Cover songs that are better than the original

[arcas]

I second "Smokin In The Boy's Room" by Motley Crue (original by Brownsville Station)...

In addition, some other good covers:

Gary Hoey - Linus & Lucy (Peanuts theme. Not sure who did the original...There are lots of covers out there under various titles).
Gary Hoey - Wipeout (Beach Boys?)
U2 - Helter Skelter (Beatles)
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Voodoo Chile (Jimi Hendrix). Hendrix' version has more bite; SRV's version is very smooth.
King's X - Manic Depression (Jimi Hendrix?).
Eric Clapton - Hootchie Cootchie Man (Willie Dixon? LOTS of people have covered this song and most versions are very good)

 

[ggavinmoss]

I Think I Love You - Less than Jake
Take on Me - Reel Big Fish
Hungry Like the Wolf - Reel Big Fish

Good times.

-geoff

 

[Kev]

Take on Me - Reel Big Fish

No. No No No. Absolutely not.

 

[hpkeeper]

I agree with

shout 2000: Disturbed



No one has yet said

Faith - Limp Bizkit cover of George Michaels version

 

[Swag1138]

Originally posted by: hpkeeper


No one has yet said

Faith - Limp Bizkit cover of George Michaels version

Theres a reason for that.

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: Swag1138
I cant believe nobody has mentioned Rufio - Like A Prayer (madonna cover)

This song is flat out amazing!

Now it takes TALENT to make Madonna not suck. Funny you should mention Rufio, I went to elementry school with the guitarist (Clark).



Although it's a difficult call, my favorite cover is of Neil Young's "Cortez the Killer" by a little old band known as Built to Spill.

 

[OrByte]

Hooverphonic- shake the disease (depeche mode)

 

[BigJohnKC]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Placer14

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: FenrisUlf
AAF - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
Disturbed - Shout 2000 (Tears for Fears)
Jimmy Buffet - Brown eyed girl (can't remember)

Brown Eyed Girl---- Van Morrison. Buffet isn't even in the same league as Van Morrison. Morrison is a great Blues Ballader and Buffet is a Novelty act at best(Cheeseburger in Paradise) and Buffet even doing a Van Morrison song is an affront to anybody that loves music.

Werd on that shizzle, motha.

Heh, anywho... More Today Than Yesterday - Goldfinger
And probably already listed: All Along The Watchtower - DMB (I'll probably get flamed by red dawn from attempting this jimi original but they did a really good job and might not be better, but still worth mentioning!)

That's a Dylan Original. And we all know that Dave Mathews is the Jimi Hendrix of Rythym Guitar

By the way, wtf does shizzle mean? Is that suppose to be black lingo used by White and Asian wannabes?

haha...I remember that thread about dave being the "jimi hendrix of rhythm guitar" - funny, funny stuff

I think (not sure, since I try not to be lame most of the time) that "shizzle" is like when someone wants to say sh!t, but puts an "izzle" at the end. I think it was invented by rappers or something for purposes of rhyming - or something to that effect.


And as for covers, I'd say whenever Eric Clapton covers an old blues tune (like most of the songs on his "From The Cradle" album), he does it very well.

 

[Parrotheader]

Anything performed by Richard Cheese.

'Gin and Juice' by the Gourds (overplayed now, but it grew on me)
'Ms. Robinson' by the Lemonheads
'Shout' by Disturbed

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: BigJohnKC
And as for covers, I'd say whenever Eric Clapton covers an old blues tune (like most of the songs on his "From The Cradle" album), he does it very well.

Amen. My brother and I share a huge collection of blues CDs from a lot of obscure people and "purists" want you to believe that only the original artists and obscure artists are the ones who play it best. But Clapton has THE most smooth, universal sound of any blues guitarist I've ever heard. When he covers a song, he plays it exactly the way I WISH I could play it. A lot of those old blues standards have been covered tens of thousands of times.

 

[johneetrash]

whoever said mxpx - barbie girl, mxpx didnt do that song.

anything by rufio is no good.

forgot to add thrice - elenor rigby

 

[Lounatik]

Dreams(I'll Never See)- covered by Molly Hatchett orig.Allman Bros. song. Two excellent versions and two completely different sounding songs.

Kentucky Woman-Deep Purple covering Neil Diamond. Ya gotta love it!

Little Wing- Stevie Ray covering Hendrix.Awesome.

Rock and Roll- Heart(live) covering Led Zep, kinda cool.

Now, personally I like Dreams by MH a wee bit better. I think Kentucky Woman is a tad better by Deep Purple. Little Wing is as good and Rock and Roll is not as good ,but quite respectable.



Peace



Lounatik

 

[acidvoodoo]

trik turner-black sheep
trik turner-friends and family well they stole the riff, but used it better IMO)

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: FenrisUlf
AAF - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
Disturbed - Shout 2000 (Tears for Fears)
Jimmy Buffet - Brown eyed girl (can't remember)

Brown Eyed Girl---- Van Morrison. Buffet isn't even in the same league as Van Morrison. Morrison is a great Blues Ballader and Buffet is a Novelty act at best(Cheeseburger in Paradise) and Buffet even doing a Van Morrison song is an affront to anybody that loves music.

Heh, you're right about that one. Van Morrison is awesome, and Brown Eyed Girl is one of my favorite songs. If they played it on MTV today, I bet it would be in the top 10.

 

[Maverick]

Limp Bizkit - Faith
Goldfinger - 99 red baloons and that other 80s song that starts with "show me show me show me"

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
Limp Bizkit - Faith
Goldfinger - 99 red baloons and that other 80s song that starts with "show me show me show me"

That would be the Cure - Just like Heaven.

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
Limp Bizkit - Faith
Goldfinger - 99 red baloons and that other 80s song that starts with "show me show me show me"

Original - The Cure ?Just like Heaven?
First cover Dinosaur Jr ?Just like Heaven?
Second cover Goldfinger ?Just Like Heaven?

 

[luv2chill]

No one does Mrs. Robinson better than S&G!

I remembered another one... "Black Magic Woman" - Santana (Fleetwood Mac)

l2c

P.S. Oh yeah... "Light my Fire" - Jose Feliciano (The Doors) - JUST KIDDING!!!!!!

 

[radiocore]

Everything from "Me first and the Gimme Gimmes"

 

[nd]

I'm probably gonna get flamed for this, but:

Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing Days (Led Zepplin)

Both versions are good, but I do give the STP cover the edge.

 

[glen]

WideSpreadPanic's cover of JJ Cale's Travelin' Light
Link to original:
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=2089416547/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/ArtistID=CALE*J.J./ITEMID=454284

 

[Entity]

Another vote for Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing

Rob

 

[Placer14]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Placer14

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: FenrisUlf
AAF - Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
Disturbed - Shout 2000 (Tears for Fears)
Jimmy Buffet - Brown eyed girl (can't remember)

Brown Eyed Girl---- Van Morrison. Buffet isn't even in the same league as Van Morrison. Morrison is a great Blues Ballader and Buffet is a Novelty act at best(Cheeseburger in Paradise) and Buffet even doing a Van Morrison song is an affront to anybody that loves music.

Werd on that shizzle, motha.

Heh, anywho... More Today Than Yesterday - Goldfinger
And probably already listed: All Along The Watchtower - DMB (I'll probably get flamed by red dawn from attempting this jimi original but they did a really good job and might not be better, but still worth mentioning!)

That's a Dylan Original. And we all know that Dave Mathews is the Jimi Hendrix of Rythym Guitar

By the way, wtf does shizzle mean? Is that suppose to be black lingo used by White and Asian wannabes?

Shizzle?!?! It's that phly white hype them cankers down in the M-I-A flat get all amped up about all the time when Vannilla Ice kicks it old school for the all the honkys down in HEA!

<--- Doesn't know what he just said.

 

[flyfish]

"Gold Dust Women "(Fleetwood Mac) with Stevie nicks-covered by(Hole) with Countney Love.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

"RESPECT" by Aretha Franklin (original by Otis Redding)