Thread: Covers that are better than the original

Originally Posted by DeathVan

-I love Bowie and think the originals are better, but both of these are damn good covers

Does it seem like Bowie's live version is a slight nod to the Nirvana version? It seems a little different than I recall the album version sounding.

in Harvest, I think.

Must.....resist....urge to...........go..........copletely ..............Ziggy Stardust CRAZY!

Nina really nailed the spirit:



Then there's Bauhaus:


...but there was only one Ziggy:


Ziggy was too beautiful for Earth. When the kids had killed The Man I had to break up the band.

Never heard Mose Allison's original, but it just can't be any better than this.



I always loved Gary Moore's version of Shapes Of Things



Built For Comfort UFO w/Schenker!



Easy FNM>The Commodores

Personally, I'm a fan of when somebody takes a song that they are covering and makes it their own. So, it's not necessarily better, just different with their own unique stamp on it.

Peter Gabriel, a man who until recently wasn't known for doing many covers (he released a covers album last year) used to do a mean cover of Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar" back in his early days that takes the soulful nature of the original and tweaks it just enough.

...this thread, and any idea even remotely close to this thread, is about as useless as the "Alta is for Nazis" thread

please delete before Monday morning workers get ahold of it

can't believe that no one has mentioned CCR's heard it through the grapevine....

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Actually, this doesnt qualify. Just a sample, more like. But I like the interpretation.

I love Led Zep, but I gotta hand it to Tool for covering "No Quarter" Def better than the original

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmWVTMFfar0"]YouTube - TOOL--No Quarter 1994[/nomedia]

built to spill's "cortez the killer" is pretty badass

Mike Ness' Don't Think Twice its Alright. Just about anything is better than Dylan orginals. Hence why Jimi Hendrix was so popular. Metallica's Tuesday's Gone is better than Skynyrd's

A decent cover of a shitty song:


FKNA cover of a good song:


HEY HEY HEY HEY

Originally Posted by VTsession

I love Led Zep, but I gotta hand it to Tool for covering "No Quarter" Def better than the original

Maybe better than the Houses Of The Holy original but not better than The Song Remains The Same version.



And don't know how I could forget a couple Judas Priest versions of Fleetwood Mac & Joan Baez tunes.

Originally Posted by powpig

Maybe better than the Houses Of The Holy original but not better than The Song Remains The Same version.

tool def not better than zepp on either.

Originally Posted by powpig

And don't know how I could forget a couple Judas Priest versions of Fleetwood Mac & Joan Baez tunes.

i'm a huge JP fan and never knew those were covers!


van halen's cover of the kinks' 'you really got me' has got to be one of the best covers that are better than the original.

surprised no mentioned this one on a skiing site.

Patti Smith = Gloria

Rolling Stones = Round and Round

Boz Scaggs = Loan Me a Dime

Also Ben Taylor does a pretty good version of that shitty Macy Gray song from way back:

covered by many, but Metallica rocked it best in '98....

this is wicked fun stuff from the full on Haight-Ashbury daze!
love the news guys;news guy voice. woot. i really enjoy LSD and sillycybin boomers

Originally Posted by powpig

I always loved Gary Moore's version of Shapes Of Things

but this one is just sublime...

Dinosaur, Jr


of the many recorded "whiskey in the jar" Metallica's is among the worst.

Originally Posted by Hugh Conway

of the many recorded "whiskey in the jar" Metallica's is among the worst.

QFT.....

wow,,3 pages and no Joe Cocker?

Little HElp from my Friends/Beatles

Feeling Alright/ Dave Mason/Traffic

Black Crowes:

Oh Well/Fleetwood Mac

There are some Black Crowes versions of Zeppelin songs that are killer too.

Easy Star All Stars do a complete cover of Dark Side of the Moon that is awesome