Best Cover of a Song? \ stacker news ~Music

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After a week of shifting my weight on the chair to #867949, I realized it’s a cover of this original¹:

I think the cover is so much better, but if we go by views, it’s not: 800 million vs. 28 million. Probably a dumb proxy metric.

Anyway, that made me think what other songs have "objectively" better covers. Honorable mention:

No other covers come to mind currently. What about you? 👀

I want to mention here that I do like Taylor Swift just like I like Ollie from BMTH even though he apparently can be a dickhead.

even though it literally says 'cover' in the title—I thought maybe it meant 'acoustic cover,' with the song still by Ms. Bee ↩

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100 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 15h

40 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek OP 14h

Wow, it's quite hard to tell if a song is a cover if it's not mentioned. Didn't know all these songs are actually covers 👀

33 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 14h

These are some of the most famous covers of all time.

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 14h

I didn't miss the "yEs oF cOuRsE" haha

Not sure if it was removed because it didn't sound nice or because it didn't make sense. 👀

These are some of the most famous covers of all time.

Interesting, I am really bad at culture stuff so I had no idea. A friend used to call me "Kulturbanause" in German. I didn't even know what that word meant initially haha

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 14h

I removed because I misread your initial comment as asking if I knew they were covers but as soon as I replied I realized you were saying you didn't know. My bad.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 14h

I might have changed my comment because that was what I was thinking initially ("are these really covers?") but I thought that was still just me thinking before replying lol

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62 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 14h

The living always show up!

9 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 13h

Good ones!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 11h

@ek everyone knows this is the best cover of all time.

140 sats \ 1 reply \ @aljaz 11h

Johnny cash - hurt

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 7h

THIS ONE

44 sats \ 0 replies \ @poe7645 14h

I've got two I personally like quite a lot.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 14h

This came to mind first, so it must be my favorite, right?

110 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 11h

I really enjoyed this cover. https://youtu.be/HWd_N-9n7NM?si=OigKBbKeys9xHnjE

52 sats \ 2 replies \ @7e6e393a56 14h

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 7h

Saw him live with Stevie Ray Vaughn on guitar about 3 months before SRV died in the early 90s!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 2h

I'm happy for you to experience these legends live 🔥🎸👏

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @jasonb 12h

I’ve always loved this EWF take on the Beatles classic.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb 12h

Can’t say this one is definitely better because the vocal harmony on the Queen is just so awesome, but I think they outdid them on most other fronts on this one.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 1h

This one too:

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 7h

First done by Prince, and then his protogé group The Family in the earlier 80s, this one was most famous:

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 7h

For me, it would be either seether - careless whisper

Or the ataris - boys of summer.

But choosing between those two is a task I don't know if I could do.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @electrickmoney 9h

IMO - The Meat Puppet’s Lake of Fire by Nirvana.

Also I like Black Sabbath’s - Iron Man By the Cardigans;

And an honorable mention to Dr.Dre’s - Bitches Ain’t Shit by Ben Folds. 😂

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