Covers or Originals?

Tyler_1 @ Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:15 am

I like the cover better.
Nice thread Mr. Bair! [B-o]

Lemmy @ Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:42 am

Robair Robair:

Tweeter and the Monkey Man is one that always makes one of my buddies go off. I like the cover, he can't stand it. He's one of the Nazi types that claim the original is ALWAYS better.

Yeah, I'm on the fence about "Tweeter...". Depends on my mood, I guess. But I prefer the original.

Robair Robair:

To each his own... if anybody posts any cover of "Life is a Highway", I personally think they should be banned from the internet.

I feel the same about Guns 'n' Roses butchery of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", which would be the worst cover in history if not for their even worse treatment of "Live and Let Die". Sounds like Ethyl Merman singing with her tit in the wringer.

Robair @ Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:32 am

Original: Fred's Worried Life Blues

Redid: Electric Worry

xerxes @ Fri Feb 19, 2016 12:47 pm

Robair Robair:

xerxes xerxes:

It's funny you used the Disturbed cover Robair because they have at least two covers on each of their albums and I hate it because they're no good at it.

And I thought they did a really good job of that one!

I figured this thread might start some debates, kind of why I started it. :twisted:

Tweeter and the Monkey Man is one that always makes one of my buddies go off. I like the cover, he can't stand it. He's one of the Nazi types that claim the original is ALWAYS better.

To each his own... if anybody posts any cover of "Life is a Highway", I personally think they should be banned from the internet.

Haven't heard some of these, will have to give this thread a listen this weekend.

Thanos @ Fri Feb 19, 2016 12:59 pm

Technically as a rock listener I'm supposed to hate them for all their schmaltzy soft-pop tendencies. Not too many other singers I've ever heard though were able to drag a note out the way Karen Carpenter could, like when she sang "guitaaaaarrrr".

vs.

It's a great cover but I doubt anything can really match the strength of the vocals in the original.