covers that are better than orginals (non-pj)

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  • MysteryTrain
    MysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Derek & The Dominoes - Little Wing
    Johnny Cash - Hurt
    James Taylor - You Got A Friend
  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Robert Plant covering Los Lobos, "Angel Dance"
    http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/185269
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    some of my favorite covers

    The Bloodhound Gang - Kids in america (Kim Wilde)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcpOz2P-X04&feature=PlayList&p=9B6E70676E5FFC32&playnext=1&index=39

    Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE&feature=avmsc2

    Chris Cornell - Billie jean (acoustic live) (Michael Jackson)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2MgwAJrfXo

    Social Distortion-Under My Thumb (Rolling Stones)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zId2trP9Bz8

    Everlast - Folsom Prison Blues (Cash)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EGBmdK8mc0

    The Fugees Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uebBTVdbErE

    System of a Down - The Metro (Berlin)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NucicclOd9E

    Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons (Nena)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYIlgRg9TY

    Rage Against The Machine - Kick Out The Jams ( MC5)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDfp3uU9bXQ

    Rage Against the Machine - Street Fighting Man ( Stones)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TvpGw7xDv8


    I love covers... maybe because I was in a cover band for years, who knows. There are tons out there and honestly to many to list( you guys have listed a bunch already).
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

    www.seanbrady.net
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    yoke---what type of cover band?
  • Of The Aggie
    Of The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,550
    I've always loved Sonic Youth's version of Superstar. It is so haunting in a way The Carpenters sugar-sweet pop could never be.
  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    YourDirtisMyfood wrote:
    yoke---what type of cover band?


    styles ranged quite a bit. We played everything from Classic Rock to PJ to cheezy 80s music. I guess you could consider us at the time hard rock in the way we covered some songs. We even brought out some nice ballads as well. Whatever we felt like playing really. Oh we stayed away from metal for the most part as my voice couldn't handle it or I couldn't get high enough for some stuff.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

    www.seanbrady.net
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    sounds pretty cool. Your band name should've been the local Yoke-ls. :lol:
  • KH71368
    KH71368 Florida Posts: 65
    My all-time favorite is:
    Across the Universe - Fionna Apple/Beatles
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gLWTtlMwo4

    Honorable mention to:

    Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson/Annie Lennox
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6VojYGrnpg

    I Put a Spell on You - Marilyn Manson/Screamin' Jay Hawkins
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPw1i9dAJiQ
  • maynardsux
    maynardsux Posts: 1,100
    "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" Urge Overkill (Neil Diamond)
    "Live and Let Die" Guns 'N Roses (Paul McCartney)
    "The Nurse Who Loved Me" A Perfect Circle (Failure)
    '93 Toronto
    '94 Detroit
    '10 Columbus
    '11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
    '13 London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    '14 Detroit
    '16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2
    '18 Chicago 1 and 2
    '22 Hamilton, Toronto
  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Metallica doing that Bob Sieger song, On the road again...
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • flintstoned
    flintstoned Posts: 118
    Faith No More - Poker Face.
    Chorzów 2007, Berlin 2009, Berlin 2010
    AMSTERDAM 2012, BERLIN 2012 !!!
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Veddernarian wrote:
    Metallica doing that Bob Sieger song, On the road again...
    "Turn the Page"
    That is indeed a great cover and as much as I love the 'tallica boys I have a hard time saying their's is better than Bob's. But it's something to consider.
    I remember thinking they were nuts when I heard they were doing that song, but I was pleasantly surprised at their treatment of it when I actually heard it.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Khadgar wrote:
    Faith No More - Poker Face.

    Eric Cartman's version also.
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  • flintstoned
    flintstoned Posts: 118
    Newch91 wrote:
    Khadgar wrote:
    Faith No More - Poker Face.

    Eric Cartman's version also.
    True :D
    Chorzów 2007, Berlin 2009, Berlin 2010
    AMSTERDAM 2012, BERLIN 2012 !!!
  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    Wonderwall by Ryan Adams, and Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley.
    I knew it all along, see?
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Mike Ness - "Don't Think Twice" (Dylan)
    Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell)
    The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan)
    Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Joan Baez/traditional)
    Hendrix - Hey Joe (?)
    SRV - LIttle Wing (Hendrix)
    Gary Jules with Michael Andrews – Mad World (Tears for Fears)
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Mike Ness - "Don't Think Twice" (Dylan)
    Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell)
    The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan)
    Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Joan Baez/traditional)
    Hendrix - Hey Joe (?)
    SRV - LIttle Wing (Hendrix)
    Gary Jules with Michael Andrews – Mad World (Tears for Fears)

    Yes. Hey Joe is a cover.
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  • Benzor
    Benzor Posts: 886
    I can't believe that it took 3 pages for someone to say 'Hallelujah'. This is the definitive example of a cover being better than the original in my mind.

    As for Hurt...I think Reznor > Cash...and I don't even think it's that close.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,186
    Ugly Kid Joe- Cats In The Cradle (Harry Chapin)
    The Lemonheads- Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
    10,000 Maniacs- Because The Night (Patti Smith)
    Nirvana- Man Who Sold The World & Lake Of Fire
    311- Love Song (The Cure)
    The White Stripes- Jolene (Dolly Parton)
    Foo Fighters- Baker Street
    Goldfinger- 99 Red Balloons (Nene)
    Metallica- Whiskey In The Jar
    Red Hot Chili Peppers- Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
    Local H- Toxic (Britney Spears)

    others that are as good as the original
    CAKE- I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
    Nirvana- Love Buzz (Shocking Blue)
    Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse- Valerie (The Zutons)
    Gnarls Barkley- Gone Daddy Gone (Violent Femmes)
    The Vines- Ms. Jackson (OutKast)
    Social Distortion- Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash)
    Johnny Cash- Hurt and Rusty Cage
    Marilyn Manson- Sweet Dreams, Tainted Love, & Personal Jesus
    Weezer- Veloria (Pixies)
    Ben Folds- Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre)
    Faith No More- War Pigs (Sabbath)
    Tool- No Quarter (Zeppelin)
    Offspring- I Wanna BE Sedated (Ramones)
    All Along The Watchtower- Hendrix and DMB
    Limp Bizkit- Faith (George Michael)
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,064
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Mike Ness - "Don't Think Twice" (Dylan)
    Going to have to throw a flag on this one. That song has been untouchable by everyone but Dylan

    However Mike Ness's honky tonk version of Ball and Chain beats out social D's anyday

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