Best Cover Song

**bigross86** · 19 Dec 09,, 09:27

I know that as a general rule it doesn't happen, but every so often I hear a cover song which is actually better than the original. To name a few:

Careless Whisper by Seether, originally by George Michael
I Am the Walrus By Jim Carey, originally by the Beatles
Mad World by Gary Jules, originally by Tears for Fears
I'm A Believer by EMF Feat Reeves and Mortimer, originally by the Monkees
Mahna Mahna by Bip Bippadotta and the Snowths, originally by Piero Umiliani.
I Fought the Law by The Clash, originally by Sonny Curtis and The Crickets
What a Wonderful World by Joey Ramone, originally by Louis Armstrong

I'm sure that I can think up a whole bunch more, these are just the few that come to mind at the moment. Got any others you'd like to add to the list?

**Shek** · 19 Dec 09,, 13:26

**Andrey Egorov** · 19 Dec 09,, 15:29

Orgasmotron by Satyricon, originally by Motorhead
Whiplash by B*ttf**k, originally by Metallica
Sweatleaf by Ugly Kid Joe, originally by Black Sabbath
Screaming for Vengeance by Iced Earth, originally by Judas Priest

**YellowFever** · 19 Dec 09,, 17:13

My favorite group and the Colonel's favorite chick joins forces!

**Gun Grape** · 19 Dec 09,, 18:57

In the Masters Class

You have Bob Dylans All Along the Watchtower as covered by Jimi Hendrix.

Even Dylan said Hendrix did the best version

All others pale in comparison

**~~dalem~~** · 20 Dec 09,, 05:17

I actually prefer Faith No More's "War Pigs" to Black Sabbath's.

-dale

S2 · 20 Dec 09,, 07:49

Both made a living off of covering Dylan. Usually better, IMV. Here's My Back Pages-

**bigross86** · 20 Dec 09,, 08:00

This generation is going to hell in a handbasket. I was listening to Come Together as done by Joe Cocker (another cover that's better than the original), and this kid I work with says to me "That's a cover of a Michael Jackson song!" I nearly wanted to cry. He had no inkling that it was originally a Beatles song.

**Shek** · 02 Feb 11,, 03:02

What's your favorite cover song, one that is superior the original?

**Bigfella** · 02 Feb 11,, 03:22

Shek,

don't we already have a thread on this somewhere?.

Agree on your choice, however. Killer version.

S2 · 02 Feb 11,, 03:49

Baby, It's You-

Interesting that this was written by Burt Bacharach and Luther Dixon. Originally recorded by the Shirelles and then the Beatles, I found this to be my favorite version.

House Of The Rising Sun-

Mr. Tambourine Man-

Nothing sounded cooler in the summer of 1965 than Mr. Tambourine Man coming out of the little tinny dashboard speaker of a car.

My Back Pages-

Crossroads-

S2 · 02 Feb 11,, 04:02

Young Man Blues (Mose Allison)-

Think Mose would recognize the lyrics...if he could hear them. The music? It's another world.

S2 · 02 Feb 11,, 04:10

Like the Byrds (and to a much lesser extent, The Band) these guys made an absolute living out of doing covers of others work. Here they covered the Supremes #1 hit single You Keep Me Hanging On (Holland-Dozier-Holland) for their own huge hit.

I liked this better than the Supremes version and that's what matters-