Cover Better than the original

Pearl Jam and toast

only half a cover, but all 3 meatpuppets songs Kurt played with the Bros. on the unplugged were historic quality..

yerrey

anything covered by the clash...
from police and thieves...to revolution rock...to i fought the law.

ronniethebear

Phantom Planet's version of CS&N's "Our House" from the Chumscrubber soundtrack is pretty damn good.

fada

As the Crow files Rory gallagher cover
As the crow files Tony Joe white original

Come on Feel the noize Oasis cover
Slade original

3sheets

any song Limp Bizkit has covered.






hahahahahahahaha.

jumping jesus on a pogo stick! the LB really really loves to trash good songs. wtf was that spelling bee crap w/ Behind Blue Eyes. fucking atrocious. Fred Durst is such a tool.

Pearl Jam and toast

3sheets wrote:

any song Limp Bizkit has covered.






hahahahahahahaha.

jumping jesus on a pogo stick! the LB really really loves to trash good songs. wtf was that spelling bee crap w/ Behind Blue Eyes. fucking atrocious. Fred Durst is such a tool.

i bet we (the collective population of the US) could get together and exile Fred Durst if we tried.

NEW MOVEMENT

The "Exile Durst" movement!

I'm calling it right now.

Anti-war,.. Pro-war... pro/anti-abortion... doesn't matter anymore.

Lets get behind a cause we can all support!

Come together.. right now... (over getting fred durst exiled)

did her murder THAT song yet?

Jaymac

gnr+pj=2bestever wrote:

but seriously....

Original: Thin Lizzy, Whiskey in the Jar
Cover: Metallica, Whiskey in the Jar

Err, Thin Lizzy did NOT write Whiskey in the Jar.. it's an old traditional song. I think it dates back as far as the 18th century... The Dubliners did it (and did a better version of it) before Thin Lizzy..

And someone made a good call on Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World.

Where Did You Sleep Last Night? is another great Nirvana cover.

prytocorduroy

Jaymac wrote:

And someone made a good call on Nirvana

I personally think that all Nirvana covers are better than the originals, but that's just me. Only ones that just barely win are the Meat Puppets covers and the Ledbelly cover. I'm sure if they were studio covers they'd win by a lot.

Wait I forgot the Zeppelin covers. Nirvana < Led Zeppelin.

tribejammer05

has anyone heard oasis do "hey hey my my"? it's real good.

i also dig their version of "my generation" and beatles songs, "helter skelter" and "i am the walrus" come to mind.

NoLongerOverwhelmed

How 'bout Ben Folds' cover of "Bitches Ain't Shit"?

NoLongerOverwhelmed

NoLongerOverwhelmed wrote:

How 'bout Ben Folds' cover of "Bitches Ain't Shit"?

Also... Possibly the most offensive quiet piano ballad ever?

capybaralet

Keller wrote:

Exactly what the title says...name some songs that bands have covered (in the studio) which you think are better than the original recording.

I know this is gonna be a topic with alot of arguements but i'll start

Original:Bob dylan - Knocking on heavens door

Cover:Guns N Roses - Knocking on heavens door

Great topic, but That is the shittiest example possible. GnR's cover made me hate them more than anything else associated with them.......

anyhow:

Don't be Shy (eddie's solo) is better than the Cat Stevens version....

and I hate to say it, but Annie Lennox's "Don't Let it Bring You Down" is better than Neil Young's version.....

Nirvana's "Jesus Don't Want Me for a Sunbeam" is slightly better than the vaselines, mostly becuase of the kickass accordion

and the meat puppets ones, too, maybe.....

NickyNooch

armyreserve wrote:

Original: Crown Of Thorns by Mother Love Bone
Cover: Crown Of Thorns by Pearl Jam

Original: Hard To Handle by Otis Redding
Cover: Hard To Handle by The Black Crowes

A complete copy of my post on page 2 haha.

LedZepFan

theres no way in hell that ryan adams' 'wonderwall' is superior to that oasis masterpiece

Zeppelin's 'When the Levee Breaks' is better than the original

Jimi hendrix's 'All Along the Watchtower' is better than Dylan's

Pearl Jam's RITFW and Sonic Reducer and Crazy Mary are better than Neil's and The Dead Boys' and Victoria Williams'

Black Crowes' 'Hard to Handle' is better than Otis Redding's

Pearl Jam and toast

RITFW is making it's way onto that "most covered song ever" list..

the best version i've ever heard is when Pearl Jam played it with Neil on the 1993 mtv music awards.

so i won't call better or worse than the original on that one

brhf9

another one that i love:

Jolene by Dolly Parton
cover by The White Stripes

Pearl Jam and toast

brhf9 wrote:

another one that i love:

Jolene by Dolly Parton
cover by The White Stripes

yes.

clutching_benjamin

"Soul Kitchen" by X is miles better than the Doors version.

"License To Kill" by Richie Havens beats Bob Dylan

"I Found A Reason" by Cat Power beats V.U.

"Oddity" by Pavement beats The Clean

"Neverending Math Equation" by Sun Kil Moon beats Modest Mouse

"Song To The Siren" by The Czars beats Tim Buckley

"Hey-Sa-Lo-Ney" by The Detroit Cobras beats Mickey Lee Lane

You should check out http://www.retrocrush.com/covers/index.html for this guy's list of his 100 top covers of all time.

brhf9

clutching_benjamin wrote:

You should check out http://www.retrocrush.com/covers/index.html for this guy's list of his 100 top covers of all time.

that looks good...

#92 "Redemption Song"
by Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Bob Marley
How can you not love a duet cover of Marley's classic done by two of the coolest guys in music history? What a lucky bastard Rick Rubin was to be there and watch these legends go at it. According to the liner notes, Strummer showed up at Cash's place, as many musicians had, and was a bit nervous, hanging around outside. Once he came in, they played some Bob Marley songs, and Johnny picked "Redemption Song". With both of these icons dying within a year of each other, it's a beautiful tribute to listen to, that still gets me teary.

swede

Scratchin a Letter wrote:

Scissor Sisters' comfortably numb: danceable and raveable.

surely no one truely can think that...