Love your hair, hope you win
Honestly I love the way Stromae sings and I was just distracted by how much effort Elephant seemed to need to perform with a similar energy. I'll just have to go with the original here.
And now, the same song in three different languages:
"Isoisän Olkihattu/Farfars halmhatt/Grandpa's Strawhat"
The Delta Rhythm Boys translation is fairly accurate as far as I know
Joke? Why are you calling it a joke? You drew a picture of two dudes hugging and wrote "I love hugs!" on it.
The original has this nice old timey cozy feeling that you just can't replicate. Vreeswijk's cover strips it of this feeling and doesn't offer much in return beyond more modern instrumentation. I vastly prefer Delta Rhythm Boys' jazzy cover over the others, though, because I'm a sucker for bass singers. They are quite a rarity.
"Freed from Desire"
Drenchill ft. Indiiana's cover
In the name of being honest
Turn-of-the-millennium dancetronica always gives me a weird sense of deja vu, for some reason. The Drenchill/Indiiana cover definitely sounds friendlier to my young millennial ears, with more energetic (if predictable) bass and beats. The vocals can come off as over-processed, but that's just part and parcel of the genre in its 2010s incarnation, I guess.
She's Like A Rainbow
Original by The Rolling Stones
Both have their good points, but I'm going with the Stones version as it just seems more "full" to me. Now here's two songs sung by the same artist, but done in completely different styles:
We're Not Gonna Take It
Original by Twisted Sister (song starts at 2:52): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9AbeALNVkk
Cover by Dee Snider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MTMdtZCMv0&list=OLAK5uy_mXTvFlZuVmT-b7cFdjDdAO10LeOsfqoCI&index=5
I can't think of this song without thinking of Rifftrax... or Wizard of Oz for that matter...
I appreciate the original just for it's "Go f*** yourself" vibe, but I choose the cover for it's somewhat more mellow tone.
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Original by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Love your hair, hope you win
This is gonna be super colored by the Gaye version being one of my alltime favorite soul songs. But like even beyond that, I don't think the concept of the Slits' cover is doing them any favors. The spin they put on the instrumental is pretty fun, but Smokey actually puts weight and passion into his performance, edging the Slits out handily.
Because it came up in conversation today...
"I Got You Babe"
Joke? Why are you calling it a joke? You drew a picture of two dudes hugging and wrote "I love hugs!" on it.
Definitely going with Sonny and Cher. The original makes me think of road trips with my parents, Groundhog Day, and older-ish couples performing it at karaoke, in that order. Not one of the greatest songs of the era, but pretty earwormy and can be charming in the right mood. Not a big fan of this cover or any of the other pop-reggae covers I've heard UB40 do - I first heard it on a Pretenders greatest hits album I have, and I've always skipped it (thankfully that's pretty easy to do because it's the last track on that album).
"Rock N' Roll Star"
Edited by MikeK on Mar 7th 2021 at 12:20:34 PM
Giving the edge to the cover again for it's somewhat quieter feel, as well as it's more stylistic musical arrangement.
"The Power Of Love"
Huey Lewis & The News (Original)
Love your hair, hope you win
I was originally gonna say the cover because I love me some hard rock covers, but then the bridge came and it was just not good for some reason. I dunno why I think it translated so poorly, but it just hits the wrong way for me. So I'll give it to the original in all its cheesy glory.
"Waiting for the Miracle"
Joke? Why are you calling it a joke? You drew a picture of two dudes hugging and wrote "I love hugs!" on it.
Both are solemn, rather monotonous songs with the lyrica doing the heavy lifting, but I find the cover's instrumentation and arrangement more interesting than Cohen's.
"The Man Who Sold The World"
Spiral out, keep going.
Hilariously, the Midge Ure version sounds more like David Bowie than the actual David Bowie original.
To that end, because Ure and Bowie sound roughly similar, they kinda cancel each other out, so I pick Nirvana's cover for it's more easy listening feel.
"Down On The Corner"
Creedence Clearwater Revival (original)
It wasn't a rock
Phil Collin's vocals on the original make it a little more nostalgic, but I will go with the cover for somehow being a good mix of emulating Collin's singing, but still sounding different enough. Also, that is a kick ass music video.
Theme song to "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"
With all the memes about women choosing a bear over a man, Hollywood might wanna get on an 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' adaptation
Love your hair, hope you win
I'll give it to Lloyd for seeming very enthused about it, and the song carrying well into acoustic.
"Dream a Little Dream of Me"
Joke? Why are you calling it a joke? You drew a picture of two dudes hugging and wrote "I love hugs!" on it.
In the name of being honest
Gotta give this one to Ozzie Nelson's original, mainly because of my personal bias as a Big Band era geek. But the cover is a wonderful classic in its own right.
Satellite of Love
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
Lou Reed's original is a pretty strightforward guitar ballad, and U2's original makes it more complicated almost to the point of it being unrecognizable. Cover wins by a fraction, since U2 gave the song its own spin.
"Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" (The Witcher OST)
Spiral out, keep going.
So I started listening to the band SKALD, and found a Cover they made for Seven Nation Army.
Then I tried listining to the original, and I definitely prefer the cover.
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
...that's...not how this works. You respond to the above post as to which version of the song you prefer, and explain why, and then give a song with a cover you want the next poster to compare, rinse and repeat.
Anyway, for ![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
, I greatly prefer the original version. It just doesn't work as a metal song, and the other cover is just eh.
Next: "Play That Funky Music"
I can't say goodbye to yesterday…
Margrave of the Marshes
Vanilla Ice. Now there's a name I've not heard for a long, long time.
I'll go with the original. They're using actual instruments and it's a got a great, funky feel. Ice's version feels and sounds machine like and lacks emotion and, yes, funkiness.
Arthur Brown-Fire
The only one I really liked was the original for it's old 60s feel. The disco cover wasn't bad, but didn't top the first one to me.
"Let It Be" by The Beatles.
With all the memes about women choosing a bear over a man, Hollywood might wanna get on an 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' adaptation
This is the song that allows Aretha's magnificent vocals and her improvisational talent to shine. The Queen of Soul wins, by a mile.
"Crazy"
Spiral out, keep going.
While I like the original, VF did some interesting stuff with the cover
Only Women Bleed
Original by Alice Cooper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTx6S4kXbXc
(Live) cover by Tina Turner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie_u53Se_3g
Etta James version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpqWoSnQDwk
I guess the original by Alice Cooper sounds the best for being the most easy-listening feel, although this is one of those songs that I think sounds more meaningful with a female singer. And between the two covers, I pick Tina Turner for having a bit more emotion.
"Poor Thing" (from Sweeney Todd)
Movie version by Helena Bonham Carter
In the name of being honest
Angela Lansbury is a screen and stage legend, in addition to being a magnificent belter, so it feels just a tad sacrilegious for me to say that I prefer Helena Bonham Carter's more intimate, textured, made-for-movie delivery (it's one of the few Tim Burton movies that I actually like without reservations). The Tom Pearce cover has fascinating instrumentals, but I feel like his delivery is a little too conversational and kind of lacks edge compared to the other two.
Sword of Destiny (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt OST)
Original by Marcin Przybyłowicz and Percival
Cover by Jillian Aversa and Erutan
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Apr 7th 2021 at 4:31:47 AM
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
I’m biased because that song was drilled so thoroughly into my teenage skull than I couldn’t stand to hear a single note of it for years. Yet that cover somehow managed to make the chorus even more obnoxious. At least the original is nice to listen to as an instrumental. >.> So point for the original.
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Tous les mêmes !
Original by Stromae
Cover by Éléphant
You men are all the same… macho and cheap
A bunch of unfaithful wimps, so predictable
No I’m not so sure that you deserve me
You’re lucky we like you… You can thank me
Rendezvous, rendezvous, rendezvous at the next radiance
Rendezvous, rendezvous… rendezvous at the next period, I guess
This was the last one for good, keep telling yourself it’s just a crisis
Look at my derriere one last time, it’s next to my luggage
Say goodbye to your mom, who idealizes you so much
You don’t even see what you’re losing… With someone else, it would be worse
What, you too want to end it now? Now that’s funny
I said that to make you react, but you were considering it
Rendezvous, rendezvous at the next radiance
Rendezvous, rendezvous… rendezvous at the next period, I guess
Easy to say that I’m too soppy and like to blather too much
But no, what you call ragnagna (periods) is important
You know, life is made of kids, but it’s never the right moment
Yeah, you like to make them, but when you gotta raise them, someone’s gonna go AWOL
The day I’m no longer pretty, at least naturally…
Come on, I know you’re lying, only Kate Moss is eternal
Ugly or pretty? It’s never good!
Stupid or pretty? It’s never good!
Pretty or me? It’s never good!
Me or her? It’s never good!
Rendezvous, rendezvous, rendezvous at the next radiance
Rendezvous, rendezvous… rendezvous at the next period, I guess
All the same, all the same, all the same, I’ve had enough!