Cover songs that are better than the original

[yermej]

[ame=http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=R9i596WMbmg]YouTube - David Byrne I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Live Union Ch.)[15][/ame]

 

[yermej]

You have to admit that before you heard of the Easy All Stars version you wouldn't have conceived a reggae version of that song or the album was even possible.

That's my big thing with Dub Side and Radiodread. I heard about them and just didn't believe it could be done without being cheesy at best. Whether or not people consider them better, they're really well thought out and executed. Amazing tributes to the original works.

 

[niquejim]

You have to admit that before you heard of the Easy All Stars version you wouldn't have conceived a reggae version of that song or the album was even possible.

Not so Grasshopper
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysxw7EON5xc]YouTube - neil diamond red red wine[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg1iEBWxVeQ]YouTube - UB40 Red Red Wine 1983[/ame]


And if I can appreciate this

First time I heard this I thought it was a sin to copy such a classic, but it's not a copy it's a different interpretation(IMHO)

YouTube - Stanley Jordan plays "Stairway to Heaven"

I can appreciate (almost) anything

 

[olllllo]

@ niquejim
And that is what is required of a good cover then. Expand the concept. Bring something new to the story.

 

[niquejim]

@ niquejim
And that is what is required of a good cover then. Expand the concept. Bring something new to the story.

Some straight cover are somewhat better due to ability or new technologies
Such as
Eric Clapton- Crossroads////Robert Johnson- Crossroads

Sometimes they are just seeing something others don't see in a song

The reggae Floyd is actually not bad and I wish I had heard it before Rick Wright died. I may have listened the first time with an open mind

I was actually listening to Leadbelly tonight. Where would Zeppelin been without music like his( and I love Zeppelin)

 

[xjiefx]

Anything by Richard Cheese is really funny!

I really like The lost Fingers too:

Pump up the Jam cover:
[youtube]qrgw-3oznMo[/youtube]

 

[Joker]

Not sure how many I would vote better but at least this provided some interesting listening this morning at work.

 

[PseudoChef]

Hate Phish, but this one cracks me up:

YouTube - Phish - Gin And Juice..

That's not Phish, it's The Gourds.

Also, a lot of the popular Zep songs are already covers.

My contribution: Nina Gordon - Straight Outta' Compton:

 

[KingBrianI]

not better than the original, of course, but an interesting spin on it.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I]YouTube - Stairway To Heaven - The Beatnix[/ame]

and for an even more "out-there" variation:


and dave grohl is awesome:

 

[Duckfoot]

Reel Big Fish - Aha's "Take on Me"
[youtube]HO7sTntruzg[/youtube]

Alien Ant Farm - Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal"
[youtube]hxeNZOLNh4c[/youtube]

 

[salad 419]

Anything by Richard Cheese is really funny!

His Cannibal Corpse/Death Metal video is hilarious.

 

[Tripod]

I won't go so far as to say it's better, but I can't help but giggle anytime I hear RUN DMC cover "Walk This Way"....

 

[TeleTwanger]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oZgRatEDMI]YouTube - Dwight Yoakam - Crazy Little Thing Called Love[/ame]

 

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

Dimmu Borgir's cover of Twisted Sister's "Burn in Hell." Wow!

 

[Tenchiro]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1s522WZ9nk]YouTube - joe strummer and johnny cash - redemption song[/ame]

 

[Jamo99]

Anybody's cover of a Dylan song is better than Dylan's rendition. Fantastic songwriter...AWFUL singer.

Dave Matthews does a great job with "Long Black Veil." Technically, it's a folk tune, but Johnny Cash popularized it slightly. This isn't the best video, and I've heard the band do a better rendition, but it's the best that YouTube had to offer.

YouTube - Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris- Long Black Veil

Ugh. Really? My SWMBO who thinks Big Eyed Fish is kickass thinks that that version is garbage compared to The Band's. Better than Johnny Cash's cover as well.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4-ixeR1sdA]YouTube - The Band- Long Black Veil[/ame]

 

[Bruscar]

Stunned this one hasn't been mentioned. Hell, even Ray Davies liked Van Halen's version of "You really got me" better.

Plan A:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GmzyeeXnQ]YouTube - the kinks- you really got me[/ame]

Plan VH:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRqkRmRocQ]YouTube - Van Halen - You Really Got Me[/ame]

 

[seethe303]

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