music Which is Better: The Original or The Cover?

[Harsh World]

Which is better: The original or the cover? Pick a song and a cover you've head, post both, and let the community decide between the two.

Original: Post Malone feat. 21 Savage - Rockstar

Cover: Andy Cizek & Nik Nocturnal - Rockstar

I'm leaning toward the Andy Cizek cover because the Post Malone song got played out when it first dropped. It also gets me pumped in the gym to lift heavy and to go hard!

 

[Immortal]

I do not listen to cover songs and I do not want to see some random people ruin the original song or even do it better and make me feel bad about the artist.

 

[MidnightMuse]

I think the Post Malone version is better. Here's my challenge:

Original: Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing

Cover: Gabriel Henrique - I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston)

 

[Harsh World]

Original: Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing

Cover: Gabriel Henrique - I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston)

This is a tough one as I like them both. However, I think I'll have to give it to Whitney because of one main thing: Audio engineering.

She was able to capture that sound without the technology most likely involved in Gabriel's production.

One tell is that Whitney was most likely in a soundproof studio, while he is in an open environment. There's no way Gabriel didn't have to "clean it up" and also add tuning that probably wasn't available during Whitney's era.