Cover Songs That Are Better Than Originals ?

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In the Fav rock band thread this quote
Chaz Sexington said:
The Who > Limp Bizkit.

Very, very few covers are better than the original. One rare example is Rufus Wainwright's version of Halleluja.
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Gave me the idea for this thread to discuss what cover songs you think are better than original versions.
I think there around 50/50, some are the cover is superior in others the original.

A few cover songs I think are superior to the original

Reel Big Fish - Take On Me (cover of Aha)
Nivarna - Man Who Sold the World (cover of Bowie)
UB40 - Red Red Wine (cover of Neil Diamond)
Metallica - Turn the Page (cover of Bob Seger)
Helloween - Lay Your Love On Me (cover of ABBA)

this keeps me on you tube for the night now lol
 
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar (original by The Dubliners). :wub:
 
Matt Cardle - Hit me Baby one more time :p
 
Mike said:
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar (original by The Dubliners). :wub:
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agreed, Metallica's version is also better than the countless other covers of the song to
 
Nirvana's cover of man who sold the world is awesome - originally by David Bowie.
 
I prefer Nine Inch Nails cover of 'Hurt' by Johnny Cash.

Edit: derp.
 
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Jake said:
I prefer Nine Inch Nails cover of 'Hurt' by Johnny Cash.
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Johnny Cash's version is the cover, NiN was the original version.
saying that i prefer cash's version more.
 
Whisky in the Jar is a cover...didn't know that!

Feeling Good- Muse
Nothing Compares to U- Sinead O'Connor
Man who sold the world- Nirvana
All along the watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
Respect- Aretha Franklin

And many others.....
 
Mykee said:
Johnny Cash's version is the cover, NiN was the original version.
saying that i prefer cash's version more.
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Correct, i did not know that, assumed with Cash being an artist most active in the 60's and 70's that he wrote it then.

Not a big follower of NiN or a great fan of Cash, only heard the NiN version recently so assumed it was a cover. :)

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Nirvana's cover of 'Lake of Fire' by Meat Puppets.

Higher Ground and Love Rollercoaster are two covers by The Red Hot Chili Peppers that i really like.
 
Check out escape the fate's cover of 'Smooth'. I thoroughly enjoy it, but I'm a bit weird like that
 
TheHig said:
In the Fav rock band thread this quote

Gave me the idea for this thread to discuss what cover songs you think are better than original versions.
I think there around 50/50, some are the cover is superior in others the original.

A few cover songs I think are superior to the original

Reel Big Fish - Take On Me (cover of Aha)
Nivarna - Man Who Sold the World (cover of Bowie)
UB40 - Red Red Wine (cover of Neil Diamond)
Metallica - Turn the Page (cover of Bob Seger)
Helloween - Lay Your Love On Me (cover of ABBA)

this keeps me on you tube for the night now lol
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I think that one is awful ! But that's your opinion :p

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YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
 
lostprophets - Sweet Dreams My LA Ex (Rachel Stevens) and Cry Me A River (JT) are both epic
Green Day's version of Knowledge is better than the operation ivy version imo
Millencolin do a decent version of 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton

these are mostly Punk covers of course, I enjoy them :)

Not to mention the Punk Goes... cover albums, but its been so long since I've heard them I can't remember any :/

most of my other ones have already been said - Reel Big Fish, Metallica etc
 
Mike said:
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar (original by The Dubliners). :wub:
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Whisky in the Jar is a traditional song, so "everyone" is technically covering it.

Motley Crue's Tonight is a good cover. Poison's Your Momma Don't Dance is also pretty awesome.
 
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