Cover Songs that are Better than the Originals

[Buzzetta]

Worst cover songs are one thing but what songs do you feel actually improved the original?

To me?

• Drive in Saturday by Morrissey was better than Bowie's.
• All Along the Watchtower - As much as I love Hendrix - I love the crowd excitement and reinterpretation by the Dave Matthews Band when this song is preformed live.
• Toxic by Mark Ronson is far better than Miss Brittney's
• Higher Ground by the Red Hot Chili Pepper's makes me smile more than Stevie's

[oye terence]

hey dummy, i started a favorite cover thread a few days ago.

[jesuisbryony]

Worst cover songs are one thing but what songs do you feel actually improved the original?

To me?

• Drive in Saturday by Morrissey was better than Bowie's.

I'm not sure about that one but Morrissey's You Say You Don't Love Me is definately better than Buzzcocks.
I can't think of any others at the moment ... I'll be back.

[Abrahan]

wild horses by the sundays is better than the original.

[nugz]

Worst cover songs are one thing but what songs do you feel actually improved the original?

To me?

• Drive in Saturday by Morrissey was better than Bowie's.
• All Along the Watchtower - As much as I love Hendrix - I love the crowd excitement and reinterpretation by the Dave Matthews Band when this song is preformed live.
• Toxic by Mark Ronson is far better than Miss Brittney's
• Higher Ground by the Red Hot Chili Pepper's makes me smile more than Stevie's

you do realize that Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" was a cover?

[Wozzer]

you do realize that Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" was a cover?

I was about to say the same.

[Buzzetta]

hey dummy, i started a favorite cover thread a few days ago.

oh... lol - oh yeah

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Please

[Buzzetta]

you do realize that Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" was a cover?

I was about to say the same.

Learn something every day.

Dylan wrote it in 67
Hendrix started playing it in 68

I actually always thought it was the other way around.

[nugz]

learn something every day.

Dylan wrote it in 67
hendrix started playing it in 68

i actually always thought it was the other way around.

fail!! :d



my smiley is failing too! wtf

[nugz]

hmm, probably not better, but I really like the Smashing Pumpkins cover of "Dreaming" by Blondie.

[Corrissey]

hmm, probably not better, but I really like the Smashing Pumpkins cover of "Dreaming" by Blondie.

I do like the Pumpkins' "Landslide" cover as opposed to Stevie Nicks' original

[nugz]

I do like the Pumpkins' "Landslide" cover as opposed to Stevie Nicks' original

oh me too!

have you heard their version of Dreaming?

here, I'll just post it for you!



its much different. slower with a creepy vibe.

[nugz]

oh, I also prefer Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" over Cohen's original.

[El Manzo]

'Panic' was better than 'Metal Guru'.

[Corrissey]

oh me too!

have you heard their version of Dreaming?

here, I'll just post it for you!



its much different. slower with a creepy vibe.

Thanks, I hadn't heard that. Nice.

I prefer Nirvana's Lake of Fire over the Meatpuppets version.

[treygar]

eh, I'm a cover song junkie.

if there is one cover song out there that is known as the original version and not as being a cover song it is

Tainted Love by Soft Cell.

carry on.

[nugz]

eh, I'm a cover song junkie.

if there is one cover song out there that is known as the original version and not as being a cover song it is

Tainted Love by Soft Cell.

carry on.

I'll take your Soft Cell

and raise you a "Respect" originally by Otis Redding, but made famous by Aretha.

[jesuisbryony]

eh, I'm a cover song junkie.

if there is one cover song out there that is known as the original version and not as being a cover song it is

Tainted Love by Soft Cell.

carry on.

False, Edit: Oh for being better known... oops. Gloria Jones' is so much better.

A New England by Kirsty MacColl.

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

wild horses by the sundays is better than the original.

agreed

[EPbabe]

This wheel's on fire by Siouxsie and the Banshees, written by Bob Dylan and originally sung by Julie Driscoll.