A Contest to tide you over for the next few weeks

[cipsucks]

Fred Hoiberg has done a complete remake of the roster for this upcoming season.  Someone posted weeks ago about doing an Original/Remake song thread in the off-season.  Kudos to you, mark that post and you have a steak coming your way.  Remakes can be really good.  Oftentimes, not so much.  I KNOW this Husker remake will be a huge success.  Anyway...

 

The Contest:

As a rock and roll fanatic, original songs 90 per cent of the time are better than remakes.  However, there are covers that are so much better than the original song.  Here's the deal:  Post your remake song you think kicks the ass of the original.  Name the original artist and post the remake video, and you're part of the contest.  The winner will be determined by how many upvotes he/she gets.  The winner gets 2 14 oz Nebraska Star Beef Ribeyes, plus a six pack of Lucky Beef jerky.  The contest will conclude in a couple weeks.  I'll provide an example:

 

Angry Bruce Springsteen.

 

Kick ass remake:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 2, 2019 by cipsucks

[AuroranHusker]

Toto's Africa. (as in... I Bless the Rains Down In Africa)

 

Cover by Weezer is as good as I've ever heard.

 

 

[HuskerFever]

Original: Nine Inch Nails

Cover: Johnny Cash

 

Song: "Hurt"

 

 

[colhusker]

A Tuesday Twofer

 

Original Leonard Cohen - who recently pasted away

Cover Jeff Buckley 

 

Song: Hallelujah

 

 

Covered also by Rufus Wainwright!

 

Edited July 2, 2019 by colhusker

[fred1212]

All Along The Watchtower

 

Original:  Bob Dylan

 

Remake:  Jimi Hendrix

 

 

[49r]

Original:

Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones (1971)

 

 

Kickass remake:

Wild Horses - The Sundays (1992)

 

Edited July 3, 2019 by 49r

[Norm Peterson]

Neal Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"

 

Kickass remake by Urge Overkill:

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

BJ Thomas's "Hooked on a Feeling"

 

Kickass remake by Blue Swede:

 

 

[fred1212]

My Way

 

Original:  Frank Sinatra

 

Remake:  Sid Vicious

 

 

 

[jayschool]

"A Quick One While He's Away"

Original: The Who

Remake: My Morning Jacket with Eddie Vedder on vocals

 

 

[jayschool]

"Jump"

Original: Van Halen

Remake: Aztec Camera

 

 

[jayschool]

"The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul"

Original: XTC

Remake: Ruben Blades

 

 

[atskooc]

"Twist and Shout"

Originally done by the Top Notes

 

Cover by the Beatles

 

 

[atskooc]

"Nothing Compares 2 U"

Originally performed by Prince

 

Cover by Sinead O'Connor

 

 

[atskooc]

"I Love Rock and Roll"

Originally by The Arrows

 

Cover by Joan Jett

 

 

[atskooc]

I know it's not a cover, but Weird Al's "Word Crimes" is a hell of a lot better than Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines."

 

 

[swoof]

Oooh, I'll play. I go back and forth on this but right now I'm in the Pixies's cover is better camp.

 

Original - Head On by The Jesus and Mary Chain

 

Cover - Head on by Pixies

 

[trickey]

A couple of my thoughts are in use above; however, the Kingsmen get a large shout-out as one hit wonders who spurred a two year FBI investigation into the lyrics of the song and the subversive message sent to us then youths.

“Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen (written by Richard Berry, originally performed by Rockin’ Robin Roberts and the Wailers)

 

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

Song: I fought The Law

Original: Bobby Fuller Four

Remake: The Clash

 

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

My more obscure fav

 

Song: Little Bitch

Original: The Specials

Cover: Nova Social 

 

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

15 hours ago, cipsucks said:

Fred Hoiberg has done a complete remake of the roster for this upcoming season.  Someone posted weeks ago about doing an Original/Remake song thread in the off-season.  Kudos to you, mark that post and you have a steak coming your way.  Remakes can be really good.  Oftentimes, not so much.  I KNOW this Husker remake will be a huge success.  Anyway...

 

The Contest:

As a rock and roll fanatic, original songs 90 per cent of the time are better than remakes.  However, there are covers that are so much better than the original song.  Here's the deal:  Post your remake song you think kicks the ass of the original.  Name the original artist and post the remake video, and you're part of the contest.  The winner will be determined by how many upvotes he/she gets.  The winner gets 2 14 oz Nebraska Star Beef Ribeyes, plus a six pack of Lucky Beef jerky.  The contest will conclude in a couple weeks.  I'll provide an example:

 

Angry Bruce Springsteen.

 

Kick ass remake:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great topic. I was thinking we need a summer thread like this. I was going to start the exact same theme!

[atskooc]

1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

Song: I fought The Law

Original: Bobby Fuller Four

Remake: The Clash

 

 

I almost went with this one!

 

So good!

[hal9000]

Lonesome Train

Original:  Johnny Burnette and the Rock & Roll Trio (1956)

Cover:  The Pirates 

 

Edited July 3, 2019 by hal9000

[Searching 4 Chester Surles]

"Old Town Road"

Subpar Original: Lil Nas X

Kickass Remake: KIDZ BOP

 

 

 

[aphilso1]

Gangsta's Paradise

Original: Coolio

Cover: Taylor Reed