Cover, or Original?

Oh... if you bring in fan covers, that's entirely different. I thought we were sticking to the discussion of "official" covers (covers done by actual singers).

 Holding Out for a Hero

Original by Bonnie Tyler (1985)
[video=youtube;7f_HsjpSVaI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f_HsjpSVaI[/video]

Cover by Jennifer Saunders (2007)
[video=youtube;ZeIm_QkPTMo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeIm_QkPTMo[/video]

 My Heart Will Go On

Original by Celine Dion (1997)
[video=youtube;sMU6MtBqJy0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMU6MtBqJy0[/video]

Cover by Yuna Ito (2007)
[video=youtube;-kOxiKl4zUg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kOxiKl4zUg[/video]

 Touch

Original by Iwasaki Yoshimi (1990)
[video=youtube;Zvk24rbZVcQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvk24rbZVcQ[/video]

Cover by Younha (2005)
[video=youtube;4bCx053nKhE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCx053nKhE[/video]

For My Heart Will Go On, Yuna Ito's cover may or may not be better varying from people to people but also because Celine Dion's version was pretty damn good on its own. But for the most part, I prefer covers for better sound/reasons I explained and because it sometimes also throws in remixes.

As for fan covers, those cover an extremely wide spectrum. It goes from from extremely shi`tty to extremely amazing like most recently, Lin Yu Chun aka Fat Taiwanese Boy's cover of Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You.

lol and here, I was thinking you were nuts cuz they were talking about fan-made covers. Fan made covers really are just ... different.


That Liu Yu Chun's cover of Whitney's song left me staring at the screen speechless though. ... I wonder if he still has his .. package.