What covers do you think are MUCH better than the original?

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I have every taste...in music.

I just choose to listen to more than one bands back catalogue repeatedly, you malcontent.

I should thwack you in the knee, elbow in the face.

-AC

One time. IT WAS ONE TIME!!

Hurt by NIN. (Originally Johnny Cash)

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Hurt by NIN. (Originally Johnny Cash)

The first time I saw that was from someone who honestly and inexcusably should have known better.

-AC

The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (originally by David Bowie)

I thought about that one, but I like the original better. That is definitely a good cover though.

Hey Joe & All along the watchtower by Jimi & One of us by O(+>

Originally posted by Nellinator
I thought about that one, but I like the original better. That is definitely a good cover though.

Yeah I loved the original as well. But what made the Nirvana cover special for me, was the characteristic Cobain pitch changes.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
The first time I saw that was from someone who honestly and inexcusably should have known better.

-AC

The manager of NIN?

The obvious answer from me is..

No Quarter by Tool, Originally Led Zeppelin.

Originally posted by Bardock42
The manager of NIN?

Nah-N.

-AC

buckley's done a few...Calling you by Jevetta Steele was amazing as well

jose gonzalez has done a few...heartbeats, love will tear us apart.

john mayer doing hendrix' "bold as love"

Ryan Adams doing a really downbeat version of brown sugar by the rolling stones

Which, if any, cover songs have you liked more then the original?

There are a few I can think of off the top of my head.

1) All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
2) Gin and Juice - The Gourds 😆
3) Hot in Here - Flip the Switch 😆

... any others you can think of?

Hasn't this thread been done before?

"All mixed up" written by The Cars

covered by The Red House Painters.

Oops... I Did It Again - Children of Bodom (Britney Spears)

Circle of Tyrants - Opeth, originally written by Celtic Frost, of whom we all know are shit.

Never Gonna Give You Up (originally Rick Astly) - Brian Griffin on Family Guy

Me & my folks, you and your folks by Funkadelic.

(Originally a gospel song)

i like the acoustic Billie Jean by Chris Cornell much better than the original by Michael Jackson hmm

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
I think THAT is the precise reason why people like his version.

He sounds like a zombie getting bed-bathed, which (to me anyway), makes the song sound a whole lot sadder. He sounds like he's in pain and I guess the fact that there's a strong sense of that emotion might be why some prefer it.

I don't know. That's just one thought. 😉

I agree.