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Cover Songs that are better than the original

Started by Klimtology, May 31 2012 09:37 AM

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#1 Klimtology

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:37 AM

Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy

Original by Sting

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:38 AM

Joe Cocker - Little Help from my Friends (originally by Beatles)

Who is Webb Wilder? Webb Wilder is the last of the full-grown men; the last of the boarding house people; a four eyed guy who doesn't smile a lot, but who doesn't frown much either; an outsider who feels as though he's on the wrong side of the tracks no matter where he's at; and a guy who knows every thrift shop and plate lunch joint in town. Webb Wilder is an electrifying artist, the idol of idle youth, and a man haunted by flying saucers.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:40 AM

Joe Cocker - Little Help from my Friends (originally by Beatles)

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:41 AM

Joe Cocker - Little Help from my Friends (originally by Beatles)

I am probably in the minority on this but I can't stand Cocker's version. You gotta be pretty bad at singing when Ringo out does ya. Just my $.02

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:41 AM

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)

come on

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:41 AM

Cats in the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe

#7 Klimtology

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:41 AM

Honorable mention -

Common People - William Shatner

Original by Pulp

and...

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Original by Nine Inch Nails

Edited by Klimtology, 31 May 2012 - 09:51 AM.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:42 AM

"Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" - William Shatner (original by the Beatles)

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:42 AM

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)
come on

#10 Phase of the Game

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:42 AM

The Promise-New Found Glory (original When In Rome)

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#11 RedmondLonghorn

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:42 AM

And just to be fair to the Beatles, their version of Twist and Shout is much better than the original.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:43 AM

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)
come on

Maybe he thought it said "worse than".

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:43 AM

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)
come on

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:43 AM

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)
come on

It's better, in my book.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:44 AM

"Tom Sawyer" - Deadsy

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:45 AM

Bob Dylan's cover of Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower".

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:45 AM

Scarlet Begonias > Scarlet Begonias

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:45 AM

No slight to the Kinks, but I think VH's version of "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" is superior.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:46 AM

I Fought the Law - The Clash (original Sonny Curtis, the Crickets)

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:46 AM

Lyle Lovett - Friend of the Devil

Original by the Grateful Dead.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:46 AM

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)
come on

It's better, in my book.

Fair enough, but you should read better books.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:47 AM

Bob Dylan's cover of Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower".

What you did there, I seen it

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#23 medium aristotle

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:47 AM

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Original by Nine Inch Nails

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:47 AM

Whitney Houston - I will always love you (Dolly Parton original)

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:47 AM

I know Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" is held in high regards, I think the Social Distortion version is better.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:48 AM

Fair enough, but you should read better books.

heh

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:48 AM

26 posts and no "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Guns n' Roses?

Edited by Dez89, 31 May 2012 - 09:48 AM.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:48 AM

Bob Dylan's cover of Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower".

Damn you, I wanted to use that for my real one.

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#29 Apple Jack

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Scarlet Begonias > Scarlet Begonias

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23 posts and no "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Guns n' Roses?

No, because it sucks.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:48 AM

"Tom Sawyer" - Deadsy

come on

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:49 AM

"Gold Dust Woman" - Hole

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

#33 RedmondLonghorn

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:49 AM

26 posts and no "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Guns n' Roses?

Given the response to Live and Let Die, you are on your own here.

But I agree.

I would rather be a free man in a grave, than live as a puppet or a slave.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:49 AM

I like both versions, but I think Destiny's Child's "Emotion" is better than the Bee Gees' original.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:50 AM

Joe Cocker - Little Help from my Friends (originally by Beatles)

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)

I'll add....

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

The demographics of this place don't match up with me. I'm not some guy who married my high school sweetheart. I don't have a boring job with benefits that puts food on the table for my family. I didn't buy a house is some #### hole suburb where my neighbors house is 3 feet from mine. I'm 35 and I look like I'm 25. I'm still in shape, I have a full head of hair unlike most of you. I'm not fat. I don't eat buffalo wings twice a week. I don't own a pair of Zubas. I can and do score chicks that most of you would not have any chance of sleeping with....ever. This isn't shtick. It's my life. It's funny but at the height of my drug use I had beautiful women giving my their numbers. I was asked out constantly. And then most of you get to go home to your wives who havent slept with you in months. She's overweight and unhappy. She complains constantly and you secretly despise her. But you stay and let her boss you around. You're miserable but you're doing it for the children.

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No Air - Rissi Palmer

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Smooth Criminal

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"I'm A Man"

Chicago Transit Authority > Spencer Davis Group (which is great in its own right)

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:52 AM

Reba McEntire's version of The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.

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Lyle Lovett - Friend of the Devil

Original by the Grateful Dead.

Nope.

http://archive.org/details/gd81-05-01.wise.clugston.2218.sbeok.shnf

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Lyle Lovett - Friend of the Devil

Original by the Grateful Dead.

Nope.

http://archive.org/details/gd81-05-01.wise.clugston.2218.sbeok.shnf

Really, it is.

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Scarlet Begonias > Scarlet Begonias

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that's just like.. your opinion man...

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:58 AM

Joe Cocker - Little Help from my Friends (originally by Beatles)

Live and Let Die - Guns 'n' Roses (Paul McCartney and Wings original)

I'll add....

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

Ha.

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Jolene by the White Stripes

http://www.youtube.c...aLBUpLA&ob=av2e

Originally by Dolly Parton

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Tool's version of No Quarter

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Baker Street - Foo Fighters.

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