Covers you liked better than the original song

[Alucard]

Uhh, I liked the Motorhead cover of "Enter Sandman" a lot.

[Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You]

This thread contains so much blasphemy.

[bigHEADinc]

dmargul said:

This thread contains so much blasphemy.

The only blasphemy I see here is your face! (bbbbuuuurrrrnnnnnnnn!!!!)

[Mad Johnny Maxx]

Some of you mentioned the Lacuna Coil rendition of "Enjoy The Silence" but I'm more partial to Failure's rendition of that tune.

Some other covers that I like that haven't been mentioned (or I might have overlooked):

99 Red Balloons done by Goldfinger
Little Willy done by Poison
Blue Monday done by Orgy
Bring The Noise done by Anthrax
Cat's In The Cradle done by Ugly Kid Joe
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) done by Dope
Cat Scratch Fever done by Pantera
It's The End Of The World As We Know It done by Pitbull Daycare
No More Mr. Nice Guy done by Megadeth
Solitary Man done by H.I.M.
White Wedding done by The Murderdolls

[Dr. T is an alien]

explodinglimo said:

Hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower.

That was my pick.

[ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul]

All of Hayseed Dixie's covers, especially Gin and Juice (Bluegrass version, come on!)

I also liked that lounge cover of The Sickness. That was brilliant.


But for the win?


Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." That's the version you hear nowadays, and to hear that whole song sends chills on your spine. He took that song, stripped and slowed it down, and made it his own.

Muse's cover of "Feelin' Good." That song needed guitars, it needed them and those bastards delivered.

I like Violent Femmes, but I think Gnarls Barkley's cover better. I guess just the songs and all that.

[The OP]

I don't know if it's better than the original, but I like Johnny Cash's version of "In My Life" by the Beatles. The fact that his wife had recently passed away added some emotional depth to the song, at least to my ears. I got kind of choked up the first time I heard it, especially thinking about the circumstances.

[Joe Neglia]

geneyussrevolution said:

I dunno if it qualifies as a cover, but "Walk this Way" with Aerosmith kicks the crap out of the Run DMC version.

Dunno if you meant what you implied there, but the Aerosmith version was the original. DMC covered it later.

And little known fact, but "That's All Right (mama)" by Elvis Presley is in fact a cover (Arthur Crudup), and had he not performed that song he never would have his record deal. The first 3 songs he performed didn't impress the suits, and when they talked it over while he was still in the studio, he belted it out to pass the time, the other musicians joined in, and the rest is history.

Most of the songs that were big at this time were either covers or covered by others. There were instances of four or five different musicians/bands/groups having the same song out all in the same year. Musical identity really only started to take hold in the later 1950s when performers started the trend to want to do more of their own material than do stuff that was already around.

[The Line]

taxcollector said:

I don't know if it's better than the original, but I like Johnny Cash's version of "In My Life" by the Beatles. The fact that his wife had recently passed away added some emotional depth to the song, at least to my ears. I got kind of choked up the first time I heard it, especially thinking about the circumstances.

I like just about all of Cash's covers.

In my life
Personal Jesus(the piano in this song kicks 20 kinds of ass)
Hurt
Bridge over troubled water w/ Fiona Apple


some others(I'll try and not repeat any ones)

Ben Folds-"Video Killed the Radio Star"(The Buggles)
Cake- "I will Survive"(Gloria Gayner)
The Fugees-"No Woman, No Cry"(Bob Marley)
The Pixies-"Winterlong"(Niel Young)
Weezer-"Brown Eyed Girl"(Van Morrison)

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franchise302 said:

Elton John - Pinball Wizard (The Who)
Eric Clapton - I shot the sheriff (Bob Marley)
William Shatner - Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Beatles)



The Worst ever! - Winger - Purple Haze. what the hell !!!

You ever hear Dave Mathews (I think it was him...might have been Jack Johnson) do All Along the Watchtower? THAT...is terrible. Mostly because he only plays the basic notes from the song, and the guitar from the Hendrix version is 95% of why that song kicks ass.

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admin said:

geneyussrevolution said:

I dunno if it qualifies as a cover, but "Walk this Way" with Aerosmith kicks the crap out of the Run DMC version.

Dunno if you meant what you implied there, but the Aerosmith version was the original. DMC covered it later.

Actually I did...I could have sworn it was DMC, then they had that little duet video or whatever on MTV, which was when the Aerosmith one hit...

...oh well, its been awhile since ive been wrong. I guess I was due.

[myyakhasfleas]

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's Hurt.

[awilhelmscreamkid]

I like Megadeth "Anarchy In The UK" then the Sex Pistols version

[perpetualn00b]

I prefer Sonata Arctica's "Wind Beneath My Wings" to Beth Middler's.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

311-love song
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

yeah i said it. 311 rules

[AFN: Judge Shred]

lifeoftheparty said:

311-love song
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

yeah i said it. 311 rules

They also read their lyrics off a teleprompter when they play live. At least the 2 times i saw them they did. That ruined it for me.

Dang, I had a song in my head I wanted to post and i cannot recall at all now.

[Topher is Human]

Judas Priest - Diamond and Rust (Joan Baez)
Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi (with the Two-Prongued Crown) (Fleetwood Mac)
Judas Priest - Better By You, Better Than Me (Spooky Tooth)
Motorhead - Whiplash (Metallica, the original's still good)
Motorhead - Enter Sandman (Metallica, let's face it, Lemmy > James)
Bruce Dickinson - Elected (Alice Cooper, Cooper's version is still immortal)
Bruce Dickinson - The Zoo (Scorpions)
Iron Maiden - Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin)
Iron Maiden - Women in Uniform (Skyhooks)
Megadeth - These Boots
Megadeth - Anarchy in the UK (Sex Pistols)

[Failure & Onions]

I really like Orgy's version of Blue Monday.

Been said already, but I also like these, among many others:
Gary Jules - Mad World
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus
Disturbed - Shout 2000
Disturbed - Land of Confusion

I wanna hear Disturbed cover Trogdor.

[What?]

Donell Jones - Knocks Me Off My Feet > Both Stevie Wonder's and Tevin Campbell's versions.

[Red 'n' Black Reggie]

even though i haven't really ever liked her stuff that much, lily allen's cover of "oh my god" is surprisingly cool. and johnny cash turned "hurt" from just another NIN song, to one of the most powerful things i've ever heard.