Cover versions which are better than the original

[PomBstard]

Not sure if it counts, but Calm of Zero's version of Dark Therapy...

http://calmofzero.com/music - check out song 5 under Acoustic Sessions 1

Love the original but this is a great version of the song. Forgot really how good a voice has Sonya Madan

[Dave.]

Oddball... But...

Twenty one two - blank space...

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&a...

[CanAm]

Any Bob Dylan song by almost anyone else......

[marcosgt]

You're the one that I want - The Beautiful South.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXKwBvhd-ww

M

Edited by marcosgt on Friday 24th March 14:29

[dandarez]

CanAm said:

Any Bob Dylan song by almost anyone else......

I like that!

Still like Lay Lady Lay by him though.

There was guitar duo in Oxford who had gigs regularly in the county in the early 70s, called Sunfly.
They were good. But their rendition of 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' was just sublime, that good they could have recorded it.
Every time they appeared it was the one song that got requested again and again.
Best rendition of it I'd heard then, and since.
I used to have it recorded on cassette(!) - but bloody left it in a car I sold.
Pissed me off no end when I contacted the buyer and he said, 'Oh I did see that in the player, sorry mate it went in the bin.'

[CanAm]

Warren Zevon's version of 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' is pretty heart-rending, bearing in mind that he died of cancer not long after.

I'm just dreading the day that I hear "Dylan Sings The Byrds" is being released.

[Athlon]

Disturbed - Sound of silence

Impressive voice and epic cover!

[Dinlowgoon]

Could really p*ss off some U2/indie fans but then music is what it is ..
https://youtu.be/epWSITIDQW0

[marcosgt]

Dinlowgoon said:

Could really p*ss off some U2/indie fans but then music is what it is ..
https://youtu.be/epWSITIDQW0

Pretty average I thought. Not horrible, just a soft rock version of the original...

Whilst on the subject of U2 I have to say their version of "All Along The Watchtower" (from Rattle and Hum) is my favourite.

I believe there are some other quite well regarded versions though, so I'm sure that'll upset as many people as Dinlowgoon fears he did!

M.

Edited by marcosgt on Wednesday 5th April 20:22

[raceboy]

Portisheads cover of ABBAs SOS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVe-9VWIcCo

Heard it while watching the film High Rise recently and made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

[Adam B]

stephen300o said:

Siouxie and the Banshees Japan - All tomorrows parties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7tZbI_ITus

[Penelope Stopit]

Forgot all about this when posting earlier in this topic, this is a love it or hate it job

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
Cover by The Tubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmRazUrLUNk

[The Don of Croy]

Loving this - Ukrainian Leonid and friends and their version of Chicago 25 or 6 to 4 ;

V=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_torOTK5qc

[Greg_D]

JohnStitch said:

Simon & Garfunkel's 'Sound of Silence' as performed by Disturbed. Always liked this song, and whilst I'm not a fan of this band, this is something else and has been in my head for weeks - A wonderful version that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7RVw3I8eg&li...

totally this.

This song has a special resonance to me, i first heard the disturbed version when my mom was going through the final stages of her cancer and the power and emotion of the song hit me like a sledgehammer.

I don't generally attribute feeling/emotion to songs and my taste is usually fairly mainstream. but with this song, i well up every single time i listen to it. I'm bubbling up now writing about it...

the original is a plink te plonk pastiche of the cover, IMO, which is unusual.

[The Don of Croy]

How about The Beatles 'She Said She Said' given the heavy/prog rock treatment ("and why not" as the deceased film buff might never have said) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlWzE5hUHB8

- best Welsh band to have rocked in the seventies, Lonestar, (the band that punk killed at birth).

[dvshannow]

Has anyone yet mentioned Hurt?

Cash remade it so well trent said its not my song anymore. That is was recorded in hia dying months only makes the words more poignant

[dvshannow]

Has anyone yet mentioned Hurt?

Cash remade it so well trent said its not my song anymore. That is was recorded in hia dying months only makes the words more poignant

[Patch1875]

dvshannow said:

Has anyone yet mentioned Hurt?

Cash remade it so well trent said its not my song anymore. That is was recorded in hia dying months only makes the words more poignant

Still prefer the NIN version especially the live version on Further Down The Spiral.

Been listening to UB40's Labour Of Love superb cover album probably enjoy most over the originals.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Penelope Stopit said:

Forgot all about this when posting earlier in this topic, this is a love it or hate it job

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
Cover by The Tubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmRazUrLUNk

Love the Tubes, and that album is just great.

"we're white punks on dope....."

[Penelope Stopit]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Penelope Stopit said:

Forgot all about this when posting earlier in this topic, this is a love it or hate it job

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
Cover by The Tubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmRazUrLUNk

Love the Tubes, and that album is just great.

"we're white punks on dope....."

Mom and dad moved to Hollywood
Hang myself when I get enough rope

I'm with you on that, the Tubes shocked many, they were different