Cover is better than the original

[Bert Slide]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

Brilliant.

I have about eight CD's by these guys. Great musicians, very clever.

Yeah I'm so bored I could puke playing blues rock covers in my power trio. I keep telling my guitard we need to take a few cheesy old pop standards and give them our own treatment AKA the Gimmes but he's not into it. He says "I don't want to do that. I'm a 'SERIOUS' musician."

Whatever

[AndGabrielFell]

Tom Waits covering Red Sovine's big Joe & Phantom 303

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by Bert Slide

Yeah I'm so bored I could puke playing blues rock covers in my power trio. I keep telling my guitard we need to take a few cheesy old pop standards and give them our own treatment AKA the Gimmes but he's not into it. He says "I don't want to do that. I'm a 'SERIOUS' musician."

Whatever

Pity.

I just talked my band into doing "Happy Birthday To You" Gimme style.

[PlungerModerno]

Rage Against The Machine's cover of Bob Dylan's 'Maggie's Farm'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4y-9RoMFU

vs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmceSj07_fs

And (I am prepared for some disagreement here) Booker T. & The MG's cover of The Beatles 'Something':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkhOmKVW08

vs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo6BY0VOpQo

[Richland123]

Angel Eyes - original by John Hiatt - cover by The Jeff Healey Band
Bette Davis Eyes - original by Jackie DeShannon - cover by Kim Carnes

[Bert Slide]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

Pity.

I just talked my band into doing "Happy Birthday To You" Gimme style.

Nice. We actually do a slow to fast to slow punk version of "House of the Rising Sun" we arranged but I want to do like the Gimmes and take cheesy but classic songs we normally wouldn't play and rock them out.

Hey I haven't heard the Gimmes do "Happy Birthday" but the NOFX version I've heard on one of their live albums probably wouldn't be a good way to go..."Happy Birthday Amy your not special...."

[Richland123]

Since You Been Gone - original by Russ Ballard - covers by Rainbow and Head East
Winning - original by Russ Ballard - cover by Santana
Kentucky Woman - original by Neil Diamond - cover by Deep Purple
Hush - original by Billy Joe Royal - cover by Deep Purple
One Way Out - original by Elmore James - covered by The Allman Brothers

[bassinplace]

Yes covering Every Little Thing by the Beatles far outshined the original, for my money.

[mcm]

Beatles over the isleys? Don't think so

[Big Mother]

Alice Cooper's version of Hello Hooray
Arctic Sleep's version of The Scientists

[Richland123]

America - original by Simon & Garfunkel - cover by Yes
Smokin' In The Boys Room - original by Brownsville Station - cover by Motley Crue
You Are So Beautiful - original by Billy Preston - cover by Joe Cocker

[MAJOR METAL]

Metallica's cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seed's "Loverman".

[gjbassist]

Originally Posted by Kmonk

Manfred Mann's cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded By The Light"

I have to disagree with this one! IMO the original is better. The Boss' version has a simplicity and funky feel to it that I prefer to the Manfred Mann version. Plus you can actually understand what Bruce is singing. It's Deuce not Douche!

As far as songs I prefer the cover version to the original:
The Power Station's version of "Get It On (Bang A Gong)"
It has a cool groove, that funky bass break courtesy of John Taylor, a catchy guitar solo and Robert Palmer's voice.

[Peepaleep]

ZZ Top doing "I Thank You" and Tori Amos' version of "Landslide." Two of my favorite covers that have not already been mentioned.

And Of course, "Morning Dew" as done by the Grateful Dead. When they did it well it was thunderous.

[progmanjum]

I prefer Blackfoot's version of Morning Dew.

[BenBL]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, but The Clash's cover of I Fought the Law originally by The Crickets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4

[Richland123]

Originally Posted by BenBL

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, but The Clash's cover of I Fought the Law originally by The Crickets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4

Yep. Good choice and most people don't realize that The Bobby Fuller Four version was a cover of the original by The Crickets (after Buddy Holly)

[iriegnome]

Def Lepard's version of David Essex's Rock On, The Dolly Rots version of Melanie's Brand New Key, Save Ferris' version of Dexy's Midnight Runners Come On Eileen, Kiss's version of Phil Spector's Then She Kissed me, Billy Idol's version of The Doors LA Woman, Billy Idol's version of Jody Reynolds Endless Sleep

[iriegnome]

Oh... The Firm's version of The Rightous Brother's You've Lost that Loving Feeling (What a cool Fretless bass part)

[Unrepresented]

Joan Jett probably deserves a lot more credit in this thread. Most of her hits were covers.