Covers better than Original

[Jerry Callo 8694]

I enjoyed this topic on the other board.  My submission:

Whitney Houston's version of "I will always love you" was better than Dolly Parton.  Although Whitney Houston was bested by Sexual Chocolate with "Children are our future".

 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

In. It might piss of some old school Crüe fans, but so be it.

 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

and Jerry Jeff did quite well with this one and I am sure Ray Wylie appreciates that greatly

 

[nivek3 83]

They are both legends, but Hendrix killed it on his cover of Dylan's song.

 

[Deej 76748]

I think I posted this on the other board, but I enjoy it more than the Cream version.

 

[Big Jake 12]

Flame away but this is amazing. 

 

[LonghornJudas 1097]

Nah, no flaming on that one. I still think the edge still goes to LZ, but even they, and everyone else, knew it was a pretty damn good version.

In the same spirit, I have always liked the Catherine Wheel cover of Wish You Were Here.

 

[Brew 3049]

Never know which way people’s musical leanings go, but Brandi Carlile has done some solid covers. Her cover of Take Me Home, Country Roads is worth a listen.

[noharleyyet 2838]

 

[tokamak 6391]

16 hours ago, nivek3 said:

They are both legends, but Hendrix killed it on his cover of Dylan's song.

I see your Jimi Hendrix, and I raise you one SRV.

 

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Miley Cyrus' cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

 

Seriously, I go back and forth on whose version of Blinded by the Light is better, Springsteen or Manfred Mann.  Two totally different songs.

[HiggyBaby 2528]

On a hair band kick lately and I’ll take Great White’s version of Once Bitten Twice Shy over the original. Original sounds like a bad karaoke song.

[HiggyBaby 2528]

And I’m sure was posted in the other thread, Power Station’s Bang A Gong was killer.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[nivek3 83]

6 hours ago, tokamak said:

I see your Jimi Hendrix, and I raise you one SRV.

 

Touche dude!

I know this is not a cover, but everyone should watch this. This is a sound check in 1986 back when he was still using cocaine and drinking heavy. He looks lit in this video, but his playing is so accurate & pure it's like your listening to his album. Probably no other artist I miss more than SRV.

 

[noharleyyet 2838]

6 minutes ago, nivek3 said:

Touche dude!

I know this is not a cover, but everyone should watch this. This is a sound check in 1986 back when he was still using cocaine and drinking heavy. He looks lit in this video, but his playing is so accurate & pure it's like your listening to his album. Probably no other artist I miss more than SRV.

 

....like a boss. 

[UTCzech III 2907]

 

 

 

[drifter379 1106]

Anything Robert Earle Keen has written and someone else sings.

[davidg 4036]

1 hour ago, drifter379 said:

Anything Robert Earle Keen has written and someone else sings.

Joe Ely's Road Goes on Forever performance off of Live at Antones.

Go ahead and add Gallo Del Cielo on there too. 

[baboso 6054]

Tom Russell wrote Gallo Del Cielo.

[HouTex 1866]

The Beatles' Twist and Shout.

[davidg 4036]

Don't really know if you can consider these better but they are fantastic for what they are.   

 

 

 

[mbtex 683]

 

[noharleyyet 2838]

^^^^tongue plectrum for the win^^^^

[RDCanecutter 26377]

 

[Chad Fuck 17658]

The whole Live at Monterrey set is filled with covers that are better than the original.  Couldn't find the Monterey version, but this one is pretty damned good.  Winterland version is fine as well. 

 

 

[DougO 5243]

I'm reminded from my Texas Blues post...

Butter.

 

[SnowAggy 154]

While I'd never say it's better than Black Sabbath's Into The Void, Soundgarden's cover using quotes from Chief Sealth is just as good. And lyrically it seems like an original song.  Plus there's the whole juxtaposition of the outward looking Sabbath version and inward looking SG version.

 

 

[drifter379 1106]

[msbesq 385]

Clapton--Cocaine

CSNY--Woodstock

Bowie--Under Pressure

Joan Jett's version of The Mary Tyler Moore theme song

[jimmyjazz 45877]

For me the default standard in this discussion is "Respect" as sung by Aretha, but it's not like Otis Redding's original is all that well known these days.  It was actually a hit for him, though.

[msbesq 385]

Also Led Zep—Whole Lotta Love

[TexasHooch 5122]

Eva Cassidy- Fields of Gold
Eva Cassidy- Time after Time
Eva Cassidy- Somewhere over the Rainbow.

[msbesq 385]

I don’t know who Eva Cassidy is but Judy Garland’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow is iconic and sublime and has stood the test of time since 1939.

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1678]

This is a song by Victoria Williams.. if you can make it to about the 6:00 mark where McCready is jamming with Boom, it's awesome. 

Crazy Mary has been a staple at Pearl Jam shows for decades.  

https://youtu.be/RTeFoXhxJK8

 

 

Edited April 22, 2018 by Bender Bending Rodriguez

[SaucyJack 3488]

 

Excellent tribute I'm old enuf to have seen Bowie and Nirvana.  /csb

 

 

I believe Lulu actually charted higher

[freyguy 4258]

 

[Tommy El Gato 10]

 

[DeathTongue 88]

On 4/9/2018 at 9:21 AM, tokamak said:

I see your Jimi Hendrix, and I raise you one SRV.

 

While I think this conversation begins and ends with Hendrix's version of Watchtower, SRV's version of Voodoo Child is solid, but not as good as his version of Little Wing.

 

[davidg 4036]

Beth Hart leaves it all on the stage for just every show she gives

 

[DoobieWah 1432]

 

 

Note that the guys "who" did the original seem to agree.

 

 

Edited April 27, 2018 by DoobieWah
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[Netzer 157]

Where Kevin Morgan will eventually end up...

vs.

 

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 639]

 

 

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe 639]

 

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I think I put these on the original thread:

Sepultura doing Motörhead’s Orgasmatron:

Sepultura doing U2’s Bullet the Blue Sky

 

[Chad Fuck 17658]

Pixies doing Jesus & Mary Chain.

 

[shnsajax 3591]

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide

Edited April 27, 2018 by shnsajax

[Elvis Presto 21]

 

[Chad Fuck 17658]

5 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide

[Texas007 195]

There are a slew of songs that are in the "I didn't know that was a cover".