Covers that are better than the originals... or just covers
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KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
An absolutely fantastic cover of an 80s Heart song. Scheepers' vocals really elevate this song to another level.
Magnus
currently discounted
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
Two very different interpretations of essentially the same song. Neither is the "original".
TheMercenary
Ancient Mariner
Arakain's covers playlist :
jazz from hell
Ancient Mariner
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
The Dartagnan boys liked this song by David Bowie so much that they made two covers - on the same album!
German and English:
And, for comparison, the original:
German and English:
Finally listenable, with proper vocals
chaosapiant
Ancient Marinade
Can’t recall if I’ve posted this before:
Vantage Point
Educated Fool
Bit obscure, but my band has done a cover of the Huey Lewis & the News track, Don't Make Me Do It.
Vantage Point
Educated Fool
Have just put a cover of another Huey Lewis and the News track, though this one isn't quite as obscure as the last one.
Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B0CGJ6ZF96
Amazon - https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B0CGJ6ZF96
Vantage Point
Educated Fool
We put out another cover today, this time of the Kim Wilde track, Kids in America.
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
A refreshing new take on a classic or just a whole new level of wrong? You decide ...
I prefer ex-Sabaton Tommy's ABBA covers. Great chance to put that falsetto into full use 
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
Mr Johansson? He certainly doesn't seem shy of trying different things ...I prefer ex-Sabaton Tommy's ABBA covers. Great chance to put that falsetto into full use
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Reminds me of Therion's cover of Summer Night City.A refreshing new take on a classic or just a whole new level of wrong? You decide ...
Bumped into this one on Facebook of all places:
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
I'd like to take you guys on a 9ish minute journey. In 1963 Dusty Springfield gave us "I Only Want to be with You." A normal love song, especially for the time:
In 1988 Mexican Mega Star, Luis Miguel, covered it and as it was very common with translations since... well, forever, they completely rewrote the lyrics and made it a very catchy break up song. The chorus, instead of saying, "There's nothing I can do, I only want to be with you," now says, "If you didn't know how to love, now you can leave." I joke with my students that it's a song that you can dedicate to the same person twice lol. Anyway, the choreography got an upgrade, the video is.... very 80s:
If that trip down fashion memory lane wasn't hilarious in itself it gets better. Korean boy band Super Junior Covered the song AGAIN in 2019, BUT they chose to cover the Luis Miguel version IN SPANISH! They also chose to do an almost shot for shot remake of his video and it is hilariously amazing. They wear wigs to have the same 80s do as Luis Miguel, wear the leather jacket and the extras have supposed 80s outfits and they recreate the choreography:
You're welcome
In 1988 Mexican Mega Star, Luis Miguel, covered it and as it was very common with translations since... well, forever, they completely rewrote the lyrics and made it a very catchy break up song. The chorus, instead of saying, "There's nothing I can do, I only want to be with you," now says, "If you didn't know how to love, now you can leave." I joke with my students that it's a song that you can dedicate to the same person twice lol. Anyway, the choreography got an upgrade, the video is.... very 80s:
If that trip down fashion memory lane wasn't hilarious in itself it gets better. Korean boy band Super Junior Covered the song AGAIN in 2019, BUT they chose to cover the Luis Miguel version IN SPANISH! They also chose to do an almost shot for shot remake of his video and it is hilariously amazing. They wear wigs to have the same 80s do as Luis Miguel, wear the leather jacket and the extras have supposed 80s outfits and they recreate the choreography:
You're welcome