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?
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Covered songs better than the original.
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Exiled In Surrey
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Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Cowboy Junkies - Ooh Las Vegas (original by Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris)
Link: https://youtu.be/SGxm1j5NsFU?si=GkbsXdUMwal2QS6D
Link: https://youtu.be/SGxm1j5NsFU?si=GkbsXdUMwal2QS6D
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Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Swiss is gonna love this one. And if he doesnt, he's such a gayer..
Ok, technically a sample but I don't care. Both bangers.
Ok, technically a sample but I don't care. Both bangers.
Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Rubble again" wrote: ↑14 Oct 2025, 17:54 I often do something similar to 'Cover to Cover' in class, the students complete the missing lyrics and then write which version they prefer. Post Modern Jukebox, a group with assorted guest singers, do covers in different music styles and have some interesting stuff.
Nice idea, although depending on the ages of the students, I would personally be prepared for some 'interesting' replacement lyrics!
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
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Re: Covered songs better than the original.
I'd like to hear his dad take the piss out of it. It's awful whoever does it.
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Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Not aware of that one - I'll need to sniff it out. Thanks.
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Mike Oxsaw
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Re: Covered songs better than the original.
Has Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" raised it's pretty little head yet?
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Re: Covered songs better than the original.
I often do something similar to 'Cover to Cover' in class, the students complete the missing lyrics and then write which version they prefer. Post Modern Jukebox, a group with assorted guest singers, do covers in different music styles and have some interesting stuff.
