Original or cover?

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  1. oldfella1962

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    oldfella1962, Aug 25, 2012
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  2. Nova

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    Since you brought up Disturbed, you remind me of another well done cover by that band:

    [yt=Genesis]Ac-wto_Ur6A[/yt]

    [yt=Disturbed]YV4oYkIeGJc[/yt]
    Nova, Aug 25, 2012
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  3. Dr. Drake Ramoray

    Dr. Drake Ramoray 1 minute, 42.1 seconds baby!

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    Dr. Drake Ramoray, Aug 27, 2012
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  4. Nova

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    I can't take any song seriously which includes the line "wrapped up like a douche"







    (yeah i know I know! That's not what the line is but it sure as hel sounds like it!)
    Nova, Aug 27, 2012
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  5. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    OMG! Bruce Springsteen should punch Li'l Wayne right in the throat!
    Oops, too late. Sounds like he already did. :thinking:
    oldfella1962, Aug 27, 2012
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  6. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    Whoa.....there's covering a song, then there's OWNING it...destroying it if you will. Big plus, no string section in the DIO version. Strings are great - in classical music. Fiddles are cool, though pretty much everywhere. If you have to ask the difference between a violin and fiddle, I can't help you. Regardless, may I present original and cover:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ynrSEjHyRI

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7KTRpmeTdM
    oldfella1962, Aug 28, 2012
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  7. Clyde

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    [Note - For those who can't access YouTube the song in question is "Dream On"]

    Dio did a fine version but it lacked the crescendo of the Aerosmith version.
    Clyde, Aug 30, 2012
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    3 of my favorite cover songs (sorry, not posting the originals)

    [yt=I Feel For You]1XV5_WagxZg[/yt]

    [yt=Time After Time]UZC8J5oX1pg[/yt]

    [yt=I'll Be Your Baby Tonight]6wuSj6sPHIQ[/yt]
    Mr. Plow, Aug 30, 2012
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    I'll be branded a heretic for sure, but I prefer Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal" to Michael Jackson's original. I don't know why.

    Obviously not the video, just the music.
    Dead Peon, Aug 30, 2012
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  10. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    Never saw the Alien Ant Farm video, just heard the song. I tend to agree, it is better.
    oldfella1962, Aug 30, 2012
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    That up tempo cover by Robert Palmer is very good.

    Here's the 1967 original by Bob Dylan.

    [YT="I'll be Your Baby Tonight"]Aolo2UgzrK8[/YT]

    From the John Wesley Harding album.
    Written by Bob Dylan.
    Cobalt, Sep 2, 2012
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    Oh .., Sweetie ... No.

    Two of my favorite covers

    I'm a Believer - Smashing Pumpkings

    On a Jet Plane - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
    Jenee, Sep 2, 2012
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    Hotel California - Gypsie Kings
    Jenee, Sep 4, 2012
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  14. oldfella1962

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    Original Hotel California is too slow.
    oldfella1962, Sep 4, 2012
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  16. Clyde

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    While the cover isn't better than the original the guitar solo certainly is, jump to about 3:20 in to hear what I mean.

    [YT="While My Guitar Gently Weeps "]x_2tSGxGnJQ[/YT]
    Clyde, Sep 12, 2012
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    Speaking of guitars gently weeping - put one in my hands and it will soon be bawling to be put out of it's misery.

    Regardless, when I played piano they called me "lightning" not because I was fast, but because I never struck the same place twice.
    oldfella1962, Sep 12, 2012
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    The Fiddle And The Drum

    [yt=O - Joni Mitchell]u6z79WMOPtk[/yt]

    [yt=C - A Perfect Circle]_B6kheJ8zks[/yt]

    The cover is much better. Not discounting that the original is "live" and the cover is in studio, the vocals are just better.
    skinofevil, Sep 13, 2012
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    Land of Confusion

    [yt=O - Genesis]zU9lv_WqK6k[/yt]

    [yt=C - Disturbed]u6KXgjLqSTg[/yt]

    Tough to say which one's better with this one.
    skinofevil, Sep 13, 2012
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  21. NAHTMMM

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    Flamingos and a chick gyrating on a balcony?
    NAHTMMM, Sep 14, 2012
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    I knew there was another version of "Up On The Roof", one with a deeper lead voice and less backup and so on. And now, I believe, I have finally found who performed it:

    [yt=Kenny Lynch]7xgILgbt3kc[/yt]

    This isn't the recording I remember on the radio, but the voice sounds nearly right.

    The original performers, the ones I kept running into, were:

    [yt=The Drifters]lpVUAYCBJR8[/yt]

    I prefer the version I remember, but it's down to personal taste really, as there's certainly nothing wrong with the Drifters' version.
    NAHTMMM, Nov 14, 2012
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