Just for fun: when the cover owns the original :-)

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1) Beer ad version of Carl Orff's "O fortuna": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY6uJlI-t14

2) Swedish band Therion's cover of "Seawinds": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GckKeWQt1WY
.....the original by German band Accept: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpIX9wrMrGo

3) Nightwish doing "Phantom of the Opera": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMraAGlpwc

4) Lacuna Coil covering "Enjoy the silence": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx58hXh4pVA
....original by Depeche Mode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Hez25fFrg

5) Marilyn Manson does "Tainted love": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVHITKnBnRY ***DON'T WATCH IF YOU HAVE GENTEEL SENSIBILITIES***
.... original by Gloria Jones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnWXE62H8YY

.....add your own

[deantaylor]

Jeff Buckley performing Hallelujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4

[sedge]

Shameless alert!

Birds Encouraged Him by some random northerner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpoFTqdoIo4
Original by Jason Lytle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKyh9J-hoA0

dork posting! wouldn't want to try an own the original by one of my fav songwriters of all time!!

[sedge]

4) Lacuna Coil covering "Enjoy the silence": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx58hXh4pVA
....original by Depeche Mode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Hez25fFrg

nice!!

This is my fav cover, if you never caught this RobO I think you gonna love it !

Radiohead doing Ceremony - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcF0bexWsos
New Order Original - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5UK40sSo8I

blisssss!

[Len911]

"Ruby Tuesday" "Frank Sinatra" (Franco Battiato)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfnw3Rb0gVU

"Hey Joe" Franco Battiato w/Natacha Atlas

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

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Covers of "Mad World" by the Glee Project - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Kq3izd6_g
...and Gary Jules - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4
Original by Tears for fears - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gFl2OXySs8


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@ Sedge, that Radiohead cover is cool but kinda hard to hear clearly. Is there a better version?

@ Dean - nice cover by Jeff. Also love this version of it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NEU6Xf7lM

@ Len - love that "Hey Joe"

[Cruciform]

I watched this at the time. What a moment! Pity about the youtube quality.

Anthony Callea performs "The Prayer" on Australian Idol '04 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TwBZOttjlM

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Apocalyptica do over "Nothing Else Matters" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTozgoj9OQ

Ferry Corsten's remix of William Orbit's version of Barber's "Adagio for strings" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nPAkX1oot0

[deantaylor]

@ Dean - nice cover by Jeff. Also love this version of it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NEU6Xf7lM

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Cool. You are right, that is great. Love that World Idol singer!

Other good covers as well here.

Good thread.

[eeoo]

Love Jeff Buckley Hallelujah!

I'm a huge Radiohead fan and a huge Gillian Welch fan so here is one I enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFgnbX6YSE

eo

[sedge]

@ Sedge, that Radiohead cover is cool but kinda hard to hear clearly. Is there a better version?

not found one sadly! Hope there is one, the whole gig was an internet stream but they must have/hope they have taken masters