{"id":20411,"date":"2014-04-29T16:42:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T21:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=20411"},"modified":"2014-04-30T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T21:03:10","slug":"5-cover-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/5-cover-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Cover Songs Better than the Original"},"content":{"rendered":"
We\u2019ve previously shared with you a similar list of great cover bands<\/a> that you should check out if you didn\u2019t know them already. Today, it\u2019s the turn to recognize cover songs \u00a0that are so great they manage to surpass the original they emulate. At least according to our tastes. Even if you\u2019re a hardcore fan of the original artist or version and you won\u2019t agree that the cover is better, you will at least agree that it\u2019s definitely a nice take on it. Here we go.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n You all probably know Jack White as the male voice of The White Stripes, at least for their extremely popular song, \u201cSeven Nation Army\u201d. \u00a0Jack has played for years in the band alongside his drummer sister (Isn\u2019t it lovely that she\u2019d a drummer? It\u2019s so hard to find girl drummers \u00a0in rock bands), and then proceeded to also record some solo covers. \u201cLove is blindness\u201d is probably the best one and it was also featured on the most recent Great Gatsby movie adaptation soundtrack. The man has a palpable poetic desperation in his voice and the cover is quite addictive.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The original Disney song of the Sleeping Beauty cartoon was already a cover of classic Russian waltz, and Lana del Rey\u2019s re-cover of it, recorded for the new Maleficent<\/a> Disney movie, is simply breath-taking. It gives the original harmonious song a deep hue of deliciously grave undertones without altering its harmoniousness in any way. It\u2019s addictive and wonderful.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n It may be a bit hard to look past the vulgarity in the much talked-about video of the original song, in order to notice that the song is actually pretty good. The Dixie Chicks sung a live cover of it in one of their concerts and it sounded surprisingly well and a bit softer than the original. \u00a0To be fair to Miley who still remains a very talented girl (with a few recent style-related controversies added to that talent), let\u2019s mention that the covering was mutual: she recorded covers of original Dixie Chicks songs as well and they sound lovely.<\/p>\n1. \u201cLove is blindness\u201d, U2 cover by Jack White<\/h2>\n
2. \u201cOnce upon a dream\u201d, Tchaikovsky\/Disney cover by Lana del Rey<\/h2>\n
3. \u00a0\u201cWrecking ball\u201d, Miley Cyrus cover by Dixie Chicks<\/h2>\n
4. \u201cJolene\u201d, Dolly Parton cover by Miley Cyrus<\/h2>\n