Best Cover Song They've Done

So what do you think which out of these 4 is the best song that Nightwish has ever covered

Over the hills and far away is one hell of a cover!

I suppose that it has to be Over The Hills And Far Away, though I also really like their interpretation of The Phantom Of The Opera, and Walking In The Air is just beautiful. I love all three of those songs!

Phantom Of The Opera...Love it Tarja and Marco sound wonderful I especially like this part where Marco is saying"Sing my angel of music" and then Tarja sings Opera

Marit wrote:Phantom Of The Opera...Love it Tarja and Marco sound wonderful I especially like this part where Marco is saying"Sing my angel of music" and then Tarja sings Opera

Amen to that!

Ok,I respect your opinions,but honnestly I think Marco and Tarja butchered this song.Really.

wildchild wrote:Ok,I respect your opinions,but honnestly I think Marco and Tarja butchered this song.Really.

But can you say why you think that way?

and what about Pink Floyd cover : High Hopes ?

I love it, I think Marco made a good job in it

but, for those of the list above, I'm going with "Walking in the air"
it's oundstanding, love it alot!

Franneke wrote:and what about Pink Floyd cover : High Hopes ?

I love it, I think Marco made a good job in it

but, for those of the list above, I'm going with "Walking in the air"
it's oundstanding, love it alot!

Oh nooooooo....How could I forgot that I'm truly sorry.....

I voted for Over the Hills and Far Away

The Phantom of the Opera is also amazing. Tarja did a better job than the chick in the movie. (Though I think Sarah Brightman is still the best on that song)

Dark_Star wrote:I voted for Over the Hills and Far Away

The Phantom of the Opera is also amazing. Tarja did a better job than the chick in the movie. (Though I think Sarah Brightman is still the best on that song)

I voted for Over the Hills and Far Away, as well. Also I love Where were you last night..
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I prefer Tarja singing it! I like Sarah but I think Tarja is better!

Over the Hills............... when i first heard it i couldn't stand it, i found it quite funny to be honest, just the chorus. I had never heard these kind of vocals in a metal band before and it was all a bit much for my taste

But now i find it catchy and better then the other covers at least

Marit wrote:

wildchild wrote:Ok,I respect your opinions,but honnestly I think Marco and Tarja butchered this song.Really.

But can you say why you think that way?

Because I saw Sarah Brightman and that guy(I think it was Andrea Bocelli) singing...Tarja and Marco aren't even close to such singers.

wildchild wrote:

Marit wrote:

wildchild wrote:Ok,I respect your opinions,but honnestly I think Marco and Tarja butchered this song.Really.

But can you say why you think that way?

Because I saw Sarah Brightman and that guy(I think it was Andrea Bocelli) singing...Tarja and Marco aren't even close to such singers.

Oh okey...

Phantom Of The Opera for me.

Phantom of the Opera,almost purely for the accompaniment...now whenever I listen to the Sarah Brightman/Michael Crawford version I miss the guitars,the song deserves the atmosphere that Nightwish gives to it!

The live version of it is better though,as Tarja did the original vocalisations (on the record the version she does of these isn't nearly as good)...although I do think that Tarja's voice isn't the best one for the song,as she sounds more like a Carlotta than a Christine IMO!

Phantom of the Opera. I don't care for the others.

Went for "over the hills" on the list but my favourite covers are "High Hopes" and "Symphony of Destruction". Don't really like any of the ones featuring Tarja that much.

Sins Of Idealism wrote:Phantom of the Opera,almost purely for the accompaniment...now whenever I listen to the Sarah Brightman/Michael Crawford version I miss the guitars,the song deserves the atmosphere that Nightwish gives to it!

The live version of it is better though,as Tarja did the original vocalisations (on the record the version she does of these isn't nearly as good)...although I do think that Tarja's voice isn't the best one for the song,as she sounds more like a Carlotta than a Christine IMO!

Try and find the original Sarah Brightman/Steve Harley version of "Phantom". I have the 12" single and it's excellent!

Sarah Brightman can do no wrong.

I think they did Phanom of the Opera very well, but it was the first time I'd ever heard the song so I'm biased and likely to say it's the best...

Phantom of the Opera is easily may fave

I remember when i first listened to it and then my father made me listen to another version and my mother got offended because I said the male singer sounded like a woman compared to Marco...

I have to say i prefer the covers where Marco does the lead, like "High Hopes" and "Symphony of Destruction".

Over The Hills and Far Away. I heard the original and I thought NW's version was much better.