What's Your Favorite Cover Song That's Better Than The Original?

Jeff Buckley Halleluja


Original by Leonard Cohen

Marina kravets (Марина кравец) - The Cranberries - Zombie

THE HONDU LOVE GODS....doing Prince.....

Raspberry Beret

R E M......and what's his name.....rockin the doors off the hinges

Stevie Ray Vaughn covering my neighbor from Irving.....his dad had all that open land in South Irving.....Doyle Bramhaul

Change It.....Lordy Texas music ..." Come to me baby, Come to me one more time "

a reply to: shawmanfromny

ETA3: oh man, I got so excited to post, I didn't even make it to see your videos until after I posted mine. I effectively "copied", as my children would say lol.

I have to share two - I love the genre-bending aspect to both of these. The second maybe a bit on the "silly" side, though it was telling a true story around the NWA feud, so I can appreciate it, even in my old age.

The first, though, my God, the FEELING imparted to the song really brought the meaning behind the song home to me for the first time. I loved The Sound of Silence from the time I was a kid, but I with the Disturbed rendition...I just about can't even listen to the original.

ETA: I can't figure out how to do YouTube links on mobile ☆☆☆ETA2: I think I got it?! Let's see here...::types in silly reason for edit...press edit button aaaaaaand....::

1) The Sound of Silence - Disturbed -
2) Bi***** Ain't Sh** - Ben Fold's -

WOOHOO! It worked! (Taking a gamble here that it worked, otherwise I look like an idiot)

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It's Knocking on heavens door.

Guns and Roses took that song to another level.

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This cover of Wicked Game...

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Here ya go...




The Wicked Game is really good.

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Appreciate the help bud

All of these are tops, as was the original.

The Johnny Cash version of "Hurt"
Origionally written by Trent Reznor and performed by his band Nine Inch Nails,
when he heard Johnny Cash's version Trent said something alog the lines of "That song is no longer mine."

Johnny made it his own.

Great thread!!!

I think the Metallica cover is slightly better. But both songs are great!



Metallica Version

The Metallica vid can't be embedded so click on the link.

Tongue in cheek...

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Bowie's great and all, but his voice always annoyed me. Motorhead doing his tune? Excellent.

This cover by Motorhead is awesome!!!!

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These speak for themselves. Original first.

a reply to: Edumakated

Right artist, but wrong song.




It's said that the label didn't even want to release it, thinking Whitney was crazy to believe anyone would want to listen to a song with a full 45 seconds before any instrumental accompaniment joined the mix. LOL

Even Dolly acknowledges that the song will forever be Whitney's, and today many still don't realize or know that the song was originally written and performed by Dolly Parton.

Original version......


Best version......age 15!


Just like redmage post of Dolly Parton's song "I will always love you" Whitney made it her own...Lulu made Shout her 'signature' song.

Which was the cover version here.....?






Cyndia Lauper definitely turned this New Wave rock song into a pop anthem....