shame it's never really been properly released (it's on a long deleted NIN video but other than that we only had bootlegs, I think NIN have added the video to KZread now). I'd love to see one of those shows get an official release, or at least an EP of the set the 2 bands did together.

@Rayvn7

Жыл бұрын

.....Um nobody cares whether anything has "the emotion of Johnny Cash", because uh you know NIN actually recorded thing song too??? With like 50x more emotional impact then Johnny Cash?????

@adam_mawz_maas

Жыл бұрын

@@Rayvn7 The NiN/Bowie version is distinct from the original track and has never been properly released

Disturbed's version of Sound of Silence is one of the greatest songs ever. Alien Ant Farm has such a good cover of smooth criminal that for about 15 years, i thought it was the original.

You just showed it for a second, but that Denzel Curry Bulls On Parade cover is SO raw. I knew he was gonna kill it from the first “COME WIT IT NOW”

Just gonna say this once: When Johnny Cash makes a cover of a song, that song becomes his. He makes the definitive version of any song that he plays!

@rodh1404

Жыл бұрын

His cover of Ring of Fire says it all.

@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten

11 ай бұрын

He definitely couldn't have done this with many songs, but he did great with hurt.

@devreed5931

10 ай бұрын

his cover of big iron isnt THE version

'A Different Drum' was originally written by Nesmith from The Monkees, but the tv show's producers turned it down. It turned out to be a big hit as a cover version by The Stone Poneys ( featuring Linda Ronstadt ) in 1967.

Gnarls Barkley- Reckoner They never released it, but that live performance is insane.

Good video. Two (sort of) that definitely need to be in the next one: 1. The Sound of Silence covered by Disturbed. I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned more. 2. Bad Romance covered by Halestorm (or any one of their many many excellent covers).

@adam_mawz_maas

Жыл бұрын

Shallow by Floor Jansen if you want to do Lady Gaga covers. As much as I love Lzzy's work, Floor's version of Shallow from Beste Zangers is the best recorded version of that song by a fair margin

@PolyBiBadger

11 ай бұрын

Artist vs Poet did a cover of Bad Romance and it’s like a punk version of the song, different but great

my favorite cover is hozier's cover of "do i wanna know" by the arctic monkeys. it changes the vibe in such a beautiful way and i'm entranced every time i listen to it

The Otis Redding Respect original goes hard...one of his finest tunes. Aretha's was just a freak of nature. The original stood no chance but I still love it

@Bacopa68

Жыл бұрын

I think everyone should also need to know is the the "respect" in the Redding version is that his wife should have the basic decency to hide her infidelity even as the narrative voice of the song understands why she is unfaithful.

Bro I feel personally attacked because one of my first thoughts was actually all along the watchtower just after hurt from seeing the thumbnail

So glad you hit on Cornell’s version of NC2U. Seriously a tear dropper. Tool’s Led Zep cover of No Quarter is a signal fire as well.

Luther Vandross has a lot of covers people didn’t realize they were covers. Prince did release “Nothing compare 2 U” live version on “Hits and B-Sides” triple cd years before he passed. He also had his cover of “One of Us”, his songs “If I was your girlfriend “ which TLC covered and “I feel for you” sung by Chaka Khan

@Adams4000

11 ай бұрын

I just learned Prince gave the Bangle the song Manic Monday. They were literally called while they were making an album and were told to come to his studio to pick up a song he wrote for them. He had recorded it to a CD not just handing over some written lyrics.

@jimmiesmith5811

10 ай бұрын

Him and Aretha

@redzwestisbest

9 ай бұрын

I'd argue that Prince's version of If I was your girlfriend is way superior than TLC's cover. Same with I Feel for you, though Khan's version was a bigger hit.

Michael Hedges's version of 'All Along' was at the time very overlooked and strange but has in recent years been one of the most important pieces in guitar Zeitgeist inspiring acts like Jon Gomm and Mike Dawes, really wished it got a mention.

Glowing by Slaughter Beach Dog is one of my favorite covers. The original by Superweaks is fast and very in your face, while Jake made it one of the more calming songs i’ve heard in a while.

@captainsunshine3d

Жыл бұрын

THATS A COVER????

@ajford3973

Жыл бұрын

@@captainsunshine3d YUP

@AlfoMedia

Жыл бұрын

omfg i had no idea

So I had always known about Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” and loved the song. By watching this video, I am just now hearing of Johnny Cash’s cover of it.

That cover of I’m So Into You is one of the best performances and songs ever. It was a gift. The entire band is amazing, especially the keyboardist. And Childish Gambino sings like an angel. It’s important to recognize he doesn’t change the pronouns, he keeps all the original lyrics. Not everyone would be that secure.

@Courier1018

Жыл бұрын

That keyboard on the cover is legendary!

@richparkinson9647

11 ай бұрын

I'll put that video on at least a handful of times a year. I absolutely love it. I love the original, but man the cover is brilliant.

@unclegaga24

9 ай бұрын

Another Childish Gambino cover that should be mentioned is his version of the Garth Brooks song Lost In You. Did I say Garth Brooks? My bad. I meant to say Chris Gaines.

Great video! One of my favourite covers which completely elevates the original version of a song is Kirin J Callinan's cover of "The Whole Of The Moon". The raw emotion and power of his voice is incredible on the track and is almost like if Bowie had covered it

This was a live performance and not a recording, but Taylor Momsen's cover of Like A Stone she played right after Chris Cornell's death cuts deep.

Never seen any of your videos but this earned a follow 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 top tier video

I really like Haley Reinhart's (w/ PMJ) versions of Creep and 7 Nation Army not just because I like her, but by how they really changed the songs. Great take on 2 songs that were good ones to start with. Oddly, I think that Don't Hurry Love , done by both D.Ross & Supremes and Phil Collins is interchangable w/ each other. great groove on both.

@BonaparteBardithion

Жыл бұрын

Phil Collins' version of "You Can't Hurry Love" is just a little too stylistically similar, which is why it's hard to compare them. His version is good because the original is good. Interchangable is definitely the right word. His version of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" on the other hand is a little more distinct if straightforward.

Bob Dylan has the unique ability of having some of the most incredibly written songs where almost every cover is better than his version 😂

The Prince Nothing Compared 2 U is by far my favourite version

Hurt is awesome BOTH ways! 9 inch nails' version talks about a man in the middle of his life and the possibility of change Johnny Cash's version talks about a man at the end of his life and the impossibility of making things right. BOTH are powerful messages. The impact will depend on the listener's age and life experiences.

In my opinion (and, I suspect, the opinion of several others), the most significant musical cover of all time is Elvis Presley's recording of Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right (Mama)," Presley's first commercial release. Crudup's version sounds (appropriately) earthy and hardscrabble. But there's a lonesome, haunting quality to Presley's cover that hasn't gone away in 69 years.

I've always liked NIN's version of dead souls and midge ure's cover of the man who sold the world. Dunno if this counts but bowie's covering his own space oddity in 79 is my absolute favourite

@fenncarr3774

Жыл бұрын

Joy division is my favourite band alongside their successor new order. I absolutely love nine inch nails cover, because they’re also one of my favourite bands

My favorite version of 'Hurt' has always been the David Bowie duet. Johnny Cash's cover is great, but Bowie was such a huge influence on Trent that it feels so natural to have him involved.

I love that you threw in Chris Cornell's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U". It is full of soul, and I just love it.

Sinead has one of the best voices ever. One of the strangest things about Trent Reznor's Hurt is that he wrote it at least 2 years before he himself ever took drugs.

Some i love are the Used and mcr covering Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen, MCR covering desolation row by Bob Dylan and TØP covering Cancer by mychem. And Billie Joe Armstrongs No Fun Mondays is an album full of covers and it's great.

I always think it's interesting to compare the similarities and ifferences between the female vocalists and the instrumentation of the song "Lady Marmalade".

Linda Ronstadt has covered some great songs and makes them her own. Blue Bayou and Desperado come to mind.

Weird aside, but I made the Quiz extension you use for Twitch. Love to see it out in the wild and glad you're having fun with it!