What Makes a Great Cover Song?

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00:00 Intro
01:33 Title Card
01:41 All Along the Watchtower
03:17 Tension and Confusion
04:35 Personality
06:53 Historical Context
08:42 Hurt
09:37 Broken Voice
11:54 All Too Real
14:05 Respect
15:22 Distinctly Female
16:31 Anthem Chorus
17:09 Historical Context
18:57 Conclusion

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@pksneeze6007 4 года назад

Jimi Hendrix: You’re breathtaking. Bob Dylan: No you’re breathtaking This continues for some time

@ChetCoenen 4 года назад

Undertale 2: The Bobby Hendrix Story

@oziku1816 4 года назад

Cringe

@sauberboisaubarboi5652 3 года назад

1971: *I’m going to destroy this guitarist career*

@nateds7326 3 года назад

It only goes on for 4 years tops

@onefootoutthedoor9937 3 года назад

Keep a wearing a mask

@ottomiesenberger6484 4 года назад

My phone: Polyphonic just released a new video Me: Let´s take closer look

@andrewwagner9901 4 года назад

Otto Miesenberger me exactly

@strongmintboyyeah5407 4 года назад

Good one

@JoaoVHS 4 года назад

Papapapapaaaaan-

@christianaustin9599 4 года назад

Otto Miesenberger true

@Yankee_Doodle_Dandy 4 года назад

Why on earth haven’t you made a video on Gershwin!

@bismarck2651 4 года назад

I don't know why, but the new way this videos are made and how they look is just beautiful

@dimitreze 4 года назад

agreed

@arizona1100 4 года назад

definitely soothing

@franciscodiaz3028 4 года назад

I think hes finding his voice and it's great to see his transition from his earlier works.

@bismarck2651 4 года назад

@that one again i don't know, It was great but i like this way better. But i respect your view

@jebatman756 4 года назад

Next time, he's gonna use this comment to segue into the sponsored part...

@playgroundchooser 4 года назад

My personal covers rules: 1. Don't just copy it. 2. Give it a new twist. 3. Pay your respect with your new take.

@mikecreed22 4 года назад

My personal covers rules: 1. Be any of the artists in the video.

@jalabi99 4 года назад

I agree. As an example, Dolly Parton's bluegrass cover of "Shine" is IMO even better than the original grungy rock version by Collective Soul. Dolly: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8e-Ip9RagkU.html Collective Soul: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_m0bI82Rz_k.html

@fredkelly6953 3 года назад

I don't think respect is necessary, if it's better it's better.

@GeoOm 3 года назад

I agree

@chnacr2 2 года назад

@@jalabi99 Woah, man! Thanks for that. I'm a huge fan of the original, and yet was pleasantly surprised by Dolly's take. Her vocal performance is absolutely beautiful on that one.

@finchmeister1504 4 года назад

*Gets a notification from polyphonic* “Nice” *sees it’s Jimi Hendrix and Johnny cash* “These chores can wait”

@andrewwagner9901 4 года назад

Hail Helix same for me with homework

@julianstraubel1395 4 года назад

johnny cash was the first actual songwriter i liked and respected

@andrewosborn4338 4 года назад

@@julianstraubel1395 I haven't met anyone that doesn't like Johnny Cash

@musicbydanny6925 4 года назад

The Beatles made me think Twist and Shout was written by them. A great cover makes you think it’s their song.

@matthewloughran73 4 года назад

The Lennon, Mc cartney, and then later Harrison are largely known for thier song writting but if you listen to there live at the BBC album you can hear that they were fantastic at covering other artists and making there songs there own, not as drastically as the examples in this video but all pretty much all the covers could be considered equals if not better than the originals

@bgbd182 4 года назад

@Comic Sans there's also "Chains" and "Shout"

@dimitreze 4 года назад

@@matthewloughran73 their Live at BBC is amazing. an important Beatles album as any other

@katherinemorelle7115 4 года назад

And speaking of the Beatles. There’s a cover of Help by John Farnham that I’ve always loved. Takes a poppy song and turns it into a heartfelt ballad.

@fnjesusfreak 4 года назад

@@katherinemorelle7115 The Carpenters did that with Help too.

@oskarileikos 4 года назад

The way Jack White covers Bob Dylan (One More Cup of Coffee and Isis for example) and Dolly Parton (Jolene, which is simply astonishing) is on a whole other level.

@samatronhi8259 4 года назад

The way Jack White does covers, in general, is amazing, I never even thought they were covers at first

@naomilasby7744 4 года назад

Yeeeessss, was gonna comment white stripes/Bob Dylan One More Cup of Coffee!!!

@FriendlyNeighborhoodBallsack 4 года назад

his Jolene cover is fucking horrible I love Jack White and his style and everything, but the way he sings Jolene is so bad imo. The original or Miley Cyrus' cover is way better, has a better and more despreate energy. White is overdoing it.

@fnjesusfreak 4 года назад

Yeah, not a fan of his take on Jolene, but he does a good job with Patti Page's "Conquest". The Oak Ridge Boys do an interesting cover of Seven Nation Army.

@jefferyjones8399 4 года назад

His version of "Death Letter" is INCREDIBLE, especially live.

@nateds7326 4 года назад

"Trent Reznor was in a dark place when he wrote Hurt" Man, I never wouldve guessed that by listening to the song. Its so cheery!

@ridiculous2ks671 4 года назад

rage bot is that you

@meiermakesmusic 4 года назад

RiDiculous2Ks yes

@karol_w-cc6zq 4 года назад

first of all, it would be fucking stupid not to add that line to this videos script because it allows the creator to make other points that all bounce off of that statement and second of all the happiest person in the world can make the saddest song In the world if he's skilled enough.

@madgav935 3 года назад

Hey hal9000

@Pekoe. 3 года назад

@@karol_w-cc6zq dude it’s a fuckin joke

@jefferyjones8399 4 года назад

To be honest, I didn't know "Respect" was a cover.

@threelittlebirds2288 2 года назад

Most people don't.

@HiSummerWasHere 2 года назад

To be fair, and even as an Otis fan, Aretha's version is so much better. And the definitive version.

@threelittlebirds2288 2 года назад

@@HiSummerWasHere even Otis knew that.

@you_tubeslonelyheartsclubband Год назад

My favorite is Otis' version at the Monterey Pop Festival, but dang! Aretha has *SASS.* R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Otis loved it so much that he incorporated that bit(R.E.S.P.E.C.T find out what it means to me) in his performances!

@benblock304 4 года назад

I’d love to see a video about House of the Rising Sun, and why it’s been adapted by so many musicians from so many different genres

@playgroundchooser 4 года назад

That chord progression is absolutely primal. I don't think people can really not like it.

@gavinmillar 4 года назад

Not to be overly reductive but blues is basically the foundation of the majority of modern popular music, and House of the Rising Sun is one of the quintessential blues songs.

@benprout8535 3 года назад

house of the rising sun is one of my all time favourites, and you're right it has seen so much coverage and adaptation, I'd love to see an episode on it.

@andrewfollenweider1546 2 года назад

Congrats homie, you got it

@someone8003 2 года назад

There is, in this RU-vid channel actually. Just go to the videos tab and go down a bit.

@leahdoc19 4 года назад

When Clapton in Cream brought Robert Johnson’s “Crossroads” back in an electric play, that was just pure genius. Brought blues back.

@Tonedefdom 4 года назад

EC blues covers are all great, he always makes them his own and in the process, educates fans on the original artists.

@leahdoc19 4 года назад

tondefdom yes

@stealthcactus 4 года назад

Link to Cream: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PE9HvSdcaL4.html

@jebatman756 4 года назад

Yes but not all their covers were so great and grand....looking at I'm so Glad...that cover sucks

@jakemguitarist 4 года назад

that and Born Under A Bad Sign, which I honestly prefer to the King version, and I love Albert King!

@fjosephm2 3 года назад

Cake’s covers are criminally underrated. War Pigs and I Will Survive are masterpieces

@user-fd8hn4iv2k 4 года назад

guns n roses - knockin on heaven door elvis - hound dog led zeppelin - dazed and confused the clash - i fought the law the fugees - killing me softly nirvana - the man who sold the world joan jett - i love rock n roll eric clapton - i shot the sherrif amy winehouse - valerie run dmc- walk this way nina simone - i put a spell on you Edit - i just wrote the first covers that came to my mind but thanks for the likes

@matthewloughran73 4 года назад

I prefer the crickets version of I fought the law but thats because music form the 50's and 60's is my cup of tea

@andrewwagner9901 4 года назад

I wouldnt say Walk This Way is a cover, its more of a sample

@jeffcobb2734 4 года назад

Ram Jam "Black Betty" (old blues song) Trio "After the Gold Rush" (Neil Young) Van Halen "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks) Sinead O'Conner "Nothing Compares to You" (Prince) Janis Joplin "Me & Bobby McGee" (Kris Kristoferson) Pearl Jam "Last Kiss" (??) Soft Cell "Tainted Love" (??)

@chaoticproductions3922 4 года назад

Green Day - Working Class Hero

@serjtankian5474 4 года назад

matthew loughran I prefer the Dead Kennedys version

@brycearell9262 4 года назад

triple j's Like A version has entered the chat.

@zedlicious 4 года назад

bryce arell yeah. Like Polish Club’s version of Flume’s ‘Never going to be like you ‘ comes to mind

@joemcelroy7202 4 года назад

DMAs completely changing the meaning and expression of Believe, beautiful

@dimitreze 4 года назад

With a Little Help from my Friends by Joe Cooker is the ultimate cover

@HiSummerWasHere 2 года назад

His "Come Together" is fantastic too

@zorktxandnand3774 2 года назад

Absolutely agree. where the Beatles version is just a happy song, the Joe Cocker version, feels like genuine emotion, it had doubt and fear. Someone who really needs a little help from heir friends. It literally and figuratively has more soul.

@antoniusk8893 4 года назад

I would’ve thrown in Whitney Houston’s “I will always love you” as well but still another awesome vid nonetheless!

@amandamarinovich6164 4 года назад

I think you could do a whole video on just the two good versions

@helloperson6431 4 года назад

A great cover in my opinion is one that can stand on it's own merits and doesn't have to relie to heavily on the original. That's just me though.

@theastrogamer710 4 года назад

Me: *Sees it's a video about covers.* Me: "It better mention All Along the Watchtower." Polyphonic: *Puts All Along the Watchtower first.* Me: "Respect."

@girlspooptoo8567 4 года назад

That's the first thing I thought 2 RESPECT THANKS POLY

@henrycolestage4249 4 года назад

Otherwise, I would be so Disturbed it would all just be "The Sound of Silence"... ;-)

@ivar7175 4 года назад

Jeff Buckley his take on hallelujah will always be one of the best covers ever imo

@brunilda12 4 года назад

Si it better than the original? Nope

@ivar7175 4 года назад

@@brunilda12 yes

@gavinmillar 4 года назад

Cohen himself admitted he's not a great singer. "Only in Canada can someone who sounds like me win Male Vocalist of the Year."

@bernardsuits 4 года назад

Gavin Millar to be fair, Bob Dylan also says he's not the greatest vocalist

@wingracer1614 4 года назад

@@bernardsuits Yeah Dylan and Cohen can both be hard to listen to sometimes but they were both amazing songwriters. Take their songs and have them performed by a really great band and you can get some real magic. Buckley's Hallelujah is right up there with Hendrix' All Along the Watchtower as all time great covers. Throw in stuff like the various covers of Jolene, Don't Think Twice (I like Susan Tudeschi's cover), Knockin on Heaven's Door, etc. and the hits just keep coming.

@perez348 4 года назад

One of my favorites of all time is Goldfinger 99 Red Balloons which is a cover of the English version of the originally German 99 Luftballons by Nena. They turn a dance pop war song classic into a punk fueled politically driven cover and payed homage to the original by having one verse from the German version in German. That’s what a good cover song should be, taking a song and making it your own with your influences while still respecting the original.

@klawis 4 года назад

Yes! I personally prefer Goldfinger's version than the original. I think the punk style elevated the real essence of the song

@perez348 4 года назад

Iodine Cerium me too cause they add that punk rock sound to the message of the war tension lyrics of the song. I still think the German version of the original is still the best but Goldfinger did such a great job with that cover.

@austintrousdale2397 4 года назад

Pery 💯

@gracelandtoo6240 4 года назад

The entire soundtrack to Not Another Teen Movie has great covers on it, like Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson, Blue Monday by Orgy, and my favourite: Never let me down again by the Smashing Pumpkins. I like it way better than Depeche Mode's original version.

@kevinmauricio4747 4 года назад

I've always loved where did you sleep last night by Nirvana. One of the best covers ever imo.

@carlneoh5843 2 года назад

Yessss so much better than man who sold the world

@namor3607 2 года назад

That's not a cover, it's a traditional folk song.

@bentowerner Год назад

@@namor3607 it's a cover of a traditional folk song

@namor3607 Год назад

@@bentowerner An abuse of the term. Being that the song is so old that its origins are unclear, and no original/first performer or rendition of the song is known, it's odd to call a performance of it a "cover". It makes it seem like a rock band somehow has less of a right to perform traditional cultural music. As though their rendition is somehow not authentic. It's an irksome turn of phrase in this instance.

@bentowerner Год назад

@@namor3607 huh? it's a cover, bro, chill, being a cover is not something bad at all, nirvana didn't wrote it

@creepingcrawley6520 3 года назад

hell, you cant forget "Hallelujah" originally by the late great Leonard Cohen. Beautifully renditioned by Jeff Buckley

@psyche_dillic 4 года назад

The album “With The Beatles” is essentially a bunch of covers with a handful of originals, but I prefer all of the covers to the original songs.

@matthewloughran73 4 года назад

“Till there was you“ is a phenomenonal cover

@leoaguilar8684 4 года назад

It’s more originals than covers though same amount as Please Please Me

@leoaguilar8684 4 года назад

The Beatles never had time to have complete dedication to an album until sgt peppers because Please Please Me was rushed to cash while they had singles on the charts and they were busy touring after. That’s why their early albums have a lot of covers

@georgeduffy-smith7454 4 года назад

@@leoaguilar8684 and it was the done thing anyway to feature a some covers on an album

@russbaldwin516 4 года назад

rubber soul...the start

@bat4280 4 года назад

One of my favorite covers is Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The original by Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie sounds like a personal tragedy. The LZ cover sounds like an epic disaster, very different but both appropriate.

@frankmachin5438 4 года назад

Yes brilliant, but Led Zep weren’t very good at acknowledging they were covering anything....

@davidstevens5827 2 года назад

Let's see...Resnor: Lucifer upon being expelled from Heaven. Cash: Leathery hillbilly finally getting Undiluted taste of hard livin's repercussions upon running out of whiskey (pretty solemn, though.) I gotta say, though, for my money the undisputable king of covers is who ? Of course,JOE COCKER!

@carlneoh5843 2 года назад

Led Zeppelin wrote like 30 of the greatest covers and never credited lmao

@SuperStarr817 4 года назад

OK, I cry even with just a 3 second clip of Hurt.

@lila1260 4 года назад

same

@ennuibarbie 4 года назад

I think one of my favorite covers was in 2012 when Led Zeppelin were being honored at the Kennedy Center and Ann & Nancy Wilson with Jason Bonham on drums covered Stairway to Heaven. They had had tears in his eyes and I don't blame them. They were amazing and not to be goofy but they really sounded like valkyries singing the tale of a hero, it was just a really great cover.

@fnjesusfreak 4 года назад

Ann Wilson had mad respect for Zep and it showed.

@MrDslacker 4 года назад

Which makes sense since they pretty much do a LZ cover at all their concerts... Much less known cover is by Far Corporation which is longer and employs 3 different lead singer hence making it even more epic... But of course the purists hate it...

@ennuibarbie 4 года назад

@@MrDslacker Thank you for sharing with me something I didn't know :D I can't wait to give their cover a listen now.

@themightyincinarisk4836 4 года назад

Devo's rendition of satisfaction by the rolling stones is pretty neat

@playgroundchooser 4 года назад

"neat." I wouldn't have thought about that word, but you are absolutely right! It's not great, it's not terrible... It's Neat.

@MusicPerson233 4 года назад

The beatles : twist and shout Nirvana: man who sold the world

@dinothegonzo 4 года назад

I used to think Nirvana's Sold the World cover was better than the original. But then I heard Midge Ure's take (thanks to MGSV), I felt like his cover is closer in a way because of its cold and ghastly and ethereal production (closer to Bowie's take about talking to another version of you) but distinctly Midge's.

@azertyvh 4 года назад

Nirvana: where did you sleep last night Nirvana: Lake of Fire

@MainsMain 3 года назад

@@azertyvh Nirvana - Love Buzz

@skyblazeeterno 3 года назад

@@MainsMain plus you are forgetting their cover of More Than A Feeling :)

@markvaught672 3 года назад

Nirvana sucked and they do absolutely nothing for the Bowie penned The Man Who Sold the World. That's really the only thing I can be thankful for. I'm doing such a nondescript faithful traditional rendition, they deprive themselves of the temptation to "create" or "add" anything to it, and fuck it all up. Lol As it is, the question, other than a simple tribute to an artist they admire, why? Why? Lol

@raees5322 4 года назад

Frank Oceans' and Jacob Collier's covers of Moon River are genuinely some of the greatest pieces of music I've ever heard.

@S.J.L Год назад

Amy Winehouse does a solid version. Afghan Whigs cover of Ocean's "Love Crimes" is good.

@samjones3167 4 года назад

I would put Man who sold the world up there as well. A lot of people dont even know that was a cover

@peterkelly2830 3 года назад

Cakes cover of “i will survive” is my all time favorite covers, actually fashion nugget is one of my all time favorite albums.

@duoslinger4325 4 года назад

Your animation style reminds me of Monty Python, and that's frickin awesome!

@john_john_john 4 года назад

A good cover shows a band's identity while respecting the original song. Led Zeppelin's No Quarter covered by Tool is a good example of that.

@MainsMain 3 года назад

Tool also covered Imagine and changed the whole meaning of the song

@nico-us8ji 3 года назад

crowbar also covered no quarter and i feel it shows their identity perfectly

@JacobCarlson 4 года назад

This is basically three separate videos in one and I love it!

@username-ds6kf 4 года назад

Otis redding could write songs like no one else could

@hickorymccay2994 4 года назад

He also did great covers. Keith Richards said "Our Satisfaction was a demo for Otis Redding's".

@quartetoPP 4 года назад

It's a shame no one mentioned "With a little help from my friends" cover by Joe Cocker. It transformed a shallow and kinda childish Beatles song into one of the strongest hymns to true friendship ever composed.

@sethmeyer2377 4 года назад

Exactly my thoughts.

@quinn5109 4 года назад

If you love covers check out Billie Joe Armstrong's no fun mondays covers, they're pretty awesome

@gusstabithc 4 года назад

@HotStrange 4 года назад

Takahiko Sugimura Manic Monday is a great song.

@steveherlihy7904 4 года назад

Most Green Day songs are covers,.. just with different words

@klawis 4 года назад

HOLY YES! Also check other Green Day covers of the classics like Like A Rolling Stone and Working Class Hero. Those are great

@afrosensei5308 4 года назад

Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Mary J Blige - I'm Goin Down Luther Vandross - A House Is Not A Home Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You Aretha Franklin - Respect TLC - If I Was Your Girlfriend Ike and Tina - Proud Mary Phyllis Hyman - Betcha By Golly Wow

@alexandertaylor5077 4 года назад

YES!

@ayemiksenoj5254 4 года назад

Afro Sensei, I like your name.

@afrosensei5308 4 года назад

@@ayemiksenoj5254 Thank you

@CJCJCJ00 4 года назад

your editing keep getting better and better! keep up the slick work my guy

@jennycraigadventures3314 4 года назад

To me, the most surprisingly great cover is The Bangles’ “Hazy Shade of Winter”. Not that The Bangles aren’t a fine band, but that they did such a better version than Simon & Garfunkel’s original.

@yofuman 4 года назад

I think the electric guitar makes that version more powerful. Totally agree and i love simon and Garfunkel

@jennycraigadventures3314 4 года назад

A m65 The guitar is indeed great, so is the energy, the production value, the harmonies and the bass line. (And I’m a much bigger fan overall of Simon and Garfunkel)

@briancrocker3377 3 года назад

Totally agree. I can't listen to S&G's version now without hearing the Bangles version in my head. Bangles were a solid band for their day, but they knocked that one out of the park.

@flickchick710 2 года назад

Gerard Way's version of Hazy Shade of Winter is great as well. As well as My Chemical Romance's cover of Desolation Row by Bob Dylan.

@jswjanjan 4 года назад

I dropped acid for the first time at age 14. Stayed high for days and Jimi sang All Along The Watchtower in my head the whole time. Still get a flashback when I hear it ...

@brycearell9262 4 года назад

Glass Animals' cover of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy is rlly good.

@oweng3281 4 года назад

bryce arell And gnarles barkley’s cover of reckoner by radiohead is rly good too

@stargirl3455 4 года назад

Literally listening to GA rn, agree

@irotinmyskin 4 года назад

also his cover of heart shaped box is awesome

@MinorCirrus 4 года назад

Some amazing covers I found along the way (of originals I already liked btw): - Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah of course - Placebo's Running Up That Hill - Walk Off The Earth's Somebody I Used To Know - Postmodern Jukebox's Here - Nina Simone's Mr Bojangles - Cab Calloway's self-cover of Minnie The Moocher with the Blues Brothers Band

@joethejanitor845 4 года назад

Jeff Buckley’s cover of Hallelujah is a personal favorite. Immortalized by the cinematic masterpiece; Shrek.

@applehack97 4 года назад

when you put a twist in the song that makes it unique in some way, when you make it so good that people start to think you wrote the song or when you spark the debate of whose version is better, that's when you know your cover is good

@marcscordato4385 4 года назад

There are a few benefits to growing old . In my youth my world was Rock and Roll Johnny Cash was off my radar . Today I appreciate his greatness , his struggles he was a man of faith who battled the demons of his addiction . This contradiction made for compelling heart felt music .

@lumpas9727 4 года назад

Jimi’s All Along The Watchtower is not only the greatest cover of all time, but one of the best songs ever recorded, hard to find a song that brings more emotion and feelings, at least to me. Great video, as always.

@jimmywallace6452 4 года назад

I’d love for you to do more videos about covers, like Bobby McGee and Proud Mary. What do you think of Ike and Tina Turners proud Mary? I love when the original singers/writers like the covers. Fogarty loved the turner’s version.

@artirony410 4 года назад

I'm a fan of Thin Lizzy's covers of Whiskey In The Jar and Rosalie, also Patti Smith's version of Because The Night

@SrTubular 4 года назад

Patti Smith's version of Because The Night is not really a cover, she actually cowrote an unfinished Springsteen composition and was the first one to have it on record (and indeed, it's a great version!). Some years later 10,000 Maniacs did have a cover... of Patti's version

@AM-kr4pv 4 года назад

Whiskey in the jar is a traditional song, so it's more of an arrangement than a cover. Fun fact I knew the guy who did that arrangement in my teens.

@jalabi99 4 года назад

People like Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles teach us that there's no point in making a cover unless you're going to do such a good job of it that people completely forget the original. All three artists did that multiple times across multiple genres, and that is why we consider them all to be geniuses.

@mielvanvelzen5967 4 года назад

One cover i oddly love is post malone's old clip of a cover he did of bob dylans "don't think twice it's alright"

@karlmarxjr7049 4 года назад

Cash's hurt has to be a perfect cover. NIN original is amazing, showing a mentally broken person singing about their pain. Then cash comes in and twists it and adds this experience, this gravitas. I love both equally.

@ProximaCentauri88 3 года назад

Other great covers imo include: ▪︎"Little Wing" - The Corrs (Jimi Hendrix cover) ▪︎"We've Only Just Begun" - The Carpenters (Paul Williams cover) ▪︎"I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton)

@civ20 4 года назад

The editing in this video is absolutely incredible. World class. Amazing work!

@freddylubin 4 года назад

Anything on Patti Smith's "Twelve". She also has done one of my favorite Buddy Holly covers, in "Not Fade Away". By the way, an entire bit can be done on Holly covers.....

@MizzNoire 4 года назад

Stunning, beautiful, and thoughtful as always. You have an amazing gift of quietly explaining the "why's and what's" of music, giving everyone a takeaway to think about for days. Thanks especially for this one, great choices of songs to provide new perspectives.

@AsianChuGaming 4 года назад

Truly beautiful Mr Polyphonic, your most gorgeous work yet.

@AverageJoeVideoGames 4 года назад

Some great covers there for sure. Here's a few more: Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave) Red Hot Chili Peppers - If You Want Me to Stay (Sly & the Family Stone) Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares to You (Prince) Melvins - The Ballad of Dwight Fry (Alice Cooper) Harvey Milk - One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Leonard Cohen) Crippled Black Phoenix - Of a Lifetime (Journey) Gone is Gone - Roads (Portishead) Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears for Fears) Tool - No Quarter (Led Zeppelin) Big Black - The Model (Kraftwerk)

@jumpy323081 4 года назад

rhcp - fire (hendrix)

@fall_outboy9427 4 года назад

Yes!!! Cash's cover of The Mercy Seat is one of my all time favourites!!

@peacefrog0521 Год назад

Since you listed Leonard Cohen, I will offer Concrete Blonde’s version of “Everybody Knows”.

@getienne7015 Год назад

@peacefrog0521 First we take Manhattan by R.E.M is also a must!

@joshhale9355 4 года назад

Your editing and video style is amazing. I’ve been watching you for like 2 years now but something about this video and you showing how much you understand music, it gave me one of those “oh damn” feelings like 5 minutes in. Just an incredible video all around.

@ameeruddin4277 4 года назад

One of your best produced yet! Absolute phenomenal video, from the script to the visuals. Wonderful.

@jones8631 4 года назад

Whenever Johnny Cash covers a song, it becomes his song.

@richardroberson2564 4 года назад

I prefer the Nine Inch Nails orginal. But I have to admit that Cashs version is beautiful and a amazing cover. One of the best of all time.

@milesbickers9202 4 года назад

Same with Joe Cocker

@AnthonyDavis-kh7zd 4 года назад

Jones na cuz. Did you even know he covered big iron or u2’s one 😂

@jones8631 4 года назад

@@AnthonyDavis-kh7zd yeah i did and he covered a shit ton more. i honestly prefer his version of One more than U2's

@AnthonyDavis-kh7zd 4 года назад

Jones they all goated bro

@fintan8145 2 года назад

The production value of these videos are insane!!

@ChetCoenen 4 года назад

Great editing, a real solid renaissance stylization in visuals, and a great video essay with emotion and direction. An under appreciated example of what youtube video essays could be all over the site, and I hope it inspires more like it.

@BrenoLonghi 4 года назад

You are brilliant. It always amazes me how well thought your videos are, from the text and a research, to the visuals and the tone of your voice as you passionately and eloquently explain your point of view.

@eliohhh 3 года назад

Nirvana's cover of Where Did You Sleep Last Night. A chilling cover on the level of Hurt for me, gives me goosebumps every time.

@Aristocob 4 года назад

I notice that you left out Madonna’s version of “American Pie”. Thank you for that!

@andrewwagner9901 4 года назад

Aristocob lol!

@andrewwagner9901 4 года назад

Didnt know that existed. Soo thanks for that.

@asina6352 4 года назад

@@andrewwagner9901 Take it as a warning, not an endorsement.

@LordDragon1965 4 года назад

Also hating on ALL of Pat Boone's "In a Metal Mood" covers, including American Pie. However, Weird Al never did a bad rewrite.

@jebatman756 4 года назад

Pff...why would anyone bring that up? We're still all trying to forget it..

@FelixRodriguez-vg9pp 4 года назад

Your editing and carefully chosen words... perfect.

@lateralhistory 4 года назад

This was a fantastic video. Song choices were spot on, and I love that you explore the context in which these covers became "iconic", as well as what made them work so well technically. Would love a similar video about what makes an iconic duet.

@asparrowwithamachinegun7886 4 года назад

Fiona Apple’s cover of “Everyday” is just lovely.

@nicksilva7113 4 года назад

same with her cover of across the universe

@asparrowwithamachinegun7886 4 года назад

Probably a unpopular opinion, but I’d say it’s better than The Beatles version.

@Andrewtr6 4 года назад

Another similarity between these three at the least is that after they were covered, the original artist said the song was no longer theirs and basically relinquished their claim on it

@cycyvuvyvdx 4 года назад

The visuals for this video are my favourite yet man!!!! Incredible job!!

@briannacamp8723 4 года назад

What an incredible video. It feels like each video you make just grows and grows in quality. When I watch your videos I feel like I am able to appreciate the artists and their music more as a whole. Thank you.

@oliverholland6512 4 года назад

I think that if you cover a song but put your own twist in it that makes it a good cover song

@guthriemeyer8646 4 года назад

I think Cage The Elephant’s Cigarette Daydreams is good to look into. It’s a great song with a message I can’t pin down.

@JayPfo 4 года назад

This might be the best video I have seen from this channel compelling, captivating, and creative all at once

@heavyjammingreviews3633 4 года назад

I really can't tell you how much I enjoy your insight in to many of the songs you have analyzed. You often express in words exactly what I have felt about the songs for years while showing me new bits of information that I have overlooked. Love the visuals, too! Always a fun and interesting joyride! Keep up the great work.

@grahamkristensen9301 4 года назад

My favorite covers Peter Gabriel - The Book of Love (Magnetic Fields) The Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Fleck) Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie) Sarah Jarosz - When Doves Cry (Prince) Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All (George Duke) Cee Lo Green - No One's Gonna Love You (Band of Horses) My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row (Bob Dylan) Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (The Cure) Arcade Fire - The Guns of Brixton (The Clash) Kishi Bashi - This Must Be The Place (Talking Heads) Screaming Females - Shake It Off (Taylor Swift)

@StoryeTime 4 года назад

Yes, I too mentioned Peter Gabriel's fabulous cover

@adamromanko4567 4 года назад

Wondering why there was no mention of Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah cover.

@devenscience8894 4 года назад

I was wondering that, also. I actually prefer the original, but Buckley's is often considered the gold standard for covers. I mean, he still used three very excellent examples.

@mellowyellow5427 4 года назад

Incredibly well made and polished video man. I'm so proud and inspired of the work you put out.

@deannilvalli6579 4 года назад

Good choices of covers. And as always, excellent visuals and narration.

@enzoleonardo2197 4 года назад

I challenge you to talk about remixes

@bwhite220 4 года назад

I’m a huge fan of Pillar’s cover of “Shine” from Collective Soul

@jeffcobb2734 4 года назад

Believe it or not, Dolly Parton did a killer version of Shine as well.

@stealthcactus 4 года назад

Link to Dolly’s Shine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8e-Ip9RagkU.html

@aydenfoxx6060 4 года назад

Listen to Dolly Partons versions. Blow. Out. Of. Water

@carmenelia7454 4 года назад

One of my favourite videos so far. Please keep it up!

@WASTEOIDx 4 года назад

Best cover: Nirvana covering meat puppets (plateau, lake of fire) and leadbelly (where did you sleep last night) And the david bowie cover definitely (the man who sold the world) Shinedown covering lynyrd skynyrd (Simple man Johnny cash covering nine inch nails (Hurt) Motorhead covering sabbath (hellraiser)

@NickMichalak 4 года назад

"Turn The Page" from Metallica is a great example of refashioning a song to make it sound like your own. They changed it to fit their hard rock style of Garage, Inc., made it fit Hetfield's vocals which added a bluesy feel, added the slide guitar to replace the saxophone, and made a Bob Seger classic sound like a Metallica hit. They even commented on how they were surprised that they hadn't written these lyrics themselves at some point because they had seen it all on the road, and probably have endless stories to support that sentiment.

@bgbd182 4 года назад

Another nice cover of that era of Metallica is "Whiskey in the Jar" (which has many versions itself)

@fnjesusfreak 4 года назад

And it worked, even though they hardly changed anything.

@davidchavez7242 4 года назад

Me: oh cool new Polyphonic video *sees its 20 minutes long* Me: Oh shit its a Polyphonic episode :)

@djcasey16 4 года назад

Think this is my favourite of your videos so far! The visuals are amazing!

@bmcgrath45 3 года назад

Love your channel mate. You really put everything into it

@anthonysclafani3963 4 года назад

White Stripes- Jolene. One of the best covers ever

@sirhats1954 4 года назад

Covers in the early days were all the rage I’d say. From the ragtime era like “Alexander’s ragtime band” or some less know like “Peggy Oniell” but during the 1950s covers were even more prevalent with the worst cover groups like The CrewCuts, or Pat Boone. The black groups and artists were screwed over by the white groups and artists, even Elvis first songs on Sun record were covers. Blues suede shoes, hound dog, mystery train, that’s all right. For doo wop groups all of the cover groups got all the glory instead of the blacks groups like the moonglows “sincerely” which was covered by the Mcquire sisters which went to number 1 on the pop charts.

@benjaminwise9058 3 года назад

I freaking love your videos man. They are the breaks between my productivity sessions in medical school and I end up just in a better mind space when I'm done with one.

@Zach-ro1xg 4 года назад

Dude your editing has always been pretty good but man they’re getting great! You’re my favourite RU-vidr!

@tocov 4 года назад

A Perfect Circle - Imagine Does everything you talked about in this video. It transforms the cheesy hopeful lyrics of Lennon to a dark and hopeless lament, and paints everything in a different light. It's one of the best covers ever IMO.

@JaimeValladares00 4 года назад

Take Me to the River by Talking Heads is a great example of this, they’ve managed to make it sound better than the original Al Green version.

@jennycraigadventures3314 4 года назад

Annie Lennox did a fine cover of it as well.

@colleenross8752 3 года назад

@@jennycraigadventures3314 speaking of Annie, her version of Whiter Shade of Pale is amazing

@apefitness 3 года назад

My god man well done!!! So much work. So proud of you. Thank you....much love

@erinmahoney1407 4 года назад

This video is one of your best yet. Production and visuals are perfect and the writing and song choice is equally great

@Stewerrvideos 4 года назад

0:43 Pamplemousse. I guess that's what happens when you only hear the word, and never see it written. It is written as "pomplamoose", when referring to the band.