Covers that are better than the original

**Buster Highmen** · 08-17-2018, 02:06 PM

This may not be better than the original, but these guys r00led, really a great band:

**Buster Highmen** · 08-17-2018, 02:08 PM

And in the English Beat vein, this one is better than the original:

**Buster Highmen** · 08-17-2018, 02:12 PM

Better than the original:

**The AD** · 08-17-2018, 02:26 PM

As long as we're in the ska vein

I like Blondie, but I don't this is one of their better tunes, but I'm sure plenty of people would prefer the cover.

**PNWbrit** · 08-17-2018, 02:50 PM

or

are better than Neil Diamond's original.

**PNWbrit** · 08-17-2018, 02:54 PM

vs

**PNWbrit** · 08-17-2018, 03:03 PM

became this thanks to Mr Costello

**The AD** · 08-17-2018, 06:27 PM

It would be remarkable if this hasn't been mentioned yet

**dookeyXXX** · 08-17-2018, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by The AD

For some reason they show a photo of Galaxie 500 in the article at #6, but never mention them. I'm guessing they meant to include their cover of Joy Division's "Ceremony" which I never really liked even though I'm a fan of theirs in general.

Funny you should mention Galaxie 500.
I have been thinking about Luna's cover of "Bonnie and Clyde", which I own as a single and on an album and listened to for years before I checked out the Serge Gainsbourg original.

Luna

Serge & Brigitte

FYI, the song has been covered by quite a few interesting folks:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn...e_Bardot_song)

**SumJongGuy** · 08-17-2018, 07:08 PM

Some songs will never be covered better than the original. This is one, but still fun for original bands to pay homage to the legends that paved the way

**mcski** · 08-17-2018, 07:42 PM

Too lazy to look, but surely some has already mentioned

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

**dookeyXXX** · 08-17-2018, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by mcski

Too lazy to look, but surely some has already mentioned

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

I waded through the entire thread yesterday and don't recall seeing it...

This may be considered blasphemy by some, but I totally dig the Manfred Mann version over The Boss's...

**muted** · 08-17-2018, 08:08 PM

Keeping with Dookey's "not necessarily better, just different" tact. Kinda nails the solo at the end!

Nobody should feel obligated post the bullshit metallica Danzig covers: please and thank you.

**Self Jupiter** · 08-17-2018, 08:10 PM

I prefer ^ to the original but I’m a RS fanboy in the highest

**huckbucket** · 08-17-2018, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by AdironRider

Plus pretty much everything Joe Cocker touched was awesome.

Might be the most honest thing I've heard in a year. Just awesome.

**dookeyXXX** · 08-17-2018, 09:57 PM

The Cover
Tricky "Black Steel"

The Original
Public Enemy "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos"

**mcski** · 08-17-2018, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by dookey67

I waded through the entire thread yesterday and don't recall seeing it...

This may be considered blasphemy by some, but I totally dig the Manfred Mann version over The Boss's...

Thx for doing the legwork. Of course manfred's version is a thousand times better than Bruce's. It's gotta be top 5 for the better covers of all time.