Cover versions that are better than the original song

black mamba said:
Without You .

I'm probably in the minority but i prefer Mariah careys version of the song to Nillssons.
I'd prefer to but that chipmunk looking whiney bitch into a potato sack and beat it with a baseball bat!
 
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i1_-cmecRs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i1_-cmecRs</a>
 
frankstonblue said:
Wonderwall .......Ryan Adams.

<a class="postlink" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8wV2AII4t8U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8wV2AII4t8U</a>
Not a chance
 
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Joan Osborne, with surviving Funk Brothers.

Don't miss it !

<a class="postlink" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY</a>

Here's the original by Jimmy Ruffin

<a class="postlink" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2vf3ZE7CLg0&feature=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2vf3ZE7CL ... re=related</a>
 
Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah is utter, utter cack. The only cover version that dares to challenge the maestro's is John Cale's version.
 
denislawsbackheel said:
Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah is utter, utter cack. The only cover version that dares to challenge the maestro's is John Cale's version.

TOTALLY disagree mate! I love Buckley's version!
 
johnny cash doing
nine inch nails "hurt"

<a class="postlink" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go</a>
 
<a class="postlink" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM</a>
 
some of the best guitar playing Ive heard

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rpfuSdo1aY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rpfuSdo1aY</a>
 
<a class="postlink" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Wav5Bhe9gi4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Wav5Bhe9gi4</a>

Never to be beaten ;)
 
Muse - Feeling Good <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX-bQfEIweI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX-bQfEIweI</a>
is better than
Nina Simone's origninal: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJA69C6SlRk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJA69C6SlRk</a>

White Stripes -Death Letter: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1_ETuWIbE&feature=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1_ETuW ... re=related</a>
is better than
Son House's version: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjGytOVVQA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjGytOVVQA</a>

as is White Stripes -One more cup of Coffee: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_C-WeZugCU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_C-WeZugCU</a>
Bob Dylans - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1jVMofDZqY&feature=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1jVMofD ... re=related</a>

But credit where credits due.. these song-writers sometimes blow my mind away.

And for fun:
<a class="postlink" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KgjF1zM6wEY&feature=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KgjF1zM6w ... re=related</a>
and one of my faves:
<a class="postlink" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hLaff23Gb5E" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hLaff23Gb5E</a>
 
stony said:
Arctic Monkeys - Love Machine

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uc2nqy-sEI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uc2nqy-sEI</a>
Never heard that before, nice 1 stony
 
brass neck said:
some of the best guitar playing Ive heard

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rpfuSdo1aY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rpfuSdo1aY</a>
I wondered weather your name came from the wedding present. My fav cover-Its not unusual, The weddoes
 

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