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I like Steven Wilson's version of "The Day Before You Came" much more than the original Abba version

 

[Venture]

The Beatles Across The Universe is great, but I like Fiona Apple's version even more. Love the video too.

 

[Gigarator]

I Only Wanna Be With You - Volbeat

Bad Company - 5FDP

Rasputin - Turisas

 

[Nodnol]

Marilyn Manson's version of Tainted Love and Placebo's cover of Running Up That Hill.

Both songs really work with a darker tone in my opinion.

 

[devjin]

Parra for Cuva ft. Anna Naklab - Wicked Games (Original Mix) is a brilliant cover of Chris Isaak's Wicked Games.

 

[freenudemacusers]

COIL, Going Up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcOcNF1S2hk

original - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trhsw_BxT_k

the coil version was released after john balance's death.

 

[B_Spooky13]

Koffin Kats- Maneater

Placebo- Running Up That Hill

 

[Randam]

Mudvayne - King of Pain by The Police

 

[jelly]

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater

https://youtu.be/yRYFKcMa_Ek

Nelly Furtado - Maneater

https://youtu.be/PLolag3YSYU

I like both but Furtado one always gets me going.

Just noticed but am I crazy in thinking the start of the Daryl Hall and John Oates song is in the film Total Recall when he Arnie reaches the Last Resort bar ?

 

[lazer_bean]

Superstar by the Carpenters (its a remake of a song by Delaney & Bonnie)

Yeah but the Sonic Youth cover of the same song is the best of all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y21VecIIdBI

also my favorite version of Wicked Games is by Giant Drag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdmomuRTMvI

 

[Aeriscloud]

Janet Jackson's cover of Tonight's the Night.

 

[Col WillieSharp]

I prefer Luka Bloom's cover of I need love to LL Cool J's original

 

[BigKahuna74]

Turn the Page-Metallica

 

[The Beard]

Turn the Page-Metallica

Huh?

Jimmy Hendrix - "All Along The Watchtower" is probably the greatest cover of all time. It shits all over the Bob Dylan original.

 

[Aesius]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWg7zNOyK8

Eva Cassidy's cover of Sting's Fields of Gold.

She died in 1996 at the age of 33 and was unknown outside of the Washington D.C. area at the time. She gained a small level of fame around 2000 when her cover version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow became a hit in the UK.

I recently discovered her music and she has an absolutely stunning voice.

 

[Randam]

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater

https://youtu.be/yRYFKcMa_Ek

Nelly Furtado - Maneater

https://youtu.be/PLolag3YSYU

I like both but Furtado one always gets me going.

Just noticed but am I crazy in thinking the start of the Daryl Hall and John Oates song is in the film Total Recall when he Arnie reaches the Last Resort bar ?

is that a remake?

 

[HammerOfThor]

I'm confused, remake or cover?

To me a remake is when an artist re-records or remasters their work. A cover is when an artist records another artists work.

For me, I really like Merciful Fate's 2009 recording of Evil

 

[Switch Back 9]

Pretty much every song Bob Dylan ever wrote. Love the man's music ...when performed by someone else. Great song writer but not the best sounding (imo)

 

[lrt75914]

BB King - The Thrill is Gone

King is just on another level.

 

[Parmadillo Marshmallow]

First page got it right with all of the Dylan covers. Great songwriter, terrible performer, IMO.

 

[Touchdown]

Mariah Carey's Without You.

 

[Kadayi]

Maxence Cyrin - Where Is My Mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NZdggNUvq0

Not really better than the original, but certainly a great take on it . Plus the film footage goes nicely with the song.

 

[CadetMahoney]

Richard Cheese - Welcome to the Jungle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7ojOWMwpNM

 

[Bazza]

Jimmy Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower is better than the original.

Came to mention this.

 

[darkness_s]

I'm too lazy to check if this has already been posted, but The Beatles' version of Twist and Shout is better than the original.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

Grant Green - Down Here On The Ground

Among a SEA of versions of this song (just youtube it) his is my favorite including the soundtrack version which is the original.

 

[not psycho]

I couldn't disagree more. Jeff Buckley does a fine job, but Leonard Cohen's the fucking man.

Cohen is a favorite of mine, but his original Hallelujah is a bad arrangement. A lot of covers improve on it.


I'll go with Tim Buckley covering his own Song to the Siren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTEtDBHGY4

This Mortal Coil does a great version, but this is so simple and perfect. "This is Tim Buckley..."


Oh, and The Pogues version of Dirty Old Town: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF9dHxbDa5w

 

[Xun]

Bad Company - 5FDP

All this does is make me want to listen to the original.

Granted it's probably because I'm not a fan of metal at all.

 

[Vengrim]

When You say Nothing at All

(Original?) Ronan Keating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xrxrEEGVdM

(Cover) Alison Krauss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg

I like both, to be fair.

The original is actually by Keith Whitley https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=rSx4ZV5BVXQEd7nU8tNQ7A&bvm=bv.88528373,d.aWw

After giving both of the covers you linked a quick listen, imo, Ronan Keating's version is clearly the inferior one of the three. Alison and Kieth's are both good.

 

[arab]

NOTHIN'S GONNA CHANGE MY WORLD

 

[GentlemanCrow]

The version of Higher and Higher that plays at the finale of Ghostbusters II by Howard Huntsberry. So much more punchier than the original. I prefer it at least.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V_N10A9qAVA

 

[Mista Koo]

Ben L'Oncle Soul - Seven Nation Army
Florence Welch - I Don't Wanna Know
Connor Scott (The Voice) - Starry Eyed
Walk off the Earth - Happy (ft. Parachute)

Ke$ha - We R Who We R Cover (Jervy and Dana)

Doesn't sound fun at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-SrElJQrAc

Sexy and I know It - Noah Guthrie

I was gonna post this.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Ben L'Oncle Soul - Seven Nation Army
Florence Welch - I Don't Wanna Know
Connor Scott (The Voice) - Starry Eyed
Walk off the Earth - Happy (ft. Parachute)

Oh snap, you listen to Ben L'Once Soul too? Did you hear his feature on Akua Naru's Miner's Canary?

https://akuanaru.bandcamp.com/track/fly

 

[The Beard]

Led Zeppelin- Babe I'm Gonna Leave You.

One of my all time favorite songs. Much better than the original IMO.

 

[MC Safety]

Linda Rondstadt: Poor, Poor Pitiful Me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srpwqf2MWAw

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: The Mighty Quinn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K13hH0pJx5s

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Heard It Through the Grapevine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXJQOWsp6f4

And

Alejandro Escovedo: We Used to Be Friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xautk0nBtOI

 

[statham]

Somebody that I used to know - Walk Off The Earth (Original Gotye)

This one for me too, love the band too, they put out some cool videos.

the OG video for WOTE for this song has 164 million views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M

 

[kamineko]

I like the Byrds, and "Everybody's Been Burned" is a great song....

https://youtu.be/I7Uh8933Jvs

But the performance gets pretty loose/jazzy. I like Sebadoh's more focused, noisy cover way more.

https://youtu.be/8lE2sX_k328

The big, crunchy guitar moment offers a catharsis that I feel the song needs.

 

[Apt101]

Might seem blasphemous to some, but I like Dead Sara's cover of Heart Shaped Box more than the original from Nirvana. It's not very different, really, I just prefer the vocals.

 

[DrForester]

I enjoy Save Ferris' version of Come On Eileen originally by Dexys Midnight Runners.

While I like the Save Ferris cover I don't see why people like it more than the original. It's upbeat but just lacks that charm.

 

[Dinokill]

Faith by Limp Bizkit

War Pigs By Faith No More

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

War Pigs By Faith No More

I really like Slaves on Dope's cover of War Pigs

 

[Jawbreaker]

Amy Winehouse's "Hey Little Rich Girl" which is a cover of an original by The Specials. While I like both, I think her version is much more fun.


Guignol + Mischief Brew - "Hallowed Be Thy Name" is a very different take on Iron Maiden's original, but I find myself enjoying it more. I think it's because Maiden had some cheesy, power metal-esque fucking vocals.


The Slackers - "Our Day Will Come" is my favorite rendition of this song originally by Ruby and the Romantics. The bass line is just perfect, and the vocalist is none other than Doreen Shaffer, founding member of The Skatalites.

 

[jblank83]

I hate most remakes, especially all the crappy techno remakes I hear lately (and I like techno, electronica type music).

Some good old full on song covers:

Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon
Nirvana - Man Who Sold the World
Seu Jorge - Life on Mars
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Guns n Roses - Knocking on Heaven's Door
UB40 - Red Red Wine

 

[tearsofash]

These aren't really "better" than the original, but they are worth checking out if you're into no wave/goth rock/post punk type stuff:

Fiction - In The Flat Field

 

[sn00zer]

Karen O/Trent Reznor- Immigrant Song (From Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

I like Led Zeppelin as much as the next guy who doesn't really have a stiffy for them but still can listen to them occasionally, but the drums in this song and its use in that amazing fucking trailer. MMM MMM

Thi would be an awesome song for a Silent Hill game

 

[Tigress]

"This is Halloween" by Marilyn Manson

"Forever Young" Dune

I know there is at least one other but can't remember it right now.

 

[white dynamite]

Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 You
The song was originally written and sung by Prince.

 

[Sojgat]

Jimmy Barnes & The Badloves - The Weight (original by The Band)

 

[Atilac]

Cash's take on Hurt

 

[karmaforgotme]

While I will never say anyone could do a Pink Floyd song better than Pink Floyd, I do love the Sparklehorse w/Thom Yorke version of Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

Other good Pink Floyd covers

Foo Fighters - Have a Cigar


Kittie - Run Like Hell


Easy Star All-Stars - Moneyl

War Pigs By Faith No More

I think Faith No More's version of Easy is their best cover.