Covers that are better than the original (sacrilege).

Clarky

english_bob said:

Oh, and Jimi Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower. Bob says so.

+ 1,000,000

Clarky

Was Not Was: Papa was a Rollin' Stone

Stevie Ray: Little Wing

and although I love the original, this kicks it's ass majorly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQa7SvVCdZk

Chalky

Roberta Flack's version of First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. The song was already fifteen years old by then and sang as a rather flat folk song by various folk acts.

fields5069

Chalky said:

Roberta Flack's version of First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. The song was already fifteen years old by then and sang as a rather flat folk song by various folk acts.

My wife and I compiled a CD for the bar after our wedding. She chose Roberta's version, and I chose Johnny's. I was right, unless she's reading this, in which case she is always right. :-)

strumjoughlamps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1omqMqpyj4Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGjQhkdqMUI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_benmP9I3o

snakemanStoo

Just a request for those of us who can't view videos for whatever reason, could you say what songs and artists they are please?

PolarityMan

Tool - No quarter

Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams

Reel Big Fish - Take on Me

octatonic

Elvis Costello: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

Johnny Cash: Hurt

Springsteen: Because the Night

Col_Decker

Boys of Summer, either the Show of Hands, or Atari's versions

lloyd

octatonic said:

Elvis Costello: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

Johnny Cash: Hurt

Springsteen: Because the Night

Wizzz

PolarityMan

octatonic said:

Johnny Cash: Hurt

Almost..the vocal delivery is phenomenal but the guitar part misses the whole point of the song, just adding in those dissonant intervals would have made his version perfect.

Dopesick

Type O Negative - Summer Breeze
Faith No More - Easy
Dead Can Dance - The Wind That Shakes The Barley

eSully

The only one I can think of right now that hasn't been mentioned is - Love Machine - Arctic Monkeys

Edit - Actually I retract that, the original is better than the video below having given it another listen :P

Sesh

David Watts by The Jam

Molly's Lips by Nirvana

Gloria by Patti Smith

Baby I love you by the Ramones

Only Love Can Break Your Heart by St Etienne

I'm a Believer by The Monkees

crunchman

Beatles (or Ferris Bueller) - Twist and Shout.   The original version of the song is awful.

Has anyone mentioned R E S P E C T by Aretha Franklin?

strumjoughlamps

Sesh said:

Molly's Lips by Nirvana

song was written for Nirvana wasn't it so not technically a cover?? I am sure The Fluid never recorded the song only wrote it.

earwighoney

strumjoughlamps said:

Sesh said:

Molly's Lips by Nirvana

song was written for Nirvana wasn't it so not technically a cover?? I am sure The Fluid never recorded the song only wrote it.

No, the song wasn't written for them.  It was written and performed by the Vaselines who released it in 1988 (I think)

hobbio

Girls Just Want To Have Fun. Cyndi Lauper's version is miles better than the original, which was quite a rapey song written and performed by a man. 

strumjoughlamps

earwighoney said:

strumjoughlamps said:

Sesh said:

Molly's Lips by Nirvana

song was written for Nirvana wasn't it so not technically a cover?? I am sure The Fluid never recorded the song only wrote it.

No, the song wasn't written for them.  It was written and performed by the Vaselines who released it in 1988 (I think)

yes after searching you are correct, think I am getting my Meat Puppets/Vaselines/Fluid stuff mixed up.

Gassage

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