Covers better than the original

[blindbaby]

What pisses me of is Blue Oyster Cult always played "Born to Be Wild" in concert but never made a studio recording of it. There is a live version of it on "On Your Feet or On Your Knees" that is pretty damn good.

I watched some concert footage of them playing BTBW about 30 years ago. They really did a nice rendition.

 

[IndyAndy]

I've never hear the original version of Tran kept A-Rollin' (Tiny Bradshaw - 1951), but I've heard the Yardbirds' '65 cover of it, and Aerosmith's cover is WAAY better.

P.S.: According to Wikipedia (I know, I know...) Train Kept A-Rollin was the first song that Led Zepplin learned to play after they formed the band.

... Not that this would have been too hard for Jimmy.

 

[Howie115]

Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

Another great cover of that tune, albeit lesser-known, is by a band out of Ann Arbor, MI called Savage Grace.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPHJAsG48Y]Savage Grace - All Along The Watchtower .1970 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[steveringo]

Funny true story....

I've always been anti-pop industry and never listened to pop stations....

A while back I heard a song by Alien Ant Farm called "Annie Are You Ok". I thought it was pretty cool and even bought the record...

A while later - after I got married - I heard a very cheezy version of the same song on a pop station my wife was playing... I told my wife that was the worse cover I had ever heard - and she said it was Michael Jackson and it wasn't a cover... We argued for a while until we looked it up...

I actuallt said - "wow, this is one of those covers that is better than the original". Then I said something like, "Michael Jackson really does suck!"

 

[David_son]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfAQdtguTs]Nonpoint - In the Air Tonight + Lyrics - YouTube[/ame]

 

[David_son]

Funny true story....

I've always been anti-pop industry and never listened to pop stations....

A while back I heard a song by Alien Ant Farm called "Annie Are You Ok". I thought it was pretty cool and even bought the record...

A while later - after I got married - I heard a very cheezy version of the same song on a pop station my wife was playing... I told my wife that was the worse cover I had ever heard - and she said it was Michael Jackson and it wasn't a cover... We argued for a while until we looked it up...

I actuallt said - "wow, this is one of those covers that is better than the original". Then I said something like, "Michael Jackson really does suck!"

Its called Smooth Criminal.

 

[Banned 10x]

Funny true story....

I've always been anti-pop industry and never listened to pop stations....

A while back I heard a song by Alien Ant Farm called "Annie Are You Ok". I thought it was pretty cool and even bought the record...

A while later - after I got married - I heard a very cheezy version of the same song on a pop station my wife was playing... I told my wife that was the worse cover I had ever heard - and she said it was Michael Jackson and it wasn't a cover... We argued for a while until we looked it up...

I actuallt said - "wow, this is one of those covers that is better than the original". Then I said something like, "Michael Jackson really does suck!"

Their cover of "Smooth Criminal" is actually pretty good.

 

[Banned 10x]

Cowboy Junkies did a great version of Sweet Jane

Original - Velvet Underground


Cowboy Junkies version

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Peter, Paul & Mary covering John Denver:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-7SnMnX78]Peter, Paul and Mary - Leaving on a Jet Plane. - YouTube[/ame]

 

[cezero]

Eva Cassidy's cover of "American Tune". Actually, I think the furthest I could go would be tying it with Paul Simon's original take.

 

[PHISH_HEAD]

Golden Age-Phish
Origional by TV on The Radio

 

[The Crimson King]

 

[Howie115]

"Blue Monday". The original 1983 version by New Order wasn't bad, but so much more guts in the version that Orgy did.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAt9QTmVc7Q]Orgy - Blue Monday (Original Music Video)::: - YouTube[/ame]

 

[packerzrule]

Freddie Scott had the hit in the 60's, but this version is much better

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtpbbJwiZso]Billy Joel-Hey Girl-Lyrics - YouTube[/ame]