Cover songs that are better than the original

[DeathBrewer]

don't know if it's better, but it's certainly made of awesome...

Painkiller

Judas Priest (original):
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Iv_kAjMLk]YouTube - Judas Priest - Painkiller[/ame]

Death (cover):
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quPliK3eAy4]YouTube - Death - Painkiller[/ame]

 

[homebrewer_99]

Better than the original, not really, but damn, a valiant effort. Anyone who can take on Robert Plant gets mad props.

YouTube - Great White - Babe I´m Gonna Leave You (Led Zepplin Cover)

That's not an original Zep song. The original is a folk song written in the 50's:

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


My vote is Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of Springsteen's Blinded by the Light...

 

[niquejim]

I agree with almost none of these.

I agree wholeheartedly

Clapton's " I shot the Sheriff"

May the ghost of Bob put you in a permanent Ganga haze

 

[DUCCCC]

Just about the perfect cover:
[youtube]Ltjbnyvq_SI[/youtube]

 

[Tenchiro]

I'm a big Johnny Cash fan:
But Social Distortion really nailed the cover:

That is an awesome one, although I am not sure if their's is better. Especially when you factor in the version he did at Folsom. And now that I think about it The Reverend Horton Heat did an awesome version of Folsom Prison Blues.

 

[the bunnay]

i'm slightly biased as i am a Huge me first and the gimme gimmes fan. they pay the rent with covers:





**ducks**

 

[Seawolf]

This thread is awesome

 

[beerthirty]

i'm slightly biased as i am a Huge me first and the gimme gimmes fan. they pay the rent with covers:

YouTube - Wild World - Stereo - Me First and The Gimme Gimmes



**ducks**

Damn girl! Too bad we are separated by an entire continent! Rock on.

 

[wildwest450]

That's not an original Zep song. The original is a folk song written in the 50's: My vote is Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of Springsteen's Blinded by the Light...

Well then it's a double cover, and that makes it twice as good. The 50's? How old are you?

 

[eschatz]

Best cover ever was the Nicotones doing Kiss Me Once-Lita Ford

 

[the bunnay]

hells, yeah. not much of a video but a damn good cover:



gives this one a run for its money:

 

[Soulive]

Better than the original, not really, but damn, a valiant effort. Anyone who can take on Robert Plant gets mad props.

YouTube - Great White - Babe I´m Gonna Leave You (Led Zepplin Cover)

Wow, great cover carried by the vocals. The guitar parts were weak but he does Plant almost better than Plant does...:rockin:

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Anything that is remade into what I call 'fake music' (involves no people playing actual instruments) sucks in my book, a la the Bryan Adams remake of Heaven a couple of years ago.

One of the few that I can say I like better than the original is Disturbed's version of Shout. It's kicks Tears For Fears's ass.

 

[adrock]

Speaking of Disturbed, I'm a fan of their version of "Land of Confusion," originally by Genesis. The video's the best part, IMO.

[youtube]9KW8DRSvEoQ[/youtube]

 

[niquejim]

hells, yeah. not much of a video but a damn good cover:



QUOTE]

You can't be serious


Beat a song originally from the 1300's

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4LvXZNOuI]YouTube - Traffic - John Barleycorn[/ame]

 

[Yooper]

Speaking of Disturbed, I'm a fan of their version of "Land of Confusion," originally by Genesis. The video's the best part, IMO.

[youtube]9KW8DRSvEoQ[/youtube]

Yeah, I like it too, but then again I'm not a real fan of Phil Collins' voice.

I don't know how to link it (and I'm too druck to really care all the much), but I think EmmyLou Harris' version of "Here, There, and Everywhere" is a great version of the Beatles big hit. Not BETTER ( I mean, it's the Beatles, ya know?) but excellent.

 

[niquejim]

Not really a cover but this song while talking about a few years later has two great songs

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7T8CRC4TI]YouTube - Kid Rock - All Summer Long[/ame]

 

[bashe]

Crooked Fingers Cover of "When You Were Mine". Prince's version sucks.

 

[phissionkorps]

Ugh that kid rock song is one of the worst songs ever written, and I use that term loosely. I can't describe it better though since there's not a word for making a mashup of an original song, and a ripoff of that song, which sound pretty much exactly the same.

 

[yermej]

Maybe not better than the original, but The Dillinger Escape Plan does a crazy version of Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy":
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGvGsNmaQE]YouTube - The Dillinger Escape Plan - Come To Daddy (Live)[/ame]

It's mostly awesome because dude actually plays the drum parts (which were never meant to be played by a human; the music starts at 0:50):
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxhz3YU0s6I]YouTube - Chris Pennie- Come to Daddy[/ame]

And to get a little girlie, Cibo Matto do a kick ass cover of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" (anybody remember "Squirt TV" on MTV?):
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OHoJNgNVIY]YouTube - Cibo Matto perform "Black Hole Sun" on Squirt TV[/ame]

And even more girlie, Yael Naim covers Britney Spears' "Toxic":
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETh0Kfxk2BY]YouTube - Yael Naim - Toxic[/ame]

(or live so you can see her in all her awesomeness):
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5pP55u9s10]YouTube - Yael Naim - Toxic[/ame]

 

[Professor Frink]

I don't think anyone posted it, and it may be heresy, but I say this version is hands down better...

[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGy_7qTvjDs[/youtube]

 

[Schwind]

Tool covering Led Zep's No Quarter. It's the only time someone has played a Zeppelin song better than Zeppelin. Ever.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYqxnBaNOKk]YouTube - TOOL-No Quarter 1995[/ame]

 

[Ooompa Loompa]

Original:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bZtf5MCzY]YouTube - Nine Inch Nails - Hurt[/ame]

Cover:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go]YouTube - Johnny Cash Hurt[/ame]

 

[BigNick73]

Since me first and the gimme gimmes has been covered I like this one by goldfinger


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpijLuO5qs]YouTube - goldfinger - 99 red balloons[/ame]


and the original

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4]YouTube - 99 red ballons - Nena[/ame]

For Me First and the Gimme Gimmes I always liked

 

[BlindLemonLars]

I don't think anyone posted it, and it may be heresy, but I say this version is hands down better...

That's not heresy at all, it's just common sense! Dylan was (is?) a brilliant songwriter, but his performances were uniformly dreadful. IMHO of course.

Jimi's comping between chords is so beautiful in this song. I doubt he ever played the song twice in exactly the same way, always improvising the little counter-melodies and transitional chords. While he constantly pushed the envelope in terms of guitar technique, his roots as a consummate player and sideman (to the Isley Brothers, among others) are nicely displayed here.

 

[Jester369]

Always like White Lion's version of Radar Love better than Golden Earing's.

Cover:
[youtube]lVF5ZkG20dQ[/youtube]

Original:
[youtube]JeRa3RtBiIU[/youtube]

Vitto Bratta (guitar) always blew me away.

 

[dblvsn]

311 does an awesome cover of The Cure's "Love Song"

[youtube]mZqEqypU4cs[/youtube]

 

[FishinDave07]

mmm...baby got back



Killswitch, nailed it IMO. (Don't mind the video, its STUPID)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA1rpVfT15U]YouTube - Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver[/ame]

Evergreen Terrace has an album called "Writer's Block" which is all covers. (Once again, pay no attention to this retarded video)

 

[FishinDave07]

 

[niquejim]

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)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjXN3OLgoqs&feature=related]YouTube - Stanley Jordan plays "Stairway to Heaven"[/ame]