Cover versions you think were better than the originals

[pirate]

Has anyone mentioned the treble we have just won?

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Has anyone mentioned the treble we have just won?

Our treble is not a cover mate. It's original stuff. That ManU shit is ages old, yesterday, irrelevant.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

This is a cover of a folk song - who knows what the original is? Anyhow, this is the cover of the song I like most.

Can’t beat Phil. Cool as fuck.

 

[hilts]

 

[hilts]

 

[Xhavenjoe]

This is a cover of a folk song - who knows what the original is? Anyhow, this is the cover of the song I like most.

I'm old enough to remember the Dubliners recording it, years before Thin Lizzy and Metallica.
I think The Dubliners recorded an up beat version more recently with The Pogues.

 

[Edghill OG]

Tuneage

 

[TinFoilHat]

 

[nalari]

I'm old enough to remember the Dubliners recording it, years before Thin Lizzy and Metallica.
I think The Dubliners recorded an up beat version more recently with The Pogues.

Prefer Roger Whittaker for this one. Here's the best version, I think:

 

[NZBlue]

I'm going to put this forward. It is a cover version, but in a way it isn't!