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
Johnny cash - hurt
THIS ONE
I really enjoyed this cover.
https://youtu.be/HWd_N-9n7NM?si=OigKBbKeys9xHnjE
The living always show up!
view on www.youtube.comview on www.youtube.comGood ones!
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'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.beI’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 came to mind first, so it must be my favorite, right?
view on youtu.beThis 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
view on youtu.beseether - careless whisper
Or 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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