Cover versions better than original (merged)

[Bluemoon dan]

Suprised no-ones mentioned the Oasis cover of Heroes?

 

[Mikem93]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNC9l46oR4[/youtube]

They should merge, Artic Monkey's play the songs and girls aloud do the videos.

Was gonna post that lol, great cover

 

[hirop]

So what cover versions do people reckon are better than the original?

Some to get the thread started:

Pet Shop Boys - 'Always on My Mind'

I'm assuming that is the clarkie or all clarkies?

 

[blue_soundwave]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVqW8OTaPVM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PELIhZwURUo[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8CxOA1D72Y[/youtube]

 

[conormcfc]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5a22_75rWE[/youtube]

 

[goatboy]

nirvana - man who sold the world has to be at least on a par with bowie, and i prefer bowie overall

ballad of a thin man - kula shaker betters dylan on this one i think

 

[tonea2003]

Suprised no-ones mentioned the Oasis cover of Heroes?

not really its not that good, they have done better covers than that

 

[brass neck]

nirvana - man who sold the world has to be at least on a par with bowie, and i prefer bowie overall

ballad of a thin man - kula shaker betters dylan on this one i think

good call. they tried their best to make it their own all thought becuase the lyric is so strong/odd it can only ever be Dylans.

People often confuse a cover with a copy.........oasis playing My Generation is a copy.....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucOjx01zwrE[/youtube]

this is a cover......80s S.A.W cheese turned into somethng very beutifull with a bit of imagination and musical skill.

 

[malkie]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t40INnb6DnY[/youtube]

Probably way too old for most of you on here, as much as I like the Animals version, this imo is better.

 

[JULES]

The Stranglers - Walk on By

thats mine, awesome version

better than the original------never in a billion years, the original had a vocalist that could actually sing, the stranglers could never be accused of that

 

[tommyducks]

thats mine, awesome version

better than the original------never in a billion years, the original had a vocalist that could actually sing, the stranglers could never be accused of that

Agreed. Dionne Warwick could never be matched.

 

[tonea2003]

better than the original------never in a billion years, the original had a vocalist that could actually sing, the stranglers could never be accused of that

Agreed. Dionne Warwick could never be matched.

i like what they did with the track and gave it a big kick up the backside
its not about who was a better singer that's not in doubt.

 

[club 18-94]

Morrissey- Redondo Beach i'd say is better than the original Patti Smith version

 

[brass neck]

nice take on a rap tune

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMFJB4h30A[/youtube]

 

[Anonymous]

nice take on a rap tune

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMFJB4h30A[/youtube]

Ahh, I'd forgotten about that! Great cover...

 

[tommyducks]

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by The Chimes.

 

[Shands]

nice take on a rap tune

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMFJB4h30A[/youtube]

There were two versions of this track - this one with the drums and piano and another one without them.

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

COVER
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p5l6tRzpD8[/youtube]

ORIGIONAL
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMMjEOY3VGk[/youtube]

THREAD OVER ;) X

 

[RPDB]

Apart from whats been mentioned, a few other goodies.

The Who - Saturday Night's Allright For Fighting (Elton John Cover)

Ocean Colour Scene - Wah Wah (George Harrison Cover)

Guns N' Roses - Hair Of The Dog (Nazareth cover)

Guns N' Roses - Sympathy For The Devil (The Stones Cover)

The Artic Monkeys - Love Machine (Girls Aloud Cover)

Lenny Kravitz - American Woman (The Guess Who's Cover)

..But the best 1 ever which has already been mentioned has to be

Joe Cocker - By With A Little Help From My Friends.

-- Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:27 pm --

nice take on a rap tune

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMFJB4h30A[/youtube]

Good Shout on this, I forgot about it ;-)

 

[supermankrypton]

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