Great cover songs
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This is a good cover even though Big & Rich only did this for a 1 time TV special
There have been a couple other 1 time covers on it too
There have been a couple other 1 time covers on it too
you are the first person I've seen that prefers the original. I'm actually bewildered right now
Tainted Love/Where did Our Love Go - Soft Cell (Gloria Jones - Tainted Love, Supremes- Where Did Our Love go). The extended version with the Where Did Our Love Go bit is the far superior version.
Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears For Fears original cover featured in Donnie Darko). This is superior to the original in every way, shape and form. A prime example of how powerful a song can be when it's sung right. And that's specific to the vocal delivery, not the lyrics or the "quality" of the voice.
Teardrops - Roosevelt (Womack and Womack sang the orgingal which was a huge hit in Europe in the late 80s). Most on here have probably never heard this song which is sang by Roosevelt (Marius Lauber) a German indie artist. Before each tour he picks an 80s tune and does a rework and a release, with this one being done for his first US headlining tour in late 2016 (following his eponymous debut release which is one of my favorite albums of the last 10 years). One of the keys of his best songs is the integration of killer bass grooves and strong clap beats/percussion and he nails it here. IMHO the original by Womack and Womack is terrible. Unfortunately his following to covers of Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" and Fiction Factory's "Feels Like Heaven" haven't been nearly a good.
Some other great covers were already mentioned in here (All Along the Watchtower and Hurt)
Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears For Fears original cover featured in Donnie Darko). This is superior to the original in every way, shape and form. A prime example of how powerful a song can be when it's sung right. And that's specific to the vocal delivery, not the lyrics or the "quality" of the voice.
Teardrops - Roosevelt (Womack and Womack sang the orgingal which was a huge hit in Europe in the late 80s). Most on here have probably never heard this song which is sang by Roosevelt (Marius Lauber) a German indie artist. Before each tour he picks an 80s tune and does a rework and a release, with this one being done for his first US headlining tour in late 2016 (following his eponymous debut release which is one of my favorite albums of the last 10 years). One of the keys of his best songs is the integration of killer bass grooves and strong clap beats/percussion and he nails it here. IMHO the original by Womack and Womack is terrible. Unfortunately his following to covers of Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" and Fiction Factory's "Feels Like Heaven" haven't been nearly a good.
Some other great covers were already mentioned in here (All Along the Watchtower and Hurt)
Excellent choice. Saw Sure Sure open for Hippo Campus and have been a big fan ever since. Another excellent debut with several great songs (like Fat Lady).
Many of these are pretty awesome. I do feel the need to mention the greatest cover song of all time in a thread about great cover songs
