See also, Boys of Summer by the Ataris, and that one's a lot closer as Don Henley's original is nearly as good. Some might argue better, and I wouldn't disagree with them directly, but I prefer the cover.
Most cover songs, you don't know they're covers, they're that much better.
Despite being an 80s kid, my introduction to KISS was Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, with God Gave Rock n' Roll To Ya. Later found out it was a cover. In fact, Christian group Petra, which probably rivals Fleetwood Mac for number of past members (albeit for different reasons — Petra styles itself a missionary, not a band in the traditional sense, so their revolving door of members is to be expected), covered the song before KISS did. I don't even recall who did it first.
Of course, a lot of popular songs aren't even written by the performer. The Bangles' Manic Monday was written by Prince, but there wasn't a Prince version until later. Prince never released it in his lifetime, it was released after he passed. So that wasn't a cover. Prince literally wrote the song for them and they recorded it. He recorded it too, but didn't release it. Maybe they got to hear it, but it was not made public. Still not thought of as a cover.
See also, Boys of Summer by the Ataris, and that one’s a lot closer as Don Henley’s original is nearly as good. Some might argue better, and I wouldn’t disagree with them directly, but I prefer the cover.
I can only comment on this part. I don't like Don Henley's music so the cover does nothing for me.
I had Beyond Belief and Unseen Power. I'm not religious, per se — but they made some good music. Back then I fell in with some Christians and they were playing Beyond Belief, and I thought it sounded awesome. I had no idea who the band were, but I bought the disc, and then the one after.
I would later (much later) come to find out that they had built an effective business of copying what was popular in secular rock to drive people to the Christian message. I felt a little cheated, but I still liked the music. I still do like the music. I don't believe as they do and I certainly don't appreciate that it's a commercial enterprise and I essentially paid for an hour of advertising... but I still like the music. And I still think the opening to Beyond Belief — the title track, I mean — is one of the coolest grooves in rock music. The band were always humble about their music — they'd tell you it's not about the craft of the music, but about praising God. But, they were all very talented musicians and they weren't churning out garbage. They made good music. So even if their intentions weren't pure, the music was good. Though, that's highly subjective.
Both versions are good, but I'd have to say I prefer the AAF version. It's probably been a decade or more sine I've seen this music video, and I didn't realize just how many Michael Jackson references are in it.
That whole album is good too, at least i remember listening to the CD a ton back in the CD binder days. My favorite song from that album is Flesh and bone. Their drummer and bass player are great
It isn't that bad but it is 100% the worst track on that album and probably one of their worst songs (although their newest album more recently was pretty Meh)
I skip it every single time I listen to the album.
I had no idea what you were talking about. Might have saved a click if you mentioned what they were covering and who MJ was.
Heard there version before. Had it on a compilation in 2003. It's catchy at first and then tiring, and unlike a lot of great covers I got bored with it fast.
If you'd had an opinion that was relevant to the question, you would have understood the question. This thread was not for you, and I see no advantage to make it more accessible to someone with nothing to contribute. It's fun to "get it" and if you don't get it, dumbing down the reference isn't going to make it fun for you, it's just going to make it less fun for others.
Man, try using the Internet after 40. EVERYTHING is a stupid in-joke with no explanation. It would be a full time job if I started complaining about it.
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actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 39 pts · 317d
They are each great in their own way, and in their own context. I can't love one more than the other, but I love them differently.
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 317d
Thanks mom
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 317d
You're welcome. And by the way, your sister is my favorite
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 316d
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 317d
I didn't even need to click the link to know what you meant.
Fun fact: When the windmill arm finger touches the mailbox, it also lights up my heart.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 21 pts · 317d
I definitely listened to it more often than to the MJ version.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 317d
Damn I forgot about the truckload of energy that bass player brings in that video.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 317d
See also, Boys of Summer by the Ataris, and that one's a lot closer as Don Henley's original is nearly as good. Some might argue better, and I wouldn't disagree with them directly, but I prefer the cover.
Most cover songs, you don't know they're covers, they're that much better.
Despite being an 80s kid, my introduction to KISS was Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, with God Gave Rock n' Roll To Ya. Later found out it was a cover. In fact, Christian group Petra, which probably rivals Fleetwood Mac for number of past members (albeit for different reasons — Petra styles itself a missionary, not a band in the traditional sense, so their revolving door of members is to be expected), covered the song before KISS did. I don't even recall who did it first.
Of course, a lot of popular songs aren't even written by the performer. The Bangles' Manic Monday was written by Prince, but there wasn't a Prince version until later. Prince never released it in his lifetime, it was released after he passed. So that wasn't a cover. Prince literally wrote the song for them and they recorded it. He recorded it too, but didn't release it. Maybe they got to hear it, but it was not made public. Still not thought of as a cover.
elevenbones@piefed.social · 3 pts · 315d
Prince did a lot of "ghost writing" for other artists back in the day, like way more than most people realize.
miked@piefed.social · 2 pts · 316d
I can only comment on this part. I don't like Don Henley's music so the cover does nothing for me.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 317d
I had that Petra cd lol. I was later on like wait who wrote this kiss or petra
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 316d
Neither! (Obviously. We both know that now.)
I had Beyond Belief and Unseen Power. I'm not religious, per se — but they made some good music. Back then I fell in with some Christians and they were playing Beyond Belief, and I thought it sounded awesome. I had no idea who the band were, but I bought the disc, and then the one after.
I would later (much later) come to find out that they had built an effective business of copying what was popular in secular rock to drive people to the Christian message. I felt a little cheated, but I still liked the music. I still do like the music. I don't believe as they do and I certainly don't appreciate that it's a commercial enterprise and I essentially paid for an hour of advertising... but I still like the music. And I still think the opening to Beyond Belief — the title track, I mean — is one of the coolest grooves in rock music. The band were always humble about their music — they'd tell you it's not about the craft of the music, but about praising God. But, they were all very talented musicians and they weren't churning out garbage. They made good music. So even if their intentions weren't pure, the music was good. Though, that's highly subjective.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 317d
Yes, it's just better. Or at least, more to my taste.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 317d
I always wondered, is it an ant farm for alien ants, or is it an ant farm owned by aliens?
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 317d
Ant farm owned by aliens where the ants are humans and the farm is Earth.
Windex007@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 317d
What mean? Is just thing alien ant do. Alien Ant wake up. Alien ant eat breakfast. Alien ant farm. Alien ant go bed.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 317d
I've always thought the first one
wirelesswire@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 317d
Both versions are good, but I'd have to say I prefer the AAF version. It's probably been a decade or more sine I've seen this music video, and I didn't realize just how many Michael Jackson references are in it.
la508@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 317d
I love the hand chair wearing the sparkly glove
spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 317d
I love Alien Ant Farm. Every track on their first album is wonderful. After that it starts to dip but there are still good ones in their later works.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 317d
If you were a kid in the 90s MJ grew up on you too.... 😅.
miked@piefed.social · 2 pts · 316d
I was too old for him.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 317d
MJ was more the 80s.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 317d
That whole album is good too, at least i remember listening to the CD a ton back in the CD binder days. My favorite song from that album is Flesh and bone. Their drummer and bass player are great
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 317d
The album is fucking great, as are the two following albums from them!
shalafi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 317d
GenX here. This is one thing me and my little kids agree on, AAF's version is superior.
victorz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 316d
I mean, one is better than the other depending on mood for me. If I'm feeling metal, I'll prefer AAF, if not, MJ.
SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 317d
Yes! And that's saying something, because the MJ version is good too.
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 316d
Hell yes!
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 317d
Yes. Its just better to me.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 316d
No. Nothing tops Michael (yeah, yeah, except a kid, I get it...).
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 316d
Man, sigh
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 315d
The best version https://m.youtube.com/shorts/VKma0zlB5fw
miked@piefed.social · 2 pts · 315d
You owe me the time it took to watch that.
BussyGyatt@feddit.org · 1 pts · 315d
i lol'd
Shaper@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 317d
Yes!!
tuckerm@feddit.online · 3 pts · 317d
I definitely prefer the original, although the AAF version is right in the nostalgia sweet spot for me.
GaryGhost@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 315d
I remember seeing this music video on MTV . At 11 years old I bought their CD from the local record shop
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 316d
Fo shizzle.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d
My nizzle
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 317d
Absolutely.
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 317d
it had been a minute but they do a pretty good job.. reeeeal early 2000s expressions on the face of the bass player there
quediuspayu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 317d
First one then the other?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 317d
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 317d
My favorite is the white panda mashup with Baller, Shot Caller. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDripRFEajk&t=972
heavy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 317d
No, but they can both be good.
glitchdx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 315d
look, Michael Jackson was a talented songwriter. I just don't like his voice.
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 317d
It isn't that bad but it is 100% the worst track on that album and probably one of their worst songs (although their newest album more recently was pretty Meh)
I skip it every single time I listen to the album.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip · -3 pts · 317d
I had no idea what you were talking about. Might have saved a click if you mentioned what they were covering and who MJ was.
Heard there version before. Had it on a compilation in 2003. It's catchy at first and then tiring, and unlike a lot of great covers I got bored with it fast.
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 316d
If you'd had an opinion that was relevant to the question, you would have understood the question. This thread was not for you, and I see no advantage to make it more accessible to someone with nothing to contribute. It's fun to "get it" and if you don't get it, dumbing down the reference isn't going to make it fun for you, it's just going to make it less fun for others.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 316d
Weird take on a low user public forum where usually this sort of thing is encouraged, but whatever. That isn't dumbing down anything.
And I do have an opinion, I know both songs. I don't think being explicit about what you are asking is going to make anything less fun, lol.
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 315d
Man, try using the Internet after 40. EVERYTHING is a stupid in-joke with no explanation. It would be a full time job if I started complaining about it.
miked@piefed.social · 3 pts · 316d
You also could have just skipped the post and not commented if you didn't know the details but here we are.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 316d
Or you could actually put the subject into the post and not abbreviate. It would have helped.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 316d
This is nonsensical. Title your posts properly please.