Amph [Embedded Video Heavy] ITT We Discuss Who Did The Song Better

Original:



One of many covers (and yes, that’s her. Sia covering her face is a new thing relative to the breadth of her career)



Sia makes the Kinks sound positively juvenile by comparison, in my opinion! On the other hand...





She can’t touch the original here.

 

Here’s an interesting contrast. The original is about a man reassuring a woman about her first sexual experience...



...and here...




...with a slight change, it becomes about a woman initiating a first polyamorous experience.

 

I've never really been into this song. First off it's far from Henley's best work. Second, it's just too seeped in synth to really enjoy Henley's guitar work, and his vocals are nothing to write home about either.

Then I discovered a version that's more traditional rock from the band The Ataris. Everything about it works a whole ton better than the original; it makes you wonder what Henley's version would have been like if he had composed it during the heyday of the Eagles.

 

For your consideration:



(YouTube doesn’t have the original Beatles rendition)

 

I'd never heard the EW&F version, so that's kinda interesting. I'm not exactly enamored with the original (nor much of the rest of Revolver), and their cover doesn't diverge much from it, so still doesn't do much for me. I guess the extra jamming might make it a bit more appealing, but only a bit.

 

Interesting. The reverse was true for me. It was ages before I realized that the EW&F version was a cover, and I prefer it over the Beatles’ original.

 

So here's a fun one. I always appreciate how wacky some music videos can be, especially ones from the 80s and 90s, and perhaps few are wackier than the video for the Eurythmics song Sweet Dreams.


I do love the song a lot as well. It's hard to top Annie Lennox's voice, and it's got a great synth beat carrying it along. So who should cover it but Marilyn Manson. Quite a jump going from typical 80s synthpop to hard rock, but I think Manson makes it work just as well. And it's also got a trippy ass video, possibly drawing some inspiration from the orignal.

 

Eh, I don't think she brings much to the table with her version. Then again I'm also sick of the original because I hear it at work all the time.

Here's a female cover of an older hit anyone who's kept up with BoJack Horseman will recognize.





For whatever reason I've not listened to much of America's work. I listen to A Horse With No Name and I hear traces of influence of better groups like Simon and Garfunkle. But I really dig Michelle Branch's version, it just feels a lot more soulful and from the heart than America's version.

 

Pretty serviceable cover on Stansfield’s part. The original is superior in my opinion. Plus, kudos for working a harpsichord into an R&B song!

 

I have always loved Earth, Wind and Fire's version more. Also, Swift's September... WTF is that mess?

 

I haven't listened to any modern Dylan, so that was cool. Jackson's version is serviceable if you're into that style, I'd say. Covering Barry White though? Takes a lot of skill and charisma, and while Stansfield seems to have some charisma, she's not nearly on a level to make her version stand out in any memorable way.

Now here's a great country cover versus a rap original.

**language warning, lots of it**




I'm not the biggest Snoop fan, but I can't deny Gin and Juice is a pretty damn good song. But for me the winner is this weirdly upbeat country/bluegrass cover by The Gourds.