Michael Jackson verses Beatles:Come together better version

[Spider-Bite]

Who has the better version of this song? The Beatles wrote it, and usually that gives somebody dominion over the song, but sometimes a cover is just so much better that you have to say their version is better. One example might be Guns & Roses Knocking on Heaven's Door written by Bob Dylan.

Anyways, I totally think Michael Jackson's cover of come together puts the original to shame. The power in his voice is so strong, and the melody rocks so much harder.





I can't help but think the original is so plain, slow, and boring after watching Michael whale on that chorus.

 

[Spider-Bite]

Oh yeah and the question is which one is more enjoyable.

 

[The Chairman]

Yeah, The Beatles win easily.

 

[Spider-Bite]

Yeah, The Beatles win easily.

Man I don't know how anybody can say that. Did you watch it? I didn't even post it long enough ago for you to watch it. The ending is where he just kills the original. From 4:48 to the end.

 

[Kritish]

Beatles...

 

[Spider-Bite]

you guys didn't even watch them. Look at the post times. at least watch them.

 

[Spider-Bite]

to me the original just sounds so emotionless and without energy. Lennons like barely even singing.

 

[vindrow]

Can't beat the original.

Jackson just needs to go back to Bangladesh or where ever he is living now and stay there.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

A lot of it is bias towards Michael Jackson as they hate him regardless of how talented he is.

 

[Mr.Webs]

Jackson's definitely more energetic, but, Come Together doesn't NEED to be energetic to be a great song. There's just enough emotion in Lennon's voice to give it resonance, and it's really subdued, unlike Jackson's rock number.

 

[JP]

I hate covers, but I also don't like the Beatles. Eh.

 

[Spider-Bite]

A lot of it is bias towards Michael Jackson as they hate him regardless of how talented he is.

The musician and the man/woman are two different things as far as like and hate should go. Hell you listen to Lennons voice in that song and then listen to Michael's it's no contest. Lennon sounds horrible compared to MJ. Michael whales for those last two minutes and it sounds completely reinvented, the way he added in all those "come together -babay"
And he actually gets into the song. I really can't help but think the original is just really boring. I could fall asleep listening to that, but good luck holding still listening to MJ's. It just rocks.

 

[The Chairman]

I just finished it...and yeah, it''s nowhere near the original. Lennon owns the song. Michael may make his version more entertaining with a bucnh of dance moves and screaming, but he doesn't touch Lennon.

 

[vindrow]

A lot of it is bias towards Michael Jackson as they hate him regardless of how talented he is.

Not at all, i respect teh talent he has..but, i lost all respect for him after the whole child molestation thing, because i honestly believe he did something with those kids, and the same goes for the parents of those kids since i believe they put their kids in that situation to try and clean up with lawsuits.

 

[Spider-Bite]

Jackson's definitely more energetic, but, Come Together doesn't NEED to be energetic to be a great song. There's just enough emotion in Lennon's voice to give it resonance, and it's really subdued, unlike Jackson's rock number.

that might be why I like MJ's better. for the most part I'm an 80's hard rock guy. I just prefer my music to be fast, hard, and strong.

But I also think Lennon's voice sounds subdued as opposed to having enough emotion. To me it sounds like he has none at all. And don't get me wrong. A slow soft song can have a lot of emotion. I'm just not hearing any in his voice.

 

[Kritish]

I just finished it...and yeah, it''s nowhere near the original. Lennon owns the song. Michael may make his version more entertaining with a bucnh of dance moves and screaming, but he doesn't touch Lennon.

Amen, I wasn't impressed with Jackson's work even before people found out how weird he was.

 

[Spider-Bite]

I just finished it...and yeah, it''s nowhere near the original. Lennon owns the song. Michael may make his version more entertaining with a bucnh of dance moves and screaming, but he doesn't touch Lennon.

Isnt' that a little contradicting?

 

[The Chairman]

Amen, I wasn't impressed with Jackson's work even before people found out how weird he was.

I love Jackson's work regarless of how weird he is. But he's not John Lennon. No one is.

 

[Spider-Bite]

Not at all, i respect teh talent he has..but, i lost all respect for him after the whole child molestation thing, because i honestly believe he did something with those kids, and the same goes for the parents of those kids since i believe they put their kids in that situation to try and clean up with lawsuits.

I think there is an extremely good chance he has done something with those kids, however, if it turned out that Alexandar Graham Bell was a child molestor, electricity wouldn't be any less usefull, and MJ"s music doesn't rock any less.

 

[vindrow]

I think there is an extremely good chance he has done something with those kids, however, if it turned out that Alexandar Graham Bell was a child molestor, electricity wouldn't be any less usefull, and MJ"s music doesn't rock any less.

Like i said, i respect his talent but I don't respect the person...and i do still listen to some of his songs because of that.

 

[The Chairman]

Isnt' that a little contradicting?

How? Because I said it's more entertaining? Just because it's more fun to watch doesn't make it better.

 

[WTFimVENOM]

Yeah, The Beatles win easily.

agreed

 

[vindrow]

How? Because I said it's more entertaining? Just because it's more fun to watch doesn't make it better.

Agree

 

[Spider-Bite]

I love Jackson's work regarless of how weird he is. But he's not John Lennon. No one is.

Mj and the Beatles are always compared to eachother, because nobody really knows for sure who the biggest was. it got hard to keep track of their sales and it got hard to keep track of Thriller. For a long time Guiness had it at 60 million, the biggest of all time, and now it has it at 104 million.

But I think Mj is world's more talented, because of the combination of talents. His vocals are difficult. He hits really difficult notes and note combinations, and he has several different methods of singing. He covers the entire male and female vocal range.

And then look at his ability to dance. I mean. I really haven't seen anybody even close, and then there is his ability to choreograph music videos. Choreographing a dance number is just like writing a song. It's a visual rythym, and the same kind of creativity goes into it. You have to hear the dance in order to write the dance.

 

[Danger Mouse]

I'm a huge fan of both and a bigger fan of The Beatles. But I must say that I love Jackson's rendition waaaaaaaaaay better than Lennon's. That does not in any way, of course, mean that I don't like Lennon's. Just like Jackson's better.

Much better.