Covers better than originals

Ephemera · 5 Mar 2015 at 00:39

G-MAN2004 · 5 Mar 2015 at 01:12

And this just for the sheer madness that occured. The place was being set alight and funnily enough they ended the set with Hendrix's Fire.

Pighardia · 5 Mar 2015 at 14:19

Maybe not better because the original is so brilliant, but a worthy effort, and a genuinely great cover imo-

I also really like The Foo Fighters- Band on The Run as well.

McGraw · 5 Mar 2015 at 15:12

U2 - One. I much prefer Johnny Cash's version.

I prefer Stuck in the Metal with You by Eagles of Death Metal to Stuck in the Middle with You.

On the flipside I hate that Winehouse's version of Valerie is now the only one you ever hear.

Similar: Not Over Yet by the Klaxxons....why?

Sliver · 5 Mar 2015 at 15:23

Shocking Blue - Love Buzz. Meh.

Nirvana's Love Buzz cover - Epic.

krooton · 5 Mar 2015 at 15:42

Yaayuh! · 5 Mar 2015 at 16:12

jetpaczx said:
Johnny Cash - Hurt and I love the NIN version but Johnny owned the song after the cover.

Definitely! Good call.

Another one i think is Nirvana's version of The Man Who Sold The World.

Much better than David Bowie's

Edit: Just noticed somebody else has already posted it

cheesyboy · 5 Mar 2015 at 16:19

Not the best cover ever or anything, but I have a lot of time for Dandy Warhol's cover of Little Drummer Boy (despite having to live with the guy opposite me in our halls of residence playing it on repeat for months when I was a student)

The Dread Pirate · 5 Mar 2015 at 17:04

McGraw · 5 Mar 2015 at 17:59

Maggie's farm is better by rage against the machine than bob Dylan.

Muban · 5 Mar 2015 at 20:30

I'll bring this one out again......... even though I love the original too

Song to the Siren

Dear Prudence

I Heard it Through the Grapevine

_lecro_ · 5 Mar 2015 at 22:20

Muban said:
I'll bring this one out again......... even though I love the original too
Dear Prudence

I racked my mind but couldnt think who sang the original..

with a little help from google ... OMG really, then 4 chaps ! i dont think ive ever even heard it played by anyone other than the banshees :eek:

Fluke? · 6 Mar 2015 at 20:15

another than needs no link, but Madworld.

TALON1973 · 7 Mar 2015 at 17:56

Pighardia said:
Maybe not better because the original is so brilliant, but a worthy effort, and a genuinely great cover imo-

I also really like The Foo Fighters- Band on The Run as well.

Top call .... the Shatner is a master

I pee myself laughing at some of the stuff he comes up with .

atpbx · 7 Mar 2015 at 18:32

Gun- Word Up.
Frankie goes to Hollywood- Born to Run.
Quiet Riot- Cum on feel the Noize.

K.C. Leblanc · 8 Mar 2015 at 01:47

So great stuff here, I'm chip in The Pet Shop Boys version of Always On my Mind. I just love the contrast with the original, so different.

I will also add New England by Kirsty McColl, because you can't have a thread like this without someone mentioning it.

Kosmiche · 8 Mar 2015 at 17:00

Destination · 8 Mar 2015 at 18:17

I had not heard this before today
Jamie Cullum doing Radiohead's 'High and Dry'
Quite different, not better than the original however.

Pearl Jam cover The WHO's 'Baba O'Reilly'

Herman Gelmet · 12 Mar 2015 at 06:59

The Standells - Sometimes good guys (don't wear white)

Minor Threat - Sometimes good guys (don't wear white)

The Cramps also did a version which I would have posted but there is a limit of 2.

justalex81 · 12 Mar 2015 at 07:41