Song Covers you prefer to the original

[malestrithe]

Hey Joe. The Leaves sang it first. Hendrix made it his own. I prefer Deep Purple's iteration of it.

Wynonna made a version of Burning Love that I like more than Elvis Presley's.

The Donnas Safety Dance.

 

[loc978]

I think I prefer the Iron Maiden cover of UFO's Doctor Doctor.

Spoiler: Iron Maiden

Spoiler: UFO

That's because Iron Maiden can't touch anything without making it 100% more metal. So... I agree.

 

[shadyh8er]

Believe it or not, Disturbed actually did a very good cover of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."

 

[TeeBs]

Isn't it mutually accepted that Jeff Buckley's version is like 100x better then Leonard Cohen's, hell Leonard didn't even like his version and only became popular post humorously, Though I guess the same could be said about Jeff.

For that song, I'm actually rather enamored with Bon Jovi's version.

Is there a song more covered then Hallelujah?

 

[Brooks13]

Placebo - Running Up that Hill

Originally a Kate Bush song.

Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM

Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdK9OlOzayE

(Dolph Lundgren covers Elvis ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMDXLrTs6Lo ...)

 

[old account]

This is just too awesome!

 

[Aris Khandr]

Is there a song more covered then Hallelujah?

Yesterday, by the Beatles, is the most covered song in contemporary music.

 

[skywalkerlion]

Sorry about the quality. Still better than the original to me though

 

[InsomniJack]

I win.

I was gonna go for this one, myself.


But that one's good too.

 

[Lekonua]

Weird Al's Bohemian Polka.

 

[Ekonk]

I win.

You win like a ************.

I'm serious, never before was I so ninja'd.

 

[chach_face]

thank-e, brotha man.
I respect that you disagree, but now that there's a video, I wonder what other people think.

 

[Mikeyfell]

Umbrella by Vanilla Sky

and every song Cobus Potgieter touches turns into solid gold

 

[chach_face]

I am currently unable to provide any video or audio, but I strongly recommend that you look dis shit up.
"Holy Diver" by kill.switch engage is much better than the one by Dio.

Check it out yo.

-there ya go.

I disagree, by the way. They did a good job (and made a hilarious video), but Ronnie James mothafuckin' Dio still did it better [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkysjcs5vFU], in my humble opinion.

There it is.

 

[TeeBs]

Is there a song more covered then Hallelujah?

Yesterday, by the Beatles, is the most covered song in contemporary music.

Off the top of my head though I can't name one artist who is massively popular who has covered that song.

 

[loc978]

I almost forgot, for the stoner crowd, Smoke Two Joints. Here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfduFy26EE0]'s the original song... and no matter what anyone says about Sublime, for me, the definitive version is done by Richard Cheese.
...interestingly enough, the only place I could find it hosted was a German video site [http://www.myvideo.de/watch/4476905/smoke_two_joints_beste_version]...

 

[TeeBs]

It's not so much I enjoy this song more then the original, I enjoy both for different reasons.

 

[Dindril]

Sonata Arctica - Face to Black
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ErNlS0XsLE
(as soon as I figure out how to embed on the Escapist, I'm do so)

I miss the outro solo, but other than that...

 

[SonicKaos]

It doesn't happen often, but one stands out in my mind:

Metric's Black Sheep was covered by the fake band The Clash at Demonhead in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I loved the song, so I checked out the original... The cover is infinitely better IMO. Bree Larson sounds way better then Metric's singer. I realise this will not be a popular opinion lol.

 

[Rachel317]

Spoiler: Fly Me to The Moon from Bayonetta

Spoiler: Lacuna Coil's Enjoy the Silence

Spoiler: Red's Ordinary World

Spoiler: Skindred's Electric Avenue

Spoiler: Killswitch Engage's Holy Diver

Original is awesome too but...come on, Howard Jones just freaking rules.

I'm sure I could come up with more, given time.
I also love Aenema (Tool) by SAGE4, but I can't find a video where the quality doesn't suck.

EDIT: Gah, been ninja'd with a couple of these.