Cover songs that are better than the original

[yellowperil]

A few IMO:

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (Beatles)
Radiohead - Union City Blue (Blondie)

 

[Johnnie]

any cover song that the Grateful Dead played!!!

 

[broon]

Faith No More - War Pigs (Black Sabbath)

 

[davestar]

almost any dylan song.... "live and let die" G 'n R cover

 

[JetBlack69]

Van Halen - You Really Got Me
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

 

[Maetryx]

Allister - I Want it That Way (some gay ass boy band)

 

[tweakmm]

Gary Jules - Mad World
Rage Against The Machine - Beautiful World
Ben Harper - Strawbery Fields Forever

 

[ElFenix]

jeff buckley... didn't he get really drunk then go for a swim in the mississippi?

 

[agnitrate]

TOOL - No Quarter originally by Led Zeppelin

-silver

 

[yellowperil]

Yeah, he drowned about 5 years ago. I didn't know he was drunk at the time. It's a shame, he had one of the best voices in rock

 

[Aceman]

WHAT!!!! No one has mentioned Sheryl Crow's cover of Sweet Child o' Mine. :Q

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Aceman
WHAT!!!! No one has mentioned Sheryl Crow's cover of Sweet Child o' Mine. :Q

Of course. Sharyl Crow is so terrible that she should be voilently kicked out of the world of music. :disgust:

nik

 

[bizmark]

DJ Sammy - Heaven (Bryan Adams)
Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Blondie, I think)
Dwight Yoakum - Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley)

 

[udonoogen]

goldfinger - 99 red balloons
new found glory - many of their songs. =)

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Aceman
WHAT!!!! No one has mentioned Sheryl Crow's cover of Sweet Child o' Mine. :Q

if we're gonna be sarcastic we can include any pink floyd covers by fred durst.

 

[hdeck]

Pantera - Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath)
Metallica - Tuesday's Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar (fzck...forget their name)
Yellowcard - Everywhere (Michelle Branch)

I'll think of more tomorrow

 

[rgwalt]

System of a Down- The Metro (originally by Berlin)
System of a Down- Snowblind (originally by Black Sabath, IIRC)
Rage Against the Machine- How I Could Just Kill A Man (Cypress Hill)

 

[rgwalt]

Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar (fzck...forget their name)

Well, it is based on an Irish folk song, but the Metallica cover was originally made by Thin Lizzy.

Ryan

 

[rgwalt]

Oh yeah... a few more:

Type O-Negative- Cinnamon Girl
Type O-Negative- Summer Breeze
Ministry- Lay Lady Lay

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: JetBlack69
Van Halen - You Really Got Me
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

Those were the first two that popped into my head also:

Motley Crue - Smokin' in the Boys Room (originally recorded by Brownsville Station)

 

[bbkat]

Aerosmith - Come Together

 

[styrafoam]

Minor Threat - Steppin' Stone (The Monkees)
Rollins & Bad Brains - Kick out the Jams (MC5)
uuuhhhh, Misfits - Monster Mash (uhh, dracula or somthing)

 

[N8Magic]

System of a Down- Snowblind (originally by Black Sabath, IIRC)

That is a GREAT cover. It was what originally got me listening to System of a Down.

 

[glen]

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

 

[Entity]

They Might Be Giants - New York City