metaldude17 wrote:Van Halen-Pretty Woman (may not outdo the original but its still pretty freaking awesome)
If we're talking songs Van Halen covered...Ice Cream Man
This ground is not the rock I thought it to be
Azrael7700 wrote:In my opinion, the best cover I have heard is Gary Jules' cover of Tears For Fears 'Mad World'. It was a lot better than the original! The original was too upbeat for the lyrics.
Screws fall out all the time, the world's an imperfect place
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ Stephen Wright
HexenBexen wrote:The White Stripes covered Tegan & Sarah's "Walking With A Ghost" and although I usually perfer the original over the cover, I must say the Stripes surpassed them.
The Rentals (actually just Matt Sharp) remix is better than the original. I didn't like the White Stripes version.
To add a song - Nina Gordon doing "18 & Life" is better than the already great original.
vanilla fudge's cover of the supremes "you keep me hanging on
yes' cover of simon andgarfunkel's "america"
both awesome in my opinion
Firth of exiles, from the villa close to the supertwister in a glass locomotive, eclipse my moonbeams!
Quiet Riot's version of "*** On Feel The Noize" was better than the original (Slade) version.
I'm a big fan of Janis Joplin and there are 2 songs she perfected- Piece of My Heart by Emma Franklin and Me & Bobby McGee by Kris Kristoferson.
Zune 120...pure bliss!
Petrucci Power wrote: Sullengirl wrote: Petrucci Power wrote: Sullengirl wrote: As far as I know, they've never recorded it, but My Brightest Diamond (an indie band) does a MIND BLOWING cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. They played it live at a show I went to, and my jaw just dropped. My mouth was gaping open through the entire song. One of the best things I've ever heard in my life, definitely outdid the original, in my opinion. Whether one has seen this performance or not... it would be believed that this statement is false. When phrases like "performance of a cover of Led Zeppelin's *insert song here*" and "better than the original" are organized in a paragraph in such a way as this... It is very difficult to keep ones head from imploding from such madness. So is it a problem with the organization of my paragraph, or are you just a Led Zeppelin fan? Either way, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. I enjoyed the performance, and liked it better than the original, despite being a Led Zeppelin fan myself.I'll be a little more clear, I suppose.I'm not trying to correct your grammar. That'd be a little silly. What I was trying to say is that, even though I've never seen any of alt./folk rock musician, Shara Worden's, live shows, I find it hard to believe that she could top a past Led Zeppelin performance of their own song (Is this a run on? I think I'm misusing commas. Ugh!).Also, I'm a casual Zeppelin listener at best, but I can't deny that they are frick-frackin' awesome.Now, I'm going to indulge myself in a random Swans album... Who did do a a tasty cover of Joy Division's awesome (yet highly overrated) song, Love Will Tear Us Apart... If anybody feels like checkin' that ***-nazz out.
Sullengirl wrote: Petrucci Power wrote: Sullengirl wrote: As far as I know, they've never recorded it, but My Brightest Diamond (an indie band) does a MIND BLOWING cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. They played it live at a show I went to, and my jaw just dropped. My mouth was gaping open through the entire song. One of the best things I've ever heard in my life, definitely outdid the original, in my opinion. Whether one has seen this performance or not... it would be believed that this statement is false. When phrases like "performance of a cover of Led Zeppelin's *insert song here*" and "better than the original" are organized in a paragraph in such a way as this... It is very difficult to keep ones head from imploding from such madness. So is it a problem with the organization of my paragraph, or are you just a Led Zeppelin fan? Either way, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. I enjoyed the performance, and liked it better than the original, despite being a Led Zeppelin fan myself.
Petrucci Power wrote: Sullengirl wrote: As far as I know, they've never recorded it, but My Brightest Diamond (an indie band) does a MIND BLOWING cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. They played it live at a show I went to, and my jaw just dropped. My mouth was gaping open through the entire song. One of the best things I've ever heard in my life, definitely outdid the original, in my opinion. Whether one has seen this performance or not... it would be believed that this statement is false. When phrases like "performance of a cover of Led Zeppelin's *insert song here*" and "better than the original" are organized in a paragraph in such a way as this... It is very difficult to keep ones head from imploding from such madness.
Sullengirl wrote: As far as I know, they've never recorded it, but My Brightest Diamond (an indie band) does a MIND BLOWING cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. They played it live at a show I went to, and my jaw just dropped. My mouth was gaping open through the entire song. One of the best things I've ever heard in my life, definitely outdid the original, in my opinion.
As far as I know, they've never recorded it, but My Brightest Diamond (an indie band) does a MIND BLOWING cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. They played it live at a show I went to, and my jaw just dropped. My mouth was gaping open through the entire song. One of the best things I've ever heard in my life, definitely outdid the original, in my opinion.
So is it a problem with the organization of my paragraph, or are you just a Led Zeppelin fan? Either way, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. I enjoyed the performance, and liked it better than the original, despite being a Led Zeppelin fan myself.
HarkonnenPrime wrote: Petrucci Power wrote: Sullengirl wrote: Petrucci Power wrote: Sullengirl wrote: As far as I know, they've never recorded it, but My Brightest Diamond (an indie band) does a MIND BLOWING cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. They played it live at a show I went to, and my jaw just dropped. My mouth was gaping open through the entire song. One of the best things I've ever heard in my life, definitely outdid the original, in my opinion. Whether one has seen this performance or not... it would be believed that this statement is false. When phrases like "performance of a cover of Led Zeppelin's *insert song here*" and "better than the original" are organized in a paragraph in such a way as this... It is very difficult to keep ones head from imploding from such madness. So is it a problem with the organization of my paragraph, or are you just a Led Zeppelin fan? Either way, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. I enjoyed the performance, and liked it better than the original, despite being a Led Zeppelin fan myself.I'll be a little more clear, I suppose.I'm not trying to correct your grammar. That'd be a little silly. What I was trying to say is that, even though I've never seen any of alt./folk rock musician, Shara Worden's, live shows, I find it hard to believe that she could top a past Led Zeppelin performance of their own song (Is this a run on? I think I'm misusing commas. Ugh!).Also, I'm a casual Zeppelin listener at best, but I can't deny that they are frick-frackin' awesome.Now, I'm going to indulge myself in a random Swans album... Who did do a a tasty cover of Joy Division's awesome (yet highly overrated) song, Love Will Tear Us Apart... If anybody feels like checkin' that ***-nazz out. Actually, Frank Zappa's Stairway cover was quite a bit better than the original. It's Frank Zappa though.
What is music? Music... is emotion.
