Cover versions better than original (merged)

[Crouchinho]

 

[Deepest Blue]

Scott Walker - Amsterdam

But Jacques Brel's original is funnier.

 

[Deepest Blue]

Better than the Beatles original IMO.

 

[che_don_john]

Bowie's 'Amsterdam' > Jacques Brel original
Nirvana's 'Man Who Sold the World' > Bowie original
Perfect Circle's 'Ashes To Ashes' > Bowie original
RATM's 'Renegades of Funk' > Afrika Bambaataa original
Deftones 'Please, Please' > The Smiths original

 

[manctheknife]

Hugh Cornwell & Dr John Cooper Clarke............Love Potion No 9.

 

[oakiecokie]

Actually, I'm not sure this is "better" than the original..........but it's dead good nevertheless!!

Nah its OK but nowhere near as good as Booker T.

 

[oakiecokie]

Better than the Beatles original IMO.

One of the very few that is actually better than The Beatles ... IMO.

 

[oakiecokie]

This truly pisses over Norman greenbaulms effort
Doctor and the medics take an extended bow:



jesus unfriended me so I don`t have a friend in Jesus now !

Have to agree with you Taxi.Was never a lover of the original way back in the `70`s and this version just pisses all over it.

 

[urban genie]

 

[masterwig]

Deftones 'Please, Please' > The Smiths original

I think we already did a worst covers thread.

That's up there with Sugababes' Walk this Way.