Cover is better than the original

[cfsporn]

3 pages in and nobody has mentioned Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt? Or Nirvana's cover of The Man Who Sold the World?

Also, The Ramones deserve a lot more representation in this thread.

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by cfsporn

Also, The Ramones deserve a lot more representation in this thread.

"Needles and Pins" in particular, IMHO

[Trayster2]

Originally Posted by Unrepresented

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

I second that! Love her cover of Crimson & Clover.

I also love Heart's cover of Led Zeppelin's Battle of Evermore.

[Spectrum]

Rush's cover of Buddy Holly's Garden Road is pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-7CV1IUl8

[bassmeknik]

My first thought was Hendrix covering Dylans "All Along the Watchtower" but also The Fifth Dimension covering "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" original by cast of the Broadway musical Hair.

[vlado]

Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah for me is way superior to the original, 'though I'm a big Leonard Cohen fan.

[geoff_in_nc]

David Lindley just kills covers... one of my favorite slide players.

David Lindley And El-Rayo X
Twist And Shout
and
Mercury Blues

[nutdog]

Hendrix Like a Rolling Stone.

With all due respect for Jamerson I prefer The Faces version of I'm Losing You.

[waynobass]

Originally Posted by lfmn16

William Shatner's cover of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds?

No, but Elton John's version rivals the original.

[monti2889]

RHCP cover of higher ground (original Stevie Wonder)

Sawyer brown cover of The race is on original George Jones)

alison krauss cover of when you say nothing at all (original Keith Whitley)

Meat loaf cover of Black betty (original Ram Jam)

Bowling for soup cover of Summer of 69 (original bryan adams)

[Hilton Marsh]

Hayseed Dixies cover of Behemien Rhapsody

[Crockettnj]

Styx cover of "Walrus"

Manfred man dong Bruce's "For You" and maybe blinded by the light too.


honorable mention...
My band doing "knockin at your back door" from DP... went over like a turd in church since the crowd was there for beatles stuff

[Crockettnj]

Originally Posted by Trayster2

... Love her cover of Crimson & Clover.

plus little dummer boy... fun covers those!

[Spectrum]

Tina Turner's version of Acid Queen in the Who's Tommy movie. In what is already a freaky movie this scene is truly creepy, but it's awesome and Tina makes this song her own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rJGX8uqoL8

[IronLung1986]

Originally Posted by gjbassist

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!

YES thank you! I debated getting into that whole issue but I gotta say that manfred mann version just strips the song of all meaning. All you remember is a bunch of studio tricks and the singer shouting the title of the song over and over. Bruce's version is an anthem of street poetry where every lyric is important.

[rocmonster]

Great thread.

My favorite is the legendary Led Zeppelin 'Dancing Daze' covered by Stone Temple Pilots, slow, soulful, and seductive.

[Richland123]

Originally Posted by monti2889

Meat loaf cover of Black betty (original Ram Jam)

See above several pages, Ram Jam did not originally do Black Betty.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by nutdog

With all due respect for Jamerson I prefer The Faces version of I'm Losing You.

I like it...and the version on Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells A Story.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by monti2889

RHCP cover of higher ground (original Stevie Wonder)

Blasphemy.
...you should be ducking.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by Bert Slide

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."

You can remind him that many 'SERIOUS' Jazz & Beboppers do this...