What Covers of Songs Do You Prefer Rather Than the Original?

[SecretsOfMoon]

Pretty much any covers Hendrix and Lemmy Kilmister have done, but beyond that I'm strugling with recalling any covers that are outright better. Entombed has a very good cover of Under the Sun and Voivod cover of 21st Century Schiziod Man is also very good, but neither is explicitly superior to the original. Also if you want to hear a Snowblind cover done properly, go listen to the one by Sleep, the SOAD one is utterly vile and hateful, and so is the Killswitch's Holy Diver cover.

 

[Plinglebob]

Anything by the Muppets:

And because things must sometimes go the other way, Willie Nelsons cover of Rainbow Connection is pretty good.

 

[themyrmidon]

Nazareth's "This Flight Tonight" is better than Joni Mitchell's to me.

 

[Rule Britannia]

Flash of the blade originally by Iron Maiden. I personally prefer the Avenged Sevenfold cover.

Iron Maiden

Avenged Sevenfold:

I call your Avenged Sevenfold and raise you Rhapsody of Fire:

I like the instruments more than any of the versions but I do not like the singer (at all) which is pretty much the reason why I like Avenged Sevenfold's version M Shadows is an amazing vocalist . The solo in Rhapsody of Fire's version sounds amazing and like I said I think the instruments in Rhapsody of fire sound amazing.

 

[Rodrigo Girao]

"Crying in the Rain":

original

cover

 

[JesterRaiin]

This :


or this :

 

[mrvermin]

Peter Schilling did a (sort of) cover to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" called "Major Tom"


Which was remade by "Shiny Toy Guns"


MrVermin

 

[Yuno Gasai]

Two songs spring to mind here..

 

[Delta437]

I enjoy A Perfect Circle's cover of John Lennon's Imagine. Maynard's voice sounds a lot more haunting and emotional to me

 

[bauke67]

A few cover of Johnny Cash are pretty good, ghost riders and ring of fire both have great covers.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

The Manic Street Preachers cover of Nirvana's Been A Son. I think IMHO that the ay they played the song suits it better that the original. [small]Don't kill Nirvana fans[/small]

 

[No_Remainders]

inb4 Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt"

Also Johnny Cash's cover of "I Hung My Head"

I didn't know "I Hung my Head" was a cover, i do love that song.

Yeah, Sting wrote it.

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

I much prefer Reel Big Fish's cover of Boys Don't Cry to the original.

Spoiler: Original

Spoiler: Reel Big Fish version

 

[Mark Hardigan]

I like CSNY's cover of Joni Mitchell's Woodstock better than the original.

 

[Kenbo Slice]

These are my top 3 favorite covers

 

[Shoggoth2588]

and finally...


One more but I don't know if it counts since it's more of a parody than a cover:

 

[Burn2Feel]

Jolene - The White Stripes
Hot 'N Cold - Woe Is Me
Cry Me A River - Lostprophets
What Goes Around... - Alesana
Zombie - Breed 77 or Miser (Both are great)

 

[Belaam]

Ring of Fire by Social Distortion
Brown Eyed Girl by Reel Big Fish
The Passenger by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Hallelujah by k.d. lang

 

[Off Topic]

Careless Whisper by Seether (George Michael cover)
This gay song is so badass!


and..

Rebel Yell by Drowning Pool (Billy Idol cover)
although original was okay as well


and..

Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson (Eurythmics cover)

 

[Spawny0908]

Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal
Muse's cover of Feelin' Good
Gary Jules' cover of Mad World
José González' cover of Teardrop