Not sure if this has been done before.
Starters for ten:
Bauhaus: Ziggy Stardust (Bowie)
Frankies goes etc : born to run (Springsteen)
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:43 pm
by onlynameleft
I am pissed and reminiscing
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:13 am
by Lizard
Almost any cover of a Bob Dylan song
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 12:39 pm
by Numbers
Lizard wrote:Almost any cover of a Bob Dylan song
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:26 pm
by fivepointer
With a little help from my friends - Joe Cocker
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 6:03 pm
by Galfon
Harry Nilsson's 'Without You', better than Welsh Band Badfinger's original.
The Outlaw's 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' rips the erse off the Johnny Cash version.
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:30 pm
by morepork
Donny Hathaway - Jealous guy
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:00 pm
by onlynameleft
Ooh, ooh - Handbags and Gladrags Rod Stewart was better than original and also the cover that followed (Stereophonics?)
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:13 pm
by Buggaluggs
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Lick the Tins - I can't Help Falling in Love with you
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:36 pm
by fivepointer
These are a bit...different.
Songs you will know performed (extremely well) in a very off beat way.
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:48 am
by rowan
Amazing piece of work for a kid in his mid-teens and still one of my all-time favorite singles. Richie Valens was America's first Mexican pop star (his roots, like most Mexicans,' were predominantly Native American) and La Bamba became the nation's first major 'Latin American' hit.
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:38 pm
by kk67
Lizard wrote:Almost any cover of a Bob Dylan song
Read the title, Newb'.
I saw David Bowie do 'White Light' on the Serious Moonlight tour. It was stunning.
I appreciate that's a Lou Reed reference but it seemed apposite.
Can't remember why.
Re: RE: Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:32 pm
by Donny osmond
Likewise Pink Floyd
Lizard wrote:Almost any cover of a Bob Dylan song
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Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:35 pm
by Donny osmond
Hayseed Dixie covers are almost always better than the original.
I give you exhibit a:
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Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:57 am
by Lizard
Donny osmond wrote:Hayseed Dixie covers are almost always better than the original.
I give you exhibit a:
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I saw them live once. They are highly competent musicians for sure.
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:59 am
by Stom
Macy Gray - Teenagers
This guy:
Re: Covers that are better than the original
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:06 am
by Lizard
Stom wrote:Macy Gray - Teenagers
I would say not strictly a cover given the reworked lyrics. I prefer the original personally.
