Awesome remakes of terrible songs

[Fledge]

Have you ever heard a song, and thought "Man, this is great." only to find out later that it's a remake? You look up the original, excited, and find out that it's complete shit.

I think that The Cardigans' version of Iron Man is fucking great, but I really can't stand the original at all.

[SlothMan]

While it's not a remake, The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony", which I'm sure everyone is more than familiar with, samples The Rolling Stones' song "The Last Time". Which is a shit song.

The Verve, who already had permission to sample the song, got the fuck sued out of them because they "sampled the song too much". So The Stones got the writing credits, and the label that originally owned the rights to "The Last Time", now owns all rights to "Bitter Sweet Symphony".

"This is the best song Jagger and Richards have written in 20 years." - Richard Ashcroft of The Verve.

[SourChicken]

Butterfly by Crazytown is rather cool, and they sampled some instrumental RHCP song (which was pretty lame).

[Sanlands]

Right Round by Flo Rida. :rock:

[Aether]

Nirvana's cover of "The man who sold the world". I like Bowie's version, I just think Nirvanas is better.

[Ocellatus]

Maynard Ferguson's version of Birdland.

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Just way more stimulating and entertaining than the Weather report version, which I feel was underdone.

[The_Solipsist]

I like Boston Brass' version of Birdland, best.

Anyways, Trace Bundy's cover of Sweet Child of Mine is just amazing:

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[Pencil]

You're all gonna give me shit for this, but I hated Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, and I love Hurt by Johnny Cash.

[The_Solipsist]

Fuck Trent Reznor. I liked Johnny Cash's version a lot better.

[Knight of Cydonia]

These would fit in this thread probably:
http://forums.explosm.net/showthread.php?t=35229&page=7

[SlothMan]

That Trace Bundy video is cool.

Fuck Trent Reznor. I liked Johnny Cash's version a lot better.

I love them both. The clip for Johnny Cash's version is brilliant.

[pure_hatred]

I know I'll have my head bitten off by Maiden fanboys, but Children of Bodom's cover of "Aces High" is better (IN MY OPINION) than Iron Maiden's original.

[SlothMan]

Don't pussy foot around the point. Tell people what they should think or shut the fuck up.

[Abe Vigoda]

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists cover of Since U Been Gone is pretty nice.

[IronWire]

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CoD's cover of oops I did it again.

[SlothMan]

Ben Folds' cover of Bitches Ain't Shit.

[CuntMuppet]

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists cover of Since U Been Gone is pretty nice.

I love the A Day To Remember version of this song. And people say Fall Out Boy's cover of Beat It killed the song, but fuck them I like it.

[Fluzz]

The Johnstones remake of the song Lump (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8jX1a_RtlU) by The Presidents of the United States of America. When me and my bud found out it was a cover, we put it on and laughed at how terrible it is.

[Oofie]

Arctic Monkeys did 'Love Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IE&hl=en-GB&v=aTNC9l46oR4)' by Girls Aloud. Awesome.

I think I posted this in that other thread thing posted.

[Quadros]

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Way better than The Cyrkle's shitty original.

[Cyan]

Dolly Parton's version is not exactly terrible, but it is no match against Mr. White.

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A well known one, Mad World, and Tears for Fears sounds like they completely misinterpretated their own song.

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[CuntMuppet]

Killswitch Engage turned Holy Diver into something brilliant

[Knickerbocker]

Duuuuuude. Muse's "House Of The Rising Sun" is an amazing remake of the original song,
while H.I.M.'s "Wicked Game" is also an incredible remake of the
slow original.

Some bands really rock the remake, however others (Fall Out Boy) fail
at is miserably.

Gah, I would hate to be the person that
fails at remaking an already awful song.

=/

Lol.

[BreakTheWalls]

I wouldn't necessarily call Helmet's In the Meantime terrible but after listening to Soulfly's cover of it, it just had so much more power and punch into it that the original paled in comparison.

[Andrey]

Killswitch Engage turned Holy Diver into something brilliant

Fucking blasphemer.

Anyways, I like a lot of cover songs of songs that I already like. But originals that I actually don't like?

Dropkick Murphys cover a shit-ton of old Irish ballads and turn them into fucking awesome songs. I'm not a fan of the original Irish music though. This is my favorite of their covers. If I need to get pumped up about something, works great:

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Guns and drums and drums and guns, haroooo, harroooo

[Sieda]

While it's not a remake, The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony", which I'm sure everyone is more than familiar with, samples The Rolling Stones' song "The Last Time". Which is a shit song.

The Verve, who already had permission to sample the song, got the fuck sued out of them because they "sampled the song too much". So The Stones got the writing credits, and the label that originally owned the rights to "The Last Time", now owns all rights to "Bitter Sweet Symphony".

"This is the best song Jagger and Richards have written in 20 years." - Richard Ashcroft of The Verve.


One, 'The Last Time' is a decent enough song. Two, who the fuck is 'The Verve?'


Anyway, we just went over this song in class today, and Bill Haley & His Comets did a much better version of "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" than Big Joe Turner. I actually want to do another cover of it, but rock it up a bit more a throw some rough, grungy style vocals over it... give it a bite.

[timbot]

The Johnstones remake of the song Lump (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8jX1a_RtlU) by The Presidents of the United States of America. When me and my bud found out it was a cover, we put it on and laughed at how terrible it is.

What?! You've got to be kidding me. That cover--the 30 seconds I could stand listening to--was ridiculously horrid.

Personally I can't think of any covers that are seriously better than the originals. Perhaps some older covers, like the one Sieda pointed out, but then I usually don't even know if they're covers.

[Ikin]

Ra Ra Riot's cover of Suspended in Gaffa is great. The original Kate Bush version? Not so much.

Anyways, Trace Bundy's cover of Sweet Child of Mine is just amazing:

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That's really good.

[Fluzz]

What?! You've got to be kidding me. That cover--the 30 seconds I could stand listening to--was ridiculously horrid.

Personally I can't think of any covers that are seriously better than the originals. Perhaps some older covers, like the one Sieda pointed out, but then I usually don't even know if they're covers.

You're not with the times, old man.

Maybe Ska isn't your thing. Also, I prefer Lenny Kravitz's version of American Woman more than The Guess Who's.

[Idioteque]

You're not with the times, old man.

Maybe Ska isn't your thing. Also, I prefer Lenny Kravitz's version of American Woman more than The Guess Who's.

I love ska, but that was awful.

[SlothMan]

One, 'The Last Time' is a decent enough song. Two, who the fuck is 'The Verve?'

Okay, the last time is better than I remember.

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But you can't say you don't recognize this song.

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[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

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Take on me sucks but that's amazing.

[Raxo]

That was awful man. They totally raped the original.

[Tweek]

I think it's a really good song in its own right, but I wouldn't say the original was terrible, it's a classic.

[Fluzz]

I love ska, but that was awful.

You also love radiohead.

[Zebbs]

I love the A Day To Remember version of this song.

Yeah me too, even though the original isn't that bad. The cover just blows it away.

[Antisaint]

You also love radiohead.

So what? Liking one band doesn't automatically make your opinion invalid.

I don't know that the original is terrible, but Goldfinger's cover of 99 Red Balloons is pretty awesome.

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[Oberlin]

It wasn't a shitty original, but Cavo did a killer job on Duran Duran's Come Undone.

But I wanna find a metal/metalcore cover of it.

[Pachycephelosaurus]

Kate Perry's "Hot and Cold" goes from humdrum pop song to pure fucking awesome.

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[The_Solipsist]

As much as I love Katy Perry, they made that their own.

[Fobby120034]

Kate Perry's "Hot and Cold" goes from humdrum pop song to pure fucking awesome.

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Pure win...

[alo81]

Sonata Arcticas cover of "Die With Your Boots On" is a lot better than Iron Maidens in my opinion. I'm a Maiden fan, but I just can't stand that song, but when i hear Sonata Arcticas version, amazing.

[LandMarkMoon]

HAHAHAHAHAH I LOVE IT.

Reminds me of Gogol Bordello.

[youcanbuyme]

Manic Street Preachers cover of Umbrella. Though it's not as great as Manics other songs they made a terrible song sound pretty good.

[occultculture]

Even though I hate Faggot Boy, I like their remake of this song.

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[RaygunShaun]

Only thing I can think of is Dynamite Hack's "Boyz N The Hood". Pure genius.

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[Raxo]

I actually hate that cover but I love this one.

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[The_Solipsist]

Even though I hate Faggot Boy, I like their remake of this song.

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That was terrible, what the fuck is there to like?

[occultculture]

That was terrible, what the fuck is there to like?

eh.
I find it catchier than Danny Elfman's.

[Pachycephelosaurus]

eh.
I find it catchier than Danny Elfman's.

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I must strongly disagree.

[Chocoholic]

Trust me guys. After listening to the other shitty covers off the Special Edition soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas, the FoB cover sounds jizz-worthy.

The other ones are literally that bad.

[Pachycephelosaurus]

Trust me guys. After listening to the other shitty covers off the Special Edition soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas, the FoB cover sounds jizz-worthy.

The other ones are literally that bad.

My god.


I thought this was a pretty cool cover of a rather shitty song:
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[Nifol]

I guess that the new cover album from Children of Bodom is the answer :D

[Skiddlecrumms]

Northern Kings cover of Dont Stop Believing is better than the origional, but i defanantly cant say that journeys sucked... cause it didnt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGmhDLnWhOY

EDIT: Now that i think about it, most of Northern Kings covers are better

[Profane Methane]

Northern Kings cover of Dont Stop Believing is better than the origional, but i defanantly cant say that journeys sucked... cause it didnt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGmhDLnWhOY

EDIT: Now that i think about it, most of Northern Kings covers are better
Edit: This is a thread for awesome remakes of terrible songs not terrible remakes of awesome songs.

[The_Solipsist]

Northern Kings cover of Dont Stop Believing is better than the origional, but i defanantly cant say that journeys sucked... cause it didnt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGmhDLnWhOY

EDIT: Now that i think about it, most of Northern Kings covers are better

Hurray for cliche metal licks and overusing falsetto.

[Fu_Manchu87]

I liked the Murderdolls remake of Billy Idol's White Wedding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VRw1GZmrEA

[Sieda]

My god.


I thought this was a pretty cool cover of a rather shitty song:
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I'm not really a big fan of the original, but I thought that was horrible. Arrangement? Fine. Musicianship? Fine. It was the god damn guitar tone. Normally I can find something pleasantly musical about 'unpleasant' noise... but in this instance, the guitars made me wish I was deaf. Like fuzzy, rusty iron nails on a chalk board.

[The_Solipsist]

The playing is terrible and he really needs to equalize and set the volumes better. It's just annoying.

[B3n]

You're all gonna give me shit for this, but I hated Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, and I love Hurt by Johnny Cash.
Why would anyone give you shit for that? The Cash version is clearly the better of the two. In fact, I highly doubt anyone will ever remake it to be better than Cash's.

[Quadros]

Even though I hate Faggot Boy, I like their remake of this song.

What's This from The Nightmare Before Christmas

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I am so torn. I think that's awesome, but the faggoty poserishness of fallout boy and how rediculously scenester twatish and entirely playing to their audience this cover is can't be ignored. Basically if that was a song from a non Tom Burton film it would be awesome, or even a Tim Burton film that isn't Nightmare Before Christmas, but the fact is that film is obsessed over in an incredibly gay and fake way by people who also happen to obsess over fallout boy in exactly the same way, and the obviously marketing-orientated nature of the song makes that awesome cover incredibly gay.

[RandomDungheap]

The original is awful. a slow ballad. This...well. listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1I2nCAaodI

[Raxo]

The original is awful. a slow ballad. This...well. listen.

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You don't need the whole link in between the tags just the stuff after ?v=

Also that was nice.

[RandomDungheap]

Cheers Raxo. Julie Fowlis is amazing. hope to try and see her in January if she plays at Celtic Connections.