Cover songs that improve on the originals

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

"Eight miles high" covered by Husker Du

"Without you" covered by Nilsson.

"Hallelujah" covered by John Cale

"Surfin' USA" covered by The Jesus and Mary Chain.

[Buck Birdseed]

Second "Without You" as covered by Nilsson. Although I like the original as well.

[devilmunchkin]

igh....disturbed Shout was not better than tears for fears. lol.

"SUgar Me Sweet" by STP

i dunno if it was BETTER. but tori amos does an awesoe cover of "Smells like TEen SPirit"

"alanis morrissette can do "king of Pain" by the police decently

marilyn manson does the BEST "i put a spell on you" ..originally by screaming jay hawkins. he does it better. I think his "Sweet Dreams" is pretty wicked too. His "Tainted Love" is also the best to date.

I also think Alien Ant farm did a better job. (but i prefer Movies to that song)

[Imran Siddiqui]

The biggest and best was, All Long The Watchtower as done by Hendrix.

Eh... I prefer the Dylan version, myself.

I usually perfer the original to the cover in most cases.

[Asher]

Matchbox Twenty - Time after Time (acoustic)

Well, almost anything is better than the original.

I also really like Third Eye Blind's cover of "Leaving on a Jetplane".

[Kyle]

One thing coming to mind right now is STP's cover of Zeppelin's "Dancing Days." I personally prefer listening to the cover vs. the original.

[Sprayber]

"Turn the Page" covered by Metallica

"Cats in the Cradle" covered by GNR

[Mr. President]

Anne Murray's version of "Daydream Believer" is quite good. Also Warren G's "I Shot The Sheriff".

[Skanky Burns]

"Das Model" by Rammstein

original by Kraftwerk

[redbaron]

"Without you" covered by Nilsson.

Call me Mr. Picky, but as he wrote it, I find it hard to think of his version as a cover.

[Dis]

pretty much any metallica cover.

well I have exceptions esp. with garage inc. I like black sabbath's version better, I like the orginal turn the page better as well. I'm divided on Astronomy. I like both versions equally for different reasons.

Don't forget Slayers Inna Gadda La Vida. Although I miss the organ part. So I like both of those equally as well.


I don't agree with Megadeth's Paranoid. But it is a good cover.

Cradle of filth has 2 good covers. hell awaits and hallowed be thy name. But I still like the originals better.

Exodus- lowrider.

Megadeth- Liar.

Megadeth- I aint' superstitious.

Megadeth- Anarchy in the U.K.

[Dis]

celtic frost- mexican radio

[poison_flower]

Some really great covers are:

Janis Joplin's - "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thorton)
Melissa Etheridge - "Piece of My Heart" (Janis Joplin)
***Not Saying I Like Either Better Here. Both are great***

Cher - "All I Really Want to Do" (Bob Dylan)

[*End Is Forever*]

"Without you" covered by Nilsson

I thought the Badfinger version was better...

How about, um...

"With A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker

[Solly]

Boyzone - Father and Son
Metallica - S&M version of Nothing Else Matters