Covers that are better than the original.

[Mike Money]

Goldfinger's cover of "99 Red Baloons" is definitely an improvement...


Killswitch Engage covering Dio's "Holy Diver" is better, imho


Reel Big Fish doing "Take on Me" is hella better


Avail covering "Santeria" is better.

 

[bongomania]

Laibach's cover of "The Final Countdown".

Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower".

Isaac Hayes's cover of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix".

 

[fenderhutz]

Goldfinger's cover of "99 Red Baloons" is definitely an improvement...


Killswitch Engage covering Dio's "Holy Diver" is better, imho


Reel Big Fish doing "Take on Me" is hella better


Avail covering "Santeria" is better.

Nope, AHA's Take on Me much better. IMO

Fear Factory's cover of Gary Numans "Cars"

 

[Mike Money]

Also, anything richard cheese does.

 

[I am Domokun]

A Perfect Circle's cover of Imagine.

 

[Mingus]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

 

[rams28]

Pantera's cover of planet caravan bettet imo

 

[Captain Chaos]

Primal Fear's cover of Die Young by Black Sabbath is killer.

 

[mustbampeg]

Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover of Hendrix's Little Wing

 

[Mr.Phil]

Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the Grapevine

 

[Uncle Ernie]

Ozzy's cover of Staying Alive!

 

[BassSurfer]

i think all the covers Nirvana did of the Vaselines ( son of a gun, mollys lips, Jesus Don't Want me for a sunbeam, etc and D-7 which was a Wipers song all sounded better than the original...


and when they covered Bowies, The Man Who wold the world.. but hey thats just me lol

 

[j.a.e.r.i.p]

Jaco Pastorius-The Chicken (better than pee-wee ellis')

 

[theshadow2001]

Every led zepplin song

 

[MentalBass]

Tool's cover of Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter". Simply unreal.

 

[trb6pJM2]

Goldfinger's cover of "99 Red Baloons" is definitely an improvement...


Killswitch Engage covering Dio's "Holy Diver" is better, imho


Reel Big Fish doing "Take on Me" is hella better


Avail covering "Santeria" is better.

good topic, but the OP makes me sad...

Hendrix's cover of all along the watch tower

Primus's master of puppets

Funeral For a Friend by Dream Theater (though I like the original alot)

 

[UncleBalsamic]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

+1

 

[gkbass13]

i disagree with teh johny cash version of hurt being better.

the nine inch nails version has so much more feelign put into it. the johny cash version was only good when paired with the music video showing hsi life, imo.

i find that i prefer most beatles songs when covered by other artists.

 

[pyrohr]

New Birth's "I can understand it" kills Bobby Womack's original version!

 

[Baryonyx]

"Gumboots" and "Whispering Bells" by Paul Simon. "Little Wing" by Jonas Hellborg.