Cover songs that are better than the original

[Yuri_Rage]

Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan. Dylan's version sucks, IMO.

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.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA3RKUHhN5A]YouTube - Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris- Long Black Veil[/ame]

 

[niquejim]

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

Not completely true

I don't think this song would sound any better with a good voice, it would be just wrong

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUogzf1h2UY&feature=related]YouTube - Blonde On Blonde - 01 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35[/ame]

 

[lustreking]

CSNY Covering Woodstock

[youtube]knygIbt2D-8[/youtube]

By Joni Mitchell
[youtube]q3SjqGfe-yM[/youtube]

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart played on kitchen appliances. It's worth seeing through to the end.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZiXbnbh3bY]YouTube - Hurra Torpedo - Total Eclipse of the Heart[/ame]

 

[wildwest450]

Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart played on kitchen appliances. It's worth seeing through to the end.

Quite possibly the shi**iest 3 minutes in musical history. Im now stupider for having watched, thanks gmone.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Quite possibly the shi**iest 3 minutes in musical history. Im now stupider for having watched, thanks gmone.

Glad to be of service!

 

[uglygoat]

isn't it bed time in engerland?

 

[McKBrew]

Faster Pu$$ycat covering "You're so Vain" by Carly Simon

+1. I remember when the FP re-make came out in the early 1990's.

 

[yermej]

Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart played on kitchen appliances. It's worth seeing through to the end.

:rockin: Awesome! I'd forgotten about that one. I love that cover. It's so perfect for that song. I wish I could see those guys live.

 

[Laurel]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iuve2OjY_8]YouTube - SWEET DREAMS - Marilyn Manson[/ame]

 

[Laurel]

Another goodie by MM
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ECw3JD8Zc]YouTube - Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson[/ame]

 

[adrock]

Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart played on kitchen appliances. It's worth seeing through to the end.

YouTube - Hurra Torpedo - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Good find Gnome...speaking of Total Eclipse of the Heart:

[youtube]cIRiZsDObrU[/youtube]

 

[NateKerx]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAVH23mbCKE]YouTube - PS22 Chorus -- Cat Stevens "If You Want To Sing Out"[/ame]


go little kids, you killed it

 

[hoppingmad]

U2 and that pompous Bono get OWNED!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQBrn6trEwI]YouTube - Johnny Cash[/ame]

 

[JBrady]

Throwdowns version of baby got back. Tell me theres at least a few metalheads here on homebrewtalk. lol.

[youtube]PQFBDkQZeNc[/youtube]

 

[Duckfoot]

[youtube]2A2Jt4WOxN8[/youtube]

[youtube]Ymx8bHBigek[/youtube]

[youtube]acULghgYUg0[/youtube]

 

[KRS1]

Two great covers in one video "Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio and "Toxic" by Britney Spears, performed by the best band in Chicago: Local H
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJnpfjul0Ec]YouTube - Local H- Wolf Like Me / Toxic (Live)[/ame]

 

[StunnedMonkey]

How about "I Will Survive" by Cake?

[youtube]10C68Gzd5GM[/youtube]

 

[wheelsonfire]

Hate Phish, but this one cracks me up:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakWKHj051I]YouTube - Phish - Gin And Juice..[/ame]

Dynamite Hack:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2p2oeImwl8]YouTube - Dynamite Hack ~ Boys In Da Hood[/ame]

 

[KingBrianI]

 

[wheelsonfire]

The Clash:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwm1v1R-qM]YouTube - STRAIGHT TO HELL[/ame]

M.I.A.:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCFN1XwDOqE]YouTube - M.I.A. - Paper Planes[/ame]

 

[wheelsonfire]

Queen:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-xVb1qsPCw]YouTube - Queen - Under Pressure[/ame]




Vanilla Ice:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-is6S_b_g]YouTube - Ice Ice Baby[/ame]



Do samples count?

 

[chefchris]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cover a Throwdown song.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxigNvJxGn4[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Freezeblade]

Cover: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX_Iij8Eyts]YouTube - The Bad Plus - Flim!![/ame]

Original: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHkUg-QCwk]YouTube - Aphex Twin - Flim[/ame]

This one's pretty good, they also have great covers of Heart of Glass, Smells like teen spirit, Iron Man and others, although I can't find youtubes of some of them
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVBUCHJvVo]YouTube - Runco's Weekly Music - The Bad Plus - Iron Man[/ame]

 

[olllllo]

I agree with almost none of these.

I remain unswayed. Most of these are not better.

 

[KingBrianI]

I remain unswayed. Most of these are not better.

we're all in awe of your impeccable musical taste!

 

[olllllo]

I have, perhaps 100 - 200 interesting covers in my collection. Most aren't necessarily better, just interesting. I see alot of covers here that are financially motivated.

 

[fratermus]

The title says it all...

To start of, Eva Cassidy's cover of Sting's "fields of gold" gives me goose bumps. Simply amazing
...
...and Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Coen's "Hallelujah":
YouTube - Jeff Buckely-Hallelujah

Thanks for turning me on to Eva; the wife and I were trying to figure out who did that cover. A few mins googling reveals to me that she died of cancer. And of course Jeff didn't make the trip, either.

 

[Duckfoot]

[youtube]7mU2lJKkQ04[/youtube]

 

[martinirish]

I don't find these better than the originals but they are still awsome.

Simple man
Original: Lynyrd Skynyrd
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3QCDd8UiMc&NR=1]YouTube - Lynyrd Skynyrd-Simple Man[/ame]
Cover: Shinedown
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fmSF4chL2I]YouTube - Shinedown - Simple Man[/ame]

Wish you were here
Original: Pink Floyd (btw, R.I.P. Richard Wright)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic]YouTube - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here[/ame]
Cover: Radiohead
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyv_DFzG2SI]YouTube - Radiohead feat. Sparklehorse - Wish You Were Here[/ame]

That one is for fun... ahah
Mutant Christ
Original: Cryptopsy
Cover: The Muppets
[ame=http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=HKGiOY72ru4&feature=related]YouTube - A muppet death metal special.[/ame]

Nutshell
Original: Alice in chains
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpvThShCBOs&feature=related]YouTube - Alice In Chains - Nutshell[/ame]
Cover: Staind (live)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoHxkQSFz0g]YouTube - Staind - Nutshell (Alice in Chains Cover, Live)[/ame]
Cover: Adema
[ame=http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=ivBTeBa0-4g]YouTube - Adema Nutshell Insomniac's Dream[/ame]

Guilty of being white
Original: Minor threat
[ame=http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=l0tzZ__Z5Qw&feature=related]YouTube - Minor Threat - Guilty of Being White[/ame]
Cover: Slayer
[ame=http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=X87ig7cfFbA&feature=related]YouTube - Guilty Of Being White by Slayer (Minor Threat cover)[/ame]

Nazi punks **** off
Original: Dead kennedys
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz1sBi0-130]YouTube - dead kennedys - nazi punks **** off (in studio)[/ame]
Cover: Napalm death
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ5aLGzG7KU&feature=related]YouTube - Napalm Death - nazi.punks.****.off.[/ame]

 

[DUCCCC]

I remain unswayed. Most of these are not better.

OK how about Kris Kristofferson vs. Janis Joplin. It's another Dylan type case, with a hell of a songwriter, but really, Kris sounded pretty lousy. Unless you were plastered...

Kris':
[youtube]XSNuf3FvIXQ[/youtube]


Janis':
[youtube]5FMhnl0__Vo[/youtube]

 

[Tenchiro]

I dunno if it has been posted but Johnny Cash covering NIN Hurt is amazing.

 

[yermej]

Easy Star All-Stars - Great Gig in the Sky (from Dub Side of the Moon)
[youtube]Zny_iiS8NJk[/youtube]

 

[KingBrianI]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQBwrm0GXMo]YouTube - Jose Feliciano - Billie Jean[/ame]

 

[olllllo]

Re: The last 4 posts.
Now we're talking.

Here we have the Residents doing Kawliga with A Billie Jean sample.


Original


Note that the Residents version is not necessarilty better... they just mad it their own.
They added some of themselves to the version and made it outstanding.

Discloure, I have both Easy All Stars disks and they are highly recommended.

 

[niquejim]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T6XIBIjKck]YouTube - Do You Want to Dance-Bobby Freeman-original song-1958[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcsVOFh-Ipo&feature=related]YouTube - Do you wanna Dance - Ramones[/ame]

 

[niquejim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zny_...songs-better-than-original-79640/index12.html


You must be joking. That's not even close

I may have been more tolerant if he had not died yesterday


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAydj4OJnwQ]YouTube - The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd (Studio Version)[/ame]

 

[olllllo]

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.

 

[DUCCCC]

Speaking of Reggae covers...
How about Toots and the Maytals doing a little John Denver:
[youtube]Osx7-7vnYyE[/youtube]

 

[olllllo]

Yea. Good Cover. Toots is frequently covered (Specials, Clash) and a coverer (Toots in Memphis).