Covers that sound better than the original...

[LegDog]

That Negative FX review thread made me think of this. There are definitely a ton of them out there. The one that springs to mind for me right now is Alkaline Trio's cover of Hot Water Music's 'Rooftops'. HWM is my favourite band, but I gotta hand it to A3, they did it better.

What are you fullas' favourite covers done better?

[Dick Dynamite]

The obvious one, Johnny Cash - NIN's Hurt.

I'll think of more...

[cirE]

all along the watchtower

[Tacotistk]

heard Copelands cover of Every Breath You Take recently and I prefer it to the Police version (which I actually like anyway)... it just seems to nail the vibe a little better

blasphemy but I like Save Ferris' version of Come On Eileen more

[LegDog]

I like AFI's 'The Hanging Garden' better than The Cure's

[steeltoedsneakers]

shatner - common people (sorry to people who love jarvis! i do too, i just prefer to listen to this one..)

ryan adams - wonderwall

notable mention - just because it creeps the hell out of me.. tori amos - raining blood

[dclxvi]

'smoke on the water' by any fourth former with a nylon string acoustic
avril's take on system of a down - 'chop suey'


type o negative did great versions of 'cinnamon girl' and 'summer breeze', and their take on 'hey joe'* was fuckin gr9 too.

* i'd hope it was reasonably common knowledge, for anyone who wasn't otherwise aware jimi hendrix didn't write this song... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe

[steeltoedsneakers]

oh yeah, isley brothers' summer breeze is waaaay better than seals and crofts.


in my books anyway.

[cobrascuntcharmer]

shatner - common people (sorry to people who love jarvis! i do too, i just prefer to listen to this one..)

ryan adams - wonderwall

notable mention - just because it creeps the hell out of me.. tori amos - raining blood

tori amos smells like teen spirit

[Tacotistk]

The obvious one, Johnny Cash - NIN's Hurt.

I'll think of more...

I like that cover but I think it only really works in tandem with the crywank-as video
prefer the original either way

[dclxvi]

goth. faget.

[Cleft Pallet]

I heard Yulia is doing some Job for a Cowboy stuff, thats just what I heard anyway.

[chelloveck]

cradle of filth - death comes ripping
mad sin - london dungeon
basically anyone who covered the misfits, does not diminish the awesomeness of the misfits tho

blood for blood - ace of spades
blood for blood - bloodshed
blood for blood - we´re goin´ down the bar.
basically anything blood for blood does, does not diminish the awesomeness of the band they covered tho.

[dclxvi]

really like the misfits cover of metallica's die, die my darling

[Dennis from Accounts]

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (Beatles)
Sonic Youth - Superstar (Carpenters)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Yo La Tengo - Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens)
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River (Al Green)
Queens of the Stoneage - Everybody's Gonna Be Happy (Kinks)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put a Spell on You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)
Santana - Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
White Stripes - Jolene (Dolly Parton)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)
Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)

[skeetnigguh]

Stevie Ray's version of little wing. jizz

[selena]

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)

This and New Found Glory's cover of Here We Go Again by Shelter

[steeltoedsneakers]

Sonic Youth - Superstar (Carpenters)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

yes to both. love that sonic youth track especially.

Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)

did he write this for her? or write it for himself, and then she covered it? i was under the impression it was the former..

Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

buckley does a pretty good one too. but seriously, go to hell.. i don't care if it sounds like i'm rabidly defending leonard, the original is the best. then again, i find rufus to be a bit of a wanker. that could have coloured my judgement. which is silly considering the personalities of the rest of the music world.. that said, i can't listen to rufus' for very long at all, but can listen to leonard over and over.

in short, your opinion is wrong.

except for the first three. and the rest of your list is pretty good too..

[combatrock]

Shakira - Back In Black
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYQCTML5VX8[/video]

Shania Twain - You Shook Me All Night Long
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHtuGMHWAf0[/video]

And the classic

Celine Dion & Anastasia - You Shook Me All Night Long
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JIxq15LDpg[/video]

[steeltoedsneakers]

WING - HIGHWAY TO HELL

[David xvx Ludd]

Judge - Warriors

[combatrock]

I like AFI's 'The Hanging Garden' better than The Cure's

the get up kids 'close to me' is also better than the cure's original

And Sheer Terror's 'Boys Don't Cry' is also better than the Cure's original.

[chelloveck]

Judge - Warriors

o0o0oo.. good song, but they dont do the warry arry orrs part which is really the best bit, so blitz still win.

[chelloveck]

really like the misfits cover of metallica's die, die my darling

quiet fool.

[yossarian]

Big Black-He's a whore, The Model(gasp), and the Big Payback (but probably because it's one of James Brown's weakest songs).

[The Leperchaun]

Gipsy Kings' version of Hotel California. Not hard to beat the original really.

[Dead Kid]

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n' Roll (The Arrows)
Black Sabbath - Warning (Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation)
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (Cher)
Metallica - Commando (Ramones)
Metallica - Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
The Offspring - Totalimmortal (AFI)
Plasmatics - No Class (Motorhead)
NOFX - Radio (Rancid)

[chelloveck]

The Offspring - Totalimmortal (AFI)

the original version of that(which i prefer) always made me think that davey havok should have put his hand up to replace danzig in the misfits.

[toothbrush]

ocean - siamese twins (the cure) turned it to stoner doom stuff. wicked

jenny piccolo - true til death (chain ov strength) i like this version better and the irony of it since jenny piccolo were a bong-core band

fu manchu - freedom of choice (devo) love devo but this song kicks its arse

Queens of the stone age - who'll be next in line (kinks) kinks rule but so does this.

repos - ending on a positive note LP (is a cover of Youth of Todays entire album We're no in this alone) soooo fucking good.

[ghetto ninja]

Army of Darkness- Killing an Arab (the cure)