Good VS Bad Covers

[@Ramaramama]

Whitney, Mariah, and Celine are the masters of covering songs (IMO)

[@mathhenri4608]

The Vocal Trinity are on another level!

[@Ramaramama]

@@mathhenri4608 period!!!

[@Heroliesinyou]

​@@RamaramamaLet's not even talk about the numbers. Because they have the most successful singles that are covers.

[@badatchoosingnames3556]

They go beyond covers lmao they eat those songs up so much they made the songs their own

[@HypnotizedByJyi]

Giant shout out to Céline's Wicked Game cover

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

Best ones here are Kelly and Halle. Kelly is masterful at knowing why the original is so loved whilst still sprinkling "Kelly"into it. Sometimes she doesn't detract hardly at all from the original because she knows she doesn't need to, nor should. In short, she understands 'just because you can doesn't mean you should'. Halle is talented and clearly took whatever direction she got to deliver the song in the musical theatre style...and still sprinkled enough "Halle" to make it different. I don't think many people appreciate how hard of a job it it to take any song that isn't yours and put your own stamp on it, while still honoring the original, especially if it's one of the iconic ones that the entire world knows. And as a former actor, her acting wasn't even that bad. It could have used to little extra help to put her over the top but she went in the right direction at at least.

[@aintnootherfan]

I love comments like these, thank you!

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

@@aintnootherfan You’re very welcome :) I like to think my music degree went to good use 🤣

[@AM-dd6dx]

Kelly and those transitions on 7 Rings >>>> Mama was coasting

[@madeupname3008]

Halle's acting was amazing in the little mermaid imo ❤

[@meld1391]

Right!!!!

[@minivan1680]

Um.... 👀

[@minerliton2481]

the rock scene....

[@dadg98ddg]

Leigh-Anne did two covers, one for Weak by SVW and other for ICU by Coco Jones and she added her own touch to them. They're both sooooo good

[@littlemixwillsurvivelittle976]

I wish he'd talk about her more. He said she's his bias but never mentions her. She's always original and I love her style.

[@notyourdaddy2148]

her covers are so damn good!!! the aretha cover from her movie as well

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

And ICU is not that easy either.

[@thehey246]

@@littlemixwillsurvivelittle976 ngl I think he just said that for saying sake so that he wouldn’t get backlash for ranking her low. He did a video on riffs and runs in pop music and mentioned Perrie and Jade but not Leigh even though she is the best runner/riffer. Leigh has done sm vocally and sonically but he constantly only mentions the other 2 but not her (which isn’t an issue) but is a bit questionable for someone you would consider your bias ig. Even with Leigh’s 2 covers and debut he hasn’t said anything. Personally I think the videos he posts would really be targeted/appreciated by the K-POP market, and unfortunately that just doesn’t happen to be a market that Leigh is prominent in

[@dadg98ddg]

@@thehey246 I don't remember him saying Leigh was his bias, I actually remember him sayin it was Jade (which is ok) but yeah, it's a little weird he literally doesn't mention her for those two things you say or her newest covers. I guess he might be one of those who underestimate and undervalue her...

[@sethuzothe6372]

youre so on point about jlo being “when too many people around you tell you yes”

[@GetWellSoonR.E.M.]

J Lo’s wasn’t the worst I’ve heard from her, but honestly, she REALLY needed to take the key WAY down.

[@dadg98ddg]

Every cover Little Mix ever did, was exceptional and even topped the original versions for me 👀

[@takemyhand1988]

The biggest problem with Rita Ora was that song is tailor-made for Kate. I don't think anyone can cover it cause it's so weird that only Kate could. Bring in any great vocalist they would still fail it.

[@PLORYWOL]

I heard the placebo cover of this song before I knew about the original. It's pretty different but still great.

[@HypnotizedByJyi]

@@PLORYWOL I was going to say the same thing! The vocal performance is nothing crazy - that's not what Placebo is about anyway - but they've changed the song enough that it sounds like its own version of a really good song and not a bad cover (of a really good song)

[@iTeacupPanda]

You're spot on. I mean " Running up that Hill " is one of Kate's least weird songs but . . . people don't seem to get it when covering it. A LOT of the covers were done just out of hype to follow a trend and be a part of a singing challenge it seems like? But Rita obviously has ZERO respect or understanding for or of the song. The same thing happens with Florence + the Machine's songs. No one really does a good cover 9.9/10 . Because she has so many idiosyncrasies that change texture and timber or color that other people singing the songs often feels bland and lacking. You'll never hear a good cover of most of her songs. Kelly Clarkson managed to do a pretty good cover or two and that's about it. But she has been hardcore stanning Florence for over a decade. So when it comes to artists like that, no one but people with real respect for them can seem to understand how to approach their music.

[@quizzlybear]

Weirdly enough I really enjoy Kim Petras' cover. I was surprised how good it sounded.

[@christopherwong1895]

Best cover from Delta Goodrem and Stellar Perry from the Voice Au ❤

[@pedrohenriquecarneiro4331]

I was at Rita Ora’s performance lol. It was Rock in Rio Brazil festival. The fun part was that Rita is not that famous there, so most people doesn’t know her or most of her songs. She was after one of the most famous Brazilian singers and before Megan Thee Stallion and the headliner Dua Lipa.

[@SeekThePaleSeptember]

With Christina it’s a matter of… On what side of the bed she woke up on that day. Lol! Because yes, the frustrating thing is that she has the tools, the map, the navigation. But she’s gonna do whatever she wants anyway, because she Ive come to understand, is allergic to the Safe & Boring route. And you know what? Ive come to appreciate it because at least she provides an unexpected offering. Even if it means not EVERYONE will like it.

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

YEP. This right here. This is what puts Kelly over the top for me. Kelly not only is a more technically apt vocalist and knows her instrument, but also knows “just because she can doesn’t mean she should”. Christina has no concept of that idea at all nor does she understand what her instrument does. She THINKS she does but still has a wide knowledge gap when compared to a good few of her contemporaries.

[@theonlyrocha]

Kelly Clarkson and Beyonce are the queens of covers. Kelly's rendition of Another Sad Love Song is simply perfect. Her tone, the high note ... She made it her own but we still hear Toni in there. Amazing. And Bey's The Beautiful Ones/Sex On Fire on Glastonbury 2011 ... Oh man ! And that time she did Goo Goo Dolls' Iris in 2012. They don't get tired of slaying.

[@lourencovieira5424]

and mariah with "without you"

[@noomanemrf1379]

Mariah Carey you mean

[@theonlyrocha]

@@lourencovieira5424 YEEEEEESSSSSS ! How could I forget Mariah ? Without You, Against All Odds, The Beautiful Ones from the Butterfly album ... She slays as well.

[@Heroliesinyou]

@@theonlyrocha I Still Believe is my favorite cover from her. 😍😍 Open Arms too.❤

[@roger9283]

If there’s one artist I can trust for a cover it’s definitely Beyoncé she never did a bad tribute her entire career except the Christmas song: those runs was quite irritating 😂😂

[@natalieubela3384]

Whattttt? Christina’s Stormy Weather is one of her best performances for me.

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

We been knew Kelly Clarkson could rap. She’s versatile.

[@AnnaBell033]

baby girl from the south, alternating between TX and TN girl got all the genres in her backyard. they keep sleeping on her. smh

[@Cameron-rt4tb]

Kelly Clarkson and Miley queens of covers

[@georgia9260]

Kelly and Barbra Streisand having the same birthday just makes so much sense😌

[@Heroliesinyou]

Celine Dion as well. She has the most successful covers ever.

[@hughw2377]

Mariah says hi!

[@JiafeiProducts6969]

@@Heroliesinyou Whitney

[@iTeacupPanda]

@@Heroliesinyou She shouldn't though, " I Drove All Night " for example was fucking awful. Leave that one to Cyndi, Celine just . . . go back to bed girl lol

[@rowanjoy419]

I actually think Halle was the best casting choice for Ariel, she has the same energy and also Halle looks young and can sing. Sorry but it would be weird for me to see someone that looks older and can't sing just for the sick of "looking like the character".

[@chikoritaleaf]

Talking about covers and one of the queens of covers, Tori Kelly, isn’t featured. She showed off her prowess during the pandemic doing near-perfect spontaneous covers from sight-reading chords and lyrics on her Instagram show. Not to mention her revamp of Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing that is often being covered on tv competition shows.

[@sarumi1480]

Beyoncé's cover of The Beautiful Ones and Sex on Fire at Glastonbury. The technique, the emotion... all while kneeling and lying down. Goosebumps. I'll always go back to watching it.

[@ltaylor3033]

while being pregnant and suffering from sickness during the show it really is one of her best covers

[@sarumi1480]

@@ltaylor3033 Blue Ivy was rocking out in that womb

[@jamesreacts111]

Christina was phenomenal you have np taste and the standing ovation she got for that says it all

[@baddest12345]

nah oversinging is the only style she got up her sleeves, no creavity or whatsoever.

[@jamesreacts111]

@@baddest12345 so u haven't heard her albums then. She is the definition of creativity who has experimented in various genres. I am, save me from myself, all I need

[@jamz2218]

​@@jamesreacts111well said 👏🏾

[@kensei4237]

@@baddest12345 exactly lol

[@brynax170]

​@@jamesreacts111we are talking about covers here. not here albums. youre too butthurt

[@paintedlxdy]

it’s so disappointing to see XTina on here for Stormy Weather 😢 imo it’s one of her best performances. There’s a reason why many great artists of jazz and soul respect her so much

[@takemyhand1988]

That reason is definitely not that cover

[@herm712]

Lena Horne, not Horner. Christina over-sung the song but she's definitely capable of editing herself and singing songs with more restraint. Search her version of the Nina Simone song "I love you Porgy." It's stunning--so sultry, velvety and smooth. Gorgeous cover.

[@livingportside]

Christina got a standing ovation for her cover of Stormy Weather...and trust me if she did a bad job the crowd at that even would have let her know. Not sure what you heard....

[@agurbenur3716]

Fifth Harmony's rendition of Like I'm Gonna Lose You will always be one of my favorites

[@prilalamour9155]

Rita and Christina did a very good job and I stand by that lol there are all the way worst covers out there that could have made the list but thats just my opinion.

[@iTeacupPanda]

Rita's was . . . absolutely terrible. It had promise if she ever RE-performed it, fixing the vocal overlay or setting she had for her mic dominating the first half. UNTIL she decided to do a vocal showcase , swap genres, run her own vocals into the ground, not seem to know where she was vocally going, losing her timing . . . Like the pause and then break into drama was like " Oh, what's she doing? This is actually a clever placement and pause. I think I'm going to like this " and then she Millie Bobbie Browns it like a Pride parade.

[@otalyss]

Miley Cyrus: Heart Of Glass, Fande Into You, Nothing Else Matters, Gimme More, Zombie, my future and more ❤

[@ghostlightning]

Whitney Houston's version is a cover of George Benson's original recording. Have you listened to it?

[@TheZieglerm]

Came here to say this...not many folks know her version is a cover!

[@LCO82]

I was looking for this too!

[@anden4518]

Little mix covers >>>>>

[@chloeclarke9495]

Little Mix’s cover of Harry Styles’ Falling is a top tier cover for me. Mixing it with Joel Corry’s Head & Heart was a genius move!

[@Melodysupporter]

Idk I really like Christina’s versions 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@natsuplay8808]

Aguirila kill it omg on that last note or screame i love that big energie behind it still as you said not good 😅 technique side

[@TKK765]

Christina did great! It’s just your taste… I guess you love the original song so much!

[@nkosijwara2940]

Miley’s cover of “No tears left to cry.” By Ariana Grande is amazing ❤❤❤ that country twang is beautiful 🤩

[@LeKarrizzma]

Kelly Clarkson ate that song up. You can understand what she's saying! LOL

[@KichboiiJJ]

You should’ve put Halsey’s running up that hill cover in here as an example of a good cover. She really did the original justice & even though Rita is a better vocalist, Halsey did a waaay better job & did Kate proud I feel

[@Heroliesinyou]

Kate Bush is the only one that can sing that.

[@KichboiiJJ]

@@Heroliesinyou Yes, but as I just said, I think Halsey did Kate justice with her cover. What’s not clicking?

[@iTeacupPanda]

I was curious so I had to give it a look . . . but if they even know about it I see why they didn't. She's feeling the music and I get the sense of appreciation but . . . she's really helped by the fact it's live and drowned out and echoey on her mic. It's not a GOOD cover, it's just not terrible . . . ? Like she has good moments, but then other times I'm like " Why did you end that with that vocal placement and also flat and with that vocal ? " There just isn't anything amazing about Halsey's cover at all... I'll be honest, while they haven't done one I think the only two people who could probably do a good cover of Kate Bush . . . well three people . . . Are the Kate Bush cover band, Cloudbusting. . . . . and Florence + the Machine and MAYBE Caroline Polachek? As far as successful artists.

[@KichboiiJJ]

@@iTeacupPanda I didn’t say it was amazing, I said it was good, which imo it is. The video is “good vs bad” covers, so I suggested a cover I think is “good”, and better than the bad one presented :)

[@iTeacupPanda]

@@KichboiiJJ It's a " mid " cover, it's not terrible. But we all know by " GOOD " cover we mean ones that are pretty " Wow " vs Terrible ones. People aren't looking for " Sort of nice vs sort of bad " videos.

[@iceescape]

Honestly, after Jennifer's cover, even the bad covers by everyone else sound decent.

[@pratyushpavansaikia8161]

I think Lizzo didn't get the essence the song needed I liked Rita's version of Dancing queen. It wasn't a complete cover but yeah, I do listen to it every once in a while

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

Lizzo was too focused on making it sound unique when the song is supposed to me chill and laid-back. She distracted from it.

[@MrsOra32]

Her dancing queen cover was insanee 🤩 but ppl only like to talk bad about her. Even tho her RUTH cover wasn't even bad.

[@OffTom5783]

the Rita one was amazing, I'm searching for it right now

[@willpazmino6744]

Harry is a good vocalist. He always tries to improve to sound better. He has a rich tone with a raspy sound added to it. He will continue to improve in every single record that he releases.

[@GarageStudio7]

11:15 Can we take a moment to appreciate that agile run which ended on that solid and relatively effortless low note 👏 8:09 "What is this? GeT Up!" 😂 (Someonr should make this a viral sound) In addition to the Vocal Trinity, who delivered many excellent comers, these vocalists have really delivered some of the most brilliant and memorable covers: Leona Lewis - Run, Iris (Hurt wasn't the most favored but it sounds great) Faouzia - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room, Blue Kelly Clarkson - basically delivers impressive covers every week Adele - Make You Feel My Love Westlife - Most of their memorable songs are covers Jacob Artist - don't know much about him but his cover of "Let Me Love You" is captivating.

[@aintnootherfan]

I have to check out some of these! And thank you! That G at the end isn’t my best, I ran out of breath a bit😖 Always a delight to see you in the comments!😇😇 hope you’re doing despite life being well, life😊

[@GarageStudio7]

​@@aintnootherfanI think you'll like them 😌 After that long agile run, it's impressive that you ended on a solid 2nd octave. Most only associate great breath control with sustaining notes and don't recognize that riffs and runs, especially complex ones. If that was you running out of breath a bit on that G2 (/F#2) then that is a vocal strength of yours. Life has surely been 'lifing' but I'm trying to take a day at a time, while putting my best. Try not to worry about what tomorrow will bring as well, Therefore do not worry about tomorrow as well, "for tomorrow will worry about its own things".

[@aintnootherfan]

I’m definitely intrigued by Faouzia’s one! Oh you’re right!! That’s an F#2! I also love that perspective of yours!

[@GarageStudio7]

@@aintnootherfan 👈✨

[@NekodaArvin]

John was legendary, I'd appreciate it if you give International artists more exposure, everybody knows the already famous American artists.

[@deeb.9250]

Not to my ears... that cover of Whitney was so cracked up, and I don't buy that it's more "soulful" or emotionally connected. It's not, it's theatrical crack vocals

[@NekodaArvin]

@@deeb.9250 obviously disagree, also the original is by George Benson not Whitney.

[@juanlayac]

that "desafortunadamente" caught me off guard t.tttttttt

[@sophiaisabelle01]

We appreciate this video. It's very detailed and precise.

[@DollfaceLizkah]

Please cover Solji from exid. She is one of the best vocalists in kpop and she also used to be a vocal coach. More people need to know about her because shes highly underrated

[@gw7911]

I feel like Lizzo low key could’ve made a nice cover for that song but just didn’t plan well.

[@GoalHornGeek]

Adele singing The Beatles’ “Make You Feel My Love” is probably one of the best covers imo

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

I honestly keep forgetting that song is theirs…

[@thereclusiveblogger]

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 It's not a Beatles song, it's a Bob Dylan song actually, he wrote it

[@MariaSilvaHelena]

Beautiful song. Adele❤

[@AM-dd6dx]

Lizzo was super pitchy

[@CDawg]

Jessie J usually offers up excellent covers.

[@danielrubinstein896]

The Rita ora one is not bad,I wish I could sing like her

[@MrsOra32]

Literally ppl just jump on the bandwagon

[@Blackwidow4444]

Queen of cover is Whitney houston. You know!!? because some her song is covering song and she is extraordinary vocal.❤

[@thereclusiveblogger]

It's Lena Horne, not Horner

[@ernesfonse]

Christina is the queen of covers. Stormy waters is one of the best. I don’t know what you heard. She chooses the difficult path.

[@pratyushpavansaikia8161]

I know you expected this. So, here it is "We're waiting for EXO"

[@skip031890]

Whitney Houston is not the original singer of the greatest love of all. George Benson is the original singer. That being said, a lot of Whitney Houston's songs are cover songs which is a testament to how great she was because most people didn't even realize she was singing other people's songs.

[@myself-f2f]

not the red velvet bg sound 🤣🤣🤣

[@DudeEM]

I consider J Lo as a musical poetry reader not a singer……and any Barbra piece is a virtuoso ONLY song. The narrator is right, she has too much money for paying too many yes-you-can people.

[@aceblanks7658]

Yeassss Kelly Slayed “7 Rings” but she’s my birthday twin so of course she did!!!! 😂😂😂

[@sebastianswork]

Sorry, but I love Christina's version of Stormy Weather. We know all know she has sloppy vocals a lot.

[@bodhisattva2348]

Like when jlo said she & whitney sounded "the same" & had "the same voice" 😒

[@besugarb4655]

When u put new york in (jennifer lopez) i almost fell of the chair cracking up!!!

[@favyan16]

ok but Xtinas cover was amazing. lies here

[@KajiVocals]

Typo. It's Lena Horne, not Lena Hornet. Also it's a song by Ethel Waters. Lena covered it almost a decade after.

[@meschyk]

I loved this video, talk that talk a little more as this is the second best instrumental of Twice and I listen to it on a go

[@karenwilson6611]

And I am sure of this Because #1 I have the original album it first released in 1976

[@Mindblowinable]

I think it's worth mentioning Usher's rendition of " I believe in you and me" by Whitney)) He sang it with heart and put his own flavor into it without overdoing or copying Whitney)))

[@maddiejung974]

Thought the John Legend bit was a joke... he sounded terrible imo.

[@wildnfearless9840]

Yeah, never been a fan of him

[@CosmicWin]

Honorary Mention to Mina for 7 rings because the twerk was iconic and she ate despite the fact that none of us would have expected her to sing that at all.

[@moonlightblair]

you talk about covers and no little mix in sight??

[@CLCM28]

kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly

[@kis.kurtis.edison]

I'd like to nominate Amy Winehouse for All the Loving as a masterpiece.

[@ghost12626]

We need a video about Sohyang's cover and how her arrangments surpass the originals.

[@sassystyles2805]

Harry Styles is killing it🔥🔥

[@trafalgar1]

Kelly Clarkson all the way!! 🔥

[@Vampirictattoo]

I love the stormy weather cover so much 😅

[@ahmarindungu9010]

I want to hear Beyoncé comer Jolene 😍

[@fiftyshadesofgrey1991]

Even if well sung mirroring is still just mirroring

[@yonatanborohov9942]

Kelly's covers are so good!!

[@jhonestebanramirezquintana8918]

😢 Christina? I'm crying, I loved the cover. I regularly thinks about it while commuting. I'm dead 😭 And Rita, I don't think it's that bad, at least what he showed us here. But I'm an untrained ear, so maybe it doesn't matter what I think anyways😢

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

Untrained ears are much easier to impress because you’re not able to catch the subtleties of vocal technique and delivery yet.

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

@@XxQueenChristinaxX This. Like…I’m sorry about it, but this is why art isn’t as subjective as people think it is. When one doesn’t don’t know what to look or listen for, it’s a bit of a moot point. I can admit art is largely subjective, but there comes a point when you have to stop validating everything because then it all becomes a mosh pit of crazy with no meaning. There’s a rhyme and reason to what makes something good.

[@evereven6904]

Plz check out XG. Their vocal is awesome! They have three main vocalists out of 7 members, and they’re great at singing live. They just performed at HITC New York and it was awesome.

[@aRcTiCbLu3]

"hello gays" lol

[@sceetsceet03]

I recommend Mya's live cover of Stormy Weather.

[@lourencovieira5424]

2:16 Oh... who's that?

[@MariaSilvaHelena]

Mariah destroyed Do You Know Where You're Going To, I Want to Know What Love Is and One More Try. She tried to cheat with a bunch of whistles, auto tune and edits. And the worst, in the studio. Where he had the chance to make them better. Destroyed classics.

[@qwertyasdfgh-dm6cs]

Unpopular opinion, you should do part 2 and put rise up cover by Morisette, Attention by Charlie Puth cover by Reed Deeming. Because of copyright claim during it has more than views than og before KZbin take down the video. And also Karmin cover super bass using a bandslam version, Lea Michele to love you more & any Jennifer Hudson cover.

[@teodosiyordanov4923]

Hey I know that it is un-related to the video, but do you think Jisoos vocals are improving or regressing? I hear improvements but I also notice she is becoming more strenuous and throaty, shes also can't hit higher notes with the ease she could before. (not that she could with ease, but she is finding it harder now)

[@tide5402]

Please do a part 2 👏

[@LizzieShiro]

Christina's ego pretty much ruined that cover. Too many runs.

[@clonnlijinhlong2713]

Pleasssee pleasee add Jessica J. Her covers in the show I AM SINGER were insanely good

[@MomoManimi]

OMG THAT J-LO PERFORMANCE- GOOD LORD

[@Leviosary]

I like how Within Temptation did "Running up that hill"

[@edwardfaunch3165]

George Benson definitely sang Greatest Love Of All first, Whitneys was a cover too! Lol

[@jenaries]

True

[@Rosannasfriend]

You were spot on with this video. I can’t think of anything you said that I disagreed with. Very intelligently stated.

[@aintnootherfan]

Thank you!😊

[@imijohns]

My ears hurt after hear Jennifer Lopez 😭🧍🏽‍♀️

[@songbymeprogression]

Why the Fairy Tail ending 😭

[@danieljimenezgiraldo2161]

Ohh you're practicing your spanish

[@JonS30]

I actually liked ritas version tho

[@rawleassanah287]

the only reason people like jodi benson version is because it came out first, I have nothing against it but I can tell when a cover is better than the original without bias in mind

[@UBZ.7927]

im here to beg for a So Hyang video

[@tylerhackner9731]

Jlo in bad ofc lol 😆