You prefer cover song more or original song?

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I know sometimes it depends but think all cover songs you know generally you like cover or original more?

Original song 18
Cover song 3
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  • CountessDouche
    9 years ago

    Depends on the song. Johnny cash did that one NIN song so much better...

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    • dynamohumm
      9 years ago

      I so agree with this statement.

      Another 2 songs I prefer the cover of are Common People (Pulp wrote and sung it) with William Shatner and Joe Jackson Also Poison (originally by Alice Cooper which I like as well) covered by Dead Inside the Chrysalis.

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    • LizardSkin
      9 years ago

      One of the few covers I ever liked better than the original.

      And I'm a huge NIN fan. Song is "Hurt" btw.

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    • RainbowDischarge
      9 years ago

      Yooo, my sister introduced me to that cover and it was lovely

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    • shuggy-chan
      9 years ago

      DEAR GOD YES, it was like it was made for him to cover

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    Depends on the song.

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  • Dazed_dreamer
    9 years ago

    If they can make it their own and kill it then for sure il listen to that over the original

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  • Murun
    9 years ago

    Both! The question can't be answered because every song is an individual case. I can think of plenty of covers better than the originals (The Johnny Cash ones mentioned above for example) and plenty worse (Toploader & Tiffany at the mild end , Madonna's American Pie at the truly awful end).

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  • Teh4HorsMen
    9 years ago

    Depends on what song and who's covering it.

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  • sillygirl77
    9 years ago

    Depends

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I've actually found out that I generally like cover songs better.

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  • dirtybirdy
    9 years ago

    Sometimes.

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    9 years ago

    It really depends , there are a lot of covers I like but then quite often I prefer the original content

    Then there are just train wrecks like this.....

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj7pDNDuoJ0

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    • kingofcarrotflowers
      9 years ago

      But then some artists can take songs and give them their own twist or approach the song in a different way, johnny cash is great at doing that

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      • dirtybirdy
        9 years ago

        Oh lordy, I heard Cage the Elephants rendition of an Adele song. It was so bad.

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        • kingofcarrotflowers
          9 years ago

          Oh, I've heard some of their stuff I'll have to check that out, oh, you commenting reminded me, Gnarls Barkley's Radiohead cover is great :)

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  • shuggy-chan
    9 years ago

    That is too subjective on moods and the song being covered.

    Look at the Kinks version and the Van Helen Version. Both are good, just depends on my feelings.

    same with Remixes or acoustic versions.

    Like this Remix: (skip first 30 sec its just the beat)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPqAQ4hnEZQ

    or this acoustic: This had a comepletely dirrent vibe then the album version.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDtTy1lQOQ4

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    9 years ago

    I prefer the original songs over cover songs. Though sometimes I do like to look up rock covers of pop songs that I dislike or look up songs that I do like but covered in a different language. Those are usually a fun listen.

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  • theseeker
    9 years ago

    In general, the original song is preferable because it's original. I've also seen some great covers that were better than the original though.

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    It really depends on who is doing the cover. Joe Cocker was one of the few artists often able to do a cover much better than the original artist.
    But in general, I've always preferred the original to any imitation.

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  • seekelp
    9 years ago

    It really depends on the song. Some songs only become popular because they are covered, others just try to associate themselves with something popular to give the band some cred. Sometimes both are good in their own way, sometimes they're both bad.

    HOW'S THAT FOR A BINARY CHOICE?

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