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The Remake Thread.

#1

Dave

Dave

This is for songs which have been remade by other artists. You don't necessarily have to say who did the original (heck, that might be more fun to make us guess!) but I want it to be a remake you LIKE.

So, for instance, Apocalyptica's version of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters":



But probably not Dolly Parton singing "Stairway to Heaven":




Unless you like that, of course. In which case your responses will be summarily dismissed as lacking in taste.


#2



Wasabi Poptart

My all time favorite remake.



#3

Dave

Dave

I fucking love that song. I should record myself singing it for you all.


#4

Krisken

Krisken



I could fill this thread with tons of remakes, but I'll space it out a bit and let others post some of theirs first.


#5



Wasabi Poptart

Another favorite. I always liked this song from NIN. The first time I heard this version I was absolutely stunned.


edit: I found one that could be embedded from Vimeo. Hope you don't mind I edited your post.


#6

Krisken

Krisken



Yay NIN!


#7

Dave

Dave

Wasabi Poptart said:
Another favorite. I always liked this song from NIN. The first time I heard this version I was absolutely stunned.

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Yes! YES!! God, watching that brings tears to my eyes. I know NIN did a good job with it, but Johnny Cash just brings a poignancy to it that NIN couldn't match. And the video brings it all together.


#8

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

I use to like "Hurt," until my roommate went on a week-long drunken self-pity binge and played the song NONSTOP over and over and over . . .

The Sixpence None The Richer remake of The La's song "There She Goes":


#9



Philosopher B.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes know how to make a goddamn cover:





Anything Eddie Hazel did rules:



These two examples show how to cover a Beatles song:



+

I Want You (She's So Heavy) - Eddie Hazel cover

I'll probably think of more later.


#10

figmentPez

figmentPez

So good many people don't even realize it's a cover:



#11

Dave

Dave

Ooh, Philosopher! You just reminded me of one of my all time favorites!

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.



#12

figmentPez

figmentPez

Relient K's version of "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything"


#13

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Charlton Heston's Ben Hur

Elvis's Love Me Tender

Sex Pistol's Road Runner

Sid Vicious' My Way


#14

figmentPez

figmentPez

Can't embed since it's Blip.tv
Vinyl Destination: Simply Mad About the Mouse
PushingUpRoses (one of the TGWTG crew) reviews a Disney video from 1991, where a bunch of popular artists (at least at the time) covered classic Disney music.


#15

Krisken

Krisken


Yes, it is a cover


#16

Piotyr

Piotyr

I like this cover, hate the original song:


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I like both versions of this one:



#17

drifter

drifter

There's at least two songs here I didn't know were covers :\

The only version I could find, sorry about the low sound quality.


#18



Jiarn







#19

Krisken

Krisken



#20



Wasabi Poptart







#21

Krisken

Krisken

I see your cover of Enjoy the Silence and match it with Failure's version.


If I could, I would add Dishwalla covering Policy of Truth as well.


#22



Wasabi Poptart

Philosopher B. said:
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes know how to make a goddamn cover:
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They do one of "Nothing Compares 2 U" that is awesome.


#23

Piotyr

Piotyr

A different kind of remake:



#24

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

I honestly don't know much about music, so I can't think of too many songs that were remade.

Sadly, the only one I know off the top of my head...is this. And I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.



#25

drifter

drifter



#26

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Nightwish, with Tarja Turunen. Be still, my heart...


#27

Vagabond

Vagabond







#28

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Also, I find the lack of Gregorian in this thread disturbing...







#29

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal:


#30

General Specific

General Specific

Wasabi Poptart said:
My all time favorite remake.

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drifter said:
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Damn you both, those were going to be mine.

So, instead, I give you these:







#31

linglingface

linglingface

ThatNickGuy said:
I honestly don't know much about music, so I can't think of too many songs that were remade.

Sadly, the only one I know off the top of my head...is this. And I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

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Aww <3 I love Celine! Such a silly lady. :)


#32

General Specific

General Specific

Oh yeah, and this:



A cover of Thin Lizzy's cover of The Dubliner's version of a traditional Irish Folk song.


#33

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

The fact that he learned this in a day makes him amazing.

The fact that he messed up makes him my hero :3



#34

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe




Surprised no one's listed it yet.

Also, am I really the only one who actually liked Parton's stairway?


#35

Dave

Dave

Jules! Good call, Poe! And yes, you are the only one.


#36

General Specific

General Specific

Ravenpoe said:



Surprised no one's listed it yet.
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#37

figmentPez

figmentPez

Speaking of Led Zeppelin covers, the London Philharmonic Orchestra does a mighty good When the Levee Breaks



#38

Denbrought

Denbrought

I very much dislike the Viva la Vida song by Coldplay, specially the vocals. Then I found this remix in a Standard Club CD, I love it <3



#39

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

I fucking LOVE Iron Horse.



#40

figmentPez

figmentPez

Piotyr said:
A different kind of remake:

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On a similar note:



Okay, the lyrics that were added are a little emo, but it's still a well done version of Super Metroid's Maridia theme.


#41

Vagabond

Vagabond







#42

drifter

drifter





#43

Mathias

Mathias

heatherling said:
Aww <3 I love Celine! Such a silly lady. :)
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Whos the guy in drag singing with her?
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heatherling said:
Aww <3 I love Celine! Such a silly lady. :)
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Whos the guy in drag singing with her?
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Original by John Lee Hooker

Although I prefer Hooker's original, I like George's remake.



That guy just fuckin oozes cool


I prefer Johnny Cash's version of Hurt 10000x over the original Nine Inch Nails.



#44

PatrThom

PatrThom

This made me snicker so much when it first came out.



And let's not forget this remake gem.



--Patrick


#45

General Specific

General Specific



#46

figmentPez

figmentPez

My apologies, in advance, for posting this. It's just further proof that I was an idiot as a kid.

My sisters and I watched The Chipmunk Adventure over and over again when we were little. We loved the songs so much. Now, looking back, it's kinda disturbing. A pair of tween-age furries, in harem garb, dancing with snakes and singing about "getting lucky".



The Nostalgia Critic needs to review this movie post-haste. The sheer amount of jaw-dropping insanity is mind-boggling.

EDIT: Wait a second... is this a cover? Someone tell me this is a cover and not something written for the movie. If it's a song written to be sung by a female chipmunk, then that's like a thousand times more disturbing than it already is.


#47

Gusto

Gusto

Another Nothing Else Matters:



All American Rejects vs. Britney Spears:



#48

Krisken

Krisken

I wanna live with the cinnamon girl.



#49

linglingface

linglingface

I love the Chipmunk Adventure movie!! It was my favorite when I was a kid and I've been wanting to get it on dvd for a long long time now. XD Just last week I was watching all those videos on youtube! XD


#50

figmentPez

figmentPez

heatherling said:
I love the Chipmunk Adventure movie!! It was my favorite when I was a kid and I've been wanting to get it on dvd for a long long time now. XD Just last week I was watching all those videos on youtube! XD
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I totally goofed in posting it here, though. Watching it as a kid I thought that all the songs were remakes but, best I can tell, most of the songs in that movie were written for it. I could have posted Woolly Bully, but that song is messed-up in a very different way. Come to think of it, since it features flappy man hooties, it would have been very fitting for the forums. Here it is:



#51

Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet



#52

checkeredhat

checkeredhat


Original by Dexy's Midnight Runners (Of course)
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Also this:
is nuts.


#53

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder



#54

Dave

Dave



#55

Gryfter

Gryfter







#56

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Poe, thank you for introducing me to Iron Horse... I must now peruse teh intarwebs for the rest of their stuff


#57

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Check out Hayseed Dixie (AC/DC) the original Heavy Metal Bluegrass Band.

Heavy Metal songs work so well in Blue Grass form.


#58

grub

grub



This band redid the whole Wall album in country/bluegrass


#59

Dave

Dave

grub said:


This band redid the whole Wall album in country/bluegrass
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Oh HELL no! Fucking with Floyd?!? BLUEGRASS FLOYD?!? Not only no but FUCK no!


#60

grub

grub

Dave said:
Oh HELL no! Fucking with Floyd?!? BLUEGRASS FLOYD?!? Not only no but FUCK no!
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I am not a fan of country music at all so that is what I though at first, but listening to the whole album converted me. My favorite track is Goodbye Blue Sky.


#61

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Tempo is too far wrong for Comfortably Numb. Maybe as a straight Country song, but blue grass is just too fast Floyd.


#62

Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

Dave said:
Oh HELL no! Fucking with Floyd?!? BLUEGRASS FLOYD?!? Not only no but FUCK no!
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Man, "Fucking with Floyd" has a nice ring to it. Really just rolls off the tongue.


#63

Krisken

Krisken

This could have gone in the untraditional christmas songs thread, but what the hell...


#64

Bones

Bones



#65

Krisken

Krisken



#66

gargoyle_eva

gargoyle_eva

The entire album that Apocolyptica song comes from is amazing. It's made up of entirely Metallica covers. Some of them are mind blowing.


#67

linglingface

linglingface

I have one that's especially awful!


#68

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Krisken said:
This could have gone in the untraditional christmas songs thread, but what the hell...
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I couldn't make it through more than 20 seconds of that. I hope Shane McGowan hasn't heard that.


#69

PatrThom

PatrThom

sixpackshaker said:
Check out Hayseed Dixie (AC/DC) the original Heavy Metal Bluegrass Band. Heavy Metal songs work so well in Blue Grass form.
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Heh. Ninja'd!

Also... (can't remember if I already posted this in another thread...if so, whoopsie!)


And now for something completely different...


--Patrick


#70

Krisken

Krisken



#71

Vagabond

Vagabond



#72



Wasabi Poptart



#73

General Specific

General Specific



#74

Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet



#75

Krisken

Krisken



#76

General Specific

General Specific







#77



Wasabi Poptart





#78

Gryfter

Gryfter



#79

Fun Size

Fun Size

What Gryfter said.


#80



JCM

Dave said:
This is for songs which have been remade by other artists. You don't necessarily have to say who did the original (heck, that might be more fun to make us guess!) but I want it to be a remake you LIKE.

So, for instance, Apocalyptica's version of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters":

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Apocalyptica gets an awesome! vote from me because of their version of David Bowie's Heroes.

Its sung, in German, by Rammstein's Till Linderman (who could read a phonebook and sell it and I'd buy it)


Laibach is also awesome for their covers/versions, like their latest album, Volk, which is the reworked national anthems of 14 countries. Here's Anglia, from that album-

Also google up their cover of Life is Life, One Nation, Final Countdown and Accross the Universe.

Edit: Do' oh! Someone's already posted the Johny Cash "Hurt" cover. So here's the Meatloaf version of Celine Dion's "Coming back to me now" (which technically isnt a cover, as Jim Steinman wrote if for Meatloaf after "I'd do anything for love", but the two got into a fight and he then sold it to Celine Dion)


#81

Piotyr

Piotyr

I really like this cover, and I haven't even seen the movie yet:



#82

Vagabond

Vagabond



Really though, every song he covers on Feliciano! is a gem.


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