Covers that are better than the original.

[Big Willy!]

Flying Lizards- Money
Celtic Frost- Mexican Radio
Soundgarden- Girl U Want
Chili Peppers- Subterranean Homesick Blues
Towa Tei/Bebel Gilberto- Private Eyes
Moog Cookbook- Hotel California

 

[no1likesme]

cake "i will survive"

 

[Auzzie-Phoenix]

that's right... cake... how could I forget that one... good cover.

 

[Green Mind]

Against Me! - Wagon Wheel
The Aquabats! - Don't Stop Believing (not really better but still very amusing)
Atom and his package - Waiting Room (again)
Death From above 1979 - Luno
Descendents - Wendy
Dinosaur Jr. - Just like heaven (but they're both pretty even)
Lou & Abby Barlow - Run to you
Rock Plaza Central - Sexyback
Melvins - Going Blind
Melvins - Youth of america
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair
Refused - Let's go crazy
Pretty well anything Paul Anka has covered
Treepeople - Wild world
William Shatner - Common People

 

[Barkless Dog]

Pick any Bob Dylan song and you will find someone else doing a better version.

Bryan Ferry, Jeff Beck & Johnny Winter have the knack of making other people's songs better

 

[Marlat]

Phish - Getting Jiggy With It.

 

[51m0n]

Johnny Cash - Hurt

+1, but only just better.

Personal Jesus is way better than the original though

 

[51m0n]

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.

The original comes across to me as a song from a younger guy who feels all he's done to date is worthless. JC's version is astonishing since it comes across as utterly hopeless - a man at the end of his life surveying his past and feeling as if it has all been worthless. IMHO naturally, the second projects even more despair and sorrow. Cant help but feel it deeply myself.

 

[Sneckumhaw]

I prefer these covers over the originals:

Save Ferris- Come On Eileen (Dexy's Midnight Runners)
RHCP- Rollercoaster (Ohio Players)
Disturbed- Shout 2000 (Original: Shout by Tears for Fears)
Lemonheads- Mrs. Robinson (Beatles)Green Day- My Generation (The Who)

Nothing special regarding the bands who covered the originals, I just prefer the sounds given to the songs by the covering artists.

That's Simon and Garfunkel

 

[wdinc01]

I don't care what anyone says, Knockin' on Heaven's Door was written to be played by Guns n Roses.

Although I do agree that they do it very well, I think it looses it's touch when they have that cut in of that guy on the radio talking about whatever he's talking about that leads into the breakdown. Then it feels over produced. I liked Clapton's version more.

 

[Jeremy Crockett]

"Blinded by the Light" - Manfred Mann turned Springsteen's funereal dirge into a nice tune.

 

[wdinc01]

"Blinded by the Light" - Manfred Mann turned Springsteen's funereal dirge into a nice tune.

I was actually going to say something about that, but I dig the original just as much.

 

[Benjamin Strange]

"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" - Revolting Cocks (originally Rod Stewart)
"Symptom of the Universe" - Sepultura (originally Black Sabbath)
"Iron Man" - The Cardigans (originally Black Sabbath)
"Police & Thieves" - The Clash (originally Lee "Scratch" Perry)
"The Badge" - Pantera (originally Poison Idea)
"I Started A Joke" - Faith No More (originally The BeeGees)
"You Oughtta Know" - 1000 Mona Lisa's (originally Alanis Morissette)

 

[downneck]

tom petty's "american girl" covered by dance hall crashers. totally blows the original out of the water

 

[plastik-bass[?]]

Avail covering "Santeria" is better.

I'm gonna have to STRONGLY disagree with you there...i dunno it might just be the UBER sublime fan in me but I cant even compare the 2 it isnt even possible.

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

OK, everyone, I have a couple.



and be transformed. No one today sings like this.

Richie Havens does some nice Dylan and Beatles covers, a whole CD of them, actually.

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

Rock On by Def Leppard.


Here it is-

 

[Hyde]

Haste The Day's cover of Long Way Down by the Goo Goo Dolls, and Infectious Grooves' cover of the Immigrant Song.

 

[RD]

Prince is great, but Micheal Hedges doing Love Bizarre is amazing.
RD

 

[toytech]

Back in Black covered by Living Colour,
Viva Las Vegas covered by the Dead Kennedies