Cover to Cover: Depeche Mode v Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus

LawrieAbrahams

Depeche Mode. Not that keen on the Cash version.

AddicksAddict

Cash version dull. DM all day long.

sillav nitram

I like the cash version but for me doesn't beat DM.

Alex Wright

seems pretty convincing win for DM @Henry Irving

Leroy Ambrose

Depeche Mode. Not one of JC's better 'modern' covers, but still a decent attempt. THe original, however, is absolutely fucking mint - and comes from possibly the best album ever made

Algarveaddick

stonemuse said:

newyorkaddick said:

Henry Irving said:

newyorkaddick said:

They're both outstanding but Depeche Mode for me.

More generally, I'm not sure how a cover of a song can be better than an original - can surely only compare two covers to each other?

All depends on who's doing, who wrote it, what you like and which version the person heard first. That, to them, will be the "original".

Hmm... a bit like saying you prefer someone else's version of the Mona Lisa

Not all all: a few examples where the cover is better:

Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Woodstock - CSNY
Not Fade Away - Rolling Stones
Tambourine Man - The Byrds
I fought the law - Clash
Twist and Shout - Beatles
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Step On - Happy Mondays
Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy

I didn't even know the Monday's version was a cover! Just listening to the original, it ain't bad either...

stonemuse

Algarveaddick said:

stonemuse said:

newyorkaddick said:

Henry Irving said:

newyorkaddick said:

They're both outstanding but Depeche Mode for me.

More generally, I'm not sure how a cover of a song can be better than an original - can surely only compare two covers to each other?

All depends on who's doing, who wrote it, what you like and which version the person heard first. That, to them, will be the "original".

Hmm... a bit like saying you prefer someone else's version of the Mona Lisa

Not all all: a few examples where the cover is better:

Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Woodstock - CSNY
Not Fade Away - Rolling Stones
Tambourine Man - The Byrds
I fought the law - Clash
Twist and Shout - Beatles
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Step On - Happy Mondays
Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy

I didn't even know the Monday's version was a cover! Just listening to the original, it ain't bad either...

Yup, it's very good, but I prefer the Monday's cover.

Henry Irving

Looks like Depeche Mode is the winner.

Didn't know the Marilyn Manson version which is good but too similar to the original to make an interesting cover to cover.

Will do another soon