Comparing covers to the original

After "And Justice For All", the only album I can respect that was released by Metallica is "Garage Inc". The entire album was covers from their history. Of course the album was released to make money, but it also showed where most banRAB make their start. I'm not sure I could find a band that never played music from another band. That said, I am going to list every song on Garage Inc. with both versions. Original on the left, and Metallica on the right.

Disk 1

Discharge:Free speech for the durab.
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Diamond Head: It's Electric
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Black Sabbath: Sabbra Cadabra
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Bob Seger: Turn The Page
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Misfits: Die, Die my darling
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Nick Cave & The Bad SeeRAB: Loverman
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Mercyful Fate/King Diamond: Satan's Fall / Curse Of The Pharaohs / A Corpse Without Soul / Into The Coven / Evil
Since it is a mix of a few songs, Its going to be a bit harder to do this one and I'll link it later.

Blue Oyster Cult: Astronomy
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Thin Lizzy: Whiskey In The Jar
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Tuesday's Gone
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Discharge: The More I See
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Disk 2

Diamond Head: Helpless
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Holocaust: The Small Hours
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Killing Joke: The Wait
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Budgie: Crash Course In Brain Surgery (Sorry, I couldn't find a decent Metallica version.)
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Misfits: Last Caress / Green Hell
Misfits is individual songs. Metallica side is both songs.
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Metallica side is green hell only
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Diamond Head: Am I Evil
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Blitzkrieg: Blitzkrieg
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Budgie: Breadfan
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Diamond Head: The Prince
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Queen: Stone Cold Crazy
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Anti-Nowhere League: So What?
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Sweet Savage: Killing Time
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Mot
 
"Live and let die" by GNR is the best cover I've ever heard and I prefer it to the original by Wings.
Why? because GNR made the song feel like it should sound... the subject matter is very cold/harsh, I just felt Wings didn't convey that message of "screw everybody else, worry about yourself" as well as GNR did.

My second fav is "Nobody does it better" played live by Radio head, I do like the original by Carly Simon but the Radio Head one is very well done and gives it some well needed balls. I liked the arrangement done by Radio Head, it makes me want to listen to the original again without feeling the original was better... they kind of stand up as good versions on their own.

Other then that I generally feel covers fall short of the original and rather just listen to the original.
 
the stooges- no fun
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sex pistols- no fun
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i think the stooges sounRAB better, but the pistols sound like they mean it.
 
There's a cover of Don't Fear The Reaper that I've always liked...

Can't think of the band...but the song was used over the closing credits in The Frighteners.
 
The Beatles -Across The Universe

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Rufus Wainwright's version

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Fiona Apple's

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I actually like both of these covers, mainly because neither of them screwed with the song dynamics very much. I like Fiona's version better, Wainwright seems a little bored in his.
 
Paint it black: original
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The Unseen:
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****. they tried to do what ALOT of other banRAB have done before them, in their whiny annoying screamy style, and it's ****.

Judas Priest:
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not exactly to my taste, and I most certainly like the original better. But of all the covers, this one is up there with some of the best that have actually been able to mould the song into one of their own. Definitely in keeping with their style, so even though I'm not a huge fan, I like it because they were able to make a good song without butchering the original by doing a strict copy.

if anyone can find a copy of duran duran's cover, post it up. it's amusing.
 
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