Covered songs better than the original.

[Far Cough UKunt]

Subjective, I know but anyway:

Hurt - Johnny Cash - original - Nine Inch Nails
This Flight Tonight - Nazareth - original - Joni Mitchell
In My Life - Johnny Cash - original - The Beatles
The Price of Love - Bryan Ferry - original - The Everly Brothers

You fuckers?

[BillyJenningsBoots]

Swiss is europop loving bellend.

Yeah right. Lets look at my most recent posts on the ''What are you Listening to Now Thread"

The Cult
Sisters Of Mercy
The Cure

Yeah right Europop.  .Mugged off again you sad stalker. Stop trolling me. It's embarrassing. 

Yeah but Swiss you thought Dave Brubeck wrote Golden Brown you bellend!

[honky cat]

[Takashi Miike]

[oioi]

I saw that someone mentioned Humble Pie. Have some of this!

[Bungo]

Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb

*runs*

Roger Waters himself actually managed a worse cover than this on his last tour!

[RBshorty]

Bernard Manning. This Charming Man.

[only1billybonds]

Violater 


RUN FASTER.. 🤣🤣

[violator]

Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb

*runs*

[only1billybonds]

Bernard Cribbins. -  I've grown accustomed to her face.

Pat Benater.  Paying the cost to be the boss.

Humble Pie. I dont need no doctor (live).



 

[oioi]

[Far Cough UKunt]

He's So Fine - George Harrison 

[honky cat]

A fucking shocker of one and I was a massive fan of theirs.

Japan - Second that emotion

Just no

[Takashi Miike]

[dm]

What about live versions of the original studio versions of a song by the same band/artist. Would they count as a cover better than the original?

Have a few that spring to mind - every track on Deep Purple's Made in Japan for starters.

For that I’d say that the best version of Mighty Quinn that I’ve ever heard is the version on Budapest Live by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

[,]

Twist and shout by the Beatles

[zebthecat]

What about live versions of the original studio versions of a song by the same band/artist. Would they count as a cover better than the original?

Have a few that spring to mind - every track on Deep Purple's Made in Japan for starters.

That's worth a new thread all of its own.

[Far Cough UKunt]

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song released around the same time as the original in order to compete with it. Now, it refers to any subsequent version performed after the original.

Wiki
 

[MaryMillingtonsGhost]

What about live versions of the original studio versions of a song by the same band/artist. 

Sorrow - Pink Floyd from Delicate Sound Of Thunder.

Also Blood Bank - Bon Iver

[frank marker]

Sweet Thing on David Live perhaps.

[Mike Oxsaw]

What about live versions of the original studio versions of a song by the same band/artist. Would they count as a cover better than the original?

Have a few that spring to mind - every track on Deep Purple's Made in Japan for starters.

[Far Cough UKunt]

Swiss, good one.

[Hello Mrs. Jones]

Risking a serious shoeing i will offer

Bryan Ferry's version of Jealous Guy over Lennon's.

Bring it on

[Swiss.]

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[easthammer]

Crazy Horses John Otway

[Gank]

Is it considered to be a cover version when someone does a different version of a song that they did with a previous band?
I can think of a few of these:-

Motörhead. Motorhead
Motorhead  Lost Johnny
Motorhead. The Watcher.       All three are old Hawkwind songs

Marillion. Dry Land

Blackmore’s Night. Self Portrait. (originally a Rainbow song)

Peter Barden.  Spirit of the Water. (Originally by Camel)

Hawkwind Starflight/Ejection. (originally on a Robert Calvert solo album) 

Hawkwind also play The Right Stuff from time to time.
On Parole had a few songs that Larry Wallis had already performed with his fellow Stiffs.

So whose was better, Hawkwind or New Kids on the Block?