After a week of shifting my weight on the chair to #867949, I realized it’s a cover of this original[1]:
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 ↩
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 👀
These are some of the most famous covers of all time.
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. 👀
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
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.
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
The living always show up!
view on www.youtube.comview on www.youtube.comGood ones!
I've got two I personally like quite a lot.
view on youtu.beview on youtu.be@ek everyone knows this is the best cover of all time.
view on youtu.beThis came to mind first, so it must be my favorite, right?
view on youtu.beJohnny cash - hurt
THIS ONE
Saw him live with Stevie Ray Vaughn on guitar about 3 months before SRV died in the early 90s!
I'm happy for you to experience these legends live 🔥🎸👏
I really enjoyed this cover. https://youtu.be/HWd_N-9n7NM?si=OigKBbKeys9xHnjE
I’ve always loved this EWF take on the Beatles classic.
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.
This one too:
view on youtu.beFirst done by Prince, and then his protogé group The Family in the earlier 80s, this one was most famous:
view on youtu.beFor me, it would be either seether - careless whisper
view on youtu.beOr the ataris - boys of summer.
view on youtu.beBut choosing between those two is a task I don't know if I could do.
IMO - The Meat Puppet’s Lake of Fire by Nirvana.
view on youtu.beAlso I like Black Sabbath’s - Iron Man By the Cardigans;
view on youtu.beAnd an honorable mention to Dr.Dre’s - Bitches Ain’t Shit by Ben Folds. 😂
view on youtu.beI dare you to disagree
No question:
view on youtu.beWonderful Original
view on youtu.beBest cover ever
view on youtu.beAnother great cover that I just remembered:
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