song covers

[rone]

I think that we often like a cover version of a song better than the original because we've heard the cover first.  When i think about covers that i like better than the original which i heard after i first heard the original, the only one that comes to mind is Tool's "No Quarter"; i've never been fond of the Led Zeppelin original (although John Paul Jones did a smashing instrumental version when i saw him some years ago), and Tool takes the song a lot farther.

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[sandollar17.livejournal.com]

Hm . . . I got nothin'. I can't think of anything specific, but there are quite a few songs from the 80's of which I prefer cover versions --- I just don't really like 80's instrumental arrangements.

Beatles covers PISS me off. Generally speaking. There are some that don't elicit a curse word from my mouth. I don't even actively listen to The Beatles that much anymore, but I still take them very seriously.

And I don't like it when people think "I've Gotta Woman" is a Jamie Foxx (!!!) song.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I have two covers of "Tomorrow Never Knows" by Michael Hedges and Living Colour, and i prefer them to the original, but i never liked the original anyway.

[sandollar17.livejournal.com]

I don't know those covers, but yeah, I never really liked that one either. A little too 'out there' for my general taste.