Covers that are better than the original

[Noel Gallagher]

In no particular order:

Sinead O'connor Nothing compares to you/Prince
Fine young cannibals Suspicious minds/Elvis Presley
Cindy Lauper Girls just wanna have fun/Robert Hazard
Brian Ferry Jealous guy/John Lennon
Manfred Man. Blinded by the light/Bruce Springsteen
Joan Jett I love rock n roll/ The arrows
Nirvana The man who sold the world/David Bowie
The Byrds Tambourine man/Bob Dylan
Whitney Houston I will always love you/Dolly Parton

 

[Noel Gallagher]

Nearly forgot, as much as it pains me Ryan Adams cover of my Wonderwall was freakin awesome....

 

[The old campaigner]

I like the White Stripes cover of Jolene.

 

[Plugger35]

Kate Bush version good.

Placebo version awesome.

 

[Plugger35]

One of the best things Korn ever did was cover this song.



Around about the same time Spiderbait went to no.1 with a bullet with this cover.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Cactus originally by The Pixies, good:


Covered by David Bowie, better:

 

[Marlowe]

Hendrix's cover of All Along the Watchtower is pretty rad.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

 

[Plugger35]

This cover version and video needs to be seen to believed.



This isn't too bad either.

 

[little graham]

Been a lot of covers.This one, perhaps, was the breakthrough, for who are the guards at rocknrolls death gates





This cover made the singer immortal.

 

[JUBJUB]

 

[worbod]

Gene Simmons once recorded a version of When You Wish Upon A Star. You can hear it on YouTube and decide whether you think he outdoes Jiminy Cricket.

 

[Juddism]

Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven/Heart @ Kennedy Centre Honors...spine chilling. Robert Plant's reaction says it all.





Tina Turner, Nutbush City Limit's/Brian Johnson AC/DC.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Nirvana The man who sold the world/David Bowie

Sounds exactly the same

 

[Upgrayedd]

Anyways

Iron maiden-Sculptured (Iron maiden cover by a side project of Agalloch)
Dead Hearts-Alexisonfire (In my opinion, Hate Midnight oil)
Gotta go-Austrian Death Machine (Agnostic Front orig)
She is Beutiful-Children of Bodom (orig Andrew WK)

Also, You cannot start a thread without this

 

[DEVO]

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - DEVO.
Secret Agent Man - DEVO.
Helter Skelter - Siouixsie & The Banshees.
Wheels On Fire - Siouxsie & The Banshees.
Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie.
The Tide Is High - Blondie.
I Feel Love - Curve.
Witchita Lineman - The Clouds.
Let's Stick Together - Bryan Ferry.
Let There Be Rock - Henry Rollins & The Hard-Ons.

 

[UpForGrabs]

Self - What A Fool Believes
(all recorded on toy instruments)

In no particular order:
Manfred Man. Blinded by the light/Bruce Springsteen

Oh god no. Horrendous version.

 

[JimDocker]

In no particular order:

Sinead O'connor Nothing compares to you/Prince - Agree with that one.
Fine young cannibals Suspicious minds/Elvis Presley - Elvis' version heaps better
Cindy Lauper Girls just wanna have fun/Robert Hazard - Never heard the original
Brian Ferry Jealous guy/John Lennon - Both great versions
Manfred Man. Blinded by the light/Bruce Springsteen - Worst cover version in the history of cover versions
Joan Jett I love rock n roll/ The arrows - Never heard the original
Nirvana The man who sold the world/David Bowie - Both v Good
The Byrds Tambourine man/Bob Dylan - Very different, but love them both.
Whitney Houston I will always love you/Dolly Parton - Dolly Parton's pure voice is so much better than Whitney's warbling.

Aretha Franklin Respect/Otis Redding

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Train In Vain (originally by The Clash), I love Annie Lennox's re-working from her Medusa album:

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Grace Jones covered The Police on her brilliant Nightclubbing LP:

 

[Prince St]

Sonic Youth's cover of Superstar by The Carpenters




The original

 

[JimDocker]

Sonic Youth's cover of Superstar by The Carpenters



The original

That is fantastic. Great song originally and a loving tribute for the cover.... plus Kim Gordon !!!!!!

 

[Freofalcon]

Original- Betty Hutton



Original- Black Sabbath

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

I don't mind Kiss' original ode to wanking, however in the hands of The Melvins . . .

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Emmylou Harris' stunning version of Dylan's Every Grain Of Sand:


Steve Earle's Goodbye: