Covers that are better then the original

[Cubswin]

I hope this topic hasnt been done before...

Johnny Cash's "Hurt"

link (http://www.losthighwayrecords.com/e/cash11403.html)

[Punker]

Theme song to the Spiderman cartoon show.

Frank Sinatra's version of New York, New York.

[BusterStacks]

All Along the Watchtower

[Blarg]

All Along the Watchtower has got to be a champ on that count.

I don't think Cash's redo of Hurt was as good as the original.

I don't think Take Me to the River was an original of The Talking Heads, and I think I heard the original and liked the Heads' version better.

Also, Ted Nugent did Cat Scratch Fever way better than the Pope.

[Levi King]

Even Lou Reed admits that the Cowboy Junkies' cover of Sweet Jane is superior to the original Velvet Underground studio cut.

[Los Feliz Slim]

"Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon and Garfunkle, redone by The Bangles for the awesome 80's movie Less Than Zero.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

Gary Jules's "Mad World" is far better than the Tears for Fears version. Also, Blind Melon did a cover of "Three is a Magic Number" which is incredible.

[Blarg]

Oh, also Tom Jones' version of Kiss is better than the one Prince did.

[MEbenhoe]

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All Along the Watchtower has got to be a champ on that count.

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I disagree. Dylan's version is severely underrated. I like the Hendrix version, but they're both great music.

[TheIrishThug]

led zeppelin - when the levee breaks

[Mayhap]

Mustang Sally -- Buddy Guy

[touchfaith]

Twist & Shout - The Beatles


What did I win?

[madscout]

Annie - Alien Ant Farm (M. Jackson)

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Annie - Alien Ant Farm (M. Jackson)

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It's called Smooth Criminal.

Looks like we have another one for that "Teenage Wasteland" thread.

[mason55]

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Even Lou Reed admits that the Cowboy Junkies' cover of Sweet Jane is superior to the original Velvet Underground studio cut.

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I don't give a [censored] what Lou Reed says. Nothing not done by VU will ever be better than something done by VU, whether it's a cover or not. VU is the best band evar.

[Alobar]

Manson "Sweet Dreams"

Every single cover Rage Against the Machine did

[aaarrrggghhhhhh]

The Unholy Trio did a cover of Bring the Noise which is far better than Public Enemy's. It doesn't happen often that the cover is better, I could only think of this one and Jimi's version of All Along the Watchtower.

[cbfair]

Desolation Row (http://audio21.archive.org/0/audio/gd92-06-29.nak300.ladner.2281.sbeok.shnf/gd92-06-29d1t06_64kb.mp3) - almost any one done by Bob Wier and the Grateful Dead.

This one stands out to me cause I was there on a beautiful summer afternoon in June of 92.

[HtotheNootch]

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All Along the Watchtower has got to be a champ on that count.

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I disagree. Dylan's version is severely underrated. I like the Hendrix version, but they're both great music.

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While Jimi is still gog, have any of you heard Neil Young's versions of this song?

Neil's version might beat Jimi's.

[HtotheNootch]

Social Distortion: "Pretty in Pink"

[Nottom]

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I hope this topic hasnt been done before...

Johnny Cash's "Hurt"

link (http://www.losthighwayrecords.com/e/cash11403.html)

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It was actually done less than a week ago, but this thread is better so who cares.

I was always a sucker for Dweezil Zappa's cover of Brittney's "Baby one more time"

[Maulik]

Dave Matthew's cover of All Along the WatchTower

[DMBFan23]

yes automatically better than the original, which sucked balls

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Dave Matthew's cover of All Along the WatchTower

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With very, very few exceptions, any statement about music beginning with "Dave Matthews" and followed shortly by "better than", without an "is not" or some other negative before it, is absolutely painfully untrue.

[nothumb]

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Oh, also Tom Jones' version of Kiss is better than the one Prince did.

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Blasphemy.

However, Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" is better than the Prince version.

NT

[Blarg]

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All Along the Watchtower has got to be a champ on that count.

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I disagree. Dylan's version is severely underrated. I like the Hendrix version, but they're both great music.

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I think it's a great song, but at some point delivery has to count for something, and I think it very clearly does in this case. I heard the Hendrix version for many years before I heard the Dylan one, and the Dylan one seemed like a flat out astonishing let-down after the Hendrix one. It's my favorite Hendrix song, take that how one might, and I think that song is a revelation when Jimmy does it. When Dylan does it, it's just Dylan on an especially intriguing song.

Reasonable men can differ, as they say. My opinion is that Hendrix version kicks the crap out of the Dylan one pretty severely.

[Blarg]

I'll agree on that, but Prince's version of Kiss makes me want to stab my eyes with knitting needles.

[Wes ManTooth]

Cake - "I will survive"

[Maulik]

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Dave Matthew's cover of All Along the WatchTower

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With very, very few exceptions, any statement about music beginning with "Dave Matthews" and followed shortly by "better than", without an "is not" or some other negative before it, is absolutely painfully untrue.

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usually, I'll agree, this is an exception. the guitarist from Phish was in the cover of this song

[deacsoft]

"Metro" by Berlin (I believe)
Both the Alkaline Trio and System of a Down covers are vastly superior.

[FouTight]

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"Metro" by Berlin (I believe)
Both the Alkaline Trio and System of a Down covers are vastly superior.

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Do they take your breath away?

[Kirg]

Type O Negative - Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
The Fugees - Killing me softly (Roberta Flack)
Cake - I will survive (Gloria Gaynor)
George Micheal - Killer/Papa was a rolling stone (specifically the Papa was a rolling stone part covered from The temptations)

[trying2learn]

New Found Glory have a record of movie themes that pretty much eclipses each of the originals - and it's not even that good of a record.

[wayabvpar]

Red, Red Wine- UB40

[M2d]

Wild World, Maxi Priest

[Kirg]

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Tina Turner)

[Redmen62]

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led zeppelin - when the levee breaks

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Nobody's Fault But Mine, even more so.

[Rockatansky]

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Dave Matthew's cover of All Along the WatchTower

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With very, very few exceptions, any statement about music beginning with "Dave Matthews" and followed shortly by "better than", without an "is not" or some other negative before it, is absolutely painfully untrue.

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usually, I'll agree, this is an exception. the guitarist from Phish was in the cover of this song

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Well that just totally changes everything.

[coltrane]

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Even Lou Reed admits that the Cowboy Junkies' cover of Sweet Jane is superior to the original Velvet Underground studio cut.

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blasphemy....there are versions of VU doing it like the Junkies version and those aren't good either....the original version of this song is by FAR the best.....so much more attitude....

[brettbrettr]

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Oh, also Tom Jones' version of Kiss is better than the one Prince did.

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Wow! No.

[daryljobe777]

I prefer Elton John's version of Pinball Wizard to that of The Who.

[swede123]

I was driving in Kansas this past weekend and while scanning the FM band looking for anything but country stations. While going through this futile effort I came across Clint Black singing The Eagles "Desperado," and I actually found it better than the original.

Swede

[tdp]

Anything and everything by Bob Dylan

I actually prefer Elton John's L.S.D. to the Beatles' version.

I also prefer Elton John's Candle in the Wind to Elton John's Candle in the Wind.

[colgin]

Just a few off the top of my head:

Elvis Presley's cover of Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Soes".

The Who's version of "Summertime Blues" (although the original is pretty good too).