Cover Better than the original

rrivers

swede wrote:

surely no one truely can think that...

Agreed.

Eddieshometown

righteousbabe wrote:

original-soft cell( i think that is what they were called)-tainted love
best cover-marilyn manson

Tainted Love was actually written sang by Gloria Jones in 1964. So Soft Cell's version was actually a cover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U

Massara133

Sweet Jane
Original - velvet underground
Cover - cowboy junkies

Zoso

tyrone done by my morning jacket is pretty good.

restlesssoul

Ugly Kid Joe does Cats in the Cradle better than Harry Chapin for sure.

red mos

thought of another one: Gary Jules- Mad World (original by Tears for Fears) Although I do like the Tears for Fears version, just like how somber and Haunting Gary Jules made it.

and not Better, but a Tie:

The Black Crowes- Oh sweet Nothin, Original by Velvet Underground is great too. Love how different they are.

drlovemonkey

Local H "Toxic" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Britney Spears
Motley Crue "Smokin in the Boys Room" >>> Brownsville Station
Biffy Clyro "Umbrella" >>> Rihanna
Seether "Careless Whisper" >>> George Michael

1ThoughtKnown

Type O Negative - Summer Breeze 

Seals and Croft …. I mean cmon 

We All Believe

GNR > Sir Paul, Live And Let Die.

The good old days, before Axl sounded like Mickey Mouse with emphysema.

1STmammal2wearPants

Does equal to the original count? Two totally different songs, but Johnny Cash's Hurt makes me choked up every single damn time.

Loujoe

True. He sounds like he's about had it with that song. I try not to listen to that cash. Love his other stuff. End of a long rock and roll road.

tempo_n_groove

Basically any Metallica cover other than Die Die My Darling.

tempo_n_groove

Joe Cocker Little Help From My Friends

tempo_n_groove

Oh and any cover Disturbed has done is worse than the original...

curmudgeoness

clutching_benjamin said:

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

I'd have to go with This Mortal Coil's version, which is amazing.

Richard Thompson, "Oops I Did It Again"

curmudgeoness

catefrances said:

JPS79 wrote:

10,000 maniacs - Because the night. Original by The Boss.

just so we can get this right. springsteen had the music and the chorus down when he handed this to patti smith. he thought it would better suit her. she listened to it and despite misgivings of using such a well known artist's work, she wrote the verse words in one night.
so if you're gonna attribute this song to springsteen please do so to patti smith as well.
though i love both springsteen and patti smith, to me this will always be patti smith's song.

In the intervening 17-18(!) years since this post was made, Garbage and the Screaming Females have done a great cover of this.

Other covers I prefer to the original:

"Kid" (Pretenders) -- covered by Everything But The Girl.

"Jealous Guy" (John Lennon) -- covered by Roxy Music.

While I'm in my own personal wayback machine: in 1991, when we all were young, there was a Leonard Cohen tribute album released, called "I'm Your Fan." There are some great covers on there, including:

REM, "First We Take Manhattan"

Pixies, "I Can't Forget"

PJ_Soul

Ryan Adams' cover of the entire album "1989" is better than Taylor Swift's album. I like Taylor Swift, but Ryan Adams improved every single song IMO.

tempo_n_groove

PJ_Soul said:

Ryan Adam's cover of the entire album "1989" is better than Taylor Swift's album. I like Taylor Swift, but Ryan Adams improved every single song IMO.

All except Shake it off.  The production for Taylors version is fan-friggin-tastic.

Planet of Sound

Hot Chip - Dancing in the Dark (Springsteen) - cos you can actually dance to it.

McGruff

Big Country by moe.

They also do a live cover of Godzilla from time to time that is superior to the original.