[BAN5HEE]

Dunno know if this has been done before but what covers in your opinion have you heard of songs that you think are better than the Original. I will start it off by saying I think Hurts By Johnny Cash is better than the Original version by Trent Reznor.

‪Johnny Cash Hurt‬‏ - YouTube

[HMHB]

Jolene by Queen Adreena.

[krish]

Joe Cocker's cover of The Beatles' With a Little Help from My Friends
(also featuring Jimmy Page)

[ODB_69]

Easy - Faith No More


I like the Marilyn Manson version of Sweet Dreams also. Not sure if better but completely different

[soundstory]

Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds (controversial to some !)

[systemsdead]

House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Agree with Cash and his awesome cover versions of NIN Petty U2 Cave

[Flimber]

‪Mad World - Gary Jules‬‏ - YouTube

[BAN5HEE]

Travis doing - Hit me baby one more time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v​=kqCl3ZVXynA

[pxr5]

Mike Flowers Pops cover of Oasis' Wonderwall

[King Tones]

APC - Imagine

Better than that dull version from that dude who used to be in some Boy Band from up north

[ODB_69]

Originally Posted by BAN5HEE

Travis doing - Hit me baby one more time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v​=kqCl3ZVXynA

Darius was better

[SparkShot]

Bomb the Bass - Say a little Prayer

Prefer this to any other version that i've heard including the original (Dionne Warwick i think).

[Kieron]

I'd say that Mark Ronson's Amy Winehouse vocal'd "Valerie" is better than the Zutons version...

[ODB_69]

Originally Posted by Kieron

I'd say that Mark Ronson's Amy Winehouse vocal'd "Valerie" is better than the Zutons version...

I'd agree actually

[SparkShot]

Originally Posted by Kieron

I'd say that Mark Ronson's Amy Winehouse vocal'd "Valerie" is better than the Zutons version...

Arghh, hate that song but be to be fair Mark Ronson did effectively polish a turd to great effect.

[owen021173]

My fave of the moment is Linkin Parks cover of Adele's Rolling in the deep

If your familiar with Linkin Parks sound this stripped back version took me by suprise at the iTunes festival. I love the original version but this for me , a Linkin park fan,is awesome

Also not sure about the wonderwall cover

[SparkShot]

Didn't Bono love the pet shop boys cover of 'where the streets have no name'

[soundstory]

Originally Posted by Kieron

I'd say that Mark Ronson's Amy Winehouse vocal'd "Valerie" is better than the Zutons version...

By a country mile imo

[soundstory]

Originally Posted by owen021173

My fave of the moment is Linkin Parks cover of Adele's Rolling in the deep

If your familiar with Linkin Parks sound this stripped back version took me by suprise at the iTunes festival. I love the original version but this for me , a Linkin park fan,is awesome

Also not sure about the wonderwall cover

oooh, now I'm not a Linkin Park fan, but I get where your coming from, though it isn't my cup of tea, prefer the original

[soundstory]

Though it's the opposite of what the thread is about, I'll tell you a cover I hate

Futureheads - Hounds of Love, dire, in fact I heard them cover Accapella by Kelis on the radio & that was pretty hideous

[BAN5HEE]

Another one that I prefer is Metallica's Whiskey in the jar.

‪Metallica - Whiskey in the jar‬‏ - YouTube

[Jon_C]

Sinead O'Connor doing Nothing Compares 2 U, obviously.

It's the only Prince song I can think of that has been done better by someone else.

[mr:w]

Shirley Bassey's take of Light My Fire, and Jose Feliciano's cover of California Dreaming

[unique]

Originally Posted by Jon_C

Sinead O'Connor doing Nothing Compares 2 U, obviously.

It's the only Prince song I can think of that has been done better by someone else.

have you heard the original version by the family? it's miles better. what's strange is the released version has no drums, and an unreleased version has drums similar to sineads, which added soul 2 soul type beats

prince wiped his vocals from the mastertape to let paul peterson put his lead vocals down, so that's the only song from the album where prince's original versions aren't circulating. there's just live versions with prince singing, and even the worst is better than sineads

the stereophonics did a good acoustic version of it, in fact it's excellent

[soundstory]

Originally Posted by unique

have you heard the original version by the family? it's miles better. what's strange is the released version has no drums, and an unreleased version has drums similar to sineads, which added soul 2 soul type beats

prince wiped his vocals from the mastertape to let paul peterson put his lead vocals down, so that's the only song from the album where prince's original versions aren't circulating. there's just live versions with prince singing, and even the worst is better than sineads

the stereophonics did a good acoustic version of it, in fact it's excellent

I haven't heard the Stereophonics version, will check it out

[unique]

Originally Posted by soundstory

I haven't heard the Stereophonics version, will check it out

‪Stereophonics - Nothing Compares to You.wmv‬‏ - YouTube

it was on on a compilation album, i think to do with war child

[krish]

Manics have done some decent covers, imho

from the NME's Ruby Trax covers album of almost 20 years ago ...
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from Warchild's Help album ...
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did this a few years ago for another NME album ...
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[unique]

the foo fighters are another band that do decent covers. they recently compiled a bunch of them on an album

a few that spring to mind...

darling nikki - prince
drive me wild - vanity 6 (prince wrote it)
have a cigar - pink floyd
baker street - gerry rafferty

[Geege]

Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust, originally by Joan Baez

I prefer the metal version of Diamonds and Rust

‪Judas Priest - Diamonds And Rust [British Steel 30th Anniversary LIVE HD]‬‏ - YouTube

‪Judas Priest - Diamonds And Rust ACOUSTIC !!‬‏ - YouTube

‪Joan Baez, Diamonds and Rust - Live, 1975‬‏ - YouTube

[Digsy]

Muse - Feeling Good