Cover songs that are better than the originals

In Every Dream Home a Heartache

cover by Rozz Williams

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original by Roxy Music

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With A Little Help From My Friends

cover by Joe Cocker

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original by The Beatles

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The Letter

cover by Joe Cocker

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original by the Box Tops

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The Man Who Sold The World

cover by Nirvana

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original by David Bowie

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Lake of Fire

cover by Nirvana

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original by Meat Puppets

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All Along The Watchtower

cover by Jimi Hendrix

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original by Bob Dylan

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Planet Caravan

cover by Pantera

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original by Black Sabbath

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Gloria

cover by Patti Smith

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original by Them

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Sweet Dreams

cover by Marilyn Manson

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original by Eurythmics

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I Fought The Law

cover by The Clash

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original by Bobby Fuller Four

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"With a Little Help from my Friends" and "Planet Caravan" are much better than their covers. Oh, and "Sweet Dreams" too

Originally Posted by therussian

"With a Little Help from my Friends" and "Planet Caravan" are much better than their covers. Oh, and "Sweet Dreams" too

^ thats how red my face is right now damn the TOS...

Joe's cover owns the ing crap out of the original by The Beatles

Originally Posted by Pallantides

^ thats how red my face is right now damn the TOS...

Joe's cover owns the ing crap out of the original by The Beatles

No


Arian Heretic: WHAT?!?!?!? How can you even compare the two?!?!?! The Original is legendary!!!!!

Somehow I knew this thread would be filled with rage.


btw I agree with TheRussian on In A Gadda Da Vida
the original is much better but the cover is also good.

In A Gadda Da Vida:


Cover by Blind Guardian:

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Original by Iron Butterfly:

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Originally Posted by Arian the Heretic

In A Gadda Da Vida:


Cover by Blind Guardian:

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Original by Iron Butterfly:

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You, sir, are out of line.

At least we agree on that.


However, I can say that Cocker's version has its merits. I love it. But there is only one Beatles cover worthy of being mentioned, and that is Jeff Beck's "A Day in the Life". Absolutely beautiful.

A lot of people prefer Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah:


to Leonard Cohen's original:


But I prefer Cohen's, so meh. I'm undecided on 'All Along the Watchtower'. Hendrix's version rocks, but Dylan's has a certain atmosphere that I like.

And I always thought 'Lake of Fire' was a Nirvana original. Apparently not. I prefer the original 'Planet Caravan' too, but they're pretty similar.

I like neither

Originally Posted by God

I prefer the original 'Planet Caravan' too, but they're pretty similar.

Hendrix Version of All Along The Watchtower was a clear choice for me, Planet Caravan was the hardest one to chose
they are equal in my mind... but Pantera does the original justice.

Hendrix's has no equal. Damn, it was so great that even Dylan himself started performing it kind of like Hendrix's version.



Oh, and John Cale's cover of Hallelujah is pretty good too

Stolen from the currently listening thread:

Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto (original)


Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ~ In the Ghetto (cover)


I prefer Cave's, but they're both similar and both great.

Cover:
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

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Original:
Leadbelly

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Oh and by the way, I like Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah better and Joe Cocker's cover of the Beatles is horrible in my opinion, certainly compared to the original.

Originally Posted by Sebdeas

Joe Cocker's cover of the Beatles is horrible in my opinion, certainly compared to the original.

Joe brought force, soul and badassnes to a dull Beatles song.

Most covers by Hendrix were better than the originals.

and to the guy that said that Cockers version of With a little help from my friends was horrible I can understand you not liking it but I was not even near bad the version is great because of the better instrumentation Cocker's emotional and toching performance and his great voice, plus the version in the Woodstock movie is one of the greatest performances ever in rock history.

There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief


Yeah, Jimi made the ultimate cover. No denying that.

That Joe Cocker one was pretty amazing.

Speaking of Hallelujah, here's Allison Crowe my mommy listens to.

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Muse-Feeling Good (cover)

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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=inW91qRDGwI

Nina Simone-Feeling Good ("original")

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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HVw0Mb8XR9M

By the way, I know Simone's version isnt the Original, but I cant find the real original (its from a Musical) on Youtube, so Nina's version will have to do...

I prefer Nina Simone over Muse.

Meh. Its a matter of personal opinion.

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And yours just happens to be wrong