Cover versions better than original (merged)

[CTID1988]

 

[ballinio]

Hard rains a gonna fall .....Dylan , ferry's version is better

 

[ballinio]

L
Beat me too it with dear prudence
siouxsie and the banshees Version is amazing and tops lennon's

2nded superb version

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Completely different to the point of being almost unrecognisable but a more appropriate interpretation of the lyric:


not sure if it's "better" but I like it just as much.

 

[che_don_john]

I think we already did a worst covers thread.

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

Are you seriously likening Deftones - easily one the best alt.metal bands ever - to the Sugarbabes?!

 

[MCFCTrick]

I am slightly biased .... but .....

 

[normskih]

Oh my word, what a racket, sorry mate but there's no way this is a patch on the Sister Sledge original:)

 

[tiggsywiggsywoo]

Eleanor Rigby....Ray Charles
Dont Leave me this Way.....Communards

 

[Barcon]

Nirvana's 'Man Who Sold the World' > Bowie original

You must be fucking joking mate.

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Another contender for me: