Cover versions wot are better than the originals

[Motown Junk]

All down to personal taste of course, but my openers are:

Warpigs - Faith No More

Voodoo Chile (live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan

[telecat]

Tainted Love By Soft Cell.

[Mk3Escy]

Fall out Boy- Beat It

Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless

Edited by Mk3Escy on Tuesday 24th March 18:48

[Ferg]

Born To Run - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care - The Primitives (Certainly superior to Elvis' version)

[grumbledoak]

Jealous Guy. You shouldn't need to ask 'by whom'. <whistles>


ETA- "Only You" by "The Flying Pickets" springs to mind, too.

Edited by grumbledoak on Tuesday 24th March 19:11

[Ferg]

grumbledoak said:

"Only You" by "The Flying Pickets"

Nice cover, but nothing like as good as the original.
Vince is God 'round these parts....






Rosalie - Thin Lizzy

[BeerForBreakfast]

Nirvana - Love Buzz
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

[CRACKIE]

Hello, I love you :- The Cure

[minimatt1967]

Baby please don't go- AC/DC
Land of Confusion- Disturbed
Funeral for a Friend- Dream Theater

[catso]

Knocking on heavens door - GnR
Live and let die - GnR
Working class hero - Marianne Faithful
All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
Hey Mr Tambourine man - The Byrds

and

My Way - Sid Vicious.....

[AdeTuono]

Any Bob Dylan song, covered by anyone, ever (apart from Lay Lady Lay).

[Sim89]

I love both but IMO Wonderwall by Ryan Adams.

[garycat]

Alanis Morrisette's Thank You by Steven Wilson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4MAvwwhiPE

[sevros1981]

Jonny Cash - Hurt
Step On - Happy Mondays
Twist and Shout - Beatles
Respect - Aretha Franklin

[onomatopoeia]

It must be love - Madness
Sunday morning - Strawberry switchblade. So much better than those Velvet Underground people.

Honourable mention to Walk on by - The stranglers for being generally excellent, particularly the manic instrumental at the end. Not better than Dionne Warwick though.

[mat205125]

Sim89 said:

I love both but IMO Wonderwall by Ryan Adams.

Have you heard Don't Look Back in Anger by the Worzels? Brilliant!

[shirt]

david bowie - knock on wood
nirvana - the man who sold the world
bobby fuller 4 - i fought the law
the righteous brothers - unchained melody
joe cocker - with a little help from my friends

[Ferg]

shirt said:

bobby fuller 4 - i fought the law

I like the Ducks Deluxe version...and, of course, The Clash version.

[shirt]

the clash - police and thieves

[pistonlager]

Stevie Wonders version of Light My fire