If we're gonna talk about cover versus the original, how can you NOT talk about "Hurt" originally by Nine Inch Nails and then completely DEMOLISHED by Johhny Cash's cover.

NiN's original:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR4DjYczINM"]Nine Inch Nails - Hurt (VEVO Presents) - YouTube[/ame]



Johnny Cash's cover:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc"]Johnny Cash - Hurt HD 720p - YouTube[/ame]

Heck even Reznor said the following about the way Cash sang it:

"I pop the video in, and wow... Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps... Wow. [I felt like] I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore... It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. [Somehow] that winds up reinterpreted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaning — different, but every bit as pure."

Can't find the original Beatles version on youtube. It falls short anyway.


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=660a3z7r2_4"]The Jeff Healey Band - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (HQ Audio).wmv - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McQKA0FeArM"]Peter Frampton - Now - 09. While my guitar gently weeps - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zuEfmmCA5s"]Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BJcRgMn05Y"]Kylesa - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sk5QM1qN_A"]OSI - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun ( Pink Floyd Cover ) - YouTube[/ame]

I will follow....U2 1980.


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2BqLlVHlWA"]U2 - I will follow - YouTube[/ame]


Great cover by Fear Factory.


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N8t9-7HtQc"]Fear Factory - I Will Follow HD - YouTube[/ame]

War Pigs. Black Sabbath (1970ish)


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQUXuQ6Zd9w"]Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs - YouTube[/ame]


Another well done cover. Faith No More


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oZXfrf18Y"]War Pigs by Faith No More - YouTube[/ame]

The Sound of Silence - Original

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4"]The Sound of Silence (Original Version from 1964) - YouTube[/ame]


Completely forgot about this song until Disturbed covered it.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4"]Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence [Official Music Video] - YouTube[/ame]

@Sarlacc Here's another "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for ya.


India Arie and Carlos Santana


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-5M1_DKvb0"]Santana - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - YouTube[/ame]

Thunderstruck. AC/DC


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM"]AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Official Video) - YouTube[/ame]


I guess you could call this a cover... 2CELLOS


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk"]2CELLOS - Thunderstruck [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]

Wow, that's a good one! Awesome vocals. I still vote for Peter Framtons's guitar work, though :-)

Awesome!

I like these, too :-)

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGggAGITwg"]2CELLOS - Highway To Hell feat. Steve Vai [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8yymm3DtVA"]2CELLOS - Whole Lotta Love vs. Beethoven 5th Symphony [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS826PwLHdQ"]2CELLOS - Smells Like Teen Spirit [LIVE VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]

Classical is almost all 'covers' ...

I love this thread. Great stuff.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru3gH27Fn6E"]Beastie Boys - So What Cha Want - YouTube[/ame]
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[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T9qzicML0c"]THE RECORD COMPANY - "So What'cha Want" (Beastie Boys Cover) (Live in Malibu, CA) #JAMINTHEVAN - YouTube[/ame]

I saw Whole Lotta Love up there. Here's another Santana cover, this time with Chris Cornell (RIP Chris).


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsnPZzs7mrk"]GUITAR HEAVEN: Santana & Chris Cornell do Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" - YouTube[/ame]