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!
Good 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.
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.
@ek everyone knows this is the best cover of all time.
This came to mind first, so it must be my favorite, right?
This one too:
First done by Prince, and then his protogé group The Family in the earlier 80s, this one was most famous:
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.
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. 😂
I dare you to disagree
No question:
Wonderful Original
Best cover ever
Another great cover that I just remembered: