Board 8 > Original or Cover - Day 1 - All Along The Watchtower

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24 hours, no alts, etc., etc.

Nominate songs you care about if you want to, you're on board 8, you know how all this stuff works by now. If you are going to nominate, include the original artist and the cover version you want compared. I obviously can't guarantee you listen to both versions, but if you say or imply you didn't or vote based on some other reasoning other than which version you prefer your vote won't count.

Original - Bob Dylan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs-5H1QzOck

Cover - Jimi Hendrix Experience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY
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Hendrix.

I love Bob Dylan, but he's a better songwriter than vocalist imo.

Alternatively, the Battlestar Galactica version is really good too.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Hendrix, prefer his vocals

Nominate:
So What (Original: Anti-Nowhere League/Cover: Metallica)
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Gotta Hendrix it up
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Hendrix
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Hendrix

Nominate Hurt(Original: Nine Inch Nails/Cover: Johnny Cash)
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Hendrix all the way
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As much as I love Hendrix's version, it loses something from the original. Dylan's version just seems more poetic, almost mystical.

Gonna have to give it to the original here, but it's not an easy choice.
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Hendrix

how is this even a question
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as much as I like Bob Dylan, it's not hard to improve upon his actual performance most of the time. so hendrix.

nominate

The Protomen covering Queen's "Killer Queen"
Dynamite Hack covering Eazy-E's "Boyz-n-The-Hood
Zach Heckendorf covering Eminem & Dr. Dre's "Forgot About Dre" (live from mile high cover)
Alien Ant Farm covering Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal"
Daniel Mustard covering Radiohead's "Creep" (first Opie and Anthony recording)
CAKE covering Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"
CAKE covering Bread's "The Guitar Man"
Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt"
Ben Marwood covering The Postal Service's "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
The Clash covering The Bobby Fuller Four's "I Fought the Law"
Nirvana covering Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz"
Nirvana covering David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World"
Nirvana covering Meat Puppets' "Plateau"
Nirvana covering "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", made famous by Lead Belly
Postmodern Jukebox feat. Puddles Pity Party covering Lorde's "Team"
Talking Heads covering Al Green's "Take Me To The River"
Feist covering Bee Gees' "Inside & Out"
The Fugees covering Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly"
Nirvana Covering Meat Puppets' "Lake of Fire"
John Coltrane covering Mary Martin's "My Favorite Things"
Dixie Chicks covering Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide"
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Hendrix by far.

I like Bob Dylan more than Hendrix, but Hendrix did this song better.
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Nom The Vandals cover of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now"
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Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix Experience easily. Hell, Dylan himself said that Jimi's version was better.

Nominate:
Troop covering The Jackson 5's "All I Do Is Think Of You"
Intro covering Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon In The Sky"
Jodeci covering Stevie Wonder's "Lately"
O'Bryan covering Stevie Wonder's "You And I"
Soft Cell or Marilyn Manson covering Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love"
Creedence Clearwater Revival covering Tina Turner's "Proud Mary"
Bananarama covering Shocking Blue's "Venus"
Jodeci covering Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now"
The Good Girls' covering Diana Ross & The Supremes' "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart"
D'Angelo covering Smokey Robinson "Cruisin'"
Terry Stafford covering Elvis Presley's "Suspicion"
Rare Earth covering The Temptations' "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Isaac Hayes covering Dionne Warrick's "Walk On By"
Sybil covering Dionne Warrick's "Don't Make Me Over"
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Hendrix. One of the few cases where I'm likely to give the nod to the cover without hesitation.

profDEADPOOL posted...

Nominate Hurt(Original: Nine Inch Nails/Cover: Johnny Cash)

Beat me to it.

Nominate RHCP covering Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground

Nominate Metallica covering Blue Öyster Cult's Astronomy
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Hendrix

Nom: Fall Out Boy covering Beat It

MysticBrohan posted...

Hendrix

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Hendrix
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Hendrix.

Nominate:

Soft Cell or Marilyn Manson covering Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love"
Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt"
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Jimi

Nominate: Hole covering Gold Dust Woman
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Hendrix

Tbh I considered running like this exact topic
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JNom
Green day covering the who's "a quick one while he's away"
Disturbed covering Simon and Garfunkel "sound of silence"
Five Finger Death Punch covering Bad Company's "Bad Company"
Gary Jules covering tears for fears "mad world"
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Hendrix but I like Dylan's too

Nominate Hallelujah - Cohen vs. Buckley (I would throw Cale in too but might be too tough to have multiple)
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Johnbobb posted...

Five Finger Death Punch covering Bad Company's "Bad Company"

They didn't!! How dare they touch such a great song!
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hendrix
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Hendrix

Nominate "I'll Make a Man Out of You" Donny Osmond vs. Jackie Chan
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Gundammike posted...

Creedence Clearwater Revival covering Tina Turner's "Proud Mary"

Sorry to nitpick, but that is backwards
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